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Judge Sentences Man to Five Years for Cousin’s Death

Details Emotions ran high inside the courtroom of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yvette Bryant on Feb. 17 when family members of homicide defendant Demetrick Lewis tearfully awaited his sentencing for the death of his... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Grants Bail to 41-Year-Old Attempted Murder Defendant

Details On Feb. 17, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby granted bail for a Baltimore man facing attempted murder charges. Judge Ausby granted Juan Dean bail on Friday, releasing him on 24-hour home... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Receives May Trial Date Despite Prosecution’s Unavailability

Details During reception court on Feb. 16, a defendant rejected a plea offered by the assistant state’s attorney before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Taiquan Moss was offered a plea... Read More

Defense Argues for Retrial Saying Deputies Refused Co-Defendants’ Family, Friends Entrance During Parts of Trial

Details In 2022, homicide co-defendants Brian Campbell, 25, and Corey Smith, 29, were tried and convicted for the 2018 murder of 17-year-old Beontray Ellis. Nearly a year later, on Feb. 16,... Read More

Jury Finds Defendant Not Guilty of 2022 Strip Club Shooting

Details A 30-year-old Baltimore man was found not guilty of attempted murder on Feb. 16 after being accused of shooting another man at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club last year. The five-day... Read More

Man Found Guilty of Manslaughter after Pushing Cousin Down Stairs During Argument

Details A 32-year-old Baltimore man was found guilty of manslaughter on Feb. 16 after pushing his cousin down the stairs during an argument last year. Following a five-day trial before Baltimore... Read More

Judge Pushes Attempted Murder Defendant’s Hearing Pending NCR Evaluation

Details The Circuit Court Medical Office made a request for an extended mental evaluation for 35-year-old defendant Ahmad Moulden before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale Rasin on Feb. 15. In... Read More

Defendant Convicted in 1993 for Murder Says He Will Work to Avoid Returning to Jail as He Moves to New York

Details “I don’t want to break my mother’s heart,” eagerly said a murder suspect on Feb. 15 as he started his post-incarceration program after serving 30 years in prison. Defendant Omar... Read More

Defendant in 2015 Laurens Street Murder Case to Undergo Mental Health Evaluation

Details On Feb. 15, a homicide defendant was admitted into the hospital for a competency review after multiple evaluation extensions before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale Rasin. The 32-year-old defendant,... Read More

Water Bottle With Defendant’s DNA Links Him to Murder Outside Westside Pharmacy, Prosecutor Says

Details A Baltimore City prosecutor argued that a key piece of evidence linking Craig Carter to the murder of Ronald White was a water bottle found at the scene and previously seen in... Read More

Judge Sentences Defendant to 18 Months of Home Detention for Vehicular Manslaughter of Cousin

Details A 34-year-old Baltimore man will serve 18 months on home detention after accepting a plea for vehicular manslaughter in connection to a car crash that killed his cousin. On Feb.... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Jury Selection Delayed to Address Witness Issue

Details Jury selection for homicide defendant Alex Benbow was pushed back a day on Feb. 15 to allow the prosecution to address a potential issue with a witness. Benbow, 50, was initially scheduled... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Grants Bail for Homicide Defendant in Bar Fight Turned Fatal Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby granted a Baltimore man facing homicide charges bail on Feb. 14. According to the judge, defendant Keith Mario Luckey must surrender all firearms, and... Read More

Falls Way Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Following Recent Murder Conviction

Details On Feb. 14, a defendant convicted of murdering a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) lieutenant’s husband accepted a plea during his hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown. ... Read More

Murder Defendant Receives Reduced Sentence After Serving 30 Years in Prison

Details A murder defendant says he found faith during his 30-year incarceration period and asked victims for forgiveness during a collateral hearing on Feb. 15. Defendant Jacoby Bennett appeared in front... Read More

Murder Trial Begins for Baltimore Man Charged with Pushing Cousin Down Stairs

Details “The only fact that is true is that he is innocent,” said defense attorney Brandon Patterson as the first day of trial began for a Baltimore man charged with the... Read More

Whitwood Road Attempted Murder Defendant Accepts Plea

Details On Feb. 15, a Baltimore man facing attempted murder charges pleaded guilty before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong. Christopher Robinson and his defense counsel James Sweeting III,... Read More

Fourth Co-Defendant Accused of Pulling the Trigger in Fells Point Shooting

Details The attempted murder trial of Ronald Maranto has only just begun, but counsel was already at odds over who fired the gun in the Fells Point shooting involving the defendant... Read More

Trial Begins For Man Accused of Shooting Young Mother in Front of Her Children

Details Three days before Christmas in 2019, Carmen Rodriguez was working the cash register at her family’s store, Kim’s Deli, in Patterson Park. Moments later, a suspect walked inside and demanded... Read More

Defendant Accepts Guilty Plea in 2022 Loneys Lane Shooting Case

Details During reception court, a reckless endangerment defendant accepted a guilty plea before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Feb. 13. The prosecution offered defendant Ja’Saiah Roberts a plea of five years,... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Sentencing Set For April after Taking Plea

Details A homicide defendant will be sentenced for the murder of 47-year-old Ali Bey this April following a plea agreement that was reached on Feb. 13. Shawn Purvis, 52, pleaded guilty... Read More

Defendant Denied Bail In 2018 Attempted Carjacking Turned Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer denied bail to an attempted murder defendant on Jan. 13. Delmel Johnson is charged with four counts of second-degree attempted murder, three counts each of... Read More

Retrial Scheduled for 17-Year-Old Defendant Following Mistrial in Lakewood Avenue Homicide Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert Taylor declared a mistrial on Feb. 10 in the case of one of Baltimore’s most wanted violent offenders after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision. ... Read More

Jury Returns Not Guilty Verdict in Attempted Murder Case, Defense Argues Lack of Evidence

Details Defense counsel in the trial of attempted homicide defendant Courtney Sykes compared the length of the prosecution’s case to that of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, telling the jurors on Feb.... Read More