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Defense Says Murder Victim Had Violent Intent

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazerow presided over the trial of a 33-year-old murder’s defendant’s trial on Oct. 23. Martez Brooks is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use... Read More

Delayed Competency Report Postpones Murder Trial

Details By authority of Judges Lawrence R. Daniels and Melissa K. Copeland of the Baltimore City Circuit Court, a postponement was granted to a murder suspect’s defense anticipating information from a... 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

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

Jury Finds Abingdon Man Guilty of Baltimore Bus Stop Murder in 2022

Details A 35-year-old Harford County man accused of brutally murdering Keith Bell at a bus stop in 2022 was found guilty on Sept. 26 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea... Read More

Homicide Defendant Brutally Murdered 63-Year-Old Man With Hatchet, Prosecutor Says

Details “The last thing Keith Bell saw was that defendant and this hatchet.” On Sept. 23, a Baltimore City prosecutor presented jurors with the alleged murder weapon that she said defendant... Read More

Jury Convicts 60-Year-Old Man for Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend in April 2023

Details A jury found 60-year-old Kenneth Craig guilty of second-degree murder on Oct. 2 after his girlfriend was found brutally stabbed to death in Baltimore City’s Brooklyn neighborhood in 2023. Craig... Read More

Forensic Scientist Declares Death A Homicide

Details A crime analyst testified the death of a woman was a homicide in a hearing on Sept. 26 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The defendant, 60-year-old Kenneth Craig, is charged... Read More

Murder Trial Begins for Suspect Accused of Stabbing Girlfriend 43 Times

Details Openings for a jury trial began on Sept. 25 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton for a man charged with the murder his girlfriend last year. Kenneth Craig,... Read More

Homicide Defendant Sentenced to 50 Years for Fatal Prison Stabbing in 2021

Details A 31-year-old man found guilty of killing another inmate during his incarceration in 2021 was sentenced to 50 years for the death of Shane Burton–that on top of a 40... Read More

Murder Charges Moot As Defendant Stabbed Dead Victim, Defense Argues

Details Is a defendant guilty of murder if he stabs a person after the victim’s death? This question remained at the center of defense counsel’s argument at the close of 38-year-old... Read More

Presbury Street Murder Defendant Allegedly Shot, Stabbed Victim

Details A trial got underway for a 38-year-old homicide defendant before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Troy K. Hill in Aug. 20. Kenneth Mackay is charged with first-degree murder and possession... Read More

Late Evidence Pushes Back A Murder Trial

Details New revealed evidence postponed a jury trial that was scheduled to start on Aug. 5 and run into September. Kenneth Craig, 60, is charged with first-degree murder and using a... Read More

Defendant Guilty of Second-Degree Fatal Stabbing

Details A jury delivered a mixed verdict for a Ramsay Street homicide defendant before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays on July 26. The jury acquitted Alphonso Ward, 47,... Read More

‘There Was Some Real Anger Behind That,’ Prosecution Says During Closing Arguments

Details Closing arguments were presented by both parties on July 26 in the trial of a 48-year-old Alphonso Ward accused of fatally stabbing his cousin six times before Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Detective Says DNA on Knife Links Suspect to Murder

Details A Baltimore Police Department (BPD) detective testified against a homicide defendant in Baltimore City Circuit Court on July 25. Alphonso Ward, 47, is charged with first-degree murder and possession of... Read More

Fatal Stabbing Trial Focuses on Video Footage

Details The trial of a 47-year-old man accused of stabbing his cousin to death began on July 24 with counsel delivering opening statements centering on CCTV footage recovered from a rotating... Read More

Victim of Front Street Stabbing Dies Eight Days Later

Details In regard to a stabbing that occurred in the Central District, Baltimore Police Department officers have arrested, a repeat violent offender, 41-year-old Fielding Bame. Investigators learned that Bame stabbed 48-year-old... Read More

Police Arrest Fatal Stabbing Suspect

Details On July 19, Baltimore Police Department detectives arrested 28-year-old Tyrone Blackwell of Baltimore. Detectives believe that Blackwell fatally stabbed 33-year-old Devin Butler on July 5, on the 2400 block of... Read More

Dispute Over Money Owed Leads to Fall Murder Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled July 22 a man, who is accused of killing another man over money, for trial later this year. Michael Atkinson, 50,... Read More

North Payson Street Homicide Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details On July 12, a 27-year-old homicide defendant rejected a plea offer in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Dayrel McFarland is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Teen Arrested for Fatal Stabbing of 14-Year-Old Boy

Details In reference to the homicide that occurred in the Northeast District on July 10, Baltimore Police Department investigators have arrested 18-year-old Brandon Lee Adams Jr. of Baltimore. Investigators learned that... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Matricide, Found Not Criminally Responsible

Details A 51-year-old man accused of killing his mother appeared in mental health court on July 10 to plead both guilty and not criminally responsible for the April 12, 2021, murder.... Read More

Victim of MTA Bus Stabbing Dies; Suspect in Custody

By Baltimore Witness staff - July 11, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing | Victims |

Details On July 10, at around 1:18 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 4200 block of Frankford Avenue to investigate a call for a cutting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More