Court Archives - Page 13 of 211

Lawnview Avenue Murder Defendant Accepts Plea Deal

By Ziqi Zhou [former] - March 4, 2025
Court | Homicides | Shooting |

Details A 42-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and firearm use in a felony or violent crime on March 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock... Read More

Witness Says Shooting Suspect Tells Her, ‘I’m Sick of This B**ch, I’m About to Blow Her Up’

By Kerryn Ayers [former] , Caroline Sutley [former] - March 4, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Shooting |

Details Counsel gave opening statements and the victims testified in the jury trial of attempted murder defendant Antonio Freeman before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones on March 4.... Read More

Judge Reschedules Cinder Block Homicide Trial After Attorney Delay

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland rescheduled homicide defendant Dayrel McFarland’s trial for March 24 after an unexpected change in his defense counsel and scheduling conflicts with one... Read More

Trial Set for Attempted Murder and Drug Possession Charges

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a three-day jury trial for Kwame Brown, who stands accused of attempted murder and drug charges in connection to two separate... Read More

Man Sentenced To Life-Plus 20 Years For Woman’s Murder

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazerow sentenced murder defendant Reginald Peay to life- plus 20 years incarceration on Feb. 28. Peay was previously found guilty of first-degree murder,... Read More

Defendant Rejects Plea Offer for Five-Year-Old’s Homicide

By Caroline Sutley [former] - March 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details During a plea hearing on March 3, Shaun Bullock, Jr. rejected a plea offer for the first-degree murder of five-year-old Nivea Anderson. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory... Read More

Man Sentenced to Life After Pursuing ‘Vigilante Justice’ Shooting

Details Terrance Hazelwood, 42, was initially sentenced to life in prison for a February 2024 non-fatal shooting incident. On Feb. 16, Hazelwood entered Club Paradise, a liquor store located in the... Read More

Double-Homicide Defendant Trial Set for June

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a weeklong jury trial for double-homicide defendant Dandre Woods-Bethel, 28, on March 3. Woods-Bethel is charged with two counts of first-degree... Read More

Jury Trial Postponed in Blunt Force Trauma Homicide

Details Baltimore City Circus Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a May 30 motion hearing for 36-year-old homicide defendant Bryan Cherry after the prosecutor requested medical leave for an upcoming surgery.... Read More

Man Sentenced to 100 Years For Attempted Murder

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazerow sentenced attempted murder defendant Obidiah Malone to 100 years on Feb. 28. The prosecution suggested Malone might have been ultimately responsible for... Read More

Suspect in Self-Shooting Scheduled For Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a May 19 jury trial for defendant James Richardson, 54, on Feb. 28. Richardson is charged with possession of a firearm... Read More

Suspected Killer of High School Student May be Forced to Represent Himself

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland informed 25-year-old homicide defendant Roger Alvarado-Mendoza that he would have to represent himself at his July 17 jury trial if his defense... Read More

Shooting in Baltimore City Courthouse Under Investigation

By Baltimore Witness Staff - March 1, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a shooting that occurred on the morning of Friday, Jan. 31, in Baltimore City, Maryland.... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Duo Accused of Murder

By Kerryn Ayers [former] - February 28, 2025
Court | Homicides | Shooting |

Details On Feb. 28, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a July 18 trial date for homicide codefendants Joseph Walker, 49, and Joseph Coates, 40. The trial is... Read More

Trial Set For Suspect Accused of Killing Two, Wounding a Third

Details Munir Matin, 37, rejected a plea offer of life, suspending all but 90 years, and five years of supervised probation before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones on... Read More

Court Reconsiders Trial Date For Pair Accused of Contract Killings

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled counsel for Cornell Moore, 38, and Keith Russell, 39 – codefendants in a chain of murder-to-hire homicides, non-fatal shootings, and carjackings... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Double-Homicide Defendant Previously Deemed Incompetent

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a March 3 jury trial for double-homicide defendant Dandre Woods-Bethel on Feb. 28. Woods-Bethel, 28, is charged with two counts of... Read More

Prosecution Mines Defendant’s Instagram Account For Evidence in 2020 Homicide Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Troy K. Hill denied defense counsel’s motion to suppress evidence found from homicide defendant Eric Morris’ Instagram account on Feb. 28. Morris, 39, is charged... Read More

Attempted Murder Suspect May Face Less Punishment Because of Age

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland approved a motion to reschedule 19-year-old attempted murder defendant Anthony Berry’s hearing to March 18 to allow counsel time to deliberate whether... Read More

Youthful Shooting Suspect May Be Eligible For Reduced Sentence

By Abraham Leo [former] - February 27, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland approved a motion to reschedule 19-year-old attempted murder defendant Anthony Berry’s hearing to March 18 to allow counsel time to deliberate whether... Read More

Judge Sentences Parkside Killer to 30 Years

By Sage Cho - February 27, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor sentenced homicide defendant Devon T. Young to a total of 30 years on Feb. 27 for his involvement in the murder of... Read More

Shooting Defendant Claims He Was Charged for Another Man’s Crime

By Sage Cho - February 27, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor sentenced 56-year-old attempted murder defendant Walter Holmes to three months for contempt of court on Feb. 27 after Holmes passionately claimed he... Read More

Attempted Murder Suspect Fails to Appear in Mental Health Court

By Carmen Gregg [former] , Claire Schreiber [former] - February 27, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin indefinitely postponed 24-year-old Javon Hines’ mental health observation hearing on Feb. 26 pending admission to a hospital. Hines is charged with attempted... Read More

Mental Health Observation Rescheduled for Suspect in Electric Scooter Shooting

Details “Watch the news tonight. I just laid two Motherf***ers out!” Arnold Jackson, 54, reportedly told a witness on March 23, 2023 after allegedly attempting to murder two Black men on... Read More