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Prosecutor Claims Victim Was Killed for Disrespecting Rolling 60s Crips Gang, Defendant Found Not Guilty of Murder

Details Homicide defendant Justin Westbrook didn’t like it when 36-year-old Damon Bailey “disrespected the Rolling 60s” Crips gang in Baltimore. At the conclusion of Westbrook’s trial on Feb. 27, a Baltimore... Read More

Judge Sets Retrial Date for Two 17-Year-Old Murder Defendants

Details Two defendants charged with the fatal shooting 38-year-old Clark Hohrein in 2022, rejected a plea offered by the assistant state’s attorney on Feb. 27. Defendants Darell Parker and William Holloman... Read More

Jury Finds Defendant Guilty of Shooting Two Men Returning Keys to Neighbor

Details Jurors found a 24-year-old Baltimore man guilty of Roderick Daniels’ murder and the attempted murder of another man on Feb. 27 after the two men tried returning apartment keys to... Read More

Convicted Homicide Defendant Gets 10-Day Sentence for Violating Probation

By Andrew Michaels - February 28, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A 67-year-old convicted homicide defendant was handed down a 10-day prison sentence on Feb. 23 for violating his probation after being arrested for a DUI. According to defense attorney Sharon... Read More

Judge’s Absence Delays Two Cases

Details A homicide case and an unrelated attempted homicide case were delayed one day due to the absence of the presiding Baltimore City Circuit Court judge. According to the circuit court... Read More

Man’s Retrial Begins for 2017 Fauji Grocery Mart Shooting

Details Soda was still fizzing on the ground from gunfire when Baltimore Police arrived at Fauji Grocery Mart on the evening of March 1, 2017. Video evidence captured the shooting, and... Read More

Judge Sets August Trial Date for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details An attempted murder defendant rejected a 30-year plea offered by prosecutors on Feb. 22 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. James Sutton and his defense counsel Andre Mahasa, a... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects 30-Year Plea in Glenwood Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details A Baltimore resident facing attempted murder charges rejected a 30-year plea in prison on Feb. 24 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Isaac Baylis and his defense counsel Isabel... Read More

Judge Postpones Sentencing for 78-Year-Old Defendant Accused of Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend

Details A Baltimore man who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder had his sentencing hearing postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Blomquist on Feb. 24. In September 2022, defendant Ronald... Read More

Judge Schedules Division Street Attempted Murder Trial for June

Details On Feb. 24, an attempted murder defendant rejected a plea of 25 years in prison before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Nathaniel Hope and his defense counsel... Read More

‘Exchange of Words’ Led to Victim’s Death By Gunfire, Prosecutor Says

Details Defense counsel in the murder trial of Justin Westbrook directed the jury’s attention away from his client and towards two brothers, one of whom he said was responsible for the death of... Read More

Trial Scheduling Hearing Continued Yet Again for Murder Defendant, Counsels Unable to Agree on Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn continued a defendant’s hearing on Feb. 23 after holding it a day, to give the counsel more time to agree on a... Read More

Co-Defendants Reject 50-Year Plea in 2021 Derby Manor Drive Homicide Case

Details On Feb. 23, two Baltimore residents facing homicide charges rejected a plea of 50 years in prison before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Devon Pailin and Lundyne Oldes, his stand-in... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects 50-Year Plea Offer, Trial Set for May

Details A Baltimore resident facing homicide charges rejected a plea offered the assistant state’s attorney on Feb. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Lundyne Oldes and her... Read More

Trial Postponed for Defendant in 2021 Laurens Street Homicide Case

Details A Baltimore man charged in the December 2021 fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man had his trial postponed on Feb. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Jail Calls Referring to Another ‘Body’ Recalled During Sentencing

Details Jail calls from convicted homicide defendant Jeremiah Tehohney were used against him in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Feb. 23 when an assistant state’s attorney argued for a sentence of life in... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Defendant in O’Donnell Street Attempted Murder Case

Details A defendant in a 2022 non-fatal shooting case rejected a plea before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Feb. 23. At Thursday’s hearing, the prosecution proposed a... Read More

Judge Adds Five Years to Attempted Homicide Defendant’s Sentence for Violating Probation

Details A 32-year-old man convicted of attempted murder nearly 10 years ago was sentenced to an additional five years in prison for violating his probation. In May 2014, defendant Charles Smith... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Continues Attempted Murder Defendant’s Scheduling Hearing

Details An Edgewood resident facing two attempted murder cases had his trial postponed on Feb. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The assistant state’s attorney and defense... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Continues Attempted Murder Defendant’s Hearing

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn continued a Baltimore man accused of attempted murder’s reception court hearing on Feb. 22. Rico Blick, 28, is charged with first and second-degree attempted... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Schedules Attempted Murder Defendant Trial for July 2023

Details On Feb. 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled an attempted murder defendant’s trial for July. Daquan Allen, 24, is charged with two counts each of first... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects 25-Year Plea Offer

Details An attempted murder defendant rejected a plea offered by the prosecution on Feb. 22 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Samal Chavis and his defense counsel Todd Oppenheim, a... Read More

Judge Issues Trial Date to 18-Year-Old Homicide Defendant

Details On Feb. 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn placed the defendant, Zachariah Allison trial on the need coverage docket for the fall. Allison, 18, is charged with... Read More

Judge Grants Bail for Attempted Murder Defendant in Armistead Way Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer granted bail to a defendant facing attempted murder charges on Feb. 22. Both counsels agreed that defendant Leonidas Solanos-Campos should be released on Advantage... Read More