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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

Homicide Defendant’s Jury Selection Delayed to Address Witness Issue

Details Jury selection for homicide defendant Alex Benbow was pushed back a day on Feb. 15 to allow the prosecution to address a potential issue with a witness. Benbow, 50, was initially scheduled... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Grants Bail for Homicide Defendant in Bar Fight Turned Fatal Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby granted a Baltimore man facing homicide charges bail on Feb. 14. According to the judge, defendant Keith Mario Luckey must surrender all firearms, and... Read More

Falls Way Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Following Recent Murder Conviction

Details On Feb. 14, a defendant convicted of murdering a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) lieutenant’s husband accepted a plea during his hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown. ... Read More

Murder Defendant Receives Reduced Sentence After Serving 30 Years in Prison

Details A murder defendant says he found faith during his 30-year incarceration period and asked victims for forgiveness during a collateral hearing on Feb. 15. Defendant Jacoby Bennett appeared in front... Read More

Murder Trial Begins for Baltimore Man Charged with Pushing Cousin Down Stairs

Details “The only fact that is true is that he is innocent,” said defense attorney Brandon Patterson as the first day of trial began for a Baltimore man charged with the... Read More

Whitwood Road Attempted Murder Defendant Accepts Plea

Details On Feb. 15, a Baltimore man facing attempted murder charges pleaded guilty before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong. Christopher Robinson and his defense counsel James Sweeting III,... Read More

Trial Begins For Man Accused of Shooting Young Mother in Front of Her Children

Details Three days before Christmas in 2019, Carmen Rodriguez was working the cash register at her family’s store, Kim’s Deli, in Patterson Park. Moments later, a suspect walked inside and demanded... Read More

Detectives Looking for Suspect in McKean Avenue Homicide

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 14, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details Homicide detectives with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) are investigating a murder that occurred on Feb. 13. On Monday, at approximately 5 p.m., officers responded to the 900 block of McKean Avenue for an individual... Read More

Defendant Accepts Guilty Plea in 2022 Loneys Lane Shooting Case

Details During reception court, a reckless endangerment defendant accepted a guilty plea before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Feb. 13. The prosecution offered defendant Ja’Saiah Roberts a plea of five years,... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Sentencing Set For April after Taking Plea

Details A homicide defendant will be sentenced for the murder of 47-year-old Ali Bey this April following a plea agreement that was reached on Feb. 13. Shawn Purvis, 52, pleaded guilty... Read More

Defendant Denied Bail In 2018 Attempted Carjacking Turned Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer denied bail to an attempted murder defendant on Jan. 13. Delmel Johnson is charged with four counts of second-degree attempted murder, three counts each of... Read More

Retrial Scheduled for 17-Year-Old Defendant Following Mistrial in Lakewood Avenue Homicide Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert Taylor declared a mistrial on Feb. 10 in the case of one of Baltimore’s most wanted violent offenders after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision. ... Read More

Judge Postpones Sentencing for Co-Defendant Convicted of Murdering 20-Year-Old

Details A defendant charged with first-degree murder had his sentencing postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams on Feb. 10. The defense counsel Catherine Flynn for the defendant Arthur... Read More

Judge Finds Man Guilty of Armed Robbery Following Fatal Shooting on Random Road in 2021

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge found homicide defendant Dorrell Jackson guilty in the murder of 21-year-old Amir Whyee, despite defense counsel’s arguments of imperfect self-defense. Jackson was found guilty of first-degree... Read More

Convicted Defendant in 2020 Whitelock Street Murder Found Competent to Face Sentencing

Details A Baltimore man convicted for his involvement in the murder of 60-year-old Andie Wilson was deemed competent to be sentenced before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale Rasin on Feb.... Read More

Murder Defendant Petitions for New Trial in 2011 Stabbing Case Due to Ineffective Counsel

Details “Good attorneys sometimes make mistakes,” said Nancy S. Forster as a Baltimore man convicted of first-degree murder in 2011 petitioned the court for a new trial before Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Manslaughter Defendant Charged with Waverly Tavern Fatal Shooting Set for June Trial

Details The retrial of manslaughter defendant Bryan Hannah was set for June 20 for a fatal, drug-related shooting at Waverly Tavern in 2017. During reception court on Feb. 9, the prosecution and defense... Read More

‘He Told You He Did It,’ Prosecutor Says in Walker Avenue Homicide Trial

Details Defense counsel has four defenses, or excuses, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors on Feb. 6 during closing arguments in the trial of homicide defendant Sahiou Kargbo. The 19-year-old defendant’s... Read More

Mental Health Court Hearing for 2015 Murder Defendant Postponed until March

Details A defense attorney waived his client’s presence in mental health court on Feb. 8 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin. During Wednesday’s hearing, it was relayed to... Read More

Defendant Was ‘Settling a Score’ Says Prosecutor in Case of Fatal Shooting of Woman in 2021

Details Homicide defendant Lenny Epps was going to “settle a score, ” according to the prosecutor when he went to the apartment of a man who he believed was hitting on... Read More

Review of Homicide Defendant’s NCR Plea Evaluation Pushed to March

Details Counsel requested additional time for homicide defendant Timothy Callanan’s evaluation for a plea of not criminally responsible on Feb. 8 in connection to the fatal stabbing of Mason Moldoven in... Read More

Man Gets 40-Year Prison Sentence for North Pulaski Street Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced defendant Anton Harris to 40 years in prison on Feb. 8, two and a half weeks after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting... Read More

Landover Man Found Not Guilty In Killing of His Drug Dealing Employee

Details Homicide defendant Thermon Green had a motive for killing a man who worked for him as a drug dealer in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, 2021. His employee was making... Read More