Despite a near 60 percent decrease in the number of homicides and homicide victims in Baltimore City from March to April, Baltimore City Circuit Court still heard 40 homicide-related cases during the latter month. Only four reached resolution. Compared to the 14 homicides in March, April saw six, a decrease of roughly 57 percent….
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones denied defense counsel’s motion to suppress cell phone evidence on April 28 in the trial of Gregory Whitfield, 19. Whitfield is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one each of firearm use in a felony or violent crime, attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and related…
After a six-day trial, a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict for murder suspect Darius Savoy, leading Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy to declare a mistrial on April 15. Savoy, 26, faced seven charges in connection to the fatal shooting of Allante Alexander, 30, in the 2000 block of W….
Baltimore saw increases in both homicides and non-fatal shootings from February to March, according to Baltimore Witness data. Data shows 14 reported homicide incidents in March, an approximate 27 percent increase from the 11 reported in February. March homicides increased by approximately 56 percent from the nine reported in January, demonstrating a consistent increase from…
Kamari Morris, 17, entered a guilty plea in a shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Brooke M. Murdock on April 1. The juvenile was tried as an adult. The deal included 10 years, the first five without the possibility of parole, for the charges of first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or…
On March 27, a firearms examiner presented evidence that seemed to link homicide defendant Derrien Gamble to two gun-related incidents from 2023 and 2024. Gamble is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, and multiple firearm possession charges in a connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on Feb.13, 2023….
Despite a near 60 percent decrease in the number of homicides and homicide victims in Baltimore City from March to April, Baltimore City Circuit Court still heard 40 homicide-related cases during the latter month. Only four reached resolution. Compared to the 14 homicides in March, April saw six, a decrease of roughly 57 percent….
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones denied defense counsel’s motion to suppress cell phone evidence on April 28 in the trial of Gregory Whitfield, 19. Whitfield is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one each of firearm use in a felony or violent crime, attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and related…
Baltimore saw increases in both homicides and non-fatal shootings from February to March, according to Baltimore Witness data. Data shows 14 reported homicide incidents in March, an approximate 27 percent increase from the 11 reported in February. March homicides increased by approximately 56 percent from the nine reported in January, demonstrating a consistent increase from…
Kamari Morris, 17, entered a guilty plea in a shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Brooke M. Murdock on April 1. The juvenile was tried as an adult. The deal included 10 years, the first five without the possibility of parole, for the charges of first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or…
On March 27, a firearms examiner presented evidence that seemed to link homicide defendant Derrien Gamble to two gun-related incidents from 2023 and 2024. Gamble is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, and multiple firearm possession charges in a connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on Feb.13, 2023….