Santiago Loyal Archives - Baltimore Witness

Opening Statements Heard in August 2021 Homicide Case

Details Counsel gave opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawerence R. Daniels on April 2 in the case of 53-year-old homicide defendant Shawn Brewton. Brewton is accused of shooting and... Read More

Murder Victim’s Family Says to Shooter, ‘May Every Breath You Take Be Poison’

Details Homicide defendant Shawn Brewton was sentenced on April 10 by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton for his role in the fatal shooting of 38-year-old William Smith. The... Read More

Defendants Testify Against Each Other in Double Homicide Trial

Details On Nov. 16, prosecutors of a 53-year-old defendant argued in Baltimore City Circuit Court that he killed his drug dealer as payback for physical abuse their mutual lover had suffered.... Read More

Co-Defendants in Fatal Double Shooting to be Tried Separately

Details Two homicide co-defendants will now be tried separately after issues with defense counsel caused a postponement. On Dec. 6, Shawn Brewton, 52, and Michael Corprew, 48, were scheduled to begin... Read More

Trial Postponed for Double Murder Defendants

Details Two co-defendants had their trial for a double murder postponed on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn due to one of the defendants needing to find... Read More

Co-Defendants Charged with Murder Reject Plea Offer

Details Two co-defendants charged with first-degree murder both rejected a plea of life on March 24 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Michael Corprew, 47, and Shawn Brewton,... Read More