Baltimore Witness’ homicide and non-fatal shooting data shows that perpetrators between the ages of 15 and 20 accounted for six percent of these violent incidents in 2024 and approximately five percent in 2025. Read more »

Co-defendants Eduardo Rodriguez, 19, and Kevin Palma-Vares, 19, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Read more »

Co-defendants Eduardo Rodriguez, 19, and Kevin Palma-Vares, 19, appeared May 26 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

Three weeks after a Baltimore judge denied bail for a man accused of shooting at his girlfriend in Charles Village earlier this year, the court ruled on April 27 that the state failed to meet their burden of proof in arresting the defendant, 28-year-old Omar Williams, and agreed to dismiss all charges against him. Read more »

In a Baltimore City Circuit Court, Judge Lawrence Daniels ruled April 8 in favor of the defense’s request to postpone a trial. Read more »

Jurors returned a unanimous guilty verdict on Halloween, Oct. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette Ringgold-Kirksey presided over closing arguments in the trial of 20-year-old Montay Brown, who is charged with first-degree murder and firearm use in a felony violent crime in connection to the death of 33-year-old Garfield Redd in Baltimore’s Charles North neighborhood. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette Ringgold-Kirksey presided over preliminary trial proceedings on Oct. Read more »

The jury saw graphic images of a murder but heard different versions of events in the homicide trial of Montay Brown on Aug. Read more »

On July 29, jury selection began for the case of a 20-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man in the head at close range while stopped at a Baltimore intersection.  Montay Brown is charged with first-degree murder and firearm use in a felony violent crime for the death of Garfield Redd, 33, on the unit block of E. Read more »

Aurielle Montgomery pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of her one-year-old infant child, Nyemia Gilliard, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Read more »

After key witnesses failed to appear for trial, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Read more »

Defendant Aurielle Angelique Montgomery, 23, pleaded guilty to the  second-degree murder of her infant child, 1-year-old Nyemia Gilliard, on May 5. Read more »

A 23-year-old Baltimore County woman charged in the death of a one-year-old child rejected a plea deal on Feb. Read more »

A Baltimore County woman’s trial was postponed on June 24, after her defense attorney filed a not criminally responsible plea contending the suspect is not mentally competent to stand trial.  Aurielle Montgomery, 22, of Pikesville, Md., is charged with second-degree murder of her one-year-old daughter, first-degree child abuse resulting in the death of a child younger than 13, first-degree child abuse resulting in severe physical injury and second-degree child abuse by a custodian for an incident that happened on Oct. Read more »