Homicides Archives - Page 6 of 155

Florida Man Expected to Plead Guilty for Fatal DUI Crash

Details A 27-year-old Florida man is expected to plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter for a fatal car crash in September 2023 that killed Ericka Allysia McRae and injured another woman. On... Read More

‘Agitated’ Homicide Defendant Receives Another Competency Eval After Unruly Behavior in Mental Health Court

Details A judge presiding over Baltimore City Circuit Court’s mental health proceedings ordered another competency evaluation for an unruly homicide defendant who refused to speak with his defense counsel and initially... Read More

Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison for Homicide in Back-to-Back Shootings

Details A 25-year-old homicide defendant who appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer and was sentenced to life in prison on Oct. 11 for killing Traquarn Lewis and... Read More

Stepfather Awaits Sentencing for Killing Daughter’s Boyfriend

Details A 45-year-old defendant’s sentencing for the killing of his stepdaughter’s boyfriend was postponed Oct. 11. His sentence will be delayed until February before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B.... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Gas Station Murder

Details A 36-year-old man pleaded guilty to murder before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy on Oct. 16. Ronald Alston pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to... Read More

Police Investigate Fatal Hit and Run

By Baltimore Witness Staff - October 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is investigating a fatal hit and run incident that took place on Oct. 15 on the 2300 block of Harford Road. Police responded to reports... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Plea Hearing Postponed

Details A homicide defendant’s plea hearing was postponed from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. According to documents from the District Court of Maryland, 24-year-old Gerson Diaz-Arita... Read More

Parents Arrested for Eastern District Child’s Death

Details In reference to the death of 5-year-old Zona Byrd that occurred on Oct. 14, on the 2200 block of Aiken Street, Baltimore Police Department investigators have arrested the parents, 32-year-old... Read More

Defendant of Child Homicide Case Receives New Trial Date

By Baltimore Witness Staff - October 15, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A 22-year-old defendant received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton. Shaun Bullock Jr. was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree child abuse resulting in... Read More

Woman Killed in Edmondson Avenue Vehicle Crash

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Oct. 12, at approximately midnight, Baltimore Police Department officers responded to Edmondson Avenue and Swann Avenue for reports of a pedestrian struck. Once there, officers located the unidentified female... Read More

Pedestrian Dies After Eastern Avenue Car Collision

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Oct. 10, at around 3:53 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 5700 block of Eastern Avenue to investigate a call for a hit and run involving a... Read More

Aisquith Street Defendant Receives Trial Date

Details A 19-year-old defendant received a trial date after rejecting a plea offer in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 11. Defendant Jamal Smothers, represented by defense attorney Judit Otvos, is charged... Read More

April Murder Defendant to Be Tried in February 2025

Details A 35-year-old received a trial date in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 11. Defendant Michael Dwight Conley represented by defense attorney Marci Johnson, is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use... Read More

Manslaughter Defendant Sentenced

Details A manslaughter defendant was sentenced in connection to a 2022 death on Oct. 10 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Donte Simms, 46, was found guilty of manslaughter in February for... Read More

Two Victims Linked to Fatal Gilrubin Court Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - October 11, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Oct. 10, at around 2:32 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 800 block of Gilrubin Court to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More

Attorney General to Release Bodycam Footage of Fatal Police Shooting

Details A press release from the Office of the Maryland Attorney General (OAG) stated the office is investigating a fatal police shooting in west Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood Oct. 9. Baltimore Police... Read More

At Trial, Teen Pleads Guilty to Fatally Shooting 16-Year-Old, Injuring Man

Details A day after his jury trial began, homicide defendant Paul Ray IV pleaded guilty for the killing of 16-year-old Bryson Hudson and shooting of another man last year. On Oct.... Read More

Judge Sentences Fatal Stabbing Defendant to 43 Years

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays ordered a 47-year-old murder defendant to serve 43 years for a 2023 fatal stabbing. Alphonso Ward was convicted of second-degree murder and... Read More

During Murder Sentencing Defendant Avers Innocence

Details A homicide defendant continued to maintain his innocence during his sentencing in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Oct. 11. Darries Sommerville, 30, was sentenced to life in prison for the... Read More

April Murder Defendant to Be Tried in January 2025

Details A 32-year-old defendant received a trial date after rejecting a plea offer in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 10. Charles Kesler III is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in... Read More

Eutaw Street Murder Defendant Pleads Guilty

Details A 25-year-old man appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller and pleaded guilty as his bench trial was scheduled to begin for a fatal shooting on the... Read More

Spring Street Murder Suspect Arrested

Details On Oct. 7, members of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force arrested 43-year-old Eric Kibler. Baltimore Police Department detectives were able to positively identify Kibler as the shooter who killed 36-year-old Anthony Martin on the... Read More

Judge Reschedules Murder Trial to Early 2025

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland rescheduled the murder trial of a 29-year-old defendant to early 2025 in an Oct. 8 hearing. Kemonta Johnson is charged with first-degree... Read More

Suspect in Custody for September Carrollton Ridge Murder

Details On Oct. 5, Central District officers arrested 31-year-old Uriah Cunningham of Baltimore. Baltimore Police Department detectives believe that Cunningham shot and killed 43-year-old Melvin Rogers while on the 1800 block... Read More