On April 4, at approximately 4:30 p.m., members of the Southwest District Action Team, Baltimore Community Intelligence Center (BCIC) and the Baltimore City Helicopter Unit (Foxtrot) coordinated efforts to arrest…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge set a September trial date for a 26-year-old mother accused of her child’s murder after confessing voices told her to do it. Shakira Shaw,…
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Following two days of pre-trial motions, the trial of homicide defendant Jermaine Jeter is expected to move forward next week for the brutal murder of his girlfriend in October 2021. This will…
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Tripe homicide defendant Devon Sample had his jury trial postponed for the third time in one year after the prosecutor assigned to the case was admitted to the hospital. On April 4,…
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An attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn and rejected a plea offer during a scheduling hearing on April 4. Defendant Perry Brown rejected…
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“The law does not require us to make the best choices,”said the assistant state’s attorney to a jury before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby on April 4,…
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Defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Mario Diaz admitted that his client was drunk and high when he shot two people outside a bar on S. Potomac Street last year,…
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Defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Joseph Moulden adamantly argued on April 4 that his client only returned gunfire in the direction of the alleged shooter after the former was shot in…
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A man previously convicted in the stabbing death of his wife had the start of his retrial transferred to another date on April 3 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Amit…
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On April 3, a Baltimore resident pleaded guilty to two separate charges against him before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik Atas. Deaira Roary, and his defense counsel Robert Ness, accepted a plea…
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On April 3, one of two accused attempted murder co-defendants received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, while the other was still missing files and…
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A woman accepted a plea in the case of a non-fatal shooting on April 3 before Judge Erik Atlas in Baltimore City Circuit Court. An assistant state’s attorney offered defendant…
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A second-degree murder defendant previously convicted in the death of Johniece Shepard had his retrial date postponed on April 3 in a Baltimore City Circuit Court. Laser Womack’s, 26, trial…
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A 19-year-old defendant accused of the murder of 18-year-old Riyad Campbell had his case nolle pros by the prosecution before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert Taylor on March 31. The prosecution…
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A 49-year-old Baltimore City man was found not guilty on March 29 for the murder of Desmond Scroggins, who was shot in the head and killed late one night along…
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Defense counsel for homicide defendant Sean Melton Jr. argued that the prosecution did not use a witness’ description of the shooter during trial as it did not match her client….
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An eight-day jury trial was scheduled for a Baltimore woman on March 31 in connection to the murder of her partner’s 4-year-old child in 2019. Shateka Lawson, 43, was initially…
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Homicide defendant Calvin McCrea tried to cover his tracks by calling the cell phone of 33-year-old Antone Suggs ten times after he had already shot her to death, according to…
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On March 30, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Southwest District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to an area hospital for a reported walk-in shooting victim. Upon arrival, officers…
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On March 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin inquired a murder defendant about his charges during a mental health court hearing and he replied “self defense.” Defendant…
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“I often think about how my cousin was beaten and killed,” said the cousin of homicide victim Dwayne Maxwell while the defendant charged in his death pleaded guilty on March…
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An argument over a child’s dirty diaper turned deadly between a father and step-father along W. Caton Avenue in June 2022. Less than a year later, homicide defendant Theodore Johnson’s…
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It was Robert Edwards’ reaction to the placement of a Boombox that led to the death of 59-year-old John Gillian on a September afternoon in 2021. The 40-year-old defendant “exploded, got…
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On March 29, a Baltimore City judge granted a defense counsel’s request to postpone a hearing due to new evidence. Stand-in defense attorney Taylor Miller and defendant Thomas Brooks appeared…
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