Attempted murder charges against Terrance Belton were dismissed on March 10 for an incident in December 2018. Read more »

A murder trial for two co-defendants concluded on Sept. Read more »

After a seven-month delay, homicide co-defendants Terrance Belton and Rawnes Gibbs will have to wait a little longer before they see a filled jury box for their impending criminal trial. Read more »

Teenage Defendants Plead Guilty in 2023 Brooklyn Day Mass Shooting Case Of the guilty plea deals offered in 2024, three defendants were charged in the 2023 Brooklyn Day mass shooting. Read more »

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge accepted the guilty plea of a 19-year-old accused of participating in the 2023 Brooklyn Day mass shooting at a May 17 hearing. Read more »

On April 4, defense attorney Jason Ott urged the jury in his closing argument to use their common sense to find his client not guilty of murdering 29-year-old Aaron Adams and injuring three other victims.   Defendant Michael Harvey is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony violent crime and giving a false statement to a police officer.  This was the second trial that Ott has advocated for Harvey; previous coverage notes that a mistrial was declared on Jan. Read more »

Acting Commissioner Richard Worley, Mayor Brandon M. Read more »

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“The state wants you to make leaps, jumps, and bounds.” Defense attorney Staci Pipkin told a jury during closing arguments for a defendant charged with the murder of 31-year-old Jordan Taylor before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer on April 17.  On April 18, a jury found defendant Khalil Madden not guilty of one count each of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, attempted armed robbery, first-degree burglary, having a loaded handgun on his person, and two counts of use of a firearm in a felony violent crime. Read more »

One of the co-defendants accused in a deadly home invasion in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder, among other charges. Read more »

State prosecutors and defense attorneys for two co-defendants charged with murder agreed to a joint request for a trial postponement, which was approved by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie Hong on Sept. Read more »