Second Co-Defendant in N. Milton Avenue Double Shooting Released on Home Detention

By Andrew Michaels - October 6, 2023
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The second co-defendant charged with the murder of 26-year-old Brionna Glasgow and shooting of a 29-year-old man was released on house arrest on Oct. 6, a day before the two-year anniversary of the double shooting.

Al Brown has remained incarcerated since his arrest in December 2021, his defense attorney, George Harris, said during a bail review hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby . Harris said the defendant’s criminal record does not extend beyond a probation before judgement for marijuana possession from February 2007.

“There’s been a significant delay with this trial,” Harris said, which has been postponed twice this year at the request of the prosecution in March and, again, in August. The latest postponement request on Aug. 14 was granted as the case was assigned to another prosecutor.

Harris said while he understood the serious nature of the case, he advocated for his client’s release on private home detention with electronic monitoring.

“Mr. Brown, I can tell you, is very much looking forward to his day in court,” Harris concluded.

The assistant state’s attorney prosecuting the case detailed the Oct. 7, 2021 incident. He said Brown and his wife, Bolondalay Banks, went into a residence on the 1700 block of N. Milton Avenue, armed with guns, and fatally shot Glasgow.

The second victim was shot in his head but survived his injuries and later identified the suspects.

Judge Ausby previously granted Banks’ release on home detention in September.

“It’s the nature of the facts and the allegations that are very, very concerning for the [prosecution] for public safety reasons,” the prosecutor said.

Given the seriousness of the charges, pre-trial services recommended the defendant be held without bail. However, Judge Ausby agreed to Brown’s release in addition to the prosecutor’s request for “immediate notification” should the defendant violate the terms.

Brown, who will reside with his mother in Gwynn Oak, is expected to stay away from the scene of the crime, the surviving victim and the victims’ families.

Brown and Banks’ trial is currently scheduled on Jan. 9, 2024, before Judge Jeannie J. Hong. Both defendants are charged with two counts of first-degree murder and firearm use in a felony or violent crime and single counts of conspiracy to first-degree murder and having a loaded handgun on their person.