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Jury Returns Guilty Verdict For Man Charged With Killing His On-Again, Off-Again Girlfriend

Details A jury has found 31-year-old Reginald Peay III guilty of fatally shooting his on-again, off-again girlfriend on Dec. 6. That despite defense counsel’s claims of self-defense about what happened on... Read More

Judge Sentences Chronic Offender to Life Plus 10 Years

Details On Dec. 9, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Alpert sentenced a homicide defendant to life in prison plus ten years. Steven Gibson, 40, was originally charged with first-degree... Read More

Shooting A Victim Ten Times Goes Beyond Self-Defense, Prosecutor Says

Details The prosecution said an on-and-off again boyfriend’s claim of self-defense doesn’t justify murder in a Dec. 6 trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazarow. Reginald Peay III, 31,... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

Details On Dec. 10, a 19-year-old defendant accepted a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby. Shannon Kanye Amaury Fletcher faced charges including two counts each of... Read More

Judge Resets Homicide Defendant’s Pre-Trial Conference Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland reset a homicide defendant’s pre-trial conference in reception court on Dec. 9. Johnnie Teague, 52, is charged with first- and second-degree murder,... Read More

Judge Postpones Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant’s Trial to Early 2025

Details On Dec. 9, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed the trial of the non-fatal shooting defendant to Jan. 23, 2025. Matthew Leo Garner, Jr., 20, is charged... Read More

Murder Defendant Testifies He Hardly Knew Victim

Details A murder defendant took the stand and claimed he barely knew the victim during his trial on Dec. 5 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The suspect, 31-year-old Reginald Peay, is... Read More

Liberty Heights Shooter Accepts Plea Deal

By Sage Cho - December 9, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details A defendant in a non-fatal shooting accepted a plea agreement before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yvette M. Bryant on Dec. 9. Dyrin Harrell, 27, is charged with firearm usage... Read More

Homicide Defendant Claims His Case Was Cancelled, Judge Disagrees

Details Murder suspect Harley Frost, 35, engaged in a spirited debate with Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland about whether his case was still active in a reception court... Read More

Driver of Fatal Hit-and-Run Pleads Guilty for Two-Year Sentence

Details Stifling tears, defendant Megan Sherman apologized for the death of Aaron Hall, nearly a year-and-a-half after she struck and killed the 41-year-old victim with her car in Southwest Baltimore. On... Read More

Witness Lies Under Oath While Testifying Against Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant

Details On Dec. 5, the defense and prosecution argued whether a witness was telling the truth about a 31-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant during closing statements before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Troy... Read More

Stolen Car at Heart of Murder Trial Evidence

Details Opening statements in a murder trial were heard before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays on Dec. 5. Dominic Miller, 29, is charged with first-degree murder, firearm usage... Read More

Defense Claims Lack of Evidence in Shooting Trial

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details On Dec. 4, the defense counsel for a shooting suspect told the jury and Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Troy K. Hill that his client was wrongfully arrested because he... Read More

Judge Praises Shooting Defendant’s Drug Treatment Record

By Sage Cho - December 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin praised a 37-year-old defendant’s commitment to treatment in mental health court on Dec. 4. Jamar Cannon, 37, was involved in a non-fatal... Read More

March Shooting Victim Killed With Her Own Gun Outside Mother’s Home, Prosecutor Says

Details Despite an unrecovered murder weapon, a Baltimore City prosecutor argued on Dec. 2 that 35-year-old Lenora Alston was shot and killed by defendant Reginald Peay III with the victim’s legally-owned... Read More

New Evidence Revealed in Jury Trial for Homicide Defendant

Details The prosecution introduced video evidence and autopsy photographs on the third day of a homicide defendant’s trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan Lazerow on Dec. 4. Defendant Reginald... Read More

Cases For Homicide Defendants Reviewed in Mental Health Court

Details In mental health court on Dec. 4, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ordered an initial mental competency evaluation for a defendant charged with first-degree murder. Defendant Robert... Read More

Jury Selection Begins in East Baltimore Murder Trial

Details Jury selection for the murder trial of Tyrell Williams began before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec. 4. Williams was detained... Read More

Motion’s Hearing to Join Murder Cases Pushed to New Year

Details A motion’s hearing to join the cases of Joseph Coates and Joseph Walker was rescheduled for mid-January 2025 to allow the former’s new defense counsel to review discovery in the... Read More

Shooting Defendant’s Girlfriend Claims He’s ‘a Family Man’ at Sentencing

Details An attempted murder defendant was sentenced in a plea deal on Dec. 3 at Baltimore City Circuit Court hearing and his girlfriend spoke on his behalf. The defendant, Keiontay Woodlon,... Read More

Firearm Analysts Say Homicide Gun is Linked to Another Crime

By Carla Abon [former] - December 4, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details On Dec. 3, the second day of a murder trial, two firearm analysts testified that the gun used in this case is linked to a 2019 assault. Reginald Peay III,... Read More

Gas Station Shooting Resolved After Mistrial

Details On Dec. 3, a 20-year-old defendant accepted a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Alpert. Xavier Hawkins faces charges including first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to... Read More

Sentencing for One of Four Murder Co-Defendants Postponed

Details A 19-year-old defendant’s sentencing was postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec. 2. William Holloman, 19, is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to... Read More

Jury Convicts 20-Year-Old Defendant of Popeyes Shooting

Details A jury has convicted 20-year-old Mekhi Green of attempted murder for a shooting outside a Popeyes restaurant earlier this year. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong granted defense... Read More