By
Kerryn Ayers
- February 13, 2025
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Details A jury found 29-year-old homicide defendant Kemonta Johnson guilty of all charges on Feb. 7. Despite attorney Jason Rodriguez’s attempts, the panel found the defendant guilty of first-degree murder, firearm... Read More
By
Laura Flores
- February 12, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K Copeland granted the prosecution’s request to postpone attempted murder defendant Devin Shadle’s jury trial to April 28 due to a scheduling conflict. Shadle... Read More
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Laura Flores
- February 12, 2025
Attempted Murder
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Details Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed 39-year-old attempted murder defendant Robert Hardy’s initial appearance hearing on Feb. 11. Baltimore Witness was unable to confirm the new date. Hardy... Read More
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Ziqi Zhou
- February 12, 2025
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Details A 21-year-old shooting defendant accepted a plea offer on Feb. 11 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton. Dontay McKoy pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and firearm use in... Read More
By
Caroline Sutley
- February 11, 2025
Attempted Murder
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland granted yet another trial postponement for 29-year-old Wayne Coleman on Feb. 11–this time because Coleman’s defense attorney was absent. Coleman faces charges... Read More
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Laura Flores
- February 11, 2025
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Details Daniel Moss, 60, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and roadside negligence resulting in a fatality before the Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory on Feb. 6. On March... Read More
By
Ziqi Zhou
- February 11, 2025
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Details A 23-year-old Baltimore County woman charged in the death of a one-year-old child rejected a plea deal on Feb. 10 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Aurielle... Read More
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Ziqi Zhou
, Sage Cho - February 11, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland reset the trial of 21-year-old homicide defendant Cahari Ferguson to May 27. Ferguson and co-defendant Tyrell White are charged with two counts... Read More
By
Caroline Sutley
- February 10, 2025
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Details The case against 33-year-old homicide defendant Darrell Sewell was dismissed on Feb. 10 after the prosecution failed to locate Sewell’s mother, a crucial witness. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Nicole... Read More
By
Ziqi Zhou
- February 10, 2025
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Details A 61-year-old man manslaughter defendant received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Feb. 10. Steven Heggie, Sr., is charged with first-degree child... Read More
By
Claire Schreiber
- February 10, 2025
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Details Alan Geslicki, 33, pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of six-year-old Seron O’Neal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams on Feb. 10. The incident occurred on Jan.... Read More
By
Kristen Wheeler
- February 10, 2025
Attempted Murder
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Featured
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a jury trial for 29-year-old attempted murder defendant William Demetrius Elliot for April 17. Elliot is charged with attempted first- and... Read More
By
Abraham Leo
, --- staff --- - February 10, 2025
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Details Prosecutors introduced Baltimore CitiWatch surveillance footage as evidence in a case involving 42-year-old homicide defendant Lionel Matthews in a Feb. 5 trial before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer.... Read More
By
Tomas Coles
- February 10, 2025
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Details Counsel delivered opening statements in the first day of homicide defendant Davonte Hamlett’s jury trial on Feb. 10. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer presided over an emotional... Read More
By
Carmen Gregg
- February 7, 2025
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Details Jury selection began on a note of controversy in a first-degree murder trial on Feb. 7. Davonte Hamlett, 21, is on trial for the murder of Sherman Anderson, 25 on... Read More
By
Claire Schreiber
, Kerryn Ayers - February 7, 2025
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Details John Jay, 46, rejected a reduced plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Feb. 7. On June 27, 2023, witnesses say they saw and surveillance... Read More
By
Claire Schreiber
- February 7, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a motion hearing for 27-year-old Kalim Satterfield on Feb. 7. Satterfield and 37-year-old co-defendant, Darrell Morton were arrested on Sept. 17,... Read More
By
Tomas Coles
- February 7, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Nicole K. Barmore stopped the proceedings in homicide defendant Darrell Sewell’s jury trial on Feb. 7 after the defendant’s mother disappeared the previous night while... Read More
By
Claire Schreiber
- February 7, 2025
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Details Homicide defendant Uriah Cunningham, 32, rejected an all but life sentence before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland who also scheduled a trial date in a Feb.7 hearing. ... Read More
By
Ben Dutcher
, Yuer Wang - February 6, 2025
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Details Baltimore saw a decrease in homicides, but the amount of non-fatal shootings remained the same from December to January, according to Baltimore Witness data. Data shows there were approximately 9... Read More
By
Sage Cho
, Abraham Leo - February 6, 2025
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Details Dontae Johnson, 30, was absent from his family’s table on Thanksgiving in 2021. Instead, he was laid out on an autopsy table, where medical examiners announced the cause of his... Read More
By
Kristen Wheeler
- February 5, 2025
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy presided over the third day of a jury trial for 29-year old defendant Kemonta Johnson. Johnson is accused of the murder of... Read More
By
Carmen Gregg
- February 5, 2025
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Details Dustin Jackson, 31, entered what’s known as an Alford plea in relation to the non-fatal shooting of 31-year-old Joseph Oglesby that occurred on July 29, 2024. The action enables him... Read More