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By
Shayna Sefret [former]
- April 30, 2023
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge released a defendant to home detention in a bail hearing on April 28 despite the prosecutor’s ill sentiments.
The prosecutor told Judge M. Brooke Murdock that defendant Nathaniel Henry Jr. is a danger to the community and should not be offered bail. However, Henry’s defense attorney, Andrew Alperstein, told Judge Murdock that Henry has no history of violence, is a family man and lived with his father who has cancer. Alperstein said he was doing good things with his life and recommended home detention for Henry, which the pretrial correspondent agreed with.
According to Alperstein, Henry is a licensed home-improvement contractor who owns his own business and currently has a $100,000 home improvement project unfinished.
Judge Murdock agreed with Alperstein but told Henry he cannot leave his house and cannot go back to work.
Video footage of the incident on Jan. 1, showed a male shooting the victim twice in his right leg on the 700 Block of Allendale Street and driving away with a female in a dark-colored pickup truck. A search and seizure warrant was executed and two phones were recovered. The female turned out to be the victim’s sister. Although she alleged she did not know either male, the phone contacts proved otherwise and showed she was in constant contact with both males.
Henry is charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, firearm use in a felony violent crime, reckless endangerment, firearm possession with a felony conviction, possession of firearms, having a loaded handgun on his person, having a loaded handgun in his vehicle, illegal possession of ammunition and firing a gun in Baltimore City.