Baltimore Witness

Doctor’s Report Restores Competency of Man Convicted of Shooting Radio Host

Details Defense attorneys questioned the results of a doctor’s competency review of their client before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin on Oct. 5. Based on a report given... Read More

Police Body Cam Footage Shows Jurors Murder Scene Minutes After Double Shooting

Details On a dreary day in Baltimore City, jurors rose from their seats to get a better look at a Baltimore police officer’s body camera footage from the night of a... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Homicide Co-Defendants

Details Two homicide defendants had their trial set by Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Oct. 4 for an incident that occurred in 2019. Dante Gregg and Gary Watkins are charged with... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Receives Trial Date After Obtaining Private Counsel

Details A 23-year-old defendant had his trial scheduled for January before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on Oct. 4. David Wilson is charged with attempted first and second-degree murder, first-degree... Read More

Attempted Murder Case for Baltimore Man Postponed

Details A 54-year-old defendant had his trial scheduled for December on Oct. 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Eric Harcum is charged with attempted first-degree murder, second-degree... Read More

Convicted Homicide Defendant Gives Up Post-Conviction Rights

Details On Sept. 29, a convicted homicide defendant voluntarily gave up his post-conviction rights before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Blomquist. Patrick Glasco was convicted of first-degree murder and using... Read More

Murder Defendant’s Trial Postponed a Day Due to Lack of Jurors

Details A homicide defendant will have to wait a day to have his trial begin due to there not being enough jurors on Oct. 4. Prosecutors told Baltimore Witness they were... Read More

Defendants Affiliated With ’39 Babies’ Gang Sentenced After Accepting Plea Agreements

Details “It hurts me to do this, but I don’t think it’s a mystery why this case requires serious consequences.” said Judge Martin H. Schreiber when sentencing defendant Damone Cornish on Oct. 3. “Justice requires... Read More

Trial Date Set for Teen Charged With Attempted Murder

Details A trial for a 17-year-old attempted murder defendant was scheduled before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Sept. 30. Prosecutors informed Judge Phinn that a request to... Read More

Another Member of ’39 Babies’ Gang Takes Plea

Details Raequan Fields, one of 11 members of the “39 babies” gang, will spend a decade in prison after agreeing to the terms of a prosecutor’s plea offer on Oct. 3.... Read More

Man Accused of Shooting Outside Beauty Salon Takes 25-Year Plea Offer

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced Aubrey Lang to 25 years in prison, the first five years without parole, for attempted murder on Oct. 4 when the 36-year-old defendant... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Has Case Nolle Pros

Details A 19-year-old Baltimore man charged with attempted murder had his case nolle pros by the prosecutor on Oct. 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays. Marcellus Walls... Read More

Defendant Facing 195 Charges to Have Case Federally Indicted

Details On Sept. 29, a prosecutor informed the court that a defendant alleged to be involved in gang activity will have his case federally indicted in the next few weeks rejected... Read More

Baltimore Teen Rejects a Plea of Life for Homicide

Details A 17-year-old homicide defendant’s trial was scheduled for May 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Robert Jordan is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Scheduled for February 2023

Details On Oct. 3, a Baltimore man had his homicide trial scheduled for February 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Ronnie Harris Jr rejected a plea of... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects Plea of Life

Details A homicide defendant rejected a plea of life on Sept. 30 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Derrick Creek, 38, is charged with first-degree murder, use of... Read More

Baltimore Man Scheduled for Trial in February 2023

Details A 31-year-old homicide defendant’s trial was scheduled for February. Marcus Harris is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm during a felony violent crime and having a handgun on... Read More

34-Year-Old Homicide Defendant’s Trial Scheduled for January 2023

Details The trial for a 34-year-old Baltimore man charged with homicide was scheduled for January 2023 after he rejected a plea of 20 years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects Plea for Two Life Sentences

Details On Oct. 3, a homicide defendant rejected a plea of two life sentences before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Devin Curry, 17, is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Men Accused of Fatally Stabbing Detainee at Correctional Facility Get March 2023 Trial Date

Details Two Baltimore men accused of stabbing a detainee to death at a correctional facility last year rejected life sentences for the murder on Oct. 3. A jury trial is scheduled... Read More

Defense Counsel’s Illness Delays Homicide Trial

Details The trial of co-defendants Taijhae Brown and Kennard Johnson was delayed until next year after the latter’s defense counsel reported sick on Oct. 3—the original trial date. Brown’s defense attorney,... Read More

September 2022 Brings Record-Low Homicide Count in Baltimore City

Details Baltimore City homicides plummeted to a mere 13 in September, decreasing more than 38 percent since August and becoming a record-low for 2022. According to Baltimore Witness data, February and... Read More

2-Year-Old Murder Case Set For Trial

Details Homicide defendant Stephawn Tate will face a jury of his peers this May in connection to a fatal shooting nearly two years ago. Tate is charged with a man’s death... Read More

Defense Calls Evidence ‘Junk Science’ During Closing Arguments in Murder Trial

Details A murder trial for two co-defendants concluded on Sept. 30 when the assistant state prosecutor and defense attorneys presented passionate arguments to the jury, describing two drastically different accounts of... Read More

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