Homicide Defendant Denied Bail
A Baltimore woman charged with first-degree murder was denied bail on Dec. 22 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Phillip S. Jackson. Kanisha Spence is charged with first-degree murder and the…
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A Baltimore woman charged with first-degree murder was denied bail on Dec. 22 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Phillip S. Jackson. Kanisha Spence is charged with first-degree murder and the…
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Homicide defendant Jeffrey Chaney received a new defense attorney and a trial date on Dec. 22, less than two weeks after expressing issues with his prior representation. The 67-year-old defendant…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court mental health judge granted an extension in the case of attempted homicide defendant Bernard Hopkins on Dec. 21 as he awaits admittance to the hospital…
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The case of homicide defendant Darius Williams was postponed for the second time this month after a new prosecutor was assigned on Dec. 21. Williams, 35, last appeared in reception…
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On Dec. 22, a 26-year-old woman was scheduled for a two-day jury trial this May for a neighbor dispute turned shooting earlier this year. On June 19, Gloreca Bailey was…
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On Dec. 20, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Blomquist granted a defendant’s request to modify his sentence. Defense counsel John Hassett filed the motion on behalf of Curtis Robinson, who was…
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A non-fatal shooting defendant’s jury trial was postponed from its original date on Dec. 20 due to COVID-related reasons, according to a Baltimore City Circuit Court clerk. William Yourman, 33,…
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A 42-year-old Baltimore man’s probation violation hearing was postponed on Dec. 19 for the third time this year before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby. Andre Chapel, who was…
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Although acquitted of first-degree murder in October, 24-year-old homicide defendant Chance Taylor appeared for a bail review on Dec. 20 after the jury was unable to give a unanimous verdict…
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A 21-year-old Baltimore man facing a retrial for attempted murder was absent from a bail review hearing on Dec. 20 due to quarantine, according to his defense counsel. Defense attorney…
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The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office anticipates assigning a prosecutor to the case of 15-year-old Tavon Scott in the new year for the fatal shooting of Timothy Reynolds in July. Scott is…
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A 21-year-old Baltimore man rejected a plea for attempted murder on Dec. 19 and will proceed to trial in May 2023. During reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa…
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A man and a woman charged with an attempted murder that occurred in June both rejected their respective plea offers and will be tried separately beginning in March 2023. Deaira…
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A 21-year-old Baltimore man rejected a plea of 20 years on Dec. 19 and was scheduled for trial in May 2023. Khaiyon Moffatt, of the Four By Four neighborhood, and…
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On Dec. 19, 42-year-old convicted attempted murder defendant Jamar Jackson appeared before Judge Ronald Silkworth of the Baltimore City Circuit Court for a sentencing modification hearing. The prosecutor told the court that…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge accepted counsels’ plea agreement for an attempted murder defendant on Dec. 19 after another judge refused to proceed, deeming the terms insufficient for the…
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Isaiah Drummond always greeted his family in the morning with a text message that read, “Good rising.” When they didn’t receive that text message one morning, his family members grew…
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On Dec. 19, a defendant charged with five counts of reckless endangerment and one count of discharging a firearm was offered 18 months probation by the state. The prosecutor also…
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On Dec. 19, a 20-year-old man accused of homicide was set for trial in July 2023. Isaiah Bell, of the Penn North neighborhood, is charged with first-degree murder and firearm…
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The jury trial for attempted homicide defendant Matthew Lipscomb was postponed until February 2023. On Dec. 19, Lipscomb and his defense counsel, Natalie Finegar, briefly appeared before Baltimore City Circuit…
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The attempted homicide case against 22-year-old Sherrod Ware was dismissed on Dec. 16 at the prosecution’s request. Ware originally went to trial in July 2022 for charges of attempted murder…
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Homicide defendant Eric Charles Smith became eligible for parole on Dec. 16 after a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge modified his sentence in the 27-year-old murder case. Smith’s motion for…
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A 31-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to murder before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria on Dec. 15. Ernest Ford, represented by Tony Garcia, is charged with two counts of…
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After serving three decades in prison for murder, Omar Johnson is pursuing a reduced sentence to transition back into society with support from his defense counsel and the Baltimore City…
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