Jurors and Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton heard testimony from a cellular forensics expert as the trial of Cassandra McRae and Tavon Singleton continued with the evidentiary phase on March 30.
McRae, 37, and Singleton, 35, face two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder, and multiple gun offenses in connection with the shooting death of 52-year-old Antoinette Jennings at a children’s basketball game last January.
Charging documents state that the violence was sparked by a dispute between McRae and Jennings’ family on Jan. 22, 2025. McRae allegedly trailed Jennings to the 5400 block of York Road before shooting into the victim’s car, killing her and wounding two other passengers.
At trial, an analyst specializing in mobile tracking testified that pings from cellular towers placed both defendants’ phones in the immediate vicinity of the ambush. Prosecutors used the data to build a timeline starting at the basketball game and ending at York Road and claimed cell tower pings placed the defendants at the scene of the shooting.
During cross-examination, defense attorney Michael Tomko highlighted critical “gaps” in the state’s digital timeline, pointing to periods of inactivity on both cellphones. He argued that even if experts were able to track the cellphones to the 5400 block of York Road, the burden still fell on the prosecution to prove that the defendants had the devices at the time.
The trial is set to continue on March 31 with additional witness testimony.
