A 19-year-old whose case was plagued with competency concerns pleaded guilty to four 2023 T-Mobile robberies, including one where an employee was killed, on May 16. Arthur McCaden was charged…
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Every available seat was full of loved ones for both parties in Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr.’s courtroom May 15 for the sentencing of a 55-year-old…
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Multiple bullets taken from the body of 19-year-old Tavon Wilson Jr. were consistent with the handgun found on the driver’s side floor of defendant Clifton Shields’ BMW two days after…
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The homicide trial of Clifton Shields rests heavily on circumstantial evidence, a Baltimore City prosecutor said on May 10, specifically, the defendant’s DNA that she said was found on the…
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On April 8, a jury reached a guilty verdict for a 41-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. The suspect was found culpable…
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On April 12, a 34-year-old defendant appeared for a jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr,, but his case was dropped. Jose Valladares-Morales was charged…
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On April 5, a 41-year-old’s attempted murder trial continued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. with closing arguments. Dwaun Hawkins is charged with four counts of…
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On April 8, a 29-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant appeared for trial but the proceedings were delayed. one year ago. Overseeing the case was Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson….
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A couple’s argument “nearly turned deadly” outside the home of defendant Dwaun Hawkins’ then-girlfriend where he is accused of shooting at several people who attempted to intervene, a Baltimore City…
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Attempted murder defendant Kenneth Oakley appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on April 3 to receive a new trial date for his alleged involvement in a…
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On March 26, attempted murder defendant Davon Coleman received a June trial date from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Coleman, 25, is currently charged with attempted first-…
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On March 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. presided over closing arguments in a retrial of a 2020 murder case where counsel disagreed whether the violence…
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On March 13, counsel presented opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor in the homicide case against defendant Donnell Johnson. Johnson, 32, is charged with first-degree…
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On March 4, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a trial date for 32-year-old Jason Billingsley. Billingsley is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a deadly…
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On Feb. 28, the jury heard closing arguments from the defense and prosecution for Jamal Piles’ attempted murder case in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor…
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A jury reached a split decision in the attempted murder trial of 35-year-old Jamal Piles on Feb. 28. The charges pressed against him were attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder,…
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Counsel delivered opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. on February 23 for 35-year-old attempted homicide defendant Jamal Piles. Piles is charged with 11 charges,…
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A jury acquitted Zachariah Allison, 18, for the murder of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden on Feb. 2 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. On Aug. 8, 2021,…
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Family members of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden jolted in their seats as they listened to the gunshots that took their loved one’s life on Aug. 10, 2021. Nearby, the accused shooter,…
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The murder of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden happened because Zachariah Allison brought a gun to a fight between a group of teenage girls, a Baltimore City prosecutor said in a describing…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a May 16 trial date for homicide defendant Arthur McCaden on Jan. 30. McCaden, 18, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted…
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Five years after the murder of 20-year-old Tavon Wilson, his killer, Melvin Wright, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and using a firearm in a crime of violence on Jan. 23…
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After nearly seven years of incarceration, Willie Lewis Billinger was granted home detention pending a letter of approval on Jan. 17 as he awaits a retrial for a 2017 double…
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On Jan. 17, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the jury trial of a 40-year-old man accused of a 2022 attempted murder. Kenneth Oakley is charged with…
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