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Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea, Takes April 2024 Trial Date

Details Non-fatal shooting defendant Jeremiah Dairo will proceed with a jury trial in April 2024 after rejecting a plea offer from the prosecution. On Dec. 11, the 24-year-old defendant appeared in... Read More

Murder, Armed Robbery Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

By Amel Kebede [former] - December 13, 2023
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Details Laquan Ferome and his assistant public defender Ann Marie Gering appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill for a plea hearing on Dec. 13. Ferome, 34, was... Read More

Defense Disputes Gun Evidence Linking Suspect to Hoffman Street Murder

Details Defense counsel for homicide defendant Tyrone Fenner disputed the prosecution’s DNA evidence allegedly linking his client to last year’s murder of Donte Miller, saying “people pass around guns like the... Read More

Recent Motion Decision Allows for April Murder Trial

Details On Dec. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a 19-year-old’s murder trial after a long-awaited motions decision. Tyshaun Williams is facing over 60 charges, including multiple... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing After Defendant Bristles at May Trial Date

Details On Dec. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn continued a scheduling hearing after a 37-year-old murder defendant complained about not getting a speedy trial. Tayvon Miller is... Read More

Acquitted: Shooter Fires on Two Teens, Injures One, Prosecution Says

Details Editor’s note: The defendant was acquitted of charges in this case. Two Baltimore City teenagers decided to take a different way home from school on April 29, 2022, when 39-year-old Davon... Read More

Multiple Attempted Murder Charges Set for Suspect in March 2024 Trial

Details A 34-year-old attempted homicide defendant received a March 2024 trial date on Dec. 11 as the prosecution had no plea offer. Andrew Lindsey and his defense attorney, Jason Silverstein, appeared... Read More

Murder Trial Underway for On-Duty Security Officer

Details In a trial that started on Dec. 12, Keith Luckey, 40, is charged with second-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime, the use of an assault weapon with a... Read More

Different Versions of East Lanvale Street Attempted Murder

Details On Dec. 12, defense attorney Martin Cohen and the assistant state’s attorney gave contrasting opening statements in an attempted murder case in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie... Read More

North Payson Attempted Murder Suspect to Be Tried in May

Details On Dec. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton scheduled the trial date of a 39-year-old attempted murder defendant. John Saunders III is charged with attempted first- and... Read More

Families Express Grief, Anger Before Sentencing of Double Murder Defendant

Details On Dec. 8, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. presided over a tightly packed courtroom for the sentencing of a defendant found guilty of murdering two people in... Read More

20-Year-Old Man Pleads Guilty in North Charles Street Triple Shooting

Details A 20-year-old Baltimore man charged for a triple shooting on North Charles Street in April pleaded guilty on Dec. 11 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Dashawn... Read More

Accused Non-Fatal Shooter Takes Trial Date Over Plea Offering Five Years Without Parole

Details A 37-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant was scheduled for a jury trial in March 2024 after rejecting a plea offer from the prosecution on Dec. 11. During Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Woman Accused of Conspiracy in Fatal Shooting of Friend Takes a Plea

Details A 19-year-old woman accused of attempted murder for her involvement in the shooting of a friend pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges on Dec. 11. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Christopher... Read More

North Central Avenue Homicide Defendant Needs Competency Evaluation

Details On Dec. 8, the case of 24-year-old defendant Jayquan Bridgeman was continued by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Bridgeman is charged with first-degree murder and having a... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Mountwood Road Non-Fatal Shooting Incident

Details On Dec. 8, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn decided on a trial date for 47-year-old Mark Adain Jackson. Jackson is charged with firearm possession with a felony... Read More

Family Shooting Defendant Sentenced to Drug Treatment Program

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Stephen J. Sfekas reluctantly agreed to the plea offered on Dec. 4 to a defendant accused of shooting at his parents. Kenard Wiley, 24, was... Read More

Hearing Postponed as Defendant’s Doctor Requests Meeting

Details On Dec. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin postponed the hearing of 59-year-old homicide defendant Richard Sylvester Green in mental health court. Green is charged with first-degree... Read More

Defendant Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in BB Gun Shooting

Details The jury reached a verdict for a defendant charged with first-degree murder on Dec. 5 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton presiding. Taiwan Mitchell, 41, was charged... Read More

18-Year-Old Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Ordered to Home Detention

Details The Dec. 8 bail review docket saw Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby preside over the case of an 18-year-old defendant charged with discharging a firearm in Baltimore... Read More

Imla Street Murder Defendant Receives June 2024 Trial Date

Details On Dec. 8, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a 21-year-old murder defendant’s trial. Kerin Alvarez is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent... Read More

Parent Sentenced to Life for Child’s Death

By Kaliah Green [former] - December 8, 2023
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Details On Dec. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong sentenced a woman to life in prison after she pleaded guilty in the death of her four-year-old son in... Read More

Judge Schedules Shooting Defendant’s Trial in Towanda Avenue Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer scheduled a trial date on Dec. 7 for an attempted murder defendant after he rejected the plea agreement offered by the prosecution.... Read More

Trial of East Lombard Street Homicide Reset

Details On Dec. 6, the trial of 40-year-old second-degree homicide defendant Keith Mario Luckey was rescheduled by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Luckey is charged with second-degree murder,... Read More