Augustine Okeke Archives - Page 2 of 3

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial for a 22-year-old murder defendant accused of gang-related murders. Datwain Jackson is charged with conspiracy to participate in a... Read More

Bus Stop Shooter Gets 10 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

Details A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to armed robbery on Dec. 14 for stealing $50 and other belongings at gunpoint last year. During a plea hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea, Takes April 2024 Trial Date

Details Non-fatal shooting defendant Jeremiah Dairo will proceed with a jury trial in April 2024 after rejecting a plea offer from the prosecution. On Dec. 11, the 24-year-old defendant appeared in... Read More

Transportation Issue Delays Attempted Murder Suspect’s Plea Hearing Two Weeks

Details A 27-year-old attempted murder defendant was not transported to Baltimore City Circuit Court for his anticipated plea hearing on Dec. 1, postponing the proceeding two weeks. This marks the second... Read More

Judge Questions Why Previous Sentences Didn’t Work for Non-Fatal Shooter

Details On Nov. 21, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby sentenced an attempted murder defendant after expressing concern that his previous experiences at Backbone Mountain Youth Center and in... Read More

Defendant Accepts Armed Robbery Plea, but Trial Date Still Stands

Details On Nov. 20, a 27-year-old attempted murder defendant tentatively accepted a plea offer, but Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn did not accept the deal. De’Lass Reid is... Read More

Guilty Verdict Reached for Sturbridge Drive Homicide Defendant

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong presided as the jury foreperson read the verdict for Donzo Monk, Jr who was found guilty of first-degree murder on Nov. 14. ... Read More

Alleged ‘39 Babies’ Gang Members Finally Receive Trial Date

Details On Nov. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial of three co-defendants accused of being in the ’39 Babies’ gang and committing multiple violent crimes... Read More

In Closing Statements, Prosecutor and Defense Spar Over Evidence

Details As a murder trial drew to a close, defense attorney Augustine Okeke argued in Baltimore City Circuit Court the prosecution hadn’t provided solid evidence his client murdered anyone, and only... Read More

Opening Statements in Trial About Argument That Turned Fatal

Details On Nov. 1, opening statements were presented in the trial of a man accused of murdering 26-year-old Bryant Timmons. The case is being heard before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Seeks New Counsel

Details On Oct. 26, a 46-year-old attempted murder defendant wound up before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn even though his lawyer wasn’t ready for trial. Randy Jones is... Read More

Homicide Codefendant Won’t Cooperate with Prosecution for Plea Offer

Details On Oct. 24, after a 48-year-old homicide defendant rejected a plea offered by a prosecutor in Baltimore City Circuit Court, counsel prepared to go to trial the following day. Reisterstown... Read More

Annapolis Man Offered Plea for Robbery, Attempted Murder on Top of Anne Arundel County Assault Conviction

Details An Annapolis man currently serving 25 years for a robbery-related assault in Anne Arundel County was offered a plea of 35 years in prison on Oct. 19 for his involvement... Read More

Sick Prosecutor Delays Shooting Trial

Details On Sept. 25, defendant Tyrelle Fields and hisattorney, Augustine Okeke, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to set a trial date. Fields, 39, is charged with... Read More

Twenty-Year-Old Defendant Accepts Plea Deal

By Jordan Fortuna [former] - September 11, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Alpert presided over a plea hearing on Sept. 11. Daejon Malloy accepted the deal along with his attorney, Augustine Okeke, present at the... Read More

Trial Date Set for Defendant Charged in Saint Clair Crossing Attempted Murder Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn set the trial date for a defendant accused of attempted first-degree murder in Nov. 2022. Defense attorney Augustine Okeke represented Carla Hardy... Read More

Tense Plea Negotiations Result in 15 Year Sentence for 2022 N. Carey Street Homicide Defendant

Details A 38-year-old defendant’s jury trial was supposed to begin on Aug. 24; instead, the assistant state’s attorneys assigned to the case gave him three different plea offers to consider, one... Read More

Convicted Firearm and Drug Trafficker Gets Trial Date in 2022 Attempted Murder

Details The Monday after Dashawn Raynard Carter was found guilty on all counts in a firearm and drug trafficking trial, he appeared again in court before Baltimore City Court Judge Melissa... Read More

Judge Schedules North Paca Street Non-Fatal Shooting Trial for September Despite Victim’s Claim of Receiving Threats

Details On May 18, the trial for a defendant and a codefendant charged with attempted murder in 2021 was postponed to September due to a miscommunication between parties. Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Takes Plea for Shooting Outside Wow Tobacco and Grocery

Details Two Baltimore men pleaded down from attempted murder to assault and weapon charges on May 10 in connection to a carjacking investigation in June 2022. Damyus Morris, 21, and Trevon... Read More

Man Accused of Shooting at His Brothers to Serve Remainder of Sentence on Home Detention

Details A 32-year-old Baltimore man accused of firing a shotgun at his brothers in 2018 will serve the remaining two years of his five-year sentence on home detention. On April 17,... Read More

Co-Defendant Takes September Trial Date for Shooting Stemming from a Fight at School

Details One of the two co-defendants charged with a shootout stemming from a fight at school was given a September trial date on April 5. During reception court on Wednesday, Baltimore... Read More

Rosedale Court Attempted Murder Co-Defendants Reject Pleas

By Cooper Griffiths [former] - April 4, 2023
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details On April 3, one of two accused attempted murder co-defendants received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, while the other was still missing files and... Read More

21-Year-Old Attempted Murder Defendant to Start Trial in August

Details A attempted murder defendant facing two cases in Baltimore City Circuit Court was assigned a new trial date on Feb. 28. Defense attorney Augustine Okeke appeared before Judge Melissa M.... Read More