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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

Judge Sets Trial Date for North Potomac Street Homicide Defendant

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a trial date for 37-year old homicide defendant Joseph Henry Morton, III on Jan. 24. The proceeding will start on May... 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

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

Defense Calls Shooting Homicide Case a ‘Rush to Judgement’

By Ben Dutcher - January 22, 2025
Daily Stories | Shooting | Victims |

Details In opening statements on Jan. 22 lawyers presented different narratives about whether Daquan Parker, 27, was responsible for the fatal shooting of Rasheed Lindsey, 19. The incident occurred on March.... 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

Counsel Cites ‘Red Herrings’ and a ‘Sloppy Job’ in 2020 Homicide Closing

Details On Jan. 17, counsel argued over circumstantial and physical evidence as they presented closing statements in the trial of 33-year-old homicide defendant Jermaine Sanders. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence... 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

‘In for a Penny, in for a Pound,’ Says Prosecutor of Driver Accused in Shooting

Details On Jan. 15, counsel gave closing statements in 25-year-old Darrean Fleming’s homicide trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays. Fleming was charged with two counts of first-degree... Read More

Man Confesses to Fatally Stabbing Couple Missing Since 2014

By Baltimore Witness Staff - January 15, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details On Jan. 12, 45-year-old Scott Barnett confessed to fatally stabbing 41-year-old Terrill Lehman and 46-year-old Charles Webster, who were reported missing since December 2014. Barnett confessed to stabbing Lehman and... Read More

Detective Provides Video Surveillance of Drive-by Shooting Homicide

Details A police detective testified against a homicide defendant on Jan. 14 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Darrean Fleming, 25, along with his co-defendants 22-year-old Wesley Lambert and 24-year-old Garry Morris,... Read More

Defendant Sentenced to 35 Years for Killing Bystander in Booth Street Shootout

Details On Jan 14, a 23-year-old defendant got a combined 35-year sentence for killing an innocent bystander by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong. Jason Johnson, was convicted of... Read More

Failed Photo IDs, Other Motives in 2020 Murder Favor Defendant, Defense Argues

Details At the start of Jermaine Sanders’ trial on Jan. 13, defense counsel pointed the finger at another possible suspect in the murder of 30-year-old Kimberly McCubbin. At the same time... Read More

Judge Sentences Defendant to Time Served After He Shot Victim Who Robbed His Nephew

Details A 27-year-old Baltimore man accused of “avenging his nephew” after he was robbed received a sentence of time served for gun and conspiracy charges in connection to the incident early... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Mother of His Unborn Child

Details A Baltimore man is expected to serve 50 years in prison for killing the mother of his unborn child after accepting a plea offer from the prosecution on Jan. 13.... Read More

Defense Points to ‘Dearth of Evidence’ in Pimlico Road Homicide Trial

Details Counsel gave closing statements in the homicide trial of 25-year-old Darrean Fleming before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays on Jan. 10. Fleming is charged with two counts... Read More

Shooter of 39-Year-Old Man Takes Summer Trial Over Plea Offer

Details A Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting 39-year-old Dennis Edmonds last year was given a summer trial date after rejecting a plea offer from the prosecution. Gregory Markeith Barnes, 49,... Read More

BPD Arrest Suspect in Shooting That Left 1 Dead, 1 Injured

Details On Jan. 8, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the arrest of 40-year-old Gregory Granger Jr. in connection with a Southwest District homicide. The incident occurred on Dec. 16, 2024,... Read More

Defendant in Non-Fatal Shooting Case Takes Plea Deal

Details In return for dropping other charges a defendant pleaded guilty to one count of firearm possession in a crime of violence before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Paul J. Cucuzzella.... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Shot in Self-Defense, Says His Attorney

Details Representing attempted murder defendant Marrico Bell, attorney Angela Shelton claimed in a Jan. 9 opening trial statement that Bell acted out of self defense when he shot and injured a... Read More

BPD Makes Arrest in Fatal Eastern District Shooting Investigation

Details The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) announced the arrest of a suspect in an Eastern District homicide.On Jan. 1, detectives apprehended 28-year-old Maurice Prioleau at a residence in the 2600 block... Read More

Man Accused of Fatal Stabbing in Jonestown Takes March 2025 Trial Date

Details A 41-year-old Baltimore man rejected a plea offer of two decades incarceration on Dec. 20 for the fatal stabbing of Dondre Quickley in Jonestown in July. During Friday’s reception court... Read More

Lawnview Avenue Murder Defendant Says Military Records Will ‘Mitigate’ The Charges

Details Defense counsel for the accused killer of 32-year-old John Parrish said she believes her client’s case “is not going to be a trial,” but will resolve once she retrieves “mitigation... Read More

Man Faces Double Life Sentence For Axe Murder and Fatally Strangling Cellmate

By Sage Cho - December 20, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details Gordon Zacharie Staron, 35, faces two life sentences after being found guilty of murdering 63-year-old Keith Bell with an axe and fatally strangling 34-year-old deaf cellmate Javarick Gantt. Baltimore City... Read More