Nearly four years after 26-year-old Jaquan Johnson was gunned down in the streets, his alleged killer, Aaron Michael Clubb, sat before a 12-person jury on May 9 as his defense counsel told jurors no one will ever know what really happened on the night of the shooting. Read more »

“I just wanna take the deal,” said defendant Kevin Hall during a hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer on May 1. Read more »

“The state wants you to make leaps, jumps, and bounds.” Defense attorney Staci Pipkin told a jury during closing arguments for a defendant charged with the murder of 31-year-old Jordan Taylor before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer on April 17.  On April 18, a jury found defendant Khalil Madden not guilty of one count each of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, attempted armed robbery, first-degree burglary, having a loaded handgun on his person, and two counts of use of a firearm in a felony violent crime. Read more »

Jordan Taylor and his wife were sitting in their living room on a late November evening in 2019 when three men shot their way into the couple’s home in Southwest Baltimore, killing Taylor. Read more »

One of the co-defendants accused in a deadly home invasion in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder, among other charges. Read more »

Homicide defendant Jaquan Terrell Burks opted to take a plea offer on March 14 after his trial concluded, but while jurors were still in deliberations. Read more »

Ten months after his mistrial, 29-year-old Jaquan Terrell Burks sat before a new set of jurors on March 9 to face charges in the murder of Emmanuel Cruz in 2018. Read more »

The victim of an attempted murder “refused to identify” defendant Devon Murray, 31, as the shooter due to their close relationship, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments on March 3. Read more »

When the defendant burst into and robbed Kim’s Deli three days before Christmas in 2019, owner Carmen Rodriguez, alongside her children, handed over cash from the register and put her hands in the air. Read more »

On Feb 28, a Baltimore man charged with attempted murder received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Read more »

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Three days before Christmas in 2019, Carmen Rodriguez was working the cash register at her family’s store, Kim’s Deli, in Patterson Park. Read more »

Defense counsel has four defenses, or excuses, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors on Feb. Read more »

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge handed down three respective sentences on Feb. Read more »

“Sahiou Kargbo shot and killed James Blue. Read more »