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After two years in mental health court, an Anne Arundel County man was finally deemed mentally competent received a trial date for a 2020 assault and robbery which eventually killed…
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A 35-year-old Harford County man was found guilty of murdering a 66-year-old man and pleaded guilty to killing his cellmate in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 1. Gordon Zacharie Staron,…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Levi S. Zaslow rescheduled the attempted murder trial of a 31-year-old defendant due to the prosecutor’s having another trial. Larry Winder III is charged with…
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A 22-year-old Anne Arundel County man was sentenced to five years in prison on Sept. 20 for having a handgun at the scene of a fight in Fort Armistead Park…
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The trial of attempted homicide defendant Darius Stepney was delayed on Oct. 1 to give the prosecution time to locate the victim. Stepney, 31, was scheduled to begin trial on…
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A jury convicted Jerrod Smith, 22, of voluntary manslaughter in a case that hinged on whether the defendant was trying to protect other people from a knife-wielding man on drugs…
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“The tragic killing of one person should not lead to the wrongful conviction of another.” On Sept. 5, defense attorney Judit Otvos reflected on the testimony of the surviving victim,…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury found a 30-year-old defendant guilty of multiple charges for the killing of a 29-year-old man despite his claims of self-defense. Kwante Betters was found…
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A 21-year-old attempted murder defendant received a pre-trial conference date on Sept. 27 for a retrial in reception court from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Derrien Gamble…
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A crime analyst testified the death of a woman was a homicide in a hearing on Sept. 26 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The defendant, 60-year-old Kenneth Craig, is charged…
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The third co-defendant accused of an attempted murder in Baltimore City’s Glen neighborhood last year pleaded guilty to second-degree assault on Sept. 27 before Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer….
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“He’s into it up to his neck, but not by choice.” According to defense attorney Marci Johnson, defendant James Jenkins III had no idea what the accused shooter had planned…
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A 30-year-old Baltimore man and his defense counsel put forth an argument of self-defense in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Stephon Stinnett last September, claiming Stinnett was armed with “a…
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At the start of trial on Sept. 16, defense counsel Marci Johnson was adamant that it was not her client, James Jenkins III, who killed 31-year-old Phillip Wallace. Instead, Johnson…
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Defense counsel for alleged shooter and drug trafficking conspirator Keith Miller asked jurors to pay attention to the details of the case at trial, which she said will not reveal…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court jurors listened to opening statements in the case of a 22-year-old Poppleton resident who, according to the defense, saved two women by killing a high “knife-wielding…
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All charges against attempted homicide defendant Wondnetta Shaw were dismissed on Sept. 25. Shaw and her defense attorney, Lawrence Rosenberg, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams…
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Openings for a jury trial began on Sept. 25 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton for a man charged with the murder his girlfriend last year. Kenneth Craig,…
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While the prosecutor in the attempted murder trial of Kim Alderman argued the defendant’s “distinctive clothing” helped Baltimore Police identify him, defense counsel says the victim never saw the shooter…
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A Baltimore Police Department (BPD) detective provided details of a homicide investigation during a hearing on Sept. 24 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The defendant, 30-year-old Kwante Betters, is accused…
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A 40-year-old man will spend the next 15 years behind bars after pleading guilty to an attempted murder in Baltimore City’s Easterwood neighborhood in January 2023. John Saunders III contemplated…
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A 37-year-old man was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Sept. 20 after he was convicted of shooting another person in the head two years ago. In March, a…
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A 48-year-old Baltimore County resident received a Baltimore City Circuit Court trial date for his alleged involvement in a 2023 BB gun shooting Sept. 24. Nadeem Tajdin, of Owings Mills,…
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In reference to the shooting of a 32-year-old male on the 200 block of South Broadway on Aug. 5, 2023, Baltimore Police Department investigators have arrested 21-year-old Jonathan Lopez of Martinsburg, W….
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