Creston Smith Archives - Baltimore Witness

Alleged Payson Street Killer Faces July Trial

Details During a May 10 reception hearing at Baltimore City Circuit Court, Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a July jury trial date for a man accused of shooting and killing his... Read More

Baltimore Resident Receives Maximum Sentence in Haddon Avenue Homicide Shooting Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong sentenced a homicide defendant to the maximum sentence after hearing heartfelt statements from the 51-year-old victim’s family on April 9, three years... Read More

Jury Finds Defendant Guilty of Shooting Two Men Returning Keys to Neighbor

Details Jurors found a 24-year-old Baltimore man guilty of Roderick Daniels’ murder and the attempted murder of another man on Feb. 27 after the two men tried returning apartment keys to... Read More

Victims Were Trying to Return a Neighbor’s Keys When Shot by Defendant, Prosecutor Says

Details Roderick Daniels and his neighbor were trying to do a good deed on the evening of June 2, 2020, when Daniels was fatally shot and his neighbor injured in Northwest Baltimore’s... Read More

Parties Unable to Agree on Date in Homicide Case, Trial Pushed Again

Details A Baltimore man charged with murder had his hearing continued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Nov. 30. Defense counsel Creston Smith, representing Shae-von Edward, complained about the postponement of his... Read More

Judge May Prioritize Homicide Defendant’s Trial after Fourth Postponement

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge said she would consider prioritizing the trial of homicide defendant Shae-von Edward over a younger case following the former’s multiple postponements from COVID and... Read More

Baltimore Man Charged with Attempted Murder Pleads Guilty to Reckless Endangerment

Details Prosecutors offered a defendant a plea of five years for reckless endangerment on Nov. 7 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays. Ronald Gray and his defense attorney Creston Smith,... Read More

Bella Roma Pizza Shooter Led Police on Car Chase on Day of Arrest

Details Six days after the shootout at Bella Roma Pizza that claimed the life of Cameron Green, an auto theft team for Baltimore City and neighboring counties, was staked outside the... Read More

Shots ‘Sounded Like Machine Gunfire,’ Police Officer Says

Details While patrolling Baltimore’s southern district in the early morning hours of March 26, 2021, gunshots rang out several blocks away. It was at this time that an officer with the... Read More

Homicide Defendant Found Guilty of Manslaughter During Bench Trial

Details Homicide defendant Jonathan Calloway was found not guilty by Judge Dana Middleton in Baltimore City Circuit Court on June 2 after being incarcerated since his initial arrest in September of... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Has Trial Scheduled for July

Details A 21-year-old Baltimore man accused of attempted murder rejected a plea offer on April 5 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Ronald Gray is charged with first... Read More

20-Year-Old Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

By Alyssia Davis [former] - January 7, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details A 20-year-old man accused of a non-fatal shooting accepted a plea offer on Jan. 6 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. The Baltimore resident was charged with possession... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details A Baltimore man accused of homicide was offered a plea on Nov. 30 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Anthony Priester, 30, is charged with two counts of... Read More

Judge Holds 19 Year Old Charged in Shooting

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 1, 2021
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details A judge decided Nov. 30 to continue to hold a 19-year-old defendant who is charged in a non-fatal shooting that occurred in September. Ronald Gray is charged with 10 crimes,... Read More

Alleged Murderer Receives Trial Date

By Elaine Lu Qu [former] - August 23, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn rejected prosecution’s request on Aug. 23 to set a murder defendant’s trial date the same day as his co-defendant’s trial. According to... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Date Set Nine Months After Shooting

Details A defendant, who is charged with first-degree murder, received a trial date after rejecting a plea on Aug. 23 at Baltimore City Circuit Court. Judge Melissa M. Phinn presided. Shae-Von Edward,... Read More

Seven Homicide Cases Heard During Reception Court

Details Council is awaiting a competency evaluation for a homicide defendant who confessed to stabbing his roommate on Jan. 23, 2020. Baltimore resident Epenetus Henrique is charged with first-degree murder and... Read More