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Girlfriend Says Suspect Was Driver in Double Killing

Details A jury heard opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays in a fatal drive-by shooting case in a June 18 proceeding. Datuan Blanchard, 24, is charged... Read More

Judge Sets Tentative Trial Date for Juvenile Charged With Murder

Details A tentative trial date has been set for a 17-year-old juvenile charged in relation to a murder on April 10, 2023. He is accused of first-degree murder, firearm use in... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects Life in Prison Offer in Reception Court

Details Murder defendant Ronald Alston, 36, rejected a plea offer of life imprisonment before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland on June 14. He has been charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

New Trial Date Set for Attempted Murder Case

Details A new trial date was set on June 17 for the defendant in an attempted murder case after a water main break last Thursday delayed his hearing. Davon Coleman, 25,... Read More

Court Grants Request to Reconsider Trying Murder Defendant as a Juvenile

Details A 16-year-old murder defendant stood before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland requesting that the court reconsider transferring his case back to juvenile court on June 17. Ultimately,... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial Waits for Counsel

Details An attempted murder defendant went before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland in order to schedule his trial on June 17. Ricardo Clarke, 43, is charged with attempted... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to November 2023 Shooting

Details A defendant pleaded guilty to having a loaded handgun on his person in connection to a November 2023 shooting of a 35-year-old man in a June 17 hearing. Quincy Johnson,... Read More

Teen Shot Multiple Times on Saybrook Road

By Baltimore Witness staff - June 17, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On June 16, at around 7:43 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to investigate a shooting on the 5200 block of Saybrook Road. Upon arrival, officers observed an 18-year-old male... Read More

Spence Street Victim Dies of Trauma

By Baltimore Witness staff - June 17, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details On June 16, at around 3:15 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1800 block of Spence Street to investigate a call for a sick case. Upon arrival, medics... Read More

Two Pedestrians Struck, One Killed in Northwest District Crash

By Baltimore Witness staff - June 17, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On June 15, at around 10:57 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 3400 block of Garrison Boulevard to investigate an accident with injuries. Upon arrival, officers located two... Read More

ShotSpotter Alert Leads Police to South Bentalou Street Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - June 17, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On June 15, at around 2:50 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 500 block of South Bentalou Street to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers located an... Read More

Police Investigating McClean Boulevard Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - June 17, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On June 14, at approximately 6:15 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an area hospital for reports of a walk-in shooting victim. Once there, officers discovered the victim had... Read More

Murder, Rape and Arson Defendant on Track for Late August Trials

By Sophia Strocko [former] - June 14, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details The upcoming trials of Jason Billingsley, a 32-year-old Baltimore man accused of murder, rape and a slew of other charges in connection to two September 2023 incidents, are still on... Read More

Defense Complains of Late Evidence Disclosure in an Attempted Murder Case

Details A hearing to sanction the prosecution over a late disclosure of evidence was held before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor on June 14. However, the judge denied... Read More

First-Degree Murder Defendant Acquitted Following Appeals

Details A first-degree murder defendant was acquitted on all counts, June 13, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Howard, after several appeals to his original conviction because a witness to... Read More

Jury Finds Shooter of Howard County Sheriff’s Deputy Guilty of Manslaughter

Details The trial of a Baltimore man accused of killing an off-duty Howard County Sheriff’s deputy concluded with a guilty verdict, but not of first-degree murder. On June 14, a jury found... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant’s Sentencing Postponed

Details An attempted murder defendant was scheduled to go in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Levi S. Zaslow for sentencing on June 14. Markia Vaughn, 20, is charged with... Read More

Defense in Murder Trial Closing Says Prosecutor Lacks Proof

Details “The prosecution didn’t paint the whole picture in this case,” a defense attorney said during his closing argument on June 13 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Roland Harris, is representing... Read More

Jury Hears Closing Arguments in 2012 Murder Case

Details The trial for a 2012 murder ended before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard on June 13 in a case that the defense attorney said “rests on the... Read More

Courthouse Water Main Break Delays Cases, Forces Evacuation

Details A water main break early on June 13 stalled proceedings in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse. The building was left without water, forcing an evacuation. All scheduled cases had... Read More

Testimony Concludes in the 2012 Goodnow Road Murder Retrial

Details The second day of a jury trial for a 2012 murder trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court continued on June 12 with expert testimony from a medical examiner, an FBI... Read More

Armed Robbery Defendant Competent to Stand Trial After New Study

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ruled an armed robbery defendant was capable of standing trial in a mental health court hearing on June 12. Rico Blick, 30,... Read More

Acquitted: Burger King Armed Robbery Defendant Not Guilty on All Counts

Details A jury found the defendant in a Burger King armed robbery case not guilty of all nine charges against him on June 6. Charles Edwards, 40, was acquitted of armed... Read More

Second Suspect Arrested for West Mulberry Street Murder

Details On June 6, Baltimore Police Department detectives arrested 25-year-old Aqil Tamir King. Detectives believe that King was involved in the murder of 34-year-old Jarmal Harrid, which occurred on June 2 on... Read More