Homicides Archives - Page 98 of 176

Prosecutor Requests Postponement in Sentencing for Fatal Armed Robbery Defendant

Details According to the prosecution, a defendant’s sentencing hearing was postponed on Feb. 13 due to pending matters unknown to Baltimore Witness. Defense lawyer Natalie Finegar appeared before Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Defendant Facing Second-Degree Murder Scheduled for Trial in August

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge scheduled the trial for a Baltimore man accused of murder on Feb. 10. A stand-in for defense attorney John Cox, rejected a plea on... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for 17-Year-Old Murder Defendant

Details A defendant charged with committed a September 2022 murder received a trail date on Feb. 10 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The assistant state’s attorney assigned... Read More

One of Three Victims in Harford Road Shooting Dies from Injuries

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

Details A 32-year-old male has died after being shot, along with two others, on Feb. 5 in the area of the 2000 block of Harford Road. On the night of the... Read More

Stolen Vehicle Hits Building, Killing One at Intersection of E. North Avenue and Wolfe Street

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 10, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details Baltimore Police Department’s Special Investigations Response Team (SIRT) along with the Crash Team are investigating the death of a man after a stolen vehicle collided with a building on Feb.... Read More

Murder Defendant’s Trial Postponed Due to New Evidence

Details A murder defendant had his trial postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on Feb. 8 due to new evidence in the case. On Wednesday, the prosecution did... Read More

Officers Make Arrest in 2021 Homicide Case

Details On Feb. 7, members of the Warrant Task Force for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) arrested 36-year-old Cornell Moore on the 4700 block of Mount Hope Drive in reference to the... Read More

Trial Begins For Man Accused of Fatal Shooting on W. Rogers Ave.

Details Homicide defendant Kristopher Johnson “turned the other cheek” during multiple conversations with 34-year-old Dondi Johnson, but on Oct. 25, 2020, their interaction took a different turn. The assistant state’s attorney... Read More

Prosecutor Nolle Pros Homicide Case Due to Witness Dying of an Overdose

Details On Feb. 6, the prosecutor of two co-defendants facing murder charges entered a nolle pros in both cases before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong due to the... Read More

Defense Reports Not Receiving Discovery Mailed to Him in Murder Trial, Prosecutor Will Resend Digitally

Details A stand-in for defense attorney Roland Harris IV informed Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Feb. 7 that he had yet to receive the discovery in the case... Read More

Baltimore Man Charged with Attempted Murder Receives Trial Date after Rejecting Second Plea

Details On Feb. 2, a Baltimore man charged with attempted murder received his second trial date in his afternoon reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. On Thursday... Read More

Northeast District Homicide Detectives Looking for Answers in Fatal Shooting of 16-Year-Old

Details On Feb. 5, 2023, at approximately 6:16 p.m., Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers heard discharging and received a ShotSpotter alert in the area of the 1800 block of East 29th... Read More

Trio Sentenced in 2020 Fatal Bus Stop Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge handed down three respective sentences on Feb. 2 for the remaining co-defendants who were found guilty of the murders of Kendrick Brown and William... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Grants Trial Postponement Due to Double Booked Defense Attorney

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn granted a trial postponement due to the defendant’s defense counsel being unavailable to proceed on Feb. 1. During a Wednesday hearing before Judge Nicole Barmore,... Read More

Jury Finds Baltimore Man Guilty of W. Saratoga Street Murder

Details A jury in the trial of homicide defendant Donte Brown announced a guilty verdict on Jan. 31. The week-long trial concluded on Jan. 27 with closing arguments from the prosecution... Read More

Judge Finds It Unfair to Schedule Murder Defendant for Trial in Absence of Defense Attorney

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn did not find it “fair” to reschedule a murder defendant for trial in the absence of his defense attorney on Jan. 30. Defendant... Read More

Murder Defendant’s Case Sent Back to Mental Health Court Pending Competency Review

By Inacent McKeithan [former] , Neoline James [former] - February 1, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Despite a pending competency evaluation, a defendant’s case appeared on the reception court docket before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on Jan. 31. Defendant Jamal Smith appeared in front of Judge Phinn... Read More

Police Ask for Help Identifying Suspect in Dollar Store Dispute Turned Homicide

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) are seeking help to identify a suspect in the murder of 25-year-old Clarence Adkins IV. On Dec. 29, 2022, at approximately 1:54 p.m., Adkins pulled... Read More

Officers Looking for Black Hyundai Sonata Involved in Fatal Hit-And-Run

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 1, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details On Jan. 25, at 8:41 am, officers for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) were dispatched to the 1600 block of West North Avenue to investigate an injured pedestrian due to... Read More

Defense Argues Prosecution is ‘Overcharging’ Defendant in 2022 Homicide Case

Details “Sahiou Kargbo shot and killed James Blue. We’re not here to say he did not. There it is.” Defense attorney Todd Oppenheim bluntly told the jury that his client was responsible... Read More

Homicide Trial Delayed Four Months After Judge Objects to Witness’ Remote Testimony

Details The retrial of a man charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend was postponed until May after a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge objected to a witness testifying remotely.... Read More

Judge Schedules Second Retrial for Defendant Accused in the Death of His Child’s Mother

Details On Jan. 31, a man charged with the murder of his child’s mother received a date for his second retrial during his reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Homicide Trial Postponed a Day at Counsels’ Request

Details The jury trial of homicide defendant Thermon Green was pushed back a day to give defense counsel time to review recently-obtained discovery from the prosecution. The case will begin with jury selection... Read More

West Baltimore Street Shooting Trial Postponed

Details A Baltimore man accused of killing 46-year-old Donald Lee Jackson in 2020 had his trial postponed on Jan. 31. According to defense attorney Augustine Okeke, his client, George Pullett, did not... Read More