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Jonestown Stabbing Defendant’s Trial Results in a Hung Jury

Details A panel of jurors failed to reach a consensus March 27 over the homicide trial of 41-year-old Fielding Bame. Bame is charged with second-degree murder and intent to injure with... Read More

Defense and Prosecution Argue Over Wording of Defendant’s Charges

Details A defense attorney argued March 25 with the prosecution over the decision to use “conspiracy to commit murder that resulted in death” in charging language for a homicide defendant. Khaliel... Read More

Judge Hands McHenry Street Homicide Defendant July Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a weeklong jury trial for a 34-year-old Shipley Hill homicide defendant on March 25. Dominic Felder is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Man Gets Shot In Head for Pointing Empty Gun

Details Homicide defendant Mandarin Jessup, 39, rejected a plea offer of five years without the possibility of parole before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong on March 26, leading... Read More

Teen Victim Announced in Fatal Hamilton Hills Shooting

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a 17-year-old male victim in the March 21 shooting in the Hamilton Hills neighborhood. On March 21, at approximately 10:49 p.m., Northeast District officers... Read More

‘He is a Better Man Than Me,’ Defense Attorney Argues

Details A defense attorney argued March 25 that a homeless man was innocent in a fatal stabbing that occurred near the vicinity of a local church. Fielding Bame is charged with... Read More

Judge Admits Video Evidence In Robbery Suspect’s Upcoming Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Michael A. DiPietro approved the prosecution’s request to admit new evidence into the jury trial of robbery suspect Reginald Whitaker on March 25. Whitaker, 29,... Read More

Defense Claims Self Defense in Jonestown Murder Trial

Details A 41-year-old Baltimore man’s trial began before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kimberly McBride on March 25, with counsel debating whether the fatal stabbing was an act of self-defense. Fielding... Read More

Jury Trial Begins For North Carolina Resident Implicated in Homicide Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Judge Michael Anthony DiPietro presided over the trial involving 24-year-old Khaliel Strong-Council, who was allegedly involved in an incident on May 26, 2024, which led to the... Read More

Arrest Made in Fatal East Biddle Street Shooting

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an arrest related to a homicide in the Southeast District. Investigators have arrested 33-year-old Sean Lloyd of Baltimore. The incident occurred on Feb. 2,... Read More

Murder Trial Rescheduled For Fourth Time

Details After the prosecution disclosed issues with witnesses, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Martin Schreiber II rescheduled 34-year-old Donnell Johnson’s homicide trial for a fourth time on March. 24. Johnson is charged... Read More

Jury Selection Begins for Homicide Defendant’s Fourth Trial

Details Jury selection for Levar Cooper‘s fourth murder trial began on March 24. Over the span of four years, Cooper has had three mistrials, all ending in a hung jury. The... Read More

Judge Postpones Trial for Man Accused of Killing 12-Year-Old Girl

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed 28-year-old murder defendant Omar Passmore’s jury trial on March 24. Judge Copeland rescheduled Passmore’s jury trial for June 24. He will... Read More

Victim Identified in Park Heights Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - March 24, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced a victim in a shooting in the Northwest District. On March 19, at approximately 5:32 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 5400 block of... Read More

Victim Identified in Northwest District Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - March 24, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an update regarding the fatal March 22 shooting in the 3200 block of Chelsea Terrace. The victim has been identified as Tyshawn Simon, a... Read More

Victim Announced in Potee Street Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - March 24, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the death of Bridget Smallwood, 54. She was shot and killed on March 13 in the 3700 block of Potee Street. Read More

Pair Accused in Contract Killing Scheme Get New Court Date

Details In a brief hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on March 21 a new court date was set for Cordell Moore, 38, and Keith Russell, 39. ... Read More

Mental Eval Ordered For Paroled Defendant in 1996 Murder

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ordered a follow-up mental health evaluation and observation hearing for Gary Baynor on March 19, after parties observed discrepancies in Baynor’s mental... Read More

Video Footages Captures License Plate of Homicide Defendant

Details On May 21, the prosecution presented surveillance footage and pictures of two homicide defendants’ license plates as they fled a Royal Farms location on May 26, 2024, following an incident... Read More

Police Arrest Suspect in Brooklyn Homicide

By Baltimore Witness Staff - March 20, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced an arrest related to a homicide that occurred on Jan. 19 in the Southern District. On March 19, investigators arrested 30-year-old Darren Tomlinson of... Read More

Berea Shooting Victim Succumbs to Injuries

By Baltimore Witness Staff - March 20, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the death of Maurice Lonon, a Black male born on April 16, 2005. He succumbed to his injuries on March 18. He was 19... Read More

Calling Case a ‘Tragedy,’ Judge Imposes Life Sentence

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams sentenced Alan Geslicki, 33, to life in prison, suspending all but 60 years, with 5 years of supervised probation on March 18,... Read More

Judge Won’t Modify Convicted Killer’s Sentence

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton denied defense counsel’s request to modify the sentence of Kenneth Craig, 61, who was convicted in October 2022 for the first-degree murder of... Read More

Judge Sentences Homicide Co-Defendant to Life For December 2022 Murder

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays sentenced 25-year-old Darrean Fleming to life in prison on March 13 for first-and second-degree murder. Those counts were merged along with a... Read More