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Brooklyn Neighborhood Shooter Shot Victim Over Money, Prosecutor Says

Details Defense counsel in the case of attempted homicide defendant Michael Simms alleged that the victim’s “vague identification” of his client was not enough to warrant a guilty conviction as the... Read More

Judge Sets Retrial Date for Defendant in 2020 Evergreen Street Murder Case

Details A murder defendant received a retrial date after rejecting a plea offer on May 9 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Defendant Keith Taylor, who is represented by Linda Zeit, rejected... Read More

Accused Homicide defendant Denied Bail after Trying to Defend Auto Part Store

Details On June 9, a Baltimore County resident accused of committing a homicide in 2020 was denied bail before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Shiffer. Defense attorney Linda B. Zeit said on Friday... Read More

Counsel Argues Over Who Shot First in 2022 Madison Park Shootout

Details A 45-year-old Baltimore man was acquitted of attempted murder but found guilty of firing a gun in a shootout with another man last year in West Baltimore’s Madison Park. Baltimore... Read More

Judge Releases Attempted Murder Defendant from Home Detention

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge released a defendant on her own recognizance in a bail hearing on June 8. Keisha Clark and her attorney, Andre Mahasa, stood before Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer and... Read More

Judge Sentences One of Four Defendants in 2019 McElderry Street Murder Case

Details “I am forgiving these men for killing my son…Not just for me, but for their mothers,” said a mother during the sentencing for the man accused of killing her son,... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Granted Four Hours of Personal Time Per Week

Details On June 8, a 38-year-old defendant charged with murder in 2019 was granted four hours of personal time per week with a requirement to inform the court ahead of time. ... Read More

Division Street Non-Fatal Shooting Trial Postponed Until October

Details On June 7, a 41-year-old Baltimore resident charged with a 2022 murder exclaimed, “C’mon man,” after Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled his trial to begin in October. Due... Read More

Defendant Convicted of Assaulting Girlfriend and Killing Unborn Child Granted Retrial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones granted a manslaughter defendant accused of assaulting his girlfriend and killing his unborn child a retrial on June 7. Attorney Latoya Francis-Williams... Read More

Hospital Requests Evaluation Extension In 2022 Attempted Murder Case

Details During a six month status check hearing for defendant Antionne Johnson on June 7, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin was informed that on May 26, Clifton T.... Read More

Judge Issues Trial Date to Defendant Accused in Jamestown Court Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details A 21-year-old defendant charged with attempted first-degree murder rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on June 7. Jeremiah Davis and his defense counsel, Todd Oppenheim, who... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial Date for Co-Defendant Accused in 2021 W. Fayette Street Homicide Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled the trial of a Baltimore resident charged with first-degree murder after he neither accepted nor rejected a plea offered by the... Read More

Defendant Continues to Receive Praise for Complying with Treatment and Probation

Details “You keep us going!” Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin told defendant Genesis Collins Jr. during a mental health court hearing on June 7. Collins, 52, continues to receive praise... Read More

Trial Date Set for 22-Year-Old Homicide Defendant Accused of Killing His Brother

Details On June 7, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a five-day jury trial for a Baltimore native facing homicide charges in connection with his brother’s death. Singleton Duppins, 22,... Read More

Defendant Charged with Fatal Stabbing of Girlfriend Set to Stand Trial in September

Details Judge Melissa M. Phinn set a trial date for a Baltimore City homicide defendant accused of his girlfriend’s death on June 7. Defendant Forell Isaac, whose case has been taken over by... Read More

Judge Sets Defendant Accused in 2022 Shooting Assault to Begin Trial in October

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled the trial for a Baltimore resident charged with first-degree murder after he rejected a plea offer on June 6. During Tuesday’s hearing, Jerel Williams and... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial Date for 2022 Attempted Murder Defendant

Details A 2022 attempted murder defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on June 6. The prosecutor offered defendant Reginald Allen life, suspending all... Read More

62-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Vehicular Manslaughter in December 2021

Details A 62-year-old woman was sentenced to three years of incarceration on June 5 after driving drunk and fatally hitting another woman with her car in December 2021. Geraldine Stevenson accepted a... Read More

Trial Ends for 2020 Double Murder Codefendants; Jury Finds Them Not Guilty

Details On June 2, Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Charles H. Dorsey III heard closing arguments in the case of two codefendants accused of killing 20-year-old Pedro Chesley and 21-year-old Diamond Davis... Read More

Judge Denies Bail to 19-Year-Old Cypress Street Attempted Murder Defendant

Details On June 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer denied bail to an attempted murder defendant after prosecutors revealed surveillance footage of the incident. Rholand Gooden is charged with attempted first-degree... Read More

Man Charged with 13-Year-Old Boy’s Murder Takes Plea Over Second Retrial

Details A 32-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to 18 years incarceration on June 5 after pleading guilty to the murder of a 13-year-old boy earlier this year. On Monday, Anthony Clark... Read More

Attempted Murder Trial Postponed for Accused 2022 Tivoly Avenue Shooter

Details The attempted murder trial of 42-year-old Juan Jumal Foster was postponed on June 5 for reasons unknown to Baltimore Witness. Foster and his defense attorney, Tara LeCompte, appeared before Baltimore... Read More

Jury Acquits 22-Year-Old Man of Brother’s Murder at Family’s Home in 2020

Details A 22-year-old man was found not guilty of his older brother’s murder at the family’s home in 2020, but faces up to five years incarceration for a conviction of being... Read More

Defendant Shot Victim to Protect His Brother, Defense Counsel Says During Sentencing for 2021 Fourth of July Homicide

Details Homicide defendant Devin Davis openly apologized to the family of Christopher McCargo on June 5 when the 34-year-old man was sentenced for fatally shooting McCargo on the Fourth of July... Read More