Co-defendants Noah Diggs, 21, and Kamya Stratton, 18, each received postponements in their murder cases on April 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn.
Diggs and Stratton are both charged with two counts of homicide, three counts of robbery, and four counts of firearm violations, in connection to a shooting incident that occurred Feb. 3, 2024 on the 3000 block of Edmonson Avenue. Police responded to the scene following a report of a possible overdose and found Melvin White, 55, unresponsive on his porch.
White was pronounced deceased shortly after. An autopsy later revealed that White had suffered from a gunshot wound to his neck that reached his heart, and his cause of death was ruled to be a homicide.
Police later obtained surveillance footage of three cars following each other and coming to a stop on Edmondson Avenue. Shortly after, a muzzle flash was seen, and White was captured stumbling back to his home.
Police later learned that one of the vehicles, a black Hyundai Elantra, was allegedly registered to Diggs.
A witness later confirmed Diggs had driven the Elantra that day, and added that Stratton allegedly fired the fatal gunshots while sitting in the passenger seat. Investigators later obtained DNA evidence linked to Stratton from the car’s interior.
On Friday, both Diggs and Stratton received plea offers. The prosecution offered Diggs a sentence of life, suspending all but 40 years, while Stratton received an offer of life, suspending all but 50 years. Both offers included five-year probationary periods.
Diggs defense attorney Donald Wright and stand-in defense attorney Matthew Gordon rejected these offers on behalf of their clients.
Diggs and Stratton are now set to be tried together on Aug. 10 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton, with five days allotted for proceedings.
