Victims Archives - Page 60 of 233

‘Rapists Shouldn’t Be Let Out Early, Period,’ Mayor Says After Police Arrest Suspect for Rape and Murder of Baltimore Tech CEO

Details Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) and government officials formally announced the arrest of suspect Jason Dean Billingsley on Sept. 28 for the rape and murder of tech CEO Pava LaPere,... Read More

Judge Postpones Sentencing for Mulberry Street Murder Defendant

Details In a Sept. 7 Baltimore City Circuit Court sentencing hearing for a homicide defendant, Judge Charles H. Dorsey III granted the postponement request of defense attorney Maureen Rowland. Darryon Cephas,... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial After Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Turns Down Plea

Details In a reception court hearing for non-fatal shooting defendant Stanley Parsons, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled his trial after he rejected the prosecution’s plea offer. Parsons... Read More

BPD Announces Reward and Case Links to Suspect Jason Billingsley

Details Baltimore, Md. (Sept. 27, 2023) – The Baltimore Police Department’s Warrant Apprehension Task Force (WATF), alongside the U.S. Marshals continue to actively search for first-degree murder suspect Jason Dean Billingsley. Through... Read More

Prosecutor Says, ‘No Doubt’ of Defendant’s Guilt in 2022 Double Homicide

Details Lamarr Candia “set the wheels in motion” leading to the murders of 33-year-old Robert Carter and 27-year-old Kennard Wilds on April 29, 2022, outside Carroll Motor Fuels gas station in... Read More

Suspect Pleads Guilty to Drug-Related Murder

Details On Sept. 25, a second-degree murder defendant previously convicted in the death of 21-year-old Johniece Sheppard accepted a plea offer. Laser Womack, 36, appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court for... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Gets ‘Probation Before Judgement’

Details On Sept. 27, Tyrell Walker appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill for the defendant’s involvement in a non-fatal shooting on May 4. Walker, 33, is charged... Read More

Southwest District Detectives Arrest Suspect in August Murder

Details In reference to the homicide that occurred on Aug. 16 in the Southwest District, Baltimore Police Department investigators have arrested 24-year-old Cedaria Luckey from Randallstown. Investigators learned that Luckey shot... Read More

BPD Announce Warrant for Suspect in Murder of Pava LaPere

Details Baltimore, Md. (Sept. 26, 2023) – Acting Commissioner Richard Worley, Mayor Brandon M. Scott and State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announce that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of 32-year-old... Read More

Judge Postpones Trial for Man Accused of Girlfriend’s Killing

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton accepted the postponement request for a defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter since a prosecutor was unavailable. Harry Wallace is charged with involuntary... Read More

Man Accused of Killing a Police Officer and Another Victim the Same Day Receives Trial Date

Details On Sept. 26, a 33-year-old defendant accused of killing a police officer appeared in reception court before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton to schedule his trial date. Elliot... Read More

Man Who Allegedly Confessed to Roommate’s Murder Denied Bail

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Christopher L. Panos denied bail for a 24-year-old Baltimore man who is facing charges for shooting his roommate in the head and leaving the victim’s... Read More

Jurors Begin Deliberations for Mother Accused of Killing Toddler in 2019

Details Shakira Shaw’s guilt was “at an all-time high” on Aug. 22, 2020, when she began feeling the pressure to confess to her son’s murder, a prosecutor said in her closing... Read More

Teen Dies After N. Gilmor Street Shooting

Details On Sept. 25, at approximately 4:25 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the intersection of Laurens Street and North Gilmor Street to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon... Read More

Retrial Defendant Argues Self-Defense for Reisterstown Road Homicide

Details On Sept. 25, the jury trial ended for 41-year-old Byron Erin Lewis as attorneys presented closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence R. Daniels. According to the Maryland... Read More

18-Year-Old Defendant Awaits Verdict in the Murder of Mergenthaler High School Student

Details On Sept. 25, Nizah Daniels appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton to hear closing arguments in the murder of a Mergenthaler High School Student. Daniels, 18,... Read More

Defendant Faces Between 28 and 48 Years In Prison for Murder Outside Dollar Plus Food Market in 2022

Details A 26-year-old Baltimore man charged with a deadly fight outside a W. Pratt Street Dollar Plus food market in 2022 is expected to serve between 28 and 48 years in... Read More

Police Find Female Victim’s Body in Apartment Complex

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 25, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details On Sept. 25, at approximately 11:34 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an apartment complex on the 300 block of W. Franklin Street to investigate a call for service.... Read More

Judge Postpones Francis Street Murder Defendant’s Retrial

Details On Sept. 25, defendant Damien Woods and his stand-in defense attorney, Todd Oppenheim, asked Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to postpone Woods’ retrial. Woods, 35, is charged... Read More

2020 Murder Defendant Receives New Trial Date

Details Over a year after a hung jury resulted in a mistrial, a homicide defendant reappeared in reception court before Baltimore City Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear a plea... Read More

Jury Acquits Co-Defendants of Derby Manor Drive Homicide

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury acquitted co-defendants Freedom Brown and Devon Pailin of all murder and weapons charges in connection to the shooting of Tyrell Johnson-Woods after their defense... Read More

Co-Defendants Receive Trial Date in 2024 For Killing 1, Injuring Another in Double Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn set a January trial date for two co-defendants accused of a double shooting in 2021, killing 26-year-old Brionna Glasglow and injuring... Read More

Western District Detectives Respond to Shooting, Stabbing Victims

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 25, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 24, at approximately 8:33 p.m., Western District officers responded to 1300 block of N. Carey Street for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, Baltimore Police Department officers located a... Read More

Victims Die After W. Patapsco Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 25, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 24, at approximately 2:52 p.m., Southern District officers were dispatched to the 2600 block of W. Patapsco Avenue to investigate a reported shooting. Baltimore Police Department officers responded... Read More