A 38-year-old Baltimore man accused of murder rejected a plea of 40 years incarceration on Aug. 8, opting for a November trial. Dominic Hicks is currently facing charges of second-degree…
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A homicide case against 22-year-old Draquan Smith was dismissed on July 31, following what a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge described as “improper conduct” from the prosecution. Smith—who is charged…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced 34-year-old Kevin Hall to 18 years of incarceration on Aug. 2 for his role in the murder of Antoine Crowder nearly three years…
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On July 6, a Baltimore City defendant charged with murdering a woman and leaving her body inside a plastic container is scheduled to begin trial on Dec 4. Baltimore City…
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A 2022 murder defendant had his jury trial postponed on May 30 as his defense attorney was recently assigned to the case. Tavon Green Jr.’s trial was set to begin…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge handed down a 65-year prison sentence to a 19-year-old man on June 2 after a jury previously found the defendant guilty of brutally gunning down 43-year-old James…
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Homicide defendant Damien Woods’ retrial for the murder of 34-year-old Tracy Whiting was scheduled for this September after a hung jury resulted in a mistrial last year. The 36-year-old Baltimore…
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A Baltimore City prosecutor will not pursue the case of an alleged drug deal turned botched armed robbery against 19-year-old Kearie Crawford, instead, placing his case on the Circuit Court’s…
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A 73-year-old Baltimore man accused of committing a double homicide in 1973 will remain released but under pre-trial supervision, after mental health professionals found him incompetent to stand trial and…
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On May 16, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Copeland, a stand-in prosecutor informed the court that the assigned prosecutor requested a trial postponement. Counsel requested a postponement due…
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Homicide defendant Aaron Michael Clubb shot and killed 22-year-old Jaquan Johnson during a drug deal gone bad, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors on May 10 in what he described…
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Nearly four years after 26-year-old Jaquan Johnson was gunned down in the streets, his alleged killer, Aaron Michael Clubb, sat before a 12-person jury on May 9 as his defense counsel…
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“I just wanna take the deal,” said defendant Kevin Hall during a hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer on May 1. During Monday’s hearing, Hall, 34, accepted an aggregated sentence of…
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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…
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Jordan Taylor and his wife were sitting in their living room on a late November evening in 2019 when three men shot their way into the couple’s home in Southwest…
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One of the co-defendants accused in a deadly home invasion in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder, among other charges. On April 11, Aaron Butler and his co-defendant, Kahlil Madden, appeared before Baltimore…
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Homicide defendant Jaquan Terrell Burks opted to take a plea offer on March 14 after his trial concluded, but while jurors were still in deliberations. The 29-year-old defendant’s four-day trial…
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Ten months after his mistrial, 29-year-old Jaquan Terrell Burks sat before a new set of jurors on March 9 to face charges in the murder of Emmanuel Cruz in 2018….
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The victim of an attempted murder “refused to identify” defendant Devon Murray, 31, as the shooter due to their close relationship, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments on…
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When the defendant burst into and robbed Kim’s Deli three days before Christmas in 2019, owner Carmen Rodriguez, alongside her children, handed over cash from the register and put her…
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On Feb 28, a Baltimore man charged with attempted murder received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Defendant Michael McDowell was initially scheduled to appear for…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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