Homicides Archives - Page 60 of 174

Murder Defendant Sentenced for Killing on Woodland Avenue

Details On Nov. 6, 28-year-old Josh Roberts accepted the assistant state’s attorney’s plea offer and pleaded guilty before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Roberts, represented by Brian Bishop,... Read More

Man Arrested for Southern District Homicide

Details On Oct. 27, 2022, at approximately 3:29 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 3300 block of Annapolis Road to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

Scooter-Rider Hit by Bus Dies

By Baltimore Witness staff - November 6, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Nov. 5, at approximately 6:12 p.m., Central District officers responded to the 200 block of Light Street for a call of a pedestrian struck by a MTA Bus. Preliminary investigation... Read More

Motorcyclist Dies in Erdman Avenue Car Crash

By Baltimore Witness staff - November 6, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Nov. 4, at approximately 7:09 p.m., Fire Department personnel and Baltimore Police Department officers were dispatched to the 6300 block of Erdman Avenue in reference to a vehicle crash... Read More

Baltimore City Homicides Down, Shootings Up in September

Details September ended with a decrease in homicides in Baltimore City yet an increase in non-fatal shootings, according to Baltimore Witness data. There was a slight increase in non-fatal shootings in... Read More

Metro Station Shooter’s Sentencing Pushed Pending Outcome of Unrelated Homicide Case

Details The sentencing of attempted murder convict Draquan Smith was postponed on Nov. 2 when defense counsel requested to reschedule the proceedings pending the outcome of a separate homicide case against... Read More

Trial Begins for Accused Murderer of 13-Year-Old ‘Innocent Bystander’

Details On Oct. 31, the defense attorney for a Baltimore man accused of the homicide of a 13-year-old girl asked the jury not to let her “absolutely tragic death” fuel their... Read More

Jury Deliberates Murder of Teen Caught in Crossfire

Details On Nov. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles H. Dorsey III presided over closing arguments in the trial of a 36-year-old homicide defendant. Tavon Battle is charged with first-degree... Read More

Sentencing Postponed For 2019 Murder Defendant

Details The anticipated Nov. 3 sentencing of a murder defendant before City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer didn’t take place. Aaron Micheal Clubb, 34, was charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy... Read More

First-Degree Murder Defendant Gets Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton set the trial date for an April homicide defendant. Nathan Brown is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a... Read More

Trial Date Set for Double Stabbing Murder Defendant

Details On Nov. 2 Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton scheduled a trial for second-degree murder defendant Willie Lewis Billinger. Billinger’s attorney Todd Oppenheim was standing in for Deborah... Read More

Suspect in 2015 Halloween Murder Receives Trial Date

Details On Nov. 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton scheduled a trial date for a murder defendant. Anthony Burris is charged with firearm use in a firearm use... Read More

Man Killed in Mental Health Custody

By Baltimore Witness staff - November 2, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details On Jan. 7, at approximately 5:44 p.m., Eastern District patrol officers responded to a restaurant on the 1200 block of Orleans Street for a report of a male experiencing a... Read More

Opening Statements in Trial About Argument That Turned Fatal

Details On Nov. 1, opening statements were presented in the trial of a man accused of murdering 26-year-old Bryant Timmons. The case is being heard before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More

Pennsylvania Man Accused of Two Murders Within Two Weeks Headed to Trial in Feb. 2024

Details A Pennsylvania man facing multiple murder charges over two separate incidents last year will have his first jury trial in February 2024. During Baltimore City Circuit Court’s reception court proceedings... Read More

Defendant Accused of Older Brother’s Murder Acquitted of Remaining Charges

Details A jury has acquitted Singelton Duppins of the remaining charges in connection to his older brother’s murder after another three-day jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M.... Read More

Northeast District ‘Pedestrian’ Died From Gunshot, Not Car

Details On Oct. 30, at approximately 11:30 p.m., a Baltimore Police Department officer was advised of a pedestrian-involved crash on the 2500 block of Orleans Street while on routine patrol. Once... Read More

May 2021 Murder Defendant Accepts 30 Year Plea

Details On Oct. 30, Steven Arthur appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy to accept a plea offered extended by the prosecutor. Arthur, 33, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Man Accused of 15-Year-Old Girl’s Murder Has Trial Pushed to Early 2024

Details Homicide defendant Zachariah Allison’s jury trial for the murder of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden is expected to move forward in late January 2024 following the second postponement in less than two... Read More

Jury Hears Closing Arguments for Gretna Court Homicide Defendant

Details On Oct. 30, a jury listened to closing arguments for homicide defendant Joel Ugah before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Stephen J. Sfekas. Ugah is charged with two counts of... Read More

‘That Shows Deliberation, That Shows Premeditation,’ Says Prosecutor in Mannasota Avenue Murder

Details “There is no other person who could have killed Trevon Williams on July 31, 2022.” The morning of Oct. 27 saw closing arguments in the trial of a man accused... Read More

First-Degree Murder Defendant Found Guilty

Details The jury read the verdict for first-degree murder defendant Darries Sommerville in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Oct. 27. Sommerville, 29, represented by defense... Read More

Prosecutor Will Bring Mother as Witness in Retrial of Brother’s Homicide Case

Details On Oct. 23, in Baltimore City Circuit Court, in an emotional opening statement, the prosecutor of a homicide defendant claimed with intensity that the lives of the defendant’s family were... Read More

Video and Audio Evidence Presented in Double Shooting Retrial

Details The prosecutor of a defendant accused of homicide and attempted murder during a drug deal used video footage and recorded statements from the defendant to support their allegations of guilt... Read More