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Officers Report Death of 31-Year-Old Woman after Suspect Fires Gun into Group

Details On May 24, at approximately 7:12 p.m., Northeast District patrol officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to an area hospital in reference to an aggravated assault victim. Once... Read More

Judge Hands Down Time Served, Home Detention to Man Accused of Attempted Murder on Roslyn Avenue

Details Attempted homicide defendant Tracey Louis Crosby Hargrove was sentenced to time served and supervised probation on May 24 in connection to violent dispute along Roslyn Avenue in April 2022. In... Read More

Northwest District Officers Arrest Suspect in Gwynn Oak Avenue Shooting Investigation

Details On May 23, at approximately 11:45 a.m., investigators arrested 29-year-old Lance Jamal Hickman. Hickman was wanted for shooting a 31-year-old male on May 8, on the 5100 block of Gwynn... Read More

Man Chooses Trial Over Lesser Sentence in Accordance With Co-Defendant’s 25-Year Plea

Details Attempted homicide defendant Romarise Scott Jr. decided to proceed with a jury trial on May 23, despite his co-defendant’s acceptance of a 25-year plea that allowed Scott to plead guilty... Read More

Attempted Murder Charges Dismissed Against Accused Marathon Gas Station Shooter

Details Attempted murder charges against a 24-year-old man were dismissed on May 22 in connection to a double shooting at a Marathon gas station last year. A Baltimore City prosecutor requested... Read More

Southwest District Officers Arrest Suspect and Charge with Murder of 1-Year-Old

Details On May 11, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) arrested 21-year-old Aurielle Montgomery of Baltimore, in the 500 block of Rocklyn Avenue located in Baltimore... Read More

Emotional Outbursts Erupt from Defendant’s Family As He Pleads Guilty to Murder

Details In the midst of starting a jury trial, a homicide defendant’s family member was put out of a courtroom for disrupting court proceedings with emotional outbursts while the defendant took... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant’s Trial Rescheduled Due to Death in the Family

By Alyssia Davis - May 19, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Defense counsel Bradley MacFee requested to reschedule a trial because his client recently had a death in his family. . Donnale Hines, 47, is charged with a firearm/drug trafficking crime,... Read More

Judge Schedules Homicide Trial in July Despite Defense Hesitation

Details After a Baltimore resident rejected a plea offer of life in prison, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a homicide trial for July following defense counsel’s resistance on... Read More

Officers Arrest Two Suspects and Charge in Connection to Shooting of 16-Year-Old

Details On May 10, at approximately 12:13 p.m., officers arrested 34-year-old Anthony Mason Jr. of Baltimore in the 400 block of Font Hill Avenue. According to a press release from the... Read More

Man Accused of North Eutaw Street Shooting Accepts 35-Year Plea after Jury Selection

Details Attempted homicide defendant James Wilkes accepted a plea of 35 years incarceration on May 16 for shooting a man outside the victim’s home on North Eutaw Street last summer. The... Read More

73-Year-Old Man Charged in 1973 Double Homicide Will Remain in Community Under Pre-Trial Supervision

Details A 73-year-old Baltimore man accused of committing a double homicide in 1973 will remain released but under pre-trial supervision, after mental health professionals found him incompetent to stand trial and... Read More

North Carolina Man Gets 25 Years for Baltimore Robbery Turned Shooting in 2019

Details “I can’t change the pain I’ve caused. I just hope, over time, the pain does heal.” As the family of Antonio Modica sobbed in the gallery of a Baltimore City... Read More

Judge Accommodates Sick Prosecutor, Schedules Homicide Trial in September

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Copeland scheduled a homicide defendant’s trial in September due to the prosecutor being out sick on May 16. Defense counsel Marc Zayon also informed... Read More

Baltimore Resident Faces 2 Separate Homicide Cases, Rejects Plea Offer For Life in Prison

Details On May 16, a prosecutor made a global plea offer, giving a homicide defendant the maximum sentence for two murder cases before Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland.... Read More

Double-Booked Prosecutor Reschedules Non-Fatal Shooting Trial

Details On May 16, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Copeland, a stand-in prosecutor informed the court that the assigned prosecutor requested a trial postponement. Counsel requested a postponement due... Read More

17-Year-Old Teen Faces 40 Years in Prison for Fatal BP Gas Station Shooting

Details A 17-year-old teenager, who was charged as an adult in a fatal shooting outside a BP gas station last year is expected to serve 40 years in prison after counsel... Read More

Police Arrest Suspect in Central Homicide

By Baltimore Witness Staff - May 17, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details Detectives from the Baltimore Police Department arrested 39-year-old Joseph White for his alleged connection with the death of 28-year-old Christopher Foster. According to a press release, police suspect White pushed... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Schedules Another Retrial After Murder Defendant’s Conviction Was Overturned

Details On May 15, defense counsel for a murder defendant, whose conviction was overturned, requested that Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn schedule another retrial date because he recently entered... Read More

Hearing Continues for Two Co-Defendants Charged with Attempted Murder

Details According to the Maryland Judiciary website, two attempted murder co-defendants had their hearing scheduled for a jury trial to begin on May 15. However, due to the prosecutor being unavailable.... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects 50 Year Plea

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a homicide defendant’s trial after he rejected a plea offer on May 15. Lexus Hart and her defense counsel, Roland Harris, rejected... Read More

Counsel Reschedules Murder Defendant’s Trial Due to Being Unavailable

Details On May 15, a Baltimore resident’s trial, which was initially scheduled to begin on Monday, was rescheduled towards the end of the year due to counsel being unable to try... Read More

Defendant Was Misidentified in 2022 Attempted Murder at Charles Center Metro Station, Defense Argues

Details In defense of Draquan Smith, attorney Latoya Francis-Williams proclaimed to a jury on May 16 that no one involved in the attempted murder at Charles Center Metro Station in June... Read More

Judge Hands Down Sentences to Men Convicted of Fatal Shooting on East Belvedere Avenue

Details Two Baltimore men were sentenced in Baltimore City Circuit Court on May 15 for the deadly shooting of 31-year-old Cordelle Bruce in 2020 in what one defense attorney described as... Read More