During reception court on Jan. 31, 19-year-old Bishop Chance stood before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Copeland to schedule a hearing in his homicide case. Chance is charged with…
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On Jan. 21, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland granted the defense’s request to postpone the trial of 24-year-old Khaleb Edmonds to June 16 as they are waiting…
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The trial of two young men accused of a murder in Baltimore was set by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland to begin this spring since no plea…
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A motion’s hearing to join the cases of Joseph Coates and Joseph Walker was rescheduled for mid-January 2025 to allow the former’s new defense counsel to review discovery in the…
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On Dec. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed a hearing for a 31-year-old homicide defendant until Feb. 7, 2025. Uriah Cunningham is charged with first-degree murder, firearm…
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A 22-year-old man charged with attempted murder rejected a plea offer on Oct. 28 in Baltimore City Circuit Court before Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Sean Clayton Lewis Jr is charged…
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A convicted homicide defendant received a new court date for a related crime before Judge Melissa K. Copeland in an Oct. 25 hearing. Reginald Whitaker, 29, is facing 14 charges,…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a December motions date to determine next steps for two men accused of a December 2023 fatal shooting. Joseph Coates, 40,…
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A 28-year-old murder defendant received a December trial date in Baltimore City Circuit Court Oct. 4. Timothy Knott is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime,…
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A 48-year-old Baltimore County resident received a Baltimore City Circuit Court trial date for his alleged involvement in a 2023 BB gun shooting Sept. 24. Nadeem Tajdin, of Owings Mills,…
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A 23-year-old gang member pleaded guilty in Baltimore City Circuit Court to the murder of 17-year-old London Stuckey in a hearing on Sept. 16. Gregory Beadles , a reputed member…
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A 19-year-old Pen Lucy resident was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Baltimore City Circuit Court Sept. 13 for fatally shooting an Israeli national visiting Baltimore for his cousin’s…
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A 31-year-old man found guilty of killing another inmate during his incarceration in 2021 was sentenced to 50 years for the death of Shane Burton–that on top of a 40…
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A jury has acquitted 21-year-old Daquan Hawks of multiple murder and weapons charges in connection to the ambush killing of Donte Lee in January 2022. Following a four-day trial before…
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An unscathed victim’s inconsistent story of the fatal shootout that killed 28-year-old Donte Lee raised more questions than answers for defense counsel at the start of homicide defendant Daquan Hawks’…
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A 40-year-old Baltimore man will serve 18 months in prison after accepting a plea offer for a non-fatal shooting on June 25 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Jermaine Jackson was…
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A 27-year-old Baltimore County man pleaded guilty to a 2023 drive-by shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong on May 14. Deangelo Fulton, of Reisterstown, Md., appeared…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton sentenced a BB gun homicide defendant to 17 years in a May 10 hearing. The jury found Taiwan Mitchell, 41, guilty of…
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An attempted murder defendant received a May trial date from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Judge Melissa K. Copeland during an April 16 hearing. Deangelo Fulton, 27, of Reisterstown, Md.,…
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On April 15, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland presided over an attempted murder case relating to a non-fatal shooting on Oct. 23, 2023. Ritchie Briggs, 36, represented…
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On April 8, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed the murder trial of 20-year-old Daquan Hawks. Hawks is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts…
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Defense counsel in the trial of homicide defendant Khalil Madden suggested it was her client’s cellmate—not Madden—who stabbed Shane Burton to death at a Baltimore prison facility in 2021. On…
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A jury convicted a homicide defendant of second-degree murder in a prison stabbing but acquitted him of first-degree murder on March 28. Defendant Khalil Madden, 30, was charged with first-degree…
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An attempted murder defendant was acquitted on the most serious charges on March 15 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cythia H. Jones. Joseph Harris, 38, was charged with attempted…
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