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Jury Hears Opening Statements in 2023 Attempted Murder

Details Parties debated whether an attempted murder victim was actually shot in the head during opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on May 30. On Aug.... Read More

Shooting Defendant Granted Probation Before Judgment After Guilty Finding for Property Destruction

Details A shooting defendant accused of firing a gun in the air to scare away kids who were damaging his car was given probation before judgment on April 3 following a... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking, Shooting 67-Year-Old Victim in 2023

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced attempted homicide defendant Karon Alston to a decade behind bars after the parties reached a plea agreement in connection to an armed carjacking... Read More

Reisterstown Road Homicide Defendant Sentenced in Third Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth sentenced a 41-year-old murder defendant to 15 years in prison on May 29. Wednesday’s hearing was the culmination of Byron Erin Lewis’... Read More

Cell Phone Data Main Evidence for First-Degree Murder Case

Details A 45-year-old first-degree murder defendant started the second day of his trial with testimony focused on evidence found on the defendant’s phone. Keith Anderson, accompanied by his defense attorney, Michael... Read More

Baltimore Man Accepts Plea for 2020 Murder of His Friend

Details A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to two of 14 charges in connection to the Aug. 22, 2020, unintended murder of his friend despite beginning the day intending to face a... Read More

Defendant’s Stepdaughter Testifies in Murder Trial

Details A 45-year-old Baltimore resident’s stepdaughter testified in court that her stepfather and boyfriend were fighting during her stepfather’s murder trial on May 28 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Keith Anderson... Read More

New Evidence in Baby’s Murder Postpones Trial

Details The trial of a man accused of murdering a 1-year-old baby has been postponed in anticipation of a report that may suggest that the victim died from a pre-existing medical... Read More

Despite Denying He Fired Gun, Man Pleads Guilty to Assault and Possession

Details A 35-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to assault and weapons charges on May 28 in connection to a shooting in West Baltimore in 2022. Initially scheduled for a jury trial,... Read More

Vehicular Manslaughter Defendant Likely to Take Plea Deal

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a plea hearing date for an involuntary manslaughter defendant on May 28. Latrell Sanders, 29, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter,... Read More

Prosecution Drops All Charges in Curtis Bay Domestic Violence Case

Details The prosecution dropped all charges against a 48-year-old attempted murder defendant in Baltimore City Circuit Court May 28. Gregory Barnes was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and... Read More

Teen Guilty of Harlem Park Murder

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury found an 18-year-old guilty of a March 2023 Harlem Park murder. Clifton Shields was convicted of first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent... Read More

Garrison Boulevard Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details A 39-year-old man rejected a plea offer of 50 years incarceration in Baltimore City Circuit Court May 24. Brandon Fullard is charged with second-degree murder, firearm use in a felony... Read More

One of Four Suspects in March Shooting Denied Bail

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge denied bail for attempted homicide defendant Elijah Stanley in connection to a shooting that injured one man near McElderry Street and North Montford Avenue... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Receives August Trial Date

By Baltimore Witness Staff - May 24, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details A defendant wanted in connection to a non-fatal shooting received an August trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Copeland on May 24. Sean Cherry, 20, is charged... Read More

Man Sentenced to Life Plus 35 Years Behind Bars for Shooting Victim Who Accidentally Bumped Into Him

Details “I hope you never get a taste of freedom for the rest of your life.” So the son of homicide victim Correll McQueen addressed his father’s convicted killer on May... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Fatal East Baltimore Shootout

Details A 22-year-old accepted a plea agreement for killing a teenager in East Baltimore nearly a year after his death. Accompanied by defense attorney Natalie Finegar, Montrez Braxton-Cherry pleaded guilty to... Read More

Man Sentenced to Home Detention After Accidentally Shooting Himself at Choptank Restaurant in 2022

Details A 30-year-old man who accidentally shot himself inside Fells Point’s Choptank restaurant pleaded guilty to a gun charge on May 23. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr.... Read More

Windsor Avenue Shooting Defendant Pleads Guilty

Details A 38-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to a 2023 shooting in Baltimore City Circuit Court Wednesday. Darryl Davis pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony violent... Read More

Man Opts for 18-Year Plea After Counsel Selects a Jury

Details The jury in the case of attempted homicide defendant Lance Rogers was dismissed on May 22 following the defendant’s decision to plead guilty to a shooting in April 2023. Baltimore... Read More

Dog Fight Murder Defendant Guilty, Jury Decides

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury convicted a murder defendant accused of killing a man after a neighborhood dog fight. Tyyea Gee, 39, was found guilty of two counts of... Read More

Jury Convicts Man of Pimlico Road Drive-by Murder

Details A 22-year-old Woodmere man was convicted in Baltimore City Circuit Court for his participation in a drive-by shooting death. Wesley Lambert was found guilty by a jury of two counts... Read More

41-Year-Old Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder in West Baltimore

Details A 41-year-old Baltimore man accused of an attempted murder in West Baltimore last summer was sentenced to 15 years in prison as part of a plea agreement with the prosecution.... Read More

Mother of Teen Charged in Non-fatal Shooting Pleads Guilty to Assault and Child Delinquency

Details After being indicted herself, the mother of a teenage boy also accused in a beating and shooting incident, took a plea May 15 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa... Read More