April 2025 - Page 5 of 6 - Baltimore Witness

Judge Cancels Mental Observation Hearing For Unruly Defendant

By Jamiya Austin - April 7, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ended a mental observation hearing for attempted murder defendant Marcel Johnson, 22, after he grew agitated and denied suffering from mental illness... Read More

Trial For Fatal Accident Defendant Awaits Mental Observation Results

By Kerryn Ayers - April 7, 2025
Daily Stories | Traffic |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland ordered an April 16 mental observation hearing date to determine vehicular manslaughter defendant Antoinette Harris’ competency to stand trial. Harris, 25, is... Read More

July Trial Scheduled for Liquor Store Murder Defendant

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a July jury trial date for murder defendant Amir C. Barnes-Henderson, 26, on April 4. Henderson will appear before Baltimore City... Read More

Murder Defendant’s Case Reopened on Constitutional Grounds

Details “This is my life that I’m currently fighting for.” Anton Harris, 37, said on April 4 as he begged Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland for a fair... Read More

Lawyers Dispute Instagram Evidence in Murder Trial

Details “You could walk out of the house and get hit by a truck,” Charles “Sleepy” Bowen, 20, allegedly said in a voice message to Darcell Mitchell, 19. In the same... Read More

Release Denied as 2020 Shooting Defendant is Retried

By Claire Schreiber - April 7, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette Ringgold-Kirksey ruled that Dominick Scarboro, 31, remain held without bond as he awaits a retrial in a remanded 2020 non-fatal shooting case. The incident... Read More

Police Investigate Apparent Homicide in Easterwood

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 7, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a homicide investigation in the Western District. On April 5, at approximately 5:33 p.m., Western District patrol officers responded to a report of an... Read More

Victim Announced in Fatal Cliftview Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 7, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a victim in a fatal Darley Park shooting. Hakeen English, 35, was killed April 6 in the 1600 block of Cliftview Avenue. Read More

Man Shot on Aisquith Street

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 6, 2025
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an investigation into a shooting incident in the Eastern District. On April 6, at approximately 2:39 a.m., officers responded to the 1700 block of... Read More

Man Shot in Head, Killed on Cliftview Avenue

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 6, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an investigation into a homicide in the Eastern District. On April 6, at approximately 10:27 a.m., Eastern District officers responded to the 1600 block... Read More

3 Wounded in Reisterstown Road Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 5, 2025
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an investigation into a shooting incident in the Northwest District. On April 4, at approximately 10:05 p.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to the... Read More

Trial for Attempted Murder Defendant Pending Mental Evaluation

By Sage Cho - April 4, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a June 16 pretrial hearing date for attempted murder defendant Javon Hines, 24, on April 4. Whether Hines will go on... Read More

Cinder Block Murderer Plans to File for Retrial

Details Convicted cinder block murder defendant Dayrel McFarland said he intends to file a retrial motion in a hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette Ringgold-Kirksey on April 3. The... Read More

June Trial Set for Men Accused in October 2024 Gunfight

Details On April 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a lJune jury trial for Marcus Lilly, 42, who was accused of exchanging gunfire with co-defendant Shyheem Thompson,... Read More

Shooting Defendant Sentenced to 15 Years

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth sentenced Darryl Toomer to 15 years in prison and five years of probation for a brutal shooting in a hearing on April... Read More

Prosecution Uses Instagram Posts as a Link to Murder Suspect ‘Sleepy’

Details The prosecution in a murder trial presented Instagram evidence to link Charles “Sleepy” Bowen, 20, to the Feb. 20, 2024, fatal shooting of Darcell Mitchell, 19. Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Joinder Motion in Limbo in a Homicide

Details On March 31, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton presided over a back-and-forth hearing for Paul Artis, 27. During the proceeding a stand-in prosecutor refused to argue a joinder... Read More

Victim Announced in Patterson Avenue Fatal Shooting

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the death of Keyon K. Bryant, a Black male born on Oct. 30, 2002. The incident occurred April 3, in the 4100 block of... Read More

Teen Girl Shot in Foot on Cedgate Road

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 4, 2025
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a shooting investigation in the Northeast District. On April 3, at approximately 9:30 p.m., officers responded to the 5100 block of Cedgate Road following... Read More

Johnston Square Shooting Suspect Arrested in Ohio

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an arrest related to a homicide in the Central District. On March 18, investigators identified 26-year-old Unique Thorn of Baltimore as the suspect in... Read More

Shooting Defendant Faces May Trial if Plea Negotiations Fail

By Laura Flores - April 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a May 27 trial date for shooting defendant Charles Ward in an April 2 hearing. Ward, 25, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Defense Moves to Exclude Car Tracking Data From Murder Trial

Details Defense attorney Mary L. Patton filed a motion to exclude vehicle tracking information as evidence in the murder trial of 41-year-old Jenita Foster on April 2. The data was recovered... Read More

Trial Continues For Teen’s Fatal Shooting

Details Trial continued for Davon “Dae Dae” Butler, 19, Charles “Sleepy” Bowen, 20, and a third teenage boy before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on April 3. Butler... Read More

Patterson Avenue Shooting Leaves Man Dead

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 3, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a homicide investigation in the Northwest District. On April 3, at approximately 8:43 a.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to the 4100 block of... Read More

Month: April 2025