A non-fatal shooting defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Read more »

A 32-year-old attempted murder defendant who was scheduled to go to trial ended up taking a plea deal on May 24.   Jamal Banks was charged with three counts of attempted first- and second-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, firearm use in a felony violent crime, wearing and carrying a handgun on his person, carrying and transporting a handgun and firing and discharging a firearm.  Banks, accompanied by attorney Robert Cole, stood before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Read more »

A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to two of 14 charges in connection to the Aug. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury found an 18-year-old guilty of a March 2023 Harlem Park murder. Read more »

A 30-year-old man who accidentally shot himself inside Fells Point’s Choptank restaurant pleaded guilty to a gun charge on May 23. Read more »

A 19-year-old whose case was plagued with competency concerns pleaded guilty to four 2023 T-Mobile robberies, including one where an employee was killed, on May 16.  Arthur McCaden was charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, firearm use in a felony violent crime, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony violent crime, first-degree assault, possession of a firearm as a minor, illegal possession of a regulated firearm and having a handgun on his person in connection to the April 2023 murder of 23-year-old Fabian Gonzalez.  After the prosecution put the latest plea offer on the record, McCaden accepted his offer of life, suspending no less than 35 years and no more than 60 years, for first-degree murder, a concurrent 20 years for firearm use in a felony violent crime, a concurrent 15 years for attempted armed robbery and a final concurrent term of 20 years for armed robbery. Read more »

Every available seat was full of loved ones for both parties in Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Read more »

Multiple bullets taken from the body of 19-year-old Tavon Wilson Jr. Read more »

A 28-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on May 13 after accepting a plea offer for a drive-by shooting in Central Baltimore last year. Read more »

The homicide trial of Clifton Shields rests heavily on circumstantial evidence, a Baltimore City prosecutor said on May 10, specifically, the defendant’s DNA that she said was found on the gun he used to kill 19-year-old Tavon Wilson Jr. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Read more »

A 28-year-old infanticide defendant was given a September trial date by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

On April 8, a jury reached a guilty verdict for a 41-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Read more »

On April 12, a 34-year-old defendant appeared for a jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Read more »