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Release Denied as 2020 Shooting Defendant is Retried

By Claire Schreiber [former] - April 7, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette Ringgold-Kirksey ruled that Dominick Scarboro, 31, remain held without bond as he awaits a retrial in a remanded 2020 non-fatal shooting case. The incident... Read More

Cinder Block Murderer Plans to File for Retrial

Details Convicted cinder block murder defendant Dayrel McFarland said he intends to file a retrial motion in a hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette Ringgold-Kirksey on April 3. The... Read More

June Trial Set for Men Accused in October 2024 Gunfight

Details On April 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a June jury trial for Marcus Lilly, 42, who was accused of exchanging gunfire with co-defendant Shyheem Thompson,... Read More

Shooting Defendant Sentenced to 15 Years

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth sentenced Darryl Toomer to 15 years in prison and five years of probation for a brutal shooting in a hearing on April... Read More

Prosecution Uses Instagram Posts as a Link to Murder Suspect ‘Sleepy’

Details The prosecution in a murder trial presented Instagram evidence to link Charles “Sleepy” Bowen, 20, to the Feb. 20, 2024, fatal shooting of Darcell Mitchell, 19. Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Joinder Motion in Limbo in a Homicide

Details On March 31, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton presided over a back-and-forth hearing for Paul Artis, 27. During the proceeding a stand-in prosecutor refused to argue a joinder... Read More

Victim Announced in Patterson Avenue Fatal Shooting

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the death of Keyon K. Bryant, a Black male born on Oct. 30, 2002. The incident occurred April 3, in the 4100 block of... Read More

Footage Released of January Officer-Involved Courthouse Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - April 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General announced the release of government-owned surveillance camera footage from the District Court of Maryland, Baltimore City Eastside... Read More

Shooting Defendant Faces May Trial if Plea Negotiations Fail

By Laura Flores [former] - April 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a May 27 trial date for shooting defendant Charles Ward in an April 2 hearing. Ward, 25, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Defense Moves to Exclude Car Tracking Data From Murder Trial

Details Defense attorney Mary L. Patton filed a motion to exclude vehicle tracking information as evidence in the murder trial of 41-year-old Jenita Foster on April 2. The data was recovered... Read More

Trial Continues For Teen’s Fatal Shooting

Details Trial continued for Davon “Dae Dae” Butler, 19, Charles “Sleepy” Bowen, 20, and a third teenage boy before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on April 3. Butler... Read More

Three Co-Defendants Accused of Murdering Victim For $50

Details Counsel delivered opening statements in the trial of three murder defendants before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on April 2. Charles “Sleepy” Bowen, 20, Davon “Dae Dae”... Read More

Murder Suspect Gets Trial Date in Teen Killing

Details Dejuan Cole, 20, received a trial date following a postponement in a hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Cole is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery,... Read More

Judge Schedules June Trial For Harford Road Shooting Suspect

Details Daquan McCray, 27, and defense attorney Robert A. Cohen declined the prosecution’s plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on April 2. The deal included a... Read More

Judge Grants Postponement, Awaits New DNA Analysis in a Homicide

By Kerryn Ayers [former] - April 2, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland approved counsel’s motion for “appropriate relief” on April 1 after defense attorney Daniel Wright requested more time to obtain additional DNA samples... Read More

Juvenile Sentenced to 10 Years in Pennsylvania Avenue Shooting

Details Kamari Morris, 17, entered a guilty plea in a shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Brooke M. Murdock on April 1. The juvenile was tried as an adult. The... Read More

Victim Pleads The Fifth, Shooting Suspect Acquitted

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory acquitted attempted murder defendant Patrice Lankford, 36, of all charges on April 1 after the victim in the case invoked the Fifth... Read More

Man Charged in Elementary School Shooting Faces July Trial

Details Milton Johnson, 21, declined a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on March 27. The prosecution offered Johnson ten years, suspending all but seven, for attempted... Read More

Man Sentenced To 5 Years For Killing Friend Who Pulled An Empty Gun

By Kerryn Ayers [former] - April 1, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong sentenced Mandarin Jessup, 42, to five years without the possibility of parole for possession of a firearm with a prior felony conviction... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Prints Linked to Firearm, Says Prosecutor

Details On March 31, the prosecution in the murder case of 22-year-old Derrien Gamble claimed that video surveillance footage, cellular location data, and fingerprint analysis link Gamble to the February 2023... Read More

Heated Debate in Closings Over Off-Duty Cop’s Killing

Details Closing arguments over who was responsible for a policeman’s killing grew heated in Dion Thompson‘s murder trial on March 31 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays “All... Read More

Ballistics Evidence Links 2 Shootings in Murder Trial

Details On March 27, a firearms examiner presented evidence that seemed to link homicide defendant Derrien Gamble to two gun-related incidents from 2023 and 2024. Gamble is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Trial Set for Child Abuse Defendant

By Jamiya Austin [former] - March 31, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ordered a woman accused of neglecting, abusing, and murdering her 5-year-old daughter to return to court May 5 for a jury trial... Read More

Prosecutor Claims Defense, ‘Distracts, Deflects, Diminishes,’ During Cinder Block Murder Trial

Details There were heated closing arguments in the homicide trial of Dayrel McFarland on March 28, with the prosecution claiming that defense attorney Joseph Owens was employing tactics to “distract, deflect,... Read More