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‘As Bad as It Gets’: Driver in Contract Killing Gets Quadruple Life Sentence

Details A 25-year-old man was sentenced to four life sentences plus 40 years for his role as the getaway driver in a 2022 contract killing of two men in the East... Read More

Defendant’s Journals Show Conflict With Victim Leading up to 2017 Myrtle Avenue Murder

Details Journal entries of homicide defendant Tyrone Gerald White leading up to the murder of Daniel Brinkley in 2017 show a growing conflict with the victim over drug territory, a Baltimore... Read More

Shooter Sentenced to 75 Years for Gunning Down Victim in West Baltimore in 2020

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge handed down a 75-year prison sentence to homicide defendant Stephawn Tate on Sept. 12 after he was convicted for the 2020 fatal shooting of... Read More

Owings Mills Man Gets 29 Years for Vehicular Manslaughter, Parole Violation For Killing 54-Year-Old Victim

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced defendant Shawn Brunson to 29 years in prison on Sept. 12 after he was convicted earlier this year for driving a stolen vehicle... Read More

Identification at Issue in Southwest Baltimore Trial Over ‘Executed’ Victim

Details Defense counsel for a 19-year-old Baltimore County resident will argue a case of mistaken identity in his Baltimore City Circuit Court murder case despite eyewitness testimony. Kharod O’Neill, of Owings... Read More

Trial of Alleged ‘39 Babies’ Gang Member Ends

Details Parties debated over whether a 39-year-old defendant was a high-ranking member of the “39 Babies” gang at the end of his trial before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alan C. Lazerow.... Read More

Police Apprehend Suspects in 11 of 39 Homicide and Shooting Incidents in August

Details Of the 39 homicide and non-fatal shooting incidents in August, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) has arrested suspects in 11 of those incidents. According to Baltimore Witness data, there were... Read More

Repeat Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty to 2023 Vehicular Manslaughter

Details In his third conviction for similar charges, a 31-year-old Anne Arundel County man pleaded guilty before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Troy K. Hill for vehicular homicide while under the... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Fatal Shooting Outside Bel Park Towers in 2022

Details A 33-year-old Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting Courtney Campbell outside the Bel Park Towers in 2022 pleaded guilty for a 30-year prison sentence on Sept. 9. Defense attorney Brian... Read More

Homicide Defendant Sentenced to 50 Years for Fatal Prison Stabbing in 2021

Details A 31-year-old man found guilty of killing another inmate during his incarceration in 2021 was sentenced to 50 years for the death of Shane Burton–that on top of a 40... Read More

Jury Convicts 20-Year-Old Man of Attempted Murder in Last Year’s Mondawmin Mall Shooting

Details A 20-year-old Baltimore man was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder among other assault and weapons charges on Aug. 28 for his role in last year’s shooting in the Mondawmin... Read More

Acquitted: 21-Year-Old Defendant Found Not Guilty of 2022 Ruskin Avenue Murder

Details A jury has acquitted 21-year-old Daquan Hawks of multiple murder and weapons charges in connection to the ambush killing of Donte Lee in January 2022. Following a four-day trial before... Read More

Loch Raven Boulevard Murder Defendant to Face Trial in December

Details A 23-year-old murder defendant received a trial date after her attorney rejected the prosecution’s plea deal in Baltimore City Circuit Court Sept. 6. Niyiraha Berry is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Leeds Street Shooter Found Guilty of Murder For 2021 Halloween Shooting

Details A 27-year-old Baltimore man will be sentenced for first-degree murder and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon on Nov. 18 after a jury found the defendant guilty of fatally... Read More

Murder Charges Moot As Defendant Stabbed Dead Victim, Defense Argues

Details Is a defendant guilty of murder if he stabs a person after the victim’s death? This question remained at the center of defense counsel’s argument at the close of 38-year-old... Read More

Seven-Year-Old Murder Case Kicks Off With Defendant’s Second Retrial

Details Nearly seven years after a shooting that claimed the life of Daniel Brinkley, his accused killer, Tyrone Gerald White, began his third retrial on Sept. 5 in Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Trial Begins for Pennsylvania Teen Killed Over Car Sale

Details The trial began for an 18-year-old accused of killing another teen during an attempted Facebook Marketplace car sale in Baltimore City Circuit Court Sept. 3. Marques Harris is charged with... Read More

Excessive Drinking Led to Shooting Among Family on West North Avenue, Defense Says

Details A 26-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty for his role in a non-fatal shooting among family members that defense counsel said was fueled by excessive drinking. On Sept. 3, Kvon Allen... Read More

Acquitted: Man Acquitted of Allegedly Shooting at Ex Over His New Girlfriend

Details A Baltimore man has been acquitted of attempted murder charges following accusations that he shot at the mother of his child over an argument about his new girlfriend. On Aug.... Read More

Civic Leader’s Killer Pleads Guilty, Will Serve Consecutive Life Sentence

Details “I hold myself fully accountable. I’m very remorseful,” said Jason Dean Billingsley, 33, as he pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of 26-year-old CEO Pava LaPere in Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Rutland Avenue Shooting Defendant Pleads Guilty to Illegal Gun Possession

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays accepted the guilty plea of a 40-year-old man for illegally possessing a firearm during a 2023 shooting Aug. 29. Jerrod Rowlett was... Read More

Defendant Accused of Shooting at Mother of His Child Over Another Woman

Details A 25-year-old Baltimore man on trial for the attempted murder of his child’s mother allegedly lured his “jealous and angry” former partner to the crime scene under the false pretense... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to March Vehicular Homicide for Two Year Prison Sentence

Details A 70-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence on Aug. 29 for the death of a man in West Baltimore earlier this year. Richard... Read More

Closing Arguments Presented in Mondawmin Mall Shooting Trial

Details Closing arguments were delivered in the trial of a 20-year-old defendant before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard on charges stemming from a shooting incident on Dec. 29,... Read More