Attempted Murder Archives - Page 24 of 72

Man Charged in New Year’s Day Murder Gets Early 2024 Trial Date

Details A Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting 17-year-old D’Asia Garrison and injuring a 31-year-old man on New Year’s Day is set to begin trial early next year, just days after... Read More

Competency Questions Raised for Defendant in 2022 Waterview Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting

Details During mental health court, the defense raised competency concerns before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin as she set a trial date for a defendant charged in a... Read More

Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Case for Two Attempted Murder Defendants

Details On Oct. 5, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Myshala E. Middleton denied motions from defense attorneys John Deros and Karyn Meriwether to dismiss cases against two attempted murder defendants based... Read More

Multiple Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Oct. 5, a man facing 79 charges rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Arlyn Almonte is accused in multiple crimes including seven... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Oct. 5, an attempted murder defendant rejected a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Kilo Byrd is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder,... Read More

Prosecution Discovers New Evidence in Medford Road Attempted Murder Case

Details On Oct. 4, the assistant state’s attorney requested a postponement for the trial of 20-year-old defendant Derrien Gamble before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Tanner. Gamble is facing... Read More

Judge Schedules 2024 Trial for 17-Year-Old Accused in Mass Shooting

Details On Oct. 4, neither the prosecutor nor and defense could not come up with a 2023 trial date for a 17-year-old defendant charged with shooting five people in January. Daaon... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects 30-Year Plea Deal

Details On Oct. 4, defense attorney Roland S. Harris appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court to schedule his client’s trial before Judge Dana M. Middleton. Knowledge Hamilton is charged with first-degree... Read More

Botched Police Investigation Led to Defendant’s Arrest, Defense Says

Details Baltimore Police Department (BPD) detectives made “zero effort” to identify the shooter in the case of Taron Whiting, defense attorney Donald Wright said to the jury during his closing arguments... Read More

Trial Postponed in Non-Fatal Shooting on North Calhoun Avenue

Details On Oct. 4, defendant Michael Middleton, alongside his attorney Maureen O’Leary, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin H. Schreiber II for a scheduled trial. However, the prosecutor was... Read More

Defense Attorney Decries ‘Weak’ Case Against Shooting Client

Details On Oct. 2, the jury listened to opening statements for 20-year-old defendant Taron Whiting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. According to the Maryland Judiciary site, Whiting... Read More

2022 Ruskin Avenue Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Oct. 2, a 31-year-old suspect appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear the prosecution’s plea offer and schedule a trial date. Leonard Joyner is... Read More

Judge Continues Scheduling for Teen Facing Over 30 Charges, Two Murders

Details On Oct. 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn was unable to schedule a defendant’s trial since the prosecutor’s waiting on the outcome of a hearing for his... Read More

Fake Money Payment in a Drug Deal Ends With a Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge set a January 2024 trial date for 27-year-old James Sutton on Sept. 29 after the attempted homicide defendant rejected a plea offer of 35... Read More

Unavailable Prosecutor Delays Another Trial

Details On Sept. 29, a 46-year-old defendant appeared before Baltimore City Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to schedule a new trial date. Keisha Clark is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

‘The Past Is Prologue to the Future,’ Says Judge Before Sentencing Boarman Avenue Shooter

Details Emotions were high during the Sept. 27 sentencing of a defendant found guilty in connection to a non-fatal hooting incident on Boarman Avenue. Jarell Speaks, 21, was charged with attempted... Read More

Judge Postpones Sentencing for Mulberry Street Murder Defendant

Details In a Sept. 7 Baltimore City Circuit Court sentencing hearing for a homicide defendant, Judge Charles H. Dorsey III granted the postponement request of defense attorney Maureen Rowland. Darryon Cephas,... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial After Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Turns Down Plea

Details In a reception court hearing for non-fatal shooting defendant Stanley Parsons, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled his trial after he rejected the prosecution’s plea offer. Parsons... Read More

BPD Announces Reward and Case Links to Suspect Jason Billingsley

Details Baltimore, Md. (Sept. 27, 2023) – The Baltimore Police Department’s Warrant Apprehension Task Force (WATF), alongside the U.S. Marshals continue to actively search for first-degree murder suspect Jason Dean Billingsley. Through... Read More

Suspect Pleads Guilty to Drug-Related Murder

Details On Sept. 25, a second-degree murder defendant previously convicted in the death of 21-year-old Johniece Sheppard accepted a plea offer. Laser Womack, 36, appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court for... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial Date for Both Cases Against Defendant

Details Terrell Parker, an attempted murder defendant, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Sept. 26 to schedule his trial date. Parker, 27, is charged with attempted... Read More

Judge Schedules Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial

Details Dashawn Brown and his defense attorney, Arthur McGreevy, appeared in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Sept. 26 to schedule a trial date. Brown,... Read More

Prosecutor Drops Charges in 2022 Attempted Murder Case

Details John Ray was scheduled to appear in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on Sept. 13 for trial, but the prosecution dropped all the charges against... Read More

April Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Sept. 20, Devonta Hunter-Bergess and his defense attorney, Issac Klein, rejected a plea offer during a reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Hunter-Bergess,... Read More