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Homicide Defendant Now Competent, Receives Trial Date

Details On April 2, homicide defendant Jamal Smith received a September trial date from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Smith, 44, is currently charged with first-degree murder and... Read More

Argument Between Couple in Northwest Baltimore Escalates to Attempted Murder Charge

Details A couple’s argument “nearly turned deadly” outside the home of defendant Dwaun Hawkins’ then-girlfriend where he is accused of shooting at several people who attempted to intervene, a Baltimore City... Read More

Homicide Defendant Found Competent to Stand Trial

Details On April 3, Ronald Alston appeared in mental health court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin. Alston, 36, is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery... Read More

Man Accused of Killing Mother Now Competent to Stand Trial

Details On April 3, Mumwaldi Kearney appeared in mental health court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin for his annual review. Kearney, 51, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Found Competent to Stand Trial

Details On April 3, Jesse Freels appeared in mental health court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin. Freels, 23, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first-... Read More

Maryland ID Card at Center of Liquor Store Attempted Murder Case

Details On April 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria presided over closing arguments in an attempted murder case which centered the defendant’s identification as the suspect. Dionte Johnson... Read More

Search Begins for Judge to Preside Over September Homicide Trial

Details Homicide defendant Tyshaun Williams appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on April 3 in search of a new trial date with his defense attorney Judit Otvos.... Read More

Woman Accused of Assault’s Trial Postponed

Details On April 2, attempted murder defendant Mandakova Clark received a July trial date from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Clark, 41, is currently charged with attempted first-... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Receives New Trial Date

Details Attempted murder defendant Kenneth Oakley appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on April 3 to receive a new trial date for his alleged involvement in a... Read More

Judge Schedules Alleged Myrtle Avenue Shooter’s Retrial

Details On April 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a retrial date for 40-year-old Tyrone Gerald White. White is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, robbery, first-degree... Read More

Defendant Found Guilty on Assault, Gun Charges

Details On March 27, the jury rendered its verdict to Desmond Powell before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard. Powell, 25, accompanied by his defense attorney, Brandon Taylor, was... Read More

Attempted Murder Case Dismissed After Witness Changes Her Story

Details On April 3, James Joyner appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazerow for a hearing. Joyner, 46, was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Postponed to July

Details On April 2, first-degree murder defendant Devon Young received a July trial date from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. The proceeding was originally scheduled for last December.... Read More

Attempted Murder Victim Charged for Shooting Himself in the Foot While Running Away

Details A 24-year-old Baltimore man who allegedly shot himself in the foot while running away from an attempted murder was denied bail on April 2, despite defense counsel’s argument for his... Read More

Fatal Hit-and-Run Defendant Denied Bail

By Andrew Michaels - April 2, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A 43-year-old Baltimore man accused of a fatal hit-and-run last December was denied bail on April 2. During a bail review hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F.... Read More

Judge Schedules Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial

Details On April 1, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a trial date for 19-year-old Zion Davis. Davis is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, attempted first-degree... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder in Shooting Over Stolen License Plates

Details On April 1, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles H. Dorsey III accepted the guilty plea of a 31-year-old attempted murder defendant who shot a man for stealing his license... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Date Set

Details On April 1, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a trial date for 23-year-old Antonio Bardney. Bardney is charged with first degree murder and robbery in connection... Read More

Shooting Trial Focuses on Paralyzed Victim

Details On April 1, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria presided over opening statements in an attempted murder trial for a shooting that left a victim paralyzed. Dionte Johnson,... Read More

Prosecution Builds Attempted Murder Case on Matching Clothes

Details “We all know he did this that night,” said the prosecutor in his closing argument during an attempted murder trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazerow. “No one... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Attempted Murder Defendant

By Samira Cobon [former] - March 30, 2024
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Shooting |

Details On March 28, Judge Melissa K. Copeland heard the attempted murder case of 33-year-old Jamal Banks. Banks is charged with three charges of attempted first-degree murder, three charges of attempted... Read More

Counsel Argue Over Gestures, Timing in Northshire Drive Murder Retrial

Details Jurors in the trial of Draquan Smith were on the edge of their seats, straining to get a view of the courtroom’s television as the prosecutor played the critical doorbell... Read More

MDEC System Pushes April Murder Trial into August

Details On March 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland rescheduled the jury trial for a 27-year-old accused of a 2021 murder due to a conflict with MDEC, the... Read More

Second Defendant Pleads Guilty to 2021 Murder of Baltimore Police Officer, Gets Life Sentence for Second Killing

Details Defendant Travon Shaw pleaded guilty for his role in the murder of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley on March 28, less than an hour after he was sentenced to life... Read More