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Defense Attorney Requests Postponement of Road Rage Trial

Details The trial for a 21-year-old defendant involved in a road rage incident was postponed at the request of his defense attorney before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn.... Read More

Murder Suspect Goes on Trial in A Mass Shooting

Details Opening arguments in the murder trial of Daaon Spears were heard before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. on Oct. 21. Spears, 18, is accused of 31... Read More

Accused Bus Stop Shooter Gets 2025 Trial Date Amid Plea Negotiations

Details A 24-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of shooting another man during a bus stop robbery earlier this year was given a January 2025 trial date while plea negotiations remain underway. During... Read More

Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison for Homicide in Back-to-Back Shootings

Details A 25-year-old homicide defendant who appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer and was sentenced to life in prison on Oct. 11 for killing Traquarn Lewis and... Read More

Defendant’s Father ‘Played Significant Role’ in Neighbor Dispute-Turned-Shooting, Prosecutor Says

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge agreed to move forward with a plea offer of time served for 24-year-old attempted homicide defendant Daykai Quarles after the prosecution revealed Quarles’ father... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details An attempted murder defendant declined a plea offer during a hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Anthony F. Vittoria on Oct. 15. Jonte Gilmore, 27, is charged with 62 charges,... Read More

Man Will Serve 35 Years for Alcohol-Motivated Shooting

Details A 29-year-old was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a May 2023 shooting in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 11. Per the Maryland Judiciary website, Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill... Read More

Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Shooting Another During Argument

Details A 19-year-old Baltimore man will serve the next two decades in prison after he was found guilty of shooting another man during an argument last year. On Oct. 11, Rito... Read More

Aisquith Street Defendant Receives Trial Date

Details A 19-year-old defendant received a trial date after rejecting a plea offer in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 11. Defendant Jamal Smothers, represented by defense attorney Judit Otvos, is charged... Read More

Attorneys’ Scheduling Conflicts Postpone Woman’s Sentencing For Friend’s Shooting

Details An Owings Mills woman’s sentencing for conspiring to shoot her friend was postponed on Oct. 11 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Markia Vaughn, 20, was scheduled for sentencing alongside her... Read More

Greenmount Avenue Attempted Murder Defendant Sentenced to 42 Years

Details A 38-year-old attempted murder defendant was sentenced in Baltimore City Circuit Court for his involvement in a December 2023 shooting on Oct. 9. Defendant William Harris, represented by defense attorney... Read More

Attorney Claims Everything Defendant Did Was, ‘Within the Law’

Details “Everything my client did was within the law as he acted in self-defense,” a defense attorney said during his closing argument on Aug. 19 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The... Read More

Alleged Teen Shooter to Stay in Adult Court, Faces 2025 Trial

Details A 17-year-old attempted murder defendant, who was recently denied a request to be tried in juvenile court, received a Baltimore City Circuit Court trial date Oct. 10. Ty’yon Scruggs is... Read More

Mental Health Concerns Force Reception Court Continuance

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland refrained from scheduling the trial for 30-year-old attempted murder defendant Oct. 10 due to pending mental competency concerns. Brian Allen Watkins is... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant’s Request to Change Attorney Denied

Details An attempted murder defendant’s request to hire a new attorney before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy on Oct. 7, was denied. Daquann Toney, 28, is charged with... Read More

Acquitted: Man Accused of Shooting Victim in Neck Found Not Guilty of Attempted Murder, Related Charges

Details A 54-year-old man has been acquitted of attempted murder charges following accusations that he shot another man in the neck last December. On Sept. 26, a jury found Kim Alderman... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Gets 2025 Trial Date After Week of Delays

Details A 31-year-old attempted murder defendant received a 2025 trial date after a week of delays forced his lawyer to ask for a postponement Oct. 4. Larry Winder III is charged... Read More

Defendant in Spring Murder to Be Tried by Year’s End

Details A 28-year-old murder defendant received a December trial date in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 4. Timothy Knott is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime,... Read More

Judge Reschedules Defendant’s Second Attempted Murder Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Levi S. Zaslow rescheduled the attempted murder trial of a 31-year-old defendant due to the prosecutor’s having another trial. Larry Winder III is charged with... Read More

Northern District Arrests Suspect Days After Attempted Murder

Details In regards to the shooting that occurred on the 2500 block of Greenmount Avenue on Sept. 27 that left a 49-year-old male critically injured, Baltimore Police Department detectives have arrested... Read More

Judge Sentences Man Guilty of Firearms Charges in Fort Armistead Park Shooting

Details A 22-year-old Anne Arundel County man was sentenced to five years in prison on Sept. 20 for having a handgun at the scene of a fight in Fort Armistead Park... Read More

Missing Victim Delays Attempted Murder Trial

Details The trial of attempted homicide defendant Darius Stepney was delayed on Oct. 1 to give the prosecution time to locate the victim. Stepney, 31, was scheduled to begin trial on... Read More

Defense Questions Surviving Victim’s Police Interview in Murder Conviction

Details “The tragic killing of one person should not lead to the wrongful conviction of another.” On Sept. 5, defense attorney Judit Otvos reflected on the testimony of the surviving victim,... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Moves Toward Retrial

Details A 21-year-old attempted murder defendant received a pre-trial conference date on Sept. 27 for a retrial in reception court from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Derrien Gamble... Read More