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Officers Investigate Aiken Street Murder

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 18, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Dec. 15, at approximately 5:35 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1800 block of Aiken Street to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers observed a 26-year-old... Read More

Identity of East Hoffman Street Shooter Remains ‘a Mystery,’ Defense Concludes

Details “You put all of the pieces together and the 2600 block of East Hoffman Street is a dark circle.” At the conclusion of homicide defendant Tyrone Fenner’s jury trial on... Read More

McHenry Street Stabbing Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Dec. 15, a 50-year-old homicide defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Michael Atkinson is charged with first-degree murder and possession of... Read More

Judge Schedules Alleged Gang Member’s Two-Week Trial

Details A 40-year-old defendant accused of murder and gang activity received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec. 15. James Brunson is charged with... Read More

Defendant Receives Trial Date Despite Pending Competency Evaluation

Details On Dec. 15, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial date for a 24-year-old defendant who may be found incompetent to stand trial. Jayquan Bridgeman is... Read More

Defense Disputes Gun Evidence Linking Suspect to Hoffman Street Murder

Details Defense counsel for homicide defendant Tyrone Fenner disputed the prosecution’s DNA evidence allegedly linking his client to last year’s murder of Donte Miller, saying “people pass around guns like the... Read More

Recent Motion Decision Allows for April Murder Trial

Details On Dec. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a 19-year-old’s murder trial after a long-awaited motions decision. Tyshaun Williams is facing over 60 charges, including multiple... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing After Defendant Bristles at May Trial Date

Details On Dec. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn continued a scheduling hearing after a 37-year-old murder defendant complained about not getting a speedy trial. Tayvon Miller is... Read More

Murder Trial Underway for On-Duty Security Officer

Details In a trial that started on Dec. 12, Keith Luckey, 40, is charged with second-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime, the use of an assault weapon with a... Read More

Citywide Violence Plateaus as Winter Begins

Details Baltimore Witness data sourced from Baltimore Police Department (BPD) press releases showed almost no change from October’s numbers in non-fatal shootings and homicides. November brought one less incident in each... Read More

Families Express Grief, Anger Before Sentencing of Double Murder Defendant

Details On Dec. 8, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. presided over a tightly packed courtroom for the sentencing of a defendant found guilty of murdering two people in... Read More

Police Arrest Suspect in 69-Year-Old’s Death

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 11, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department arrested 28-year-old Treymon Hughes-Boulware in connection to the Dec. 2 homicide of 49-year-old Anton Kancir. According to a press release, Boulware was arrested on Dec. 8.... Read More

BPD Investigates Fatal Shooting on N. Bentalou Street

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 11, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting on the 800 block of N. Bentalou Street. According to a press release, officers located an unidentified male suffering from a... Read More

North Central Avenue Homicide Defendant Needs Competency Evaluation

Details On Dec. 8, the case of 24-year-old defendant Jayquan Bridgeman was continued by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Bridgeman is charged with first-degree murder and having a... Read More

Hearing Postponed as Defendant’s Doctor Requests Meeting

Details On Dec. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin postponed the hearing of 59-year-old homicide defendant Richard Sylvester Green in mental health court. Green is charged with first-degree... Read More

Imla Street Murder Defendant Receives June 2024 Trial Date

Details On Dec. 8, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a 21-year-old murder defendant’s trial. Kerin Alvarez is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent... Read More

Trial of East Lombard Street Homicide Reset

Details On Dec. 6, the trial of 40-year-old second-degree homicide defendant Keith Mario Luckey was rescheduled by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Luckey is charged with second-degree murder,... Read More

Police Seek Identity of Edmondson Avenue Shooter

Details Homicide Detectives of the Baltimore Police Department are looking for an individual seen in surveillance video and photos related to a deadly shooting that took place on Dec. 2, at... Read More

Prosecutor Argues BB Gun Shooting Was Homicide; Defense Cites Contradictory Testimony

Details Taiwan Mitchell appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Dec. 4 to hear closing arguments in his jury trial. Mitchell, 41, is charged by prosecutors with... Read More

Judge Sentences 22-Year-Old Defendant to Life For 2021 Double Homicide

Details On Dec. 1, courtroom emotions were high during the sentencing of a young man who was found guilty of the deaths of two men in August 2021. Raekwon Griffin, 22,... Read More

After Closing Arguments Jury Quickly Finds Ashton Street Murder Defendant Guilty

Details On Nov. 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles H. Dorsey heard closing arguments in the murder case of Kevin Moody, 21. Jerritt Barron, 20, was charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

70-Year-Old’s October Death Ruled a Homicide

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 5, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 1, 2018, at approximately 10:13 p.m., Southwest District patrol officers responded to the unit block of North Catherine Street, for a report of a shooting. Once there, Baltimore... Read More

Officers Suspect Route 40 Victim Died in Hit and Run

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 5, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Dec. 3, at approximately 3:35 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1100 block of West Mulberry Street to investigate a call for a person lying in the... Read More

Duane Avenue Murder Defendant Gets May Trial Date

Details On Dec. 4, a 23-year-old murder defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Darius Joyner is charged with two counts of first-degree murder,... Read More