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Trial Date Scheduled for Carswell Street Attempted Murder Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland has scheduled a trial this fall for a 43-year-old accused of a shooting on Carswell Street. Marrico Bell faces multiple charges including... Read More

Two Murder Co-Defendants Facing Four Cases Will Return to Reception Court

Details Counsel wrangled on June 18 in Baltimore Circuit Court about the earliest available trial date for two co-defendants each facing two 2018 murder cases. Daoin Finch, 25, is charged with... Read More

New Trial Date Scheduled for Defendant in Pimlico Road Murder Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland has scheduled a new trial date for one of the defendants in a Pimlico Road murder case on June 18 after a... Read More

Trial of 21-Year-Old Accused in 7-Eleven Murder is Underway

Details Counsel delivered opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on June 17 in the case of a 21-year-old defendant accused of a seemingly unprovoked murder outside of... Read More

Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years for a Shooting That Left Him a Widower

Details A 35-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 17 for a shooting in the Franklin Square neighborhood last summer that claimed his wife’s life. Jamal Piles appeared... Read More

Girlfriend Says Suspect Was Driver in Double Killing

Details A jury heard opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays in a fatal drive-by shooting case in a June 18 proceeding. Datuan Blanchard, 24, is charged... Read More

Judge Sets Tentative Trial Date for Juvenile Charged With Murder

Details A tentative trial date has been set for a 17-year-old juvenile charged in relation to a murder on April 10, 2023. He is accused of first-degree murder, firearm use in... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects Life in Prison Offer in Reception Court

Details Murder defendant Ronald Alston, 36, rejected a plea offer of life imprisonment before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland on June 14. He has been charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

New Trial Date Set for Attempted Murder Case

Details A new trial date was set on June 17 for the defendant in an attempted murder case after a water main break last Thursday delayed his hearing. Davon Coleman, 25,... Read More

Court Grants Request to Reconsider Trying Murder Defendant as a Juvenile

Details A 16-year-old murder defendant stood before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland requesting that the court reconsider transferring his case back to juvenile court on June 17. Ultimately,... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial Waits for Counsel

Details An attempted murder defendant went before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland in order to schedule his trial on June 17. Ricardo Clarke, 43, is charged with attempted... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to November 2023 Shooting

Details A defendant pleaded guilty to having a loaded handgun on his person in connection to a November 2023 shooting of a 35-year-old man in a June 17 hearing. Quincy Johnson,... Read More

Defense Complains of Late Evidence Disclosure in an Attempted Murder Case

Details A hearing to sanction the prosecution over a late disclosure of evidence was held before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor on June 14. However, the judge denied... Read More

First-Degree Murder Defendant Acquitted Following Appeals

Details A first-degree murder defendant was acquitted on all counts, June 13, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Howard, after several appeals to his original conviction because a witness to... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant’s Sentencing Postponed

Details An attempted murder defendant was scheduled to go in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Levi S. Zaslow for sentencing on June 14. Markia Vaughn, 20, is charged with... Read More

Defense in Murder Trial Closing Says Prosecutor Lacks Proof

Details “The prosecution didn’t paint the whole picture in this case,” a defense attorney said during his closing argument on June 13 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Roland Harris, is representing... Read More

Jury Hears Closing Arguments in 2012 Murder Case

Details The trial for a 2012 murder ended before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard on June 13 in a case that the defense attorney said “rests on the... Read More

Courthouse Water Main Break Delays Cases, Forces Evacuation

Details A water main break early on June 13 stalled proceedings in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse. The building was left without water, forcing an evacuation. All scheduled cases had... Read More

Testimony Concludes in the 2012 Goodnow Road Murder Retrial

Details The second day of a jury trial for a 2012 murder trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court continued on June 12 with expert testimony from a medical examiner, an FBI... Read More

Armed Robbery Defendant Competent to Stand Trial After New Study

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ruled an armed robbery defendant was capable of standing trial in a mental health court hearing on June 12. Rico Blick, 30,... Read More

Acquitted: Burger King Armed Robbery Defendant Not Guilty on All Counts

Details A jury found the defendant in a Burger King armed robbery case not guilty of all nine charges against him on June 6. Charles Edwards, 40, was acquitted of armed... Read More

Belair Road Murder Defendant Guilty

Details A first-degree murder defendant was found guilty accompanied by his defense attorney, Michael Cooper, in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Keith Anderson, 45, was charged... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Case Dismissed for Lack of Available Witnesses

By Stephanie Ho [former] - June 12, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court shooting defendant’s case was dismissed on June 12 because key witnesses needed for trial were not available. Quintanil Rudy Portillo, 32, was charged with possession... Read More

Off-Duty Howard County Sheriff’s Deputy Was Drunk, Aggressive Before Shooting, Defense Argues

Details A 41-year-old Baltimore man on trial for the murder of Howard County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Demby attempted to keep the victim away from him moments before shooting the off-duty deputy... Read More