Hezekiah Pettiford was a happy and healthy 15-year-old boy when he went to live with his uncle, Dion Ball, in October 2019. Over the next 11 months, a Baltimore City…
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A defendant accused of murdering a 15-year-old elected to proceed with trial on May 31, after being found competent in mental health court in March. According to Baltimore City Circuit…
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Sitting in the courtroom wearing a black floral top and red sweatpants, 33-year-old Stefanie Colon looked up at the ceiling as a Baltimore City prosecutor described the defendant’s role in…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge E. Rasin signed a not criminally responsible (NCR) plea upon the request of defense counsel after their client was found competent to stand trial for the murder…
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Defense counsel William Buie III turned the jury’s attention away from his client, homicide defendant Stefanie Colon, and toward her co-defendant, Dion Ball, as Colon’s trial came to a close on March…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn granted the prosecutor’s request to postpone a homicide defendant’s trial due to counsel thinking the defendant was not competent to stand trial…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled two homicide co-defendants’ trial for March 2023. Stefanie Colon, 33, and Dion Ball, 45, are both charged with first-degree murder, first-degree child…
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Two co-defendants charged with first-degree murder received a trial date in October on March 2 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Dion Ball, 44, and Stefanie Colon,…
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