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Officers Seeking Answers in Shooting of 65-Year-Old Woman in Southern District

Details On June 16, at approximately 10:32 a.m., Southern District patrol officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the 900 block of East Patapsco Avenue to Investigate a reported... Read More

Defendant Receives Trial Date in 2022 West Pratt Street Murder Case

Details On June 15, a Baltimore man charged with murder was scheduled for trial by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Defendant Quintell Homles, represented by Karyn Meriwether, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Benzinger Road Defendant Rejected Plea Offer for Attempted Murder

Details An attempted murder defendant rejected a plea offer in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on June 15 for a shooting that occurred in West Baltimore. Jaleel Bradway and... Read More

Poor Police Investigation Behind Defendant’s 2017 E. Pratt Street Murder Charges, Defense Argues

Details Five and a half years after the murder of 31-year-old volunteer firefighter Jon Hickey, his accused killer, homicide defendant Daniel Greene, began his jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Defense Counsel Refers to ‘39 Babies’ Gang as ‘Imaginary Group’ in Trial Opening Statements

Details “’39 Babies’ or this group, it’s all imagination,” stated a defense attorney on June 15, regarding defendant Donye Thompson and his codefendant facing charges related to the ’39 Babies gang before Baltimore... Read More

Judge Postpones Mental Health Court Hearing Due to Two Pending NCR Pleas

Details Bureaucratic confusion became the defining characteristic of a hearing on June 14 to decide a defendant’s competency. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin postponed attempted homicide defendant Jesse... Read More

Defendant in 2022 Vancouver Road Child Abuse Case Remains Incompetent to Stand Trial

Details A 26-year-old woman charged with first-degree murder remain committed in a hospital after she was deemed a danger to society before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Raisin on... Read More

Judge Postpones Sentencing of Man Convicted of Fatally Stabbing Roommate in 2020

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown postponed the sentencing for a 31-year-old man who was found guilty in the fatal stabbing of his roommate on Jan. 23, 2020. ... Read More

Accused 6th Street Shooter Found Not Guilty of Attempted Murder

Details Defense counsel in the case of attempted homicide defendant Michael Simms questioned the reliability of the victim’s testimony at trial, saying the victim was under the influence of drugs and... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea in Lyttelton Road Shooting Case

Details On June 13, a Baltimore resident charged with committing a murder in 2022 rejected a plea during a reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Darren... Read More

Defendant in 2021 W. Saratoga Street Murder Case Receives Sentence

Details On June 13, defendant Donte A. Brown was sentenced for the murder of 32-year-old Tavon Hutton. On Jan. 31, Brown, 41, was found guilty of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a... Read More

Change in Defense Counsel Postpones Trials of Two ’39 Babies’ Gang Members

Details Two members of Baltimore City’s “39 Babies” criminal gang will return to reception court on July 5, following the postponement of their jury trial due to changes in defense counsel.... Read More

Baltimore City’s Homicides, Non-Fatal Shootings Drop in May

Details Baltimore City saw a decrease in both non-fatal shootings and homicides from April 2023 to May 2023, dropping approximately 21 percent and 18 percent, respectively. According to Baltimore Witness data,... Read More

Defense Attorney Requests More Time to Prepare in Frankford Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Retrial

Details On June 12, a defense attorney requested more time to prepare for retrial after the original attorney struck his appearance in a 2021 attempted murder case. Attorney Roya Hanna informed Baltimore City... Read More

Judge Reschedules Defendant’s Sturbridge Drive Murder Trial for Third Time This Year

Details On June 12, a defendant rejected a plea for the second time before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn as his trial was postponed for the third time. During Monday’s... Read More

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