March 2024 - Page 4 of 7 - Baltimore Witness

Defense Postpones Trial to Find Cell Phone Expert

Details On March 15, counsel postponed a murder trial for a 22-year-old defendant. Jared Ford is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime, having a loaded handgun... Read More

Shooting Defendant Remains on House Arrest

Details On March 15, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller held a bail review hearing for a 24-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant that would have no effect on his detention... Read More

Parties Differ on Red Pick Up Truck Evidence in Homicide Case

Details Counsel delivered closing arguments in the retrial of homicide defendant Preston Feaster before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard on March 13. Feaster, 34, is accused of shooting... Read More

Police Pull Over Erratic Northeast District Driver Who Was Shot

Details On March 15, at approximately 12:27 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers were patrolling in the area of Belair Road and Arizona Avenue when they observed a vehicle traveling at a... Read More

Man Suffers Injuries From Edmondson Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - March 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On March 15, at approximately 12:25 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 3900 block of Edmondson Avenue to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon my arrival, officers... Read More

Fulton Avenue Shooting Victim Dies

By Baltimore Witness staff - March 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On March 15, at approximately 2:17 a.m., Western District patrol officers responded to the 1000 block of Fulton Avenue for a report of gunfire. Once there, Baltimore Police Department officers... Read More

Pulaski Highway Murder Suspect Arrested

Details On March 12, Baltimore Police Department detectives arrested 25-year-old Tyquann Flythe of Baltimore. Detectives believe that Flythe shot a 42-year-old male on March 11 on the 3100 block of Pulaski... Read More

Defendant With No Priors Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Murder

Details On March 12, Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer sentenced 22-year-old Rakim Muhammad, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, to 45 years in prison. Muhammad’s guilty plea also included a charge for... Read More

Parties Argue Whether the Noise Was a Gunshot or a Firecracker

By Sophia Amoroso [former] - March 14, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details Counsel presented their closing arguments in the case against 37-year-old Marcel Holt on March 13, before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Dana M. Middleton. Holt is facing charges for firearm possession... Read More

Counsel Disagree on ‘Drug Deal Gone Bad’ Theory in 2020 Murder Retrial

Details On March 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. presided over closing arguments in a retrial of a 2020 murder case where counsel disagreed whether the violence... Read More

Attempted Murder Suspect Rejects Plea Deal

Details In a March 14 hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland,an attempted murder suspect turned down a plea offer in reception court. Gregory Barnes, 48, is accused... Read More

BPD Arrests Suspect in 2022 Fatal Stabbing

Details On Nov. 16, 2022, at approximately 9:03 p.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to a home on the 1100 block of North Ellamont Street for a report of a stabbing.... Read More

Shooting Victim Presents at Hospital With Non-Life Threatening Injury

By Baltimore Witness staff - March 14, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On March 14, at approximately 12:48 a.m., Southeast District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a report of a walk-in shooting victim. Once there, Baltimore Police Department officers... Read More

Detectives Search for Northern District Shooting Crime Scene

By Baltimore Witness staff - March 14, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On March 13, at around 8:45 p.m., Northern District patrol officers responded to a an area hospital walk-in gunshot victim seeking treatment. Upon arrival at the hospital, Baltimore Police Department... Read More

Eastern District Shooting Kills One

By Baltimore Witness staff - March 14, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On March 13, at approximately 8:19 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1500 block of East 28th Street to investigate a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers located 26-year-old... Read More

Now-Competent Attempted Murder Defendant to Remain in Prison Pending Trial

Details On March 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin decided the custody status of a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant. Daykai Quarles is charged with first- and second-degree attempted... Read More

Opening Statements Heard in the Retrial of a 2020 Homicide Case

By Sophia Amoroso [former] - March 13, 2024
Court | Homicides | Shooting |

Details On March 13, counsel presented opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor in the homicide case against defendant Donnell Johnson. Johnson, 32, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Accepts 4 Year Plea Deal

Details The defendant in a non-fatal shooting trial, 30-year-old Marlon Veney, accepted a plea deal on March 13 in the courtroom of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Philip S. Jackson. Veney,... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Rejects 5 Year Plea Deal

Details On March 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a trial date for 21-year-old Taighae Brown. Brown is charged with second-degree assault, firearm/drug trafficking, possession of a... Read More

Man Accused of Attempted Murder Shot Drunken Victim in Self-Defense, Counsel Says

Details “Self-defense is a real thing,” defense attorney Staci Pipkin said on March 13, and it was an action taken by defendant Joseph Harris nearly five years ago when he shot... Read More

Defendant Claims Police Id’D Shooting Was Only Fireworks on North Collington Avenue

Details The reliability of the Baltimore Police Department’s (BPD) ShotSpotter gun detection service was at the forefront of defense counsel’s argument on March 12 at the start of 37-year-old Marcel Holt’s... Read More

Detectives Arrest Suspect in Killing of 55-Year-Old Man

Details In reference to the homicide that occurred in the Northeast District on March 1, Baltimore Police Department investigators have arrested 23-year-old Derek Steele of Baltimore. Detectives learned that Steele fatally... Read More

Woman Dies After Alto Road Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - March 13, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On March 13, at approximately 7:17 a.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to the 4000 block of Alto Road for a report of a shooting. Once there, Baltimore Police Department... Read More

Southeast District Man Dies of Multiple Gunshot Wounds

By Baltimore Witness staff - March 13, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On March 12, at approximately 4:46 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the intersection of East Baltimore Street and South Chester Street to investigate a call for a shooting.... Read More

Month: March 2024