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Court Reconsiders Trial Date For Pair Accused of Contract Killings

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled counsel for Cornell Moore, 38, and Keith Russell, 39 – codefendants in a chain of murder-to-hire homicides, non-fatal shootings, and carjackings... Read More

Prosecution Mines Defendant’s Instagram Account For Evidence in 2020 Homicide Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Troy K. Hill denied defense counsel’s motion to suppress evidence found from homicide defendant Eric Morris’ Instagram account on Feb. 28. Morris, 39, is charged... Read More

Attempted Murder Suspect May Face Less Punishment Because of Age

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland approved a motion to reschedule 19-year-old attempted murder defendant Anthony Berry’s hearing to March 18 to allow counsel time to deliberate whether... Read More

Attempted Murder Suspect Fails to Appear in Mental Health Court

By Carmen Gregg , Claire Schreiber - February 27, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin indefinitely postponed 24-year-old Javon Hines’ mental health observation hearing on Feb. 26 pending admission to a hospital. Hines is charged with attempted... Read More

Trial Date Set for Man Said to Shoot at Trio ‘To Send a Message’

By Claire Schreiber - February 26, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a May trial date for 43-year-old defendant Scott Jay on Feb. 26 after he rejected a plea offer. Jay is charged... Read More

Defense Rejects Plea Deal in Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed 32-year-old attempted murder defendant Dionte Cain’s jury trial on Feb. 18 after he rejected a plea deal. He is charged with... Read More

Trial Set For Man Accused of Shooting at His Sons

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton scheduled a May 20 trial date for 51 year-old Kevin M. Hawkins Sr., who stands accused of attempting to shoot his sons at... Read More

Judge Postpones Homicide Trial in Child’s Gruesome Death

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin Schreiber, II postponed the jury trial for 23-year-old homicide defendant Shaun Bullock, Jr. on Feb. 24 after his defense attorney, Andre Mahasa, fell ill... Read More

Trial For Metro Shooting Suspect Rescheduled for Spring

By Claire Schreiber - February 24, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed 24-year-old Keshawn Luckey’s jury trial on Feb. 24 after the prosecution was involved with another trial. Luckey was charged with attempted... Read More

Murder Defendant Receives Lesser Sentence for Amended Charge

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays accepted defense counsel’s request to hand 29-year-old Jonte Gilmore a lesser sentence for an amended charge on Feb. 18. Gilmore initially faced... Read More

2-Day Trial Set For Attempted Murder Defendant

Details Dionte Cain, 32, rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Feb. 18. On April 2, 2024, Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to a... Read More

Suspect Arrested, Victim Named in Oakley Avenue Homicide

Details In connection to the Northern District homicide on Jan. 24, investigators have arrested 24-year-old Zion Clayton from Baltimore. Detectives discovered that Clayton fatally shot 36-year-old Anthony D. McMichael, Jr. in... Read More

Man Arrested in Double Shooting at Senior Living Apartments

Details On Feb. 20, at approximately 11:07 a.m., Central District patrol officers responded to the Pleasant View Gardens senior apartments at 110 North Central Avenue to investigate a shooting inside a... Read More

Suspect’s Police Interview Played in Double-Homicide Trial

Details Daquan Woodard, 22, is on trial accused in a double homicide that occurred on Feb. 7, 2024. During testimony, the prosecution played video surveillance footage from a 7-Eleven located on... Read More

Presbury Street Murderer Angry at Life Sentence

Details Kenneth Mackay, 39, had an enraged response after Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Tory K. Hill sentenced him to life on Feb. 21 in connection to a Sept. 7, 2023... Read More

Accused Mass Shooter From Motorcycle Club Rejects Murder Plea

Details A member of the Thunderguards motorcycle club who was accused of an August 2024 mass shooting waived his Hicks date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on... Read More

Judge Postpones Sentencing After Teen Defendant’s Obscene Outburst

Details A teen shooting defendant got in trouble at his sentencing hearing on Feb. 21 for repeatedly using vulgar language. “F*ck this sh*t, man,” yelled Ethan King after Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Mental Observation Postponed Related to COVID

By Jamiya Austin - February 21, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin postponed 63-year-old defendant Reginald Benbow’s mental health observation hearing on Feb. 19, ostensibly for a COVID-related issue. Baltimore Witness contacted the Baltimore... Read More

Murder Suspect Convicted of All Charges

Details A murder suspect was convicted of all eight charges in a murder trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on Feb. 21. Davonte Hamlett, 21, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Judge Orders Retrial for Homicide Defendant After New Evidence Emerges

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence R. Daniels ordered a retrial for 33-year-old homicide defendant Jermaine Sanders after defense attorney Donald Wright brought forth new evidence during the sentencing hearing.... Read More

Man Sentenced to Life for Killing Stepdaughter’s Boyfriend

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer sentenced 46-year-old Keith Anderson to life on Feb. 18 in connection to the June 22, 2022 murder of Markeece Jordan, 29. Anderson... Read More

No Angry Words, Only Grief for Pregnant Murder Victim at Sentencing

Details Malik McCormick, 24, was sentenced to life by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy on Feb. 19 for the murder of his former girlfriend and their unborn child. ... Read More

‘Basically, You Just Poo-Pooed on What I Said,’ Irked Judge Tells Lawyer in Homicide Hearing

Details A jury trial for a murder case turned contentious before it went to postponement court on Feb. 19. Jamal Smith, 33, is on trial in relation to a June 16,... Read More

Trial Postponed in Gwynn Oak Avenue Attempted Murder, Victim Shot 15 Times

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Michael A. DiPietro postponed 32-year-old attempted murder defendant Darius Stepney’s jury trial on Feb. 19. On May 8, 2023, Stepney allegedly drove 30-year-old Lance Hickman... Read More