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Officers Respond to Fatal Car Accident on Sinclair Lane

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 12, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Sept. 11, at approximately 9:21 p.m., officers responded to the 4300 block of Sinclair Lane for a serious accident. Upon arrival, officers and medics rendered aid to an unidentified... Read More

Officers Announce Investigation into Fatal Crash on South Fulton Avenue

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 6, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Sept. 5, at approximately 3:09 a.m., Southwest District patrol officers with the Baltimore Police Department responded to the 100 block of South Fulton Avenue, for a report of a... Read More

Victim Walked in Front of Defendant’s Car, Defense Argues in 2021 Vehicular Manslaughter Case

Details Was the defendant under the influence of anesthesia when he struck and killed 38-year-old Garrick Williams Jr. with his car and injured another man on March 1, 2021? This was... Read More

Northwest District Detectives Make Arrest in Fatal Hit and Run Case

Details In reference to the fatal hit and run that occurred on Aug. 14, at the intersection of Liberty Heights Avenue at Callaway, which killed 88-year-old Barbara Logan of Baltimore. Investigators... Read More

Judge Continues Scheduling Hearing in 2018 Double Vehicular Manslaughter Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn entered a continuance on Aug. 23 for a hearing regarding a Baltimore man charged with manslaughter. Judge Phinn issued this continuance at... Read More

2024 Trial Date Likely for Driver in February Vehicular Manslaughter, Building Collapse

Details On Aug. 4, defendant Shawn Lee Brunson appeared in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to schedule his trial date, but his defense team was looking toward 2024. A... Read More

Northeast District Detectives Launch Investigation into Fatal Pedestrian Crash

Details On Aug. 4, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Northeast District patrol officers with the Baltimore Police Department responded to the 2900 block of Hamilton Avenue, in the rear, for a report of... Read More

Unavailable Counsel Causes Third Trial Delay for 2021 Gwynns Falls Parkway Vehicular Manslaughter Defendant

Details The man accused of hitting 38-year-old Garrick Williams, Jr. with his car in 2021 was supposed to start trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory on Aug. 3 but... Read More

Fatal Pedestrian Involved Hit-and-Run Reported in Southwest District

By Baltimore Witness staff - July 20, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On July 19, at approximately 2:37 a.m., Southwest District patrol officers with the Baltimore Police Department responded to North Hilton Street at Phelps Lane, for a report of a pedestrian... Read More

Fatal Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Investigation Underway Following Accident on Reisterstown Road

By Baltimore Witness staff - July 9, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On July 8, at approximately 4:09 p.m., officers responded to the 5100 block of Reisterstown Road to investigate a call for a pedestrian struck. Upon arrival, officers located an unresponsive... Read More

Officers Report Pedestrian Fatality on Perring Parkway

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 16, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department’s Crash Team (BPD) is investigating a pedestrian crash that killed 55-year-old Kevin Anthony Mason Sr. on May 14 on the 5400 block of Perring Parkway. According... Read More

Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Motorcycle at Intersection

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 15, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers are investigating an incident in which a motorcycle struck and killed a pedestrian at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Inverness Avenue on May 15.... Read More

One Dead Following Two Vehicle Accident Involving Motorcycle in Western District

By Baltimore Witness staff - May 8, 2023
Daily Stories | Traffic | Victims |

Details On May 6, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Western District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the unit block of South Monroe Street for a reported accident. ... Read More

Judge Sentences Defendant to 18 Months of Home Detention for Vehicular Manslaughter of Cousin

Details A 34-year-old Baltimore man will serve 18 months on home detention after accepting a plea for vehicular manslaughter in connection to a car crash that killed his cousin. On Feb.... Read More

Investigation Underway in Fatal Pedestrian Hit and Run

By Baltimore Witness staff - November 28, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On November 26, 2022, at approximately 10:05 p.m., Baltimore Police officers responded to the southbound lane of I-83 South at E. Fayette Street where a pedestrian was struck. Upon arrival,... Read More

Fatal Crash Kills Two on W. Northern Parkway

Details On Nov. 27, officers for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to a single vehicle crash on the 1900 block of W. Northern Parkway that resulted in the death of... Read More

South Central Avenue Crash Leaves One Dead, Another Injured

By Ashleigh Joplin - October 27, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details Crash Team detectives for the Baltimore Police Department are investigating a fatal crash that occurred in the morning of Oct. 27. On Thursday, at approximately 6:36 a.m., Baltimore police officers... Read More

Vehicular Manslaughter Defendant Rejects Three-Year Plea

Details A Baltimore man charged with manslaughter rejected a plea on Sept. 19 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Datuan Blanchard is charged with criminally negligent vehicular manslaughter... Read More

Woman Charged with Manslaughter Has Trial Scheduled for February 2023

Details On Sept. 14, a Baltimore woman charged with manslaughter had her trial scheduled for February 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Geraldine Stevenson, 62, is charged... Read More

‘It’s Not Fair to You,’ Manslaughter Defendant Says to Victim’s Daughter

Details Hunched over a table before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Blomquist, 25-year-old Nazr Basim Williams choked back tears as he apologized to the daughter of a man who was... Read More

Baltimore Man Dies in Vehicle Collision

By Alyssia Davis [former] - September 7, 2022
Daily Stories | Traffic | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a fatal vehicle collision in the afternoon of Sept. 4. According to a news release, officers were called to the 100 block of Church... Read More

Vehicular Manslaughter Defendant Rejects Plea Offer, Setting Trial for 2023

Details A Baltimore woman charged with vehicular manslaughter and gross negligence rejected a plea offer on July 29 and is going to trial early next year. Samanda Marie Bradds, 29, is... Read More

Vehicular Manslaughter Defendant Pleads Guilty

Details A 28-year-old vehicular manslaughter defendant pleaded guilty on April 25 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Joshua Mendoza, is charged with vehicular manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter due to criminal... Read More

Baltimore Man Accepts 10-Year Plea for Vehicular Manslaughter

Details Although scheduled to begin a jury trial on April 13, defendant Stanford Ronnell McNair Jr. walked out of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G Williams’ courtroom Wednesday morning after... Read More