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Suspect Pleads No Contest to Murder, Faces Other Charges

Details Darius Savoy, 27, stood before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland during reception court on May 9, where his upcoming homicide trial was scheduled for four days beginning... Read More

Trial Set for Attempted Murder Defendant Facing 32 Counts

Details After being declared competent to stand trial in March, Brian Strawder, 33, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland during reception court on May 9. He was... Read More

Trial Set For Teen Charged With Attempted Murder

Details Kimora Crapper, 17, rejected a 20-year plea offer and opted for jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on May 7. Crapper is being tried as... Read More

Defendant Rejects 30-Year Plea in Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details Travis Cothran, 46, rejected the prosecution’s plea offer of 60 years, suspending all but 30 in a shooting, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on May 7.... Read More

15-Year-Old Killed, 19-Year-Old Injured in Belair-Edison Shooting

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an investigation into a homicide in the Eastern District. On May 7, at approximately 6:13 p.m., Eastern District officers were on a call for... Read More

Murderer’s Ex-Girlfriend ID’s Co-Defendant in Double Homicide

Details Double homicide suspect Tyrone Payne’s ex-girlfriend took the stand May 7 to testify on the third day of Vincent “Smurf” Harris’ trial. Payne and Harris were both charged with four... Read More

Prosecution Details Evidence Against Shooting Suspect

Details “They’re about to take me to the interrogation room,” Michael Armstrong, 28, was heard saying in police body-worn camera footage. The evidence played in court shows the moments before he... Read More

Defendant Sentenced For Shooting at Teens in Convenience Store

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yvette M. Bryant sentenced Nadeem Tajdin, 49, to 15 years on May 7. Tajdin’s full term is 25 years in prison, suspending all but 15,... Read More

Homicides Plummet, Non-Fatal Shootings Creep Up From March to April

Details Despite a near 60 percent decrease in the number of homicides and homicide victims in Baltimore City from March to April, Baltimore City Circuit Court still heard 40 homicide-related cases... Read More

Teen Arrested in St. Victor Street Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - May 6, 2025
Daily Stories | Juveniles | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an arrest in connection to the Southern District shooting that took place April 12, in the 3600 block of St. Victor Street. On April... Read More

Sentencing For Shooting Defendant Postponed For The Fifth Time

Details Sentencing for Markia Vaughn, 21, of Owings Mills was postponed for reasons undisclosed in a court hearing on May 5. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K Copeland reset the... Read More

Mother Accepts Guilty Plea For Infanticide

Details Defendant Aurielle Angelique Montgomery, 23, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of her infant child, 1-year-old Nyemia Gilliard, on May 5. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer presided... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details Michael Armstrong, 28, rejected the prosecution’s plea offer of 25 years without the possibility of parole on the charges of attempted first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime,... Read More

July Trial Set For Suspected Central Avenue Murderer

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a five-day jury trial for Dale Haddix, 23, during reception court on May 2. Haddix is set to reappear in court... Read More

Montford Avenue Homicide Trial Postponed

Details On May 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed murder defendant Dakwane Cole’s homicide case to give counsel time to receive and examine evidence. Cole, 30, is... Read More

West Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder

Details Jonathan Lopez, 21, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder and firearm use before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong on May 2. Lopez was initially also charged with... Read More

Suspect Accused of Shooting Linked to Birthday Party, Rejects Plea

By Tiffany Sartor - May 1, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a May trial date for Takeya Miller, 49. She is accused in a shopping center shooting that started as a birthday party... Read More

Defendant Gets Probation After Credit for Time Served

By Ben Dutcher [former] , Noor Ogaili [former] - May 1, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details A defendant has been ordered to serve 18 months of supervised probation following completion of an alcohol treatment program. On Feb. 14, Reginald Allen, 46, pleaded guilty to shooting a... Read More

Prosecution Claims Video Footage, DNA Points to Homicide Suspect

Details Counsel continued to debate video footage on the final day of 18-year-old Deonte Price’s trial April 30, with the prosecution’s maintaining that Price shot one man and killed another on... Read More

Defendant Sentenced For Shooting Ex-Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

Details “I never intended to hurt anyone, and I’m sorry,” said defendant Christopher Holland at his sentencing hearing. He apologized before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lazette Ringgold-Kirksey for shooting and... Read More

Greenmount Avenue Shooting Co-Defendants Take Pleas

Details Co-defendants Walter Bush, 29, and Quincee Moon, 19, waived their rights to a trial on April 30 in exchange for guilty pleas. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yvette M. Bryant... Read More

Defense Claims Seizure of Cell Phone Data Unconstitutional in a Homicide

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones denied defense counsel’s motion to suppress cell phone evidence on April 28 in the trial of Gregory Whitfield, 19. Whitfield is charged... Read More

Defense Complains of Short Notice For Ballistics in Shooting Case

Details On April 28, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard rejected defense attorney Natalie Finegar’s motion to strike bullet-related evidence from the trial of Dionte Cain, 31. Cain is... Read More

Last Minute Alibi Postpones Murder Trial

Details A technical violation prompted Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland to deny Gerald McEachern’s request for a trial postponement on April 28–that after an alibi witness came forward... Read More