Two co-defendants accused of attempted murder received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on April 14.  Co-defendant Dartagnan Smith and Rudolph Riddick are charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, having a handgun on his person, use of a firearm in a felony violent crime, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, conspiracy to have a handgun on his person, and conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony violent crime.  They are also charged with two counts, each of first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault in connection to an August 2022 shooting.  Smith, 23, is charged with an additional count of discharging a firearm, possessing a firearm with a felony conviction, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, and illegal possession of ammunition.  According to charging documents, on Aug. Read more »

Three men charged in a fatal January home invasion will be tried together after a Baltimore judge rejected a defense motion to separate the eldest co-defendant’s case from the two teenagers named as co-conspirators 28-year-old Keishonne Moore, 18-year-old Dasean Tristen Williams, and 19-year-old Derrick Williams are charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder, home invasion, armed robbery, and multiple gun violations in connection to a fatal Jan. Read more »

A Baltimore man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on April 20 for his involvement in a downtown shooting last January that prosecutors called “the latest in a decade-long cycle of violence.” The defendant, 22-year-old Antonio Mackey, will serve the first 10 years of his term without parole following the ruling by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Read more »

The trial of Oba-Cinque Mitchiner, 40, concluded March 18 with closing statements presented before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Read more »

A jury acquitted a Baltimore man of attempted murder before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Read more »

Jurors began deliberating March 12 in the trial of Antonio Mackey, 22, after counsel delivered closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry G. Read more »

The trial of Antonio Mackey, 22, began on March 11, with the state and defense attorney John Deros delivering opening arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Read more »

Jury selection began the afternoon of March 10 in the trial of 22-year-old Antonio Mackey, who stands accused of a broad daylight shooting that occurred last January in downtown Baltimore. Read more »

A 30-year-old man has been acquitted of all charges in connection to a double shooting that occurred last spring outside a Northeast Baltimore grocery store.  Raekwon Newman, a self-proclaimed native of the area in which the shooting unfolded, was found not guilty by jurors the day after his trial concluded. Read more »

A 27-year-old murder convict heard from multiple members of a grieving family on Feb. Read more »

A McDonald’s drive-through shooting case from last January was postponed on Feb. Read more »

As proceedings drew to a close in the attempted murder trial of Raekwon Newman on Feb. Read more »

A 30-year-old man stood before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Catherine Chen and a panel of jurors on Feb. Read more »

A defense attorney’s ongoing illness ultimately postponed the trials of Zion James Clayton and Antonio Louis Mackey on Jan. Read more »

A 33-year-old woman whose two pitbulls fatally attacked an elderly woman last June pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of reckless endangerment during a plea hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Nicole K. Read more »