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10-Year-Old Girl Dies Days After Shooting Self in the Head

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the death of E’vaa Sewell, a 10-year-old girl, on Jan. 28. Investigators believe Sewell accidentally shot herself in the head at her grandmother’s home... Read More

‘He Didn’t Want to Die,’ Victim’s Mother Tells Defendant At Sentencing

Details Paul Ray IV was sentenced to a modified life term on Jan. 29 by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan Lazerow for the fatal shooting of Bryson Hudson. Ray previously... Read More

Judge Sentences Metro Track Murder Defendant to 40 Years

By Carmen Gregg , Jamiya Austin - January 29, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Details Joseph J. White III was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder for pushing Christopher Foster, 28, onto the train tracks at... Read More

Defendant Seeks Release for 1994 Homicide as Youth

Details On Jan. 29, Marcel Terry Smith, 47, appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court to discuss a potential modification of his life sentence for the 1994 murder of Antoinette Wilson. The... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for Suspect Who Allegedly Shot at Roommate in Brawl Over Booze

By Laura Flores - January 29, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details A man accused of shooting at his roommate in an argument over alcohol was denied bail and home detention instead of jail on Jan. 28. Charles Ward, 25, is charged... Read More

Former Teacher Sentenced to 20 Years For Conspiracy in Teen Shooting

By Carmen Gregg - January 28, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Matthew Biegel, 39, a former teacher at Reginald F. Lewis High School, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault during a plea hearing on Jan. 27 before Baltimore City... Read More

Eyewitness And Police Testimony Shape Day Four of Murder Trial

By Claire Schreiber , Tomas Coles , Ziqi Zhou - January 28, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Police and bystander witnesses took the stand on Jan. 27, the fourth day of 27-year-old Daquan Parker’s homicide trial before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Nicole Baremore. Parker is accused of... Read More

Defendant Waives Trial Start Date Against Judge’s Advice

Details At a Baltimore City Circuit Court reception hearing on Jan. 24, 28-year-old homicide defendant Bryant James Peyton waived his Hicks trial start date against Judge Melissa K. Copeland‘s advice. Peyton... Read More

Judge Approves Defense Request to Move Trial Deadline

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland approved a request to waive 32-year-old Deonte Anthony Simms’s initial Hicks date on Jan. 24 following concerns regarding his defense counsel. The... Read More

Judge Reschedules Homicide Suspect’s Pre-Trial Hearing

By Abraham Leo - January 27, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland pushed back a 22-year-old homicide defendant’s pre-trial hearing to consider his legal options. The hearing was initially scheduled to take place on... Read More

Defendant Not Guilty of Shooting Himself

Details In a bench trial on Jan. 13, James Stackhouse, 38, was exonerated of four firearm-related charges in connection to a self-inflicted wound to the genitals. Stackhouse was charged with firing... Read More

Trial Date Set for Manslaughter Suspect

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland rescheduled 44-year old Timothy Clinedinst’s pre-trial hearing to March 13 on Jan. 24. He appeared at the hearing remotely. Clinedinst, who is... Read More

Homicide Defendant Challenges Evidence

By Claire Schreiber , Tomas Coles - January 24, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details On Jan. 24, Daquan Parker, 27, continued his third day of trial for the alleged murder of 19-year-old Rasheed Lindsey, presided over by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Nicole Barmore. There... Read More

Defense Criticizes Treatment of Brooklyn Homes Shooter’s Case

Details In a pre-trial conference hearing on Jan. 17, defense attorney Matthew Connell expressed concerns about the court’s treatment of a 19-year-old mass shooting suspect’s case. Tristan B. Jackson is charged... Read More

Two Defendants Found Incompetent to Stand Trial Among Cases in Mental Health Court

Details At mental health court on Jan. 22, Baltimore City Court Judge Gale E. Rasin conducted proceedings for three defendants charged with various violent crimes. Tyrelle L. Fields, 40, failed to... Read More

BPD Makes Arrest in Western District Homicide

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) have arrested 31-year-old Joshua Austin in connection with a homicide that occurred on Dec. 27, 2024. Investigators determined that Austin was responsible for the death... Read More

Pulaski Highway Murder Defendant Sorry, ‘From The Bottom of My Soul’

Details On Jan. 22, Tyquann Flythe, 26, suspect in a Pulaski Highway murder, accepted a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Cynthia H. Jones during an emotional hearing as the... Read More

Judge Hands Down Decades-Long Sentence For 2023 Murder Outside Adult Club

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced 31-year-old Kwante Betters to more than half of a century in prison on Jan. 21 for the murder of Stephon Stinnett outside Norma... Read More

Murder Defendant Wants Time to Consider Plea

Details Prosecutors have offered Roger Alvarado-Mendoza, 25, a plea agreement in a murder case. Mendoza is being charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime, carrying a handgun... Read More

Homicide Detectives Make Arrest in Northwest District Homicide

By Baltimore Witness Staff - January 20, 2025
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details On Jan. 20, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) upgraded a Northwest District shooting investigation to a homicide. On Jan. 18, at approximately 6:55 p.m., Northwest District Officers responded to the... Read More

No Plea Deal Yet for Murder Suspects

By Claire Schreiber , Tomas Coles - January 17, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects |

Details The trial of two young men accused of a murder in Baltimore was set by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland to begin this spring since no plea... Read More

Court to Search for 2007 File in an Assault Case

By Claire Schreiber , Tomas Coles - January 17, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details An 18-year-old assault case resurfaced in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Jan. 17 as Dontae Yates, 44, appeared in reception court before Judge Melissa Copeland. Yates, who currently lacks legal... Read More

Jury Convicts Man of Attempted Murder, Unrelated Carjacking on the Same Day

Details A jury has convicted 33-year-old Antionne Johnson of an attempted murder followed by an unrelated carjacking later the same day in East Baltimore in May 2022. On Dec. 26, the... Read More

Defendant Acquitted of Attempted Murder

Details A defendant was acquitted of attempted murder on Jan. 10 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams. Marrico Bell, 44, was found not guilty of attempted first-degree murder,... Read More