Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Michael Anthony DiPietro denied bail to defendant Michael Harvey citing the nature of his previous conviction and the seriousness of the crimes alleged against him on Aug 4.
Harvey is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree and firearm use in a felony/violent crime.
According to court documents, on Dec. 12, 2021. Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 600 block of Laurens Street. The victim, Aaron Adams, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene, and three other victims were hospitalized.
Additionally, on the date of the offense, unidentified individuals drove a white van registered to Harvey to Laurens and Fremont Streets. The individuals exited the van, allegedly fired gunshots into a crowd,drove the van to a different street, and swapped cars with a red Hyundai also reportedly registered to Harvey which had arrived just two minutes before the shooting.
Police recovered twenty-four cartridge casings, one projectile, and one live round from the scene, as well as a shell casing on the roof of the white van. No weapon was recovered. Harvey was arrested based on his connection to the two cars involved.
Harvey is heading into his third trial with the first one ending in a mistrial and the second one resulting in a conviction that would later be overturned by the appellate who ruled that the response by the circuit court to a question asked by the jury during deliberation, on whether one of the victims had to be the specifically intended target in order to convict Harvey of first-degree murder was wrong.
A pre-trial hearing is set for Aug 7.
