Defense counsel’s sole alibi witness and friend of homicide defendant Ricky Crenshaw testified that he declined to give a statement to a Baltimore Police Department detective investigating the 47-year-old’s alleged involvement in the murder of Terence Cheatham last year. Read more »

When 47-year-old Ricky Crenshaw shot and killed Terence Cheatham last year, the defendant would’ve gotten away with the 33-year-old’s murder had it not been for a witness’ cell phone recording at the time of the shooting, a Baltimore City prosecutor alleged on May 7. Read more »

The assistant state’s attorney prosecuting an attempted murder dismissed all charges against a 32-year-old defendant because his alleged victim did not appear in court.  Mario Emmanuel Jones, of Columbia, Md., was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, firearm use in a felony violent crime, having a handgun on his person, having a loaded handgun on his person and firing a gun in Baltimore City for allegedly shooting through his ex-girlfriend’s front door on the 1500 block of East Lanvale Street on July 10, 2023.  The sole eyewitness to the incident, the victim, did not appear in court April 30, likely due to dissatisfaction with the prosecutor. Read more »

On April 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

On April 4, attempted murder defendant Malik Alford’s trial was postponed and rescheduled before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

On April 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

On March 27, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

An attempted murder defendant’s claims that his nephew was behind a 2022 shooting were quickly overshadowed by his text messages to the victim—threatening messages that a Baltimore City prosecutor said showed the defendant’s intent when he shot the man in the head two years ago. Read more »

On March 20,  a jury heard opening statements in a 36-year-old attempted murder defendant’s trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Read more »

On March 21, the jury read its verdict to Marvin Edmonds before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Read more »

On March 15, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

On March 12, Judge Jennifer B. Read more »

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Hours of deliberation in the trial of Elliot Marcus Knox concluded on March 6 when a jury found the 34-year-old defendant guilty for the murders of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley and Baltimore resident Justin Johnson in December 2021. Read more »

“Two executions. Read more »