Lexington Street 2022 Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

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An attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn and rejected a plea offer during a scheduling hearing on April 4.

Defendant Perry Brown rejected a plea of 40 years, suspending all but 20 years, with three years of supervised probation for second-degree murder and a concurrent sentence of five years without the possibility of parole for firearm use in a felony violent crime.

Brown, 37, is charged with one count each of attempted first- and second-degree murder, one count each of first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, firearm use in a felony violent crime, possessing a firearm with a felony conviction, illegal possession of firearm, having a handgun on his person, having a loaded handgun on his person, illegal possession of ammunition and discharging a gun within Baltimore City in connection to an incident on Oct. 6, 2022.

Due to counsels’ availability, Judge Phinn found probable cause to go beyond Brown’s Hick’s date, which is his right to be tried within 180 days of his or his attorney’s first court appearance.

She set his trial to begin on Aug. 15 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr.

According to documents issued by the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City, on the day of the incident Central District officers with the Baltimore Police Department responded to the 300 block of Lexington Street for calls of an aggravated assault by shooting.

It was discovered via video camera that the victim had a physical altercation with an unknown female and the male shooting suspect. Citi watch cameras and CCTV footage show the suspect shooting the victim in the shoulder and then the suspect fleeing and eventually getting into a dark colored Infinity. Officers were later able to identify Brown as the registered owner of the vehicle and a person of interest in the case.

Officers were also able to identify Brown as a suspect through a series of photo arrays.