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Prosecutor Says ‘Cold-Blooded Killer’ Guilty of Thanksgiving Week Murder

Details Dontae Johnson, 30, was absent from his family’s table on Thanksgiving in 2021. Instead, he was laid out on an autopsy table, where medical examiners announced the cause of his... Read More

Firearms and Cellphone Evidence Linked to Appleton Street Murder Suspect

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy presided over the third day of a jury trial for 29-year old defendant Kemonta Johnson. Johnson is accused of the murder of... Read More

Homicide Defendant Calls Judge A “B*tch”

Details Homicide defendant Jamal Smothers, 19, muttered a curse at Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland after she waived his Hicks date due to his defense counsel’s lack of... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Awaits Counsel

Details Attempted murder defendant Daquan McCray, 28, received a pretrial date on Feb. 5. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland presided over the hearing. McCray faces 23 charges in... Read More

Victim Identified in Carswell Street Homicide

By Baltimore Witness Staff - February 5, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an update regarding a homicide. Justin Davis, a Black male born on Nov. 13, 1989, was involved in a Jan. 26 incident that occurred... Read More

BPD Identifies Victim in January Homicide

By Baltimore Witness Staff - February 5, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an update regarding a Jan. 26 homicide. Justin Davis, a Black male born on Nov. 13, 1989, was killed in the 1500 block of... Read More

Prosecutor Calls Case ‘Unlike TV Dramas’ in 2024 Fatal Shooting Trial

By Ben Dutcher - February 4, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details Counsel gave opening statements in the trial of 41-year old Lionel Matthews on Feb. 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Matthews is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Prosecution Presents Aerial, Body-Worn Camera Footage in Appleton Street Murder Trial

Details “I’ve been dealing this sh*t for two years because of a crime I didn’t even commit!” said 29-year-old defendant Kemonta Johnson to the court on the first day of his... Read More

East Biddle Street Shooting Victim Announced Dead

By Baltimore Witness Staff - February 4, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an update regarding a homicide. Troy Kavanaugh, a Black male born on Nov. 19, 1987, was killed on Feb. 2. The incident occurred in... Read More

Trial Date Set for Attempted Murder Suspect

By Abraham Leo , --- staff --- - February 3, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial of 45-year-old attempted murder suspect Travis Maynor to April 29. Maynor faces over a dozen charges, including attempted first-... Read More

Shooting Co-Defendant Granted Final Trial Postponement

Details On Feb. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland granted a request from defense counsel for what will be the final postponement of a jury trial for 33-year-old... Read More

In Life Sentence For Murder Judge Says 19-Year-Old With 64 IQ, ‘Is The Wrong Crowd’

By Claire Schreiber , Carmen Gregg , Tomas Coles - February 3, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert Taylor sentenced Arthur McCaden, 19, to life imprisonment in connection to four T-Mobile armed robbery incidents from April 2023, including one where he shot... Read More

Judge Orders In-Person Evaluation for Non-Compliant Murder Suspect

By Abraham Leo , --- staff --- - February 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ordered an in-person mental evaluation for a man accused of a 2018 murder after he previously refused to appear before court on... Read More

Biddle Street Shooting Victim Succumbs to Injuries

By Baltimore Witness Staff - February 3, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a Southeast District homicide investigation. On Feb. 2, at approximately 3:15 p.m., Southeast District patrol officers responded to the 2500 block of Biddle Street... Read More

Defense Files Motion to Dismiss Murder Case Over Speedy Trial Issue

Details During a pre-trial conference on Jan. 31, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a hearing on a defense motion to dismiss a case due to an alleged violation... Read More

Jury Acquits Pembridge Avenue Murder Suspect

Details A jury acquitted Daquan Parker, 27, for the murder of 19-year-old Rasheed Lindsey on Jan. 29. The incident occurred on March 9, 2024 on the 5000 block of Pembridge Avenue. ... Read More

‘He Didn’t Want to Die,’ Victim’s Mother Tells Defendant At Sentencing

Details Paul Ray IV was sentenced to a modified life term on Jan. 29 by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan Lazerow for the fatal shooting of Bryson Hudson. Ray previously... Read More

Judge Sets Court Dates in Homicides, Attempted Murder Cases

Details Darrell Morton, 37, was among the defendants coming before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Jan. 29 to consider his homicide case. Morton and his co-defendant Kalim... Read More

Defendant Seeks Release for 1994 Homicide as Youth

Details On Jan. 29, Marcel Terry Smith, 47, appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court to discuss a potential modification of his life sentence for the 1994 murder of Antoinette Wilson. The... Read More

Judge Orders New Mental Eval For Shooting Suspect

Details A defendant whose mental competence is in doubt appeared for a mental health evaluation before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Judge Gale E. Rasin on Jan. 29. Tyrelle L. Fields,... Read More

Defendant Claims Innocence in Murder Trial Testimony

By Ben Dutcher - January 28, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details Homicide defendant Daquan Parker, 27, took the stand on Jan. 28 to testify on the fifth day of his trial. He was the final witness called before counsel gave closing... Read More

Former Teacher Sentenced to 20 Years For Conspiracy in Teen Shooting

By Carmen Gregg - January 28, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Matthew Biegel, 39, a former teacher at Reginald F. Lewis High School, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault during a plea hearing on Jan. 27 before Baltimore City... Read More

Eyewitness And Police Testimony Shape Day Four of Murder Trial

By Claire Schreiber , Tomas Coles , Ziqi Zhou - January 28, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Police and bystander witnesses took the stand on Jan. 27, the fourth day of 27-year-old Daquan Parker’s homicide trial before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Nicole Baremore. Parker is accused of... Read More

Edmonson Avenue Shooting Victim Succumbs to Injuries

By Baltimore Witness Staff - January 28, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details In an update to a Jan. 26 Southwest District shooting, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the death of 19-year-old Lamel Edwards. Edwards was shot at approximately 9:58 p.m. in... Read More