On June 29, a Baltimore City defendant charged with attempted murder rejected a plea offer in light of new video evidence and witnesses to support his alibi.  Derrien Gamble and defense attorney James Sweeting III rejected the plea offer of a 35-year aggregate sentence before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Read more »

A mistrial was declared in the case of ’39 Babies’ gang co-defendants Gregory Beadles and Donye Thompson on June 22 after a witness’ testimony conflicted with a Supreme Court ruling that occurred days earlier. Read more »

“’39 Babies’ or this group, it’s all imagination,” stated a defense attorney on June 15, regarding defendant Donye Thompson and his codefendant facing charges related to the ’39 Babies gang before Baltimore City Court Judge Cynthia H. Read more »

An attempted murder defendant’s jury trial was postponed until next month after Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson agreed to severe the defendant’s case from another handgun-related case. Read more »

On May 31, the Baltimore Circuit Court Medical requested an extension for an additional competency evaluation for a defendant accused of committing a non-fatal shooting in 2022. Read more »

A father and son accused of an attempted murder at a Royal Farms gas station last summer had their case put on the Baltimore City Circuit Court’s stet docket on May 24. Read more »

Attempted homicide defendant Romarise Scott Jr. Read more »

On May 16, a prosecutor made a global plea offer, giving a homicide defendant the maximum sentence for two murder cases before Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Read more »

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced defendant James Darryl Smith to 40 years incarceration on May 15 for the murder of 32-year-old Dwayne Edmonds on Orleans Street in 2021. Read more »

On May 8, an attempted murder defendant appeared on the reception court docket in Baltimore City Circuit Court in error, according to his defense attorney. Read more »

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge granted the prosecution’s request to dismiss the attempted murder case against 19-year-old Michael Reed after several unsuccessful attempts to find the victim. Read more »

On April 17, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Geller declared a mistrial in a homicide case after the jury was unable to make a unanimous decision.  Defendant Byron Erin Lewis is accused of murdering 32-year-old Shammarh Jenkins on the 2200 block of Reisterstown Road and fleeing the scene. Read more »

The attorney for a man diagnosed with autism charged in a 2022 attempted murder asked the court to order a competency evaluation for his client on April 17.  Defense attorney James Sweeting III addressed the court before Baltimore City Circuit Court before Judge Althea M. Read more »

Defendant Byron Erin Lewis eventually admitted to the murder of 32-year-old Shammarh Jenkins, a Baltimore City prosecutor said to a jury on April 12. Read more »

Arthur McCaden reported his vehicle stolen to cover up the murder of 36-year-old Derrick Smith nearly a week before Christmas 2021. Read more »