Homicides Archives - Page 97 of 176

Judge Declares Mistrial for Teenage Homicide Defendants

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge declared a mistrial in the case of two teens charged with murder after the jury was unable to reach an unanimous verdict on Dec.... Read More

Family Questions Competent Defendant’s Right to NCR Plea Evaluation in 2020 Fatal Stabbing Case

Details The mental health court hearing for homicide defendant Timothy Callanan grew heated on Dec. 7 when family members of victim Mason Moldoven questioned the defendant’s right to proceed with a plea of... Read More

Defense Counsel Argues Her Client Was Coerced into Making Confession in 2012 Homicide Case

Details On Dec. 2, a homicide defendant’s defense counsel motioned to suppress her client’s statement to police in connection to a 2012 murder. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams heard arguments... Read More

Judge Schedules Retrial for Defendant Accused in Beaumont Shooting Homicide

Details On Dec. 1, a prosecutor requested a retrial postponement before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn due to the case recently being reassigned. The prosecutor informed the court that Donnell Johnson’s initial... Read More

Trial Date Set for Homicide Defendant Accused of Murdering and Disposing Body of 23-Year-Old Man

Details During a reception court hearing on Nov. 22, a homicide defendant accused of shooting 23-year-old Quincy Harris and hiding his body in a car received a trial date before Baltimore... Read More

Defense Counsel Motions to Modify Convicted Yale Avenue Murderer’s Sentence

Details Defense counsel Michael Cooper motioned to have a convicted homicide defendant’s sentence modified on Nov. 7 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony Vittoria. While impressed by defendant Ricardo Burks’... Read More

Woman Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in 2021 Case Rejects Open Plea

Details On Nov. 7, a defendant accused of involuntary manslaughter was scheduled for a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Defendant Jasmine Jones was offered an open... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial in May for 16-Year-Old Accused of Murder

Details A defendant charged with first-degree murder was issued a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on Nov. 1. During Tuesday’s reception court proceeding, no offer was... Read More

Defense Counsel Addresses Concerns for Client’s Mental Stability in 2020 Homicide Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin announced on Oct. 12 that a Baltimore man charged with first-degree murder had been found competent to stand trial by doctors at Clifton T.... Read More

Judge Seals Plea Taken By Accused Killer in Jonestown Neighborhood Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge granted the prosecution’s motion to seal a homicide defendant’s plea in connection to a 2020 murder in the city’s Jonestown neighborhood. On Sept. 8, Tyron... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects Undisclosed Plea

Details Homicide defendant Zachariah Allison rejected an undisclosed plea offer on Feb. 21, with plans to proceed to trial. During Tuesday’s proceedings, defense attorney Andre Mahasa informed Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Sentencing Delayed after Hospitalization

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge postponed the sentencing of a man found guilty of his roommate’s murder late last year after learning the defendant was hospitalized. In December 2022,... Read More

Detectives Launch Homicide Investigation Following Fatal Shooting on West North Avenue

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 22, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Feb. 20, at approximately 10:41 a.m., Southwest District patrol officers for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the 2700 block of West North Avenue to investigate a ShotSpotter... Read More

Detectives Assume Control of Fatal Shooting Investigation on East 25th Street

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 22, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Feb. 19, at approximately 11:07 a.m., Eastern District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) were dispatched to the 1600 block of East 25th Street to investigate a reported... Read More

Judge Refuses to Schedule Homicide Defendant’s Trial Past Hick’s Date

Details A homicide defendant charged with a 37-year-old man’s murder on North Carey Street last year will return to reception court in two weeks after a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rescheduled for May Reception Court Hearing

Details The trial of a 27-year-old woman facing two counts of first-degree murder was postponed on Feb. 17, with plans to return to reception court in May. During Friday’s proceedings, Lexus Hart and... Read More

Fatal Vehicle Collision Reported in Northeast District

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 17, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details On Feb. 15, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Northeast District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the intersection of Moravia Road and Interstate 895 to investigate a report... Read More

Southwest District Officers Arrest Juvenile and Charge with Murder in Quintuplet Shooting

Details On Feb. 15, detectives with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) arrested a 16-year-old male suspect in connection with a quintuplet shooting that occurred on Jan. 4. Homicide detectives assumed control... Read More

Officer Finds 18-Year-Old with Fatal Gunshot Wound on East North Avenue

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 15, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details Eastern detectives for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) have assumed control of the investigation of a homicide that occurred on Feb. 14. On Tuesday, at approximately 8:05 p.m., an officer... Read More

Southern District Detectives Seek Answers in Joseph Street Shooting Homicide

By Baltimore Witness Staff - February 15, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details Southern District Homicide detectives with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) have launched an investigation into a fatal shooting that occurred on Feb. 14. On Tuesday, at approximately 3:54 p.m., officers... Read More

Accused Shooter Begins Trial for Murder Outside Westside Pharmacy

Details When gunshots rang out in the streets outside Baltimore City’s Westside Pharmacy in May 2021, a crowd of people ran from the scene while those who knew Ronald White rushed... Read More

Retrial Date Set in 2021 Pigtown Homicide Case

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge scheduled a defendant’s retrial on Feb. 10 for a 2021 homicide. In September, defendant Levar Cooper’s trial ended in a mistrial for the murder... Read More

Officers Begin Investigation into North Potomac Street Homicide

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 14, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On February 13, 2023, at approximately 10:38 p.m., Eastern District patrol officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the 1200 block of North Potomac Street, for a ShotSpotter... Read More

Jury Finds Baltimore Man Guilty of W. Rogers Avenue Murder

Details A jury in the homicide trial of Kristopher Johnson returned a guilty verdict on Feb. 13 for the murder of 34-year-old Dondi Johnson in October 2020. After a four-day trial... Read More