Homicides Archives - Page 114 of 177

Baltimore Teen Rejects a Plea of Life for Homicide

Details A 17-year-old homicide defendant’s trial was scheduled for May 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Robert Jordan is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Scheduled for February 2023

Details On Oct. 3, a Baltimore man had his homicide trial scheduled for February 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Ronnie Harris Jr rejected a plea of... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects Plea of Life

Details A homicide defendant rejected a plea of life on Sept. 30 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Derrick Creek, 38, is charged with first-degree murder, use of... Read More

Baltimore Man Scheduled for Trial in February 2023

Details A 31-year-old homicide defendant’s trial was scheduled for February. Marcus Harris is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm during a felony violent crime and having a handgun on... Read More

34-Year-Old Homicide Defendant’s Trial Scheduled for January 2023

Details The trial for a 34-year-old Baltimore man charged with homicide was scheduled for January 2023 after he rejected a plea of 20 years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects Plea for Two Life Sentences

Details On Oct. 3, a homicide defendant rejected a plea of two life sentences before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Devin Curry, 17, is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Men Accused of Fatally Stabbing Detainee at Correctional Facility Get March 2023 Trial Date

Details Two Baltimore men accused of stabbing a detainee to death at a correctional facility last year rejected life sentences for the murder on Oct. 3. A jury trial is scheduled... Read More

Defense Counsel’s Illness Delays Homicide Trial

Details The trial of co-defendants Taijhae Brown and Kennard Johnson was delayed until next year after the latter’s defense counsel reported sick on Oct. 3—the original trial date. Brown’s defense attorney,... Read More

September 2022 Brings Record-Low Homicide Count in Baltimore City

Details Baltimore City homicides plummeted to a mere 13 in September, decreasing more than 38 percent since August and becoming a record-low for 2022. According to Baltimore Witness data, February and... Read More

2-Year-Old Murder Case Set For Trial

Details Homicide defendant Stephawn Tate will face a jury of his peers this May in connection to a fatal shooting nearly two years ago. Tate is charged with a man’s death... Read More

Defense Calls Evidence ‘Junk Science’ During Closing Arguments in 2018 Murder Trial

Details A murder trial for two co-defendants concluded on Sept. 30 when the assistant state prosecutor and defense attorneys presented passionate arguments to the jury, describing two drastically different accounts of... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Scheduled for March 2023

Details A 48-year-old Baltimore man charged with murder rejected a plea of life on Oct. 3 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Ronald Brady Jr. is charged with... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Assault after Being Charged with Attempted Murder

Details A defendant pleaded guilty to assault on Sept. 29 and accepted a plea for 25 years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams. Defense counsel Rodney Gray and... Read More

Judge Holds Scheduling Trial Date for Murder Defendant to Clear Witnesses

Details The decision to set a trial date for a homicide defendant was held until Monday before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. On Sept. 30 prosecutors offered Anton Harris... Read More

Prosecutor Unable to Locate Witness, Enters Nolle Pros in Homicide Case

Details A 40-year-old Baltimore man charged with murder had his case nolle pros by the prosecutor on Sept. 28 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Bloomquist. Christopher Thornton was charged... Read More

Hearing to Schedule Homicide Defendant’s Trial Date Postponed

Details A murder defendant had his hearing to schedule the beginning of his trial postponed a day on Sept. 29 before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Anton Harris, 34, is... Read More

Jury Finds Man Guilty of Strangling Ex to Death in 2020

Details “I looked at her like she was some kind of evil, not like she was a human being.” Roderick Griffin, 58, admitted to the killing of 72-year-old Lillian Herndon that... Read More

Two Baltimore Men Arrested for the Murder of a 33-Year-Old Man

Details Two Baltimore men has been arrested for the murder of a 33-year-old man on May 31, 2021. The Baltimore Police Department has reported the arrest of Jerome Johnson, 31, and... Read More

Convicted Murder Defendant’s Counsel and State Agree to Mutual Postponement

Details On Sept. 27, a Baltimore man charged with first-degree murder had his collateral hearing postponed before Judge Kendra Y. Ausby. Andre Chapel was charged with first-degree murder and two counts... Read More

Judge Postpones Motions Hearing for Murder Defendant Due to Health Issues

Details In a brief hearing on Sept. 27, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby granted a request for postponement in the case of a convicted murder defendant. Quinton Jermaine... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Homicide Co-Defendants for March 2023

Details Two homicide co-defendants rejected a plea of life on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Bolondalay Banks, 39, and Al Brown, 35, are both charged... Read More

Defendant Describes ‘Playfully’ Choking Ex-Girlfriend Before Her Death

Details The trial for a man charged with fatally choking his ex-girlfriend continued on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yvette Bryant. Roderick Griffin is charged with first-degree murder, false imprisonment,... Read More

Trial Postponed for Double Murder Defendants

Details Two co-defendants had their trial for a double murder postponed on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn due to one of the defendants needing to find... Read More

Lack of Jurors Slightly Delay 2018 Murder Trial

Details After a seven-month delay, homicide co-defendants Terrance Belton and Rawnes Gibbs will have to wait a little longer before they see a filled jury box for their impending criminal trial.... Read More