Baltimore Man Sentenced to Life for Fatal Shooting
A 33-year-old man convicted of homicide was sentenced to life plus 35 years on Sept. 15 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria. Anderson Lee Covel, Jr., was…
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A 33-year-old man convicted of homicide was sentenced to life plus 35 years on Sept. 15 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria. Anderson Lee Covel, Jr., was…
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A defendant involved in a non-fatal shooting rejected a plea offer on Aug. 30 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The 20-year-old defendant was charged with being…
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A defendant involved in a non-fatal shooting at his mother’s house accepted a plea offer on Aug. 26 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The 31-year-old…
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A defendant involved in a non-fatal shooting accepted a plea offer on Aug. 24 at Baltimore City Circuit Court before Judge Stephen J. Sfekas. The 32-year-old defendant is charged with firearm…
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A 34-year-old man accepted a plea offer for involuntary manslaughter on Aug. 24 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Rashad Peartree, a Baltimore resident, was charged for…
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A Baltimore man charged with the death of his girlfriend’s daughter rejected a plea offer on Aug. 24 at Baltimore City Circuit Court. Herbert Miller, 26, is charged with first-degree…
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“Charm City Kings” actress is headed for trial in December after rejecting a plea offer on Aug. 24 at Baltimore City Circuit Court. Lakeyria Doughty, a 27-year-old Baltimore dirt bike…
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A non-fatal shooting defendant rejected a plea offer on Aug. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Baltimore resident Michael Nichols, 34, is charged with first and…
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A Baltimore man allegedly involved in an attempted murder last year accepted a plea offer on Aug. 18 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Jaquan Vastion, 29,…
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My experience at Baltimore Witness truly opened my eyes to the importance of court reporting. Although the summer began slowly, and all of the hearings occurred over Zoom due to…
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My name is Sarah, and I interned with Baltimore Witness from June 7 to Aug. 6, 2021. I assume that everyone reading this reflection piece knows that most students spent…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court will again require masks for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated as of Aug. 9. The changes come per an administrative order issued by Maryland Supreme Court…
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Baltimore City marked its 200th and 201st homicide victims in 2021 on Aug. 5. According to a press release, the victims, who were fatally shot on the 4300 block of…
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From the moment those case numbers were called from the choppy phone line during training, I knew I’d be a part of something different. This is my first internship, but…
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A Baltimore man was denied bail on Aug. 3 in connection to the death of a 2-month-old girl nearly three months ago. Darius Williams and his attorney, Linda Zeit, appeared…
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A defendant pleaded guilty to shooting at a SWAT team more than five years ago during reception court on July 28 at the Baltimore City Circuit Court. According to the…
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During a bail hearing on July 23 at the Baltimore City Circuit Court, a defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter received an unsecured cash bail for his involvement in a street…
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Baltimore Witness recorded 30 homicides and 57 non-fatal shootings from June 1 to June 30, 2021. Compared with June 2020, the homicide count for June 2021 was about the same,…
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On July 9, a Baltimore resident was sentenced to 10 years in the Baltimore City Circuit Court for killing a man while on probation for a murder nearly two decades…
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A 24-year-old man who allegedly shot a security guard at a Dundalk nightclub in 2017 received his trial date at the Baltimore City Circuit Court on July 8. Judge Melissa…
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A Baltimore resident accepted a guilty plea in a 2019 non-fatal shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on July 8. Jamar Cannon was charged with second-degree…
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A 29-year-old man who allegedly shot a Baltimore Police officer last year was found competent to stand trial at Baltimore City Circuit Court on July 7. Antonio Janifer was one…
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A 20-year-old defendant accepted a plea deal in connection to two armed robberies and a non-fatal shooting during reception court at the Baltimore City Circuit Court on June 23. Baltimore…
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