Two members of Baltimore City’s “39 Babies” criminal gang will return to reception court on July 5, following the postponement of their jury trial due to changes in defense counsel. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a trial for an attempted murder defendant after he rejected a plea on May 22.  An assistant state’s attorney offered defendant Tyqwaun Kells a plea of 30 years, suspending all but 20 years and four years of probation for attempted first-degree murder, and a consecutive five years without the possibility of parole for the use of a handgun in a felony violent crime in connection to an incident that occurred on Oct. Read more »

Two Baltimore men were sentenced in Baltimore City Circuit Court on May 15 for the deadly shooting of 31-year-old Cordelle Bruce in 2020 in what one defense attorney described as a drug deal gone sideways. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn granted defense counsel Josh Insley trial postponement request due to counsel recently being assigned the case on March 27.  Insley informed the court he needed more time to properly prepare after being appointed defendant, Calvin Hemphill file.  Hemphill, 42, is charged with attempted first and second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, use of a firearm during a felony violent crime, possession of a firearm with a felony conviction, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, possession of a firearm after a felony conviction for a controlled dangerous substance, having a loaded handgun on his person, and discharging a firearm in connection to the shooting of a 53-year-old man on April 17, 2022.  According to a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) news release, on the day of the incident, officers were called to the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue at 8:49 p.m. Read more »

A bar bouncer will go to trial this July in what defense counsel described as a case of self-defense for the murder of 38-year-old Delaney Simmons last year. Read more »

Jury selection for homicide defendant Alex Benbow was pushed back a day on Feb. Read more »

A 25-year-old bouncer accused of fatally shooting a bar patron in August 2022 was granted home detention on Jan. Read more »

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The prosecution began closing arguments on the last day of trial for two homicide defendants on Sept. Read more »

“They finessed their way into the victim’s life,” said the prosecutor during her opening statement to the jurors on Sept. Read more »

A Baltimore man accused of homicide rejected a plea on Aug. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Read more »

Testimony continued in Vincent Harris' murder trial after a lunch recess Aug. Read more »

A Baltimore Police detective walked back and forth before a jury on Aug. Read more »