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Homicide Defendant’s Trial Scheduled for March 2023

Details A 48-year-old Baltimore man charged with murder rejected a plea of life on Oct. 3 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Ronald Brady Jr. is charged with... Read More

Man Charged with Shooting Girlfriend Has Trial Set for March

Details A 36-year-old attempted murder defendant had his trial date set before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn in reception court on Sept. 29. Roderick Johnson is charged with first and... Read More

A Mother’s Sobs Fill the Courtroom as Her Son is Sentenced to 45 Years

Details An attempted murder defendant’s mother slowly approached the microphone on Sept. 29 to give her statement in hopes of influencing Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles M. Blomquist before she... Read More

Judge Holds Scheduling Trial Date for Murder Defendant to Clear Witnesses

Details The decision to set a trial date for a homicide defendant was held until Monday before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. On Sept. 30 prosecutors offered Anton Harris... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Assault Co-Defendants for End of 2022

Details On Sept. 29, two co-defendants charged with assault, one of them charged with attempted murder, had their trial date set before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Daron Smith and... Read More

Baltimore Man Rejects Life Plea in Attempted Murder Case

Details A 29-year-old Baltimore man rejected a plea of life on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. According to CBS News, Cox was arrested in March... Read More

Prosecutor Unable to Locate Witness, Enters Nolle Pros in Homicide Case

Details A 40-year-old Baltimore man charged with murder had his case nolle pros by the prosecutor on Sept. 28 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Bloomquist. Christopher Thornton was charged... Read More

Hearing to Schedule Homicide Defendant’s Trial Date Postponed

Details A murder defendant had his hearing to schedule the beginning of his trial postponed a day on Sept. 29 before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Anton Harris, 34, is... Read More

Jury Finds Man Guilty of Strangling Ex to Death in 2020

Details “I looked at her like she was some kind of evil, not like she was a human being.” Roderick Griffin, 58, admitted to the killing of 72-year-old Lillian Herndon that... Read More

29-Year-Old Man Arrested for the Attempted Murder of an 18-Year-Old Teen

Details A 29-year-old man has been arrested for the attempted murder on an 18-year-old male teen on Sept. 21. The Baltimore Police Department has reported the arrest of Kinard Smith, 29,... Read More

Two Baltimore Men Arrested for the Murder of a 33-Year-Old Man

Details Two Baltimore men has been arrested for the murder of a 33-year-old man on May 31, 2021. The Baltimore Police Department has reported the arrest of Jerome Johnson, 31, and... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial Postponed Due to Defense Counsel Being Sick

Details On Sept. 27, an attempted murder defendant’s trial was postponed until October before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, due to the defense counsel being sick. The prosecutor... Read More

Baltimore Man’s Trial in Non-Fatal Shooting Scheduled for Next Month

Details A 33-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant had his trial scheduled for October before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Sept. 27. The defendant is charged with possession of... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Homicide Co-Defendants for March 2023

Details Two homicide co-defendants rejected a plea of life on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Bolondalay Banks, 39, and Al Brown, 35, are both charged... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Attempted Murder Defendant for Next Month

Details On Sept. 27, an attempted murder defendant had his trial date set after his defense counsel rejected a plea before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The prosecutor... Read More

Defendant Requests Retrial Postponement to Allow New Counsel to Catch Up

Details A 38-year-old Baltimore man, who was convicted in a non-fatal shooting in 2019, had his retrial postponed on Sept.27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn due to him recently... Read More

Baltimore Man Accepts 30-Year Plea for Attempted Murder

Details A 37-year-old man accepted a plea of 30 years for second-degree attempted murder for a charge stemming back to a 2020 shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. ... Read More

Trial Postponed for Double Murder Defendants

Details Two co-defendants had their trial for a double murder postponed on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn due to one of the defendants needing to find... Read More

Lack of Jurors Slightly Delay 2018 Murder Trial

Details After a seven-month delay, homicide co-defendants Terrance Belton and Rawnes Gibbs will have to wait a little longer before they see a filled jury box for their impending criminal trial.... Read More

Young Adult Arrested for the Murder of a Teen

By Alyssia Davis - September 27, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details A 21-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of a 19-year-old male teen on Aug. 31. The Baltimore Police Department has reported the arrest of Chase Marco Wilson, 21,... Read More

First-Degree Murder Defendant Rejects Life Plea

Details A 34-year-old homicide defendant rejected a plea of life on Sept. 26 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Troy Peace Jr. is charged with first-degree murder, use... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Retrial Scheduled for April 2023

Details On Sept. 26, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a homicide defendant’s retrial for April 2023. Amith Kumar, 43, was found guilty of first-degree murder and using... Read More

Baltimore Man Arrested for the Attempted Murder of a 17-Year-Old and 23-Year-Old Male Victims

Details A 26-year-old man has been arrested for the attempted murder of 17-year-old male teen and a 23-year-old man on May 19. The Baltimore Police Department has reported the arrest of... Read More

Woman’s Trial in Domestic Dispute Turned Attempted Murder Scheduled for March 2023

Details A 29-year-old attempted murder defendant rejected a plea of 20 years, scheduling her trial for March 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Pierrerea Henry is charged... Read More