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Baltimore Witness Staff
- February 14, 2025
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Details On Feb. 14, at approximately 2:15 a.m., Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers responded to the 2400 block of Sinclair Lane for a report of a crash with injury. Preliminary investigation... Read More
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Claire Schreiber
- February 14, 2025
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Details in closing arguments, lawyers debated whether evidence at trial clearly identified Davonte Hamlett, 22, as a homicide suspect. The proceeding was heard before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B.... Read More
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Baltimore Witness Staff
- February 14, 2025
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Details On Feb. 11, Northwest District patrol officers arrested 42-year-old Jacquetta Jackson of Baltimore in reference to a Jan. 24 shooting. Investigators learned that Jackson shot the 22-year-old female victim in... Read More
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Baltimore Witness Staff
- February 14, 2025
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Details On Feb. 13, at approximately 7:39 p.m., Southern District officers responded to the 3000 block of S. Hanover Street in reference to the discharging of a gun. Upon arrival, officers... Read More
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Abraham Leo
- February 13, 2025
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Details A jury found 42-year-old homicide defendant Lionel Matthews guilty of first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, firearm possession with a felony conviction, and having a loaded... Read More
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Kerryn Ayers
- February 13, 2025
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Details A jury found 29-year-old homicide defendant Kemonta Johnson guilty of all charges on Feb. 7. Despite attorney Jason Rodriguez’s attempts, the panel found the defendant guilty of first-degree murder, firearm... Read More
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Kerryn Ayers
- February 13, 2025
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Details Shooting defendant Michael Armstrong, 28, received a new trial date on Feb. 11 after defense attorney Augustine Okeke was absent due to illness. Armstrong is on trial for the Feb.... Read More
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Laura Flores
- February 12, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K Copeland granted the prosecution’s request to postpone attempted murder defendant Devin Shadle’s jury trial to April 28 due to a scheduling conflict. Shadle... Read More
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Laura Flores
- February 12, 2025
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Details Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed 39-year-old attempted murder defendant Robert Hardy’s initial appearance hearing on Feb. 11. Baltimore Witness was unable to confirm the new date. Hardy... Read More
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Ziqi Zhou
- February 12, 2025
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Details A 21-year-old shooting defendant accepted a plea offer on Feb. 11 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton. Dontay McKoy pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and firearm use in... Read More
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Ben Dutcher
- February 11, 2025
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Details Timothy Perkins Jr., 32, rejected a plea deal on Feb. 11 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Perkins faces 19 charges, including attempted first-degree murder and three... Read More
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Caroline Sutley
- February 11, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland granted yet another trial postponement for 29-year-old Wayne Coleman on Feb. 11–this time because Coleman’s defense attorney was absent. Coleman faces charges... Read More
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Laura Flores
- February 11, 2025
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Details Daniel Moss, 60, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and roadside negligence resulting in a fatality before the Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory on Feb. 6. On March... Read More
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Ziqi Zhou
- February 11, 2025
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Details A 23-year-old Baltimore County woman charged in the death of a one-year-old child rejected a plea deal on Feb. 10 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Aurielle... Read More
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Ziqi Zhou
, Sage Cho - February 11, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland reset the trial of 21-year-old homicide defendant Cahari Ferguson to May 27. Ferguson and co-defendant Tyrell White are charged with two counts... Read More
By
Baltimore Witness Staff
- February 11, 2025
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Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a shooting investigation in the Eastern District. On Feb. 10, at approximately 2:45 p.m., officers responded to an area hospital regarding a shooting victim... Read More
By
Caroline Sutley
- February 10, 2025
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Details The case against 33-year-old homicide defendant Darrell Sewell was dismissed on Feb. 10 after the prosecution failed to locate Sewell’s mother, a crucial witness. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Nicole... Read More
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Ziqi Zhou
- February 10, 2025
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Details A 61-year-old man manslaughter defendant received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Feb. 10. Steven Heggie, Sr., is charged with first-degree child... Read More
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Claire Schreiber
- February 10, 2025
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Details Alan Geslicki, 33, pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of six-year-old Seron O’Neal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams on Feb. 10. The incident occurred on Jan.... Read More
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Kristen Wheeler
- February 10, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a jury trial for 29-year-old attempted murder defendant William Demetrius Elliot for April 17. Elliot is charged with attempted first- and... Read More
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Abraham Leo
, --- staff --- - February 10, 2025
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Details Prosecutors introduced Baltimore CitiWatch surveillance footage as evidence in a case involving 42-year-old homicide defendant Lionel Matthews in a Feb. 5 trial before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer.... Read More
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Tomas Coles
- February 10, 2025
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Details Counsel delivered opening statements in the first day of homicide defendant Davonte Hamlett’s jury trial on Feb. 10. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer presided over an emotional... Read More
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Kerryn Ayers
, Claire Schreiber , Kristen Wheeler - February 7, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Tanner transferred 30-year-old Reginald Whitaker’s hearing to Judge Melissa K. Copeland’s chambers for a postponement on Feb. 7. Judge Tanner informed Whitaker that... Read More
By
Carmen Gregg
- February 7, 2025
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Details Jury selection began on a note of controversy in a first-degree murder trial on Feb. 7. Davonte Hamlett, 21, is on trial for the murder of Sherman Anderson, 25 on... Read More