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Attempted Murder Defendant Takes Trial Date Over 45-Year Plea Offer

Details A 34-year-old Baltimore man will head to trial for attempted murder charges in February 2024 after rejecting a prosecutor’s plea offer of 45 years incarceration on Oct. 19. The Baltimore... Read More

Man Accused of Shooting Into Classmate’s House Pleads Guilty

Details On Oct. 18, Salim Williams and his attorney Roland S. Harris appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller and accepted the prosecution’s plea offer for a 2022... Read More

Judge Sentences Man who Killed His Brother to 40 Years in Prison

Details On Oct. 18, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill sentenced a defendant who admitted to killing his brother in March 2020. Jalonte Davis, 26, was charged with first-degree... Read More

Defendant in West Lexington Street Attempted Murder Accepts Plea Offer

Details On Oct. 18, 38-year-old Perry Brown accepted the assistant state’s attorney’s plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy. Brown is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

Trial Date Set for Man Accused of February Vehicular Manslaughter

Details On Oct. 18, Shawn Lee Brunson appeared in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn in order to schedule a trial date for a February vehicular manslaughter... Read More

With No Gun, Prosecutor of Non-Fatal Shooting Relies on Victim’s Account

Details In an emotional appeal to the jury, the prosecutor of a non-fatal shooting defendant claimed he had, “So little regard for the victim’s life that he was willing to murder... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for 2013 Murder

Details On Oct. 17, a 34-year-old defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to schedule trial for a murder that occurred in 2013. Brandon Brown is charged... Read More

Non-Fatal 2022 Dolphin Street Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea

Details In Baltimore City Circuit Court, Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer sentenced a non-fatal shooting defendant after he accepted a plea offered by the prosecution on Oct. 17. Ardie Jenkins, 43, was... Read More

2018 Homicide Defendant Sentenced for 17-Year-Old’s Death

Details At the retrial of a homicide defendant on Oct. 17, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland sentenced him to an aggregate of 40 years for four separate indictments.... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Defendant Accused of Recreation Center Shooting

Details On Oct. 16, a nineteen-year-old attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear a prosecution plea offer. Trevon Moore is charged with attempted... Read More

Man Accused of Shooting at Family Gets Retrial Date

Details On Oct. 16, a Twenty-two-year-old attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to receive a new trial date. Delmel Johnson is charged with attempted... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Receives February Trial Date

Details On Oct. 16, a 54-year-old man accused of attempted murder appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court and rejected a plea offer before Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Walter Holmes is charged... Read More

Trial Begins for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details Defendant Quinton Hillery appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby on Oct. 16, at the beginning of his trial. Hillery, 34, is charged with attempted first and... Read More

‘They Intend to Make Him Look Like a Scary Animal,’ Says Defense Attorney During Closing Statements at Murder Trial

Details Defense attorney Brandon Mead and the assistant state’s attorney gave closing statements on Oct. 12 in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer in the first-degree murder... Read More

Trial Date Set for Belair Road Homicide Defendant

Details On Oct. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a homicide defendant’s trial. Keith Anderson is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a felony... Read More

Judge Schedules 2020 Evergreen Street Murder Retrial

Details On Oct. 12, a 43-year-old defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to schedule his retrial. Keith Taylor is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in... Read More

Attorneys Debate Reliability of Cell Phone, DNA Evidence in 2021 Murder Trial

Details In an emotional plea, the prosecutor of a Baltimore man accused of his close friend’s murder told the court the suspect and his co-defendant planned the murder and that the... Read More

Attempted Murder Victim, Witness Dispute Defendant’s Involvement in Summer Shooting

Details The victim and a witness to an attempted murder earlier this year signed an affidavit recusing the defendant essentially denying his alleged involvement, defense attorney Rodney Gray said during his... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Three Co-Defendants Facing First-Degree Murder Charges

Details On Oct. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial for three codefendants, Raquan Baylor, Kamar Robinson and Darian Adams in connection to the June 2019... Read More

Judge Sentences Final Co-Defendant of 2019 McElderry Street Murder Case

Details On Oct. 12, Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton sentenced one of the four co-defendants charged with the murder of 21-year-old Donnell Brockington almost four years ago on Nov.... Read More

April Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Oct. 12, a 20-year-old defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear the prosecution’s offer and schedule his trial. Qy’Ance Worrell is charged with... Read More

Defendant Charged With Fatally Stabbing Wife 55 Times Gets Retrial Date

Details On Oct. 11, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn set a new trial date for 44-year-old homicide defendant Amit Kumar. Kumar is charged with first-degree murder, use of... Read More

Trial Continued Pending Motion to Sever Charges in 2022 Oliver Street Murder

By Hannah Rainer [former] - October 11, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details On Oct. 11, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Myshala E. Middleton heard the defense ask for a motion to sever offenses prior to being sent to reception court. Tyshaun Williams,... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for Man Accused of Firing Gun in Air During Fight

Details A 47-year-old man accused of firing a gun in the air during a fight will remain held without bail following a hearing on Oct. 11. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More