Court Date Rescheduled for 4 Co-Defendants
Four co-defendants’ reception court hearing for a murder case was rescheduled on Oct. 1 to the following week. Kevin Cleveland, 27, was scheduled for reception court on Friday along with…
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Four co-defendants’ reception court hearing for a murder case was rescheduled on Oct. 1 to the following week. Kevin Cleveland, 27, was scheduled for reception court on Friday along with…
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A 25-year-old Baltimore resident accepted a plea offer on Aug. 10 at Baltimore City Circuit Court, nearly six years after allegedly shooting a man to death. Tshibangu Kazadi was charged…
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Two co-defendants accused of murdering a well-known advocate for the homeless are moving closer to trial. Baltimore residents Brelan Handy and Kenneth Smith were arrested more than one year ago…
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Four co-defendants each facing four counts of first-degree murder rejected plea offers on July 29 during reception court at the Baltimore City Circuit Court. The prosecution offered Baltimore residents Jabez…
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Multiple homicide cases filled Thursday’s docket in Baltimore City Circuit Court, including two pairs of homicide co-defendants from incidents in 2020. Baltimore residents Brelan Handy and Kenneth Smith were arrested…
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Limited progress was made in a hearing on June 28 following a motion to rescind a protective order for two witnesses in a homicide case against three co-defendants. Defendants Martez…
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The second day of an attempted murder trial quickly turned tumultuous on May 22 as defendant Phillip McCoy repeatedly disobeyed court orders and disrupted proceedings. In the end, he grudgingly…
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Dionte Cain, 31, received a Sept. 26 trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on April 30. Cain’s trial is set to last four days to…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn ruled on April 25 that homicide defendant Donnell Johnson, 34, be held without bail after his trial was postponed for the fourth…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton denied defense counsel’s request to modify the sentence of Kenneth Craig, 61, who was convicted in October 2022 for the first-degree murder of…
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A 42-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and firearm use in a felony or violent crime on March 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazerow sentenced murder defendant Reginald Peay to life- plus 20 years incarceration on Feb. 28. Peay was previously found guilty of first-degree murder,…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed 31-year-old attempted murder defendant Dionte Cain’s jury trial on Feb. 18 after he rejected a plea deal. He is charged with…
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Dionte Cain, 32, rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Feb. 18. On April 2, 2024, Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to a…
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“There is no other person who could have killed Trevon Williams on July 31, 2022.” The morning of Oct. 27 saw closing arguments in the trial of a man accused…
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On Aug. 3, a 37-year-old defendant charged in connection to a 2022 attempted murder rejected a plea deal to serve 40 years in prison before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa…
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A 35-year-old Baltimore man accused of fatally stabbing a man in South Clifton Park last year will wait another seven months for his jury trial following the prosecution’s request for…
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Two out of three co-defendants charged with homicide in connection to the death of 31-year-old Marvin Mason returned to reception court on March 29 to accept pleas before Baltimore City…
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“Where I’m from, if you snitch, you get killed for it,” a homicide defendant told a jury on March 24. Norman Lawson, 25, is undergoing trial in connection to the…
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A since-retired detective with the Baltimore Police Department described to a jury how he found a “puddle of blood” under the back passenger’s seat of the vehicle where 26-year-old Roderick…
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Jury selection is underway for a 25-year-old Baltimore man who faces two life sentences for murder after rejecting a 10-year plea on March 22 that would have required him to…
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A 34-year-old Baltimore man accused of homicide has trial rescheduled to September on March 1 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Brandon Beshore is charged with first-degree…
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A 29-year-old Baltimore man charged with a non-fatal shooting on Feb. 28 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Adam Roberts is charged with armed robbery, robbery, second-degree…
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A 29-year-old defendant is expected to return to Baltimore City Circuit Court next month to accept a plea offer in connection to a non-fatal shooting last June. On Jan. 24,…
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