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Murder Defendant Sentenced to Life-Plus Ten Years, With a Chance for Reduction
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. “I’m gonna put you in the driver’s seat to earn a reduced sentence,” Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik S. Atas told a homicide defendant on July 2 before sentencing him to life plus ten years for the 2022 murder of 25-year-old Donte Miller.
Twice Deported Honduran Illegal Apprehended In Maryland For Drug Distribution
Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore arrested a Honduran national who was illegally present and had been convicted in Howard County of narcotics distribution charges. Deportation authorities from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team apprehended Nahun Ventura Ortiz-Isaguriz, 36, near his Ellicott City apartment. According to ERO Baltimore’s acting Field Office...
Former Baltimore police officer sentenced for drug conspiracy and firearm charges
BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — A U.S. District Court judge sentenced former Baltimore police officer Steven Umberto Angelini to two and a half years in federal prison, and drug treatment for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and oxycodone, as well as possession of a firearm. According to his plea agreement, while...
Maryland Attorney General Announces Indictment of Three Individuals for their Roles in an Identity Fraud Scheme at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office issued the following news release on Tuesday, July 2:. Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the indictments of Erica Danielle Watson, 29, of Brooklyn, Maryland; Larry Antonio Marshall, 54, and Shanice Tiera Smith, 34, both of Baltimore, for their alleged involvement in an identity fraud scheme at a Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) branch in Baltimore City. Watson, Marshall, and Smith are each charged with identity fraud scheme and conspiracy to commit an identity fraud scheme with a value between $25,000 and $100,000. Marshall and Watson are also charged with both bribing and conspiracy to bribe a public employee and Smith, a former MVA employee, is also charged with accepting bribes and misconduct in office.
Police Meet Pennsylvania Avenue Shooting Victim at Hospital
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. On June 28, at around 8:59 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an area hospital to investigate a call for a walk-in shooting victim. Upon arrival, officers observed a 27-year-old male suffering from numerous gunshot wounds.
Concern for Missing 15-Year-Old
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Christian Kent a missing 15-year-old from Burtonsville. Kent was last seen on Friday, June 21, 2024, in the 3200 block of Wood Avenue in Burtonsville. He...
Earl Lee Convicted of First-Degree Murder in Shooting of Baltimore Rapper President Davo
Earl Lee, aged 28 from Mid-Govans, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Baltimore rapper David Boykin, known as President Davo. According to The Baltimore Sun, Lee, who used a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, was also found guilty of illegal possession of a regulated firearm.
HCPD Daily Crime Bulletin, July 2, 2024
9500 block of Mellow Court, July 2 1:30 a.m. An adult female victim reported that she was in her vehicle when she was approached by a male suspect who displayed a gun and stole the victim’s vehicle, a 2016 white Nissan Rogue, tags MD/3DW5907. No one was injured. Robbery.
19-year-old arrested after fleeing stolen car, gun recovered
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A 19-year-old was arrested after fleeing a stolen car on Tuesday, according to Baltimore Police. Around 10 p.m., Foxtrot observed a stolen vehicle in the 2100 block of Sinclair Lane and relayed the location to the Eastern District Patrol and DAT units, police said. The occupants...
Police: Man fatally shot near Baltimore County elementary school
A person was shot and killed near a school late Monday, according to Baltimore County police. Officers were called around 10 p.m. to a location near Colgate Elementary School for shots fired. Police said officers found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene. Police on...
Glen Burnie man convicted in historic drug and arms bust
(WBFF) — A Glen Burnie man was convicted on multiple charges, including illegal possession and sale of a firearm, following a long-term investigation that included the largest seizure of cocaine in Anne Arundel County history. Tony Horne Jr., 43, was found guilty following a four-day jury trial in the...
Defendant Claims ‘Self-Defense’ in Double Homicide, Bail Denied
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. A Baltimore man was denied bail on July 3 for what he claims was killing two armed men and wounding another in self-defense. Darius Daye, is being charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts...
Man cleared after 3 trials in teen's 2010 slaying now accused of raping, strangling different teen
BALTIMORE -- Michael Maurice Johnson, who was convicted and later cleared of killing 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, has been charged with strangling and raping a young woman in Baltimore County.The alleged victim told police that Johnson, 40, overheard her on the phone talking about a boy and became enraged, assaulting her throughout the night including punching her, strangling her until she lost consciousness and raping her. He was charged Monday and ordered held without bail the following day. He did not have an attorney listed in court records.Barnes, an honors student in North Carolina, was visiting family in Northwest Baltimore in 2010 when she went missing, and her body was later found in the Susquehanna River. Johnson, who had gotten to know Barnes from dating her older half-sister, was the last known person to see her alive and would be charged with killing her.Read more at The Baltimore Banner
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