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4th Circuit upholds attempted murder plea, rejects ineffective assistance claim
A man who pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the fiery mutilation of an Eastern Shore housemate lost a federal ineffective-assistance appeal.
FBI agent charged with attempted murder in off-duty shooting on Metro in Maryland
An FBI agent has been charged with attempted murder in the off-duty shooting of another man on a Washington, D.C., Metro subway train last year in Montgomery County, according to court records unsealed Tuesday.
TREVIN JENKINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
The State did not introduce evidence sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Jenkins used a handgun in the shooting; his conviction for use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence is reversed.
Man charged with stabbing mother at Dundalk home
(AP) Police say a Baltimore County man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in his mother’s stabbing attack. Baltimore County Police say they responded to a Dundalk home at 5:40 a.m. Tuesday and found a woman suffering from traumatic stab wounds to her upper body. Police say their initial investigation indicates that 22-year-old […]
Black man gets new trial based on missing bias question
A Maryland appeals court has overturned a black man’s attempted-murder conviction because the trial judge refused to ask prospective jurors about their racial prejudices during jury selection.
Md. man charged in death of 2-month-old niece
FOREST HILL — The Harford County Sheriff’s says a 19-year-old man has been charged in the death of his 2-month-old niece. Deputies say paramedics were called to a home in Forest Hills about 11 p.m. Thursday and found the seriously injured infant. The child was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Authorities say the […]
CSA overturns finding in attempted murder case, orders new hearing
A teenager is entitled to a new delinquency trial on attempted murder charges because he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel following his indictment.
Records show troubled life for accused Perry Hall HS shooter
TOWSON — The teenager accused of shooting an intellectually disabled classmate at a suburban Maryland high school was accustomed to firearms in the home and had endured his parents’ contentious divorce, court documents show. After 15-year-old Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. was taken into custody Monday, police executed a search warrant at the Kingsville home where […]
Police: Teen brought shotgun, vodka to Perry Hall High School
A 15-year-old sophomore at Perry Hall High School who made references to murder-suicide on Facebook has been charged as an adult in the shooting of a classmate on the first day of school, authorities said Tuesday. Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. was being held without bail on charges of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault, Baltimore […]
Police, armed man exchange gunfire in College Park
COLLEGE PARK — A man accused of leading police on a chase in a stolen cruiser near the University of Maryland campus in College Park remains hospitalized after being shot and wounded by officers. Prince George’s County police have identified the man as Andre McKoy and say he exchanged gunfire with the officers. Authorities say […]
Md. cannibalism suspect charged in earlier attack
A grand jury has indicted a Maryland cannibalism suspect on more a serious charge of attempted murder in a different attack at a Baltimore university dorm. Twenty-one-year-old Alexander Kinyua was already facing assault and reckless endangerment charges in the May attack at Morgan State University. A prosecutor spokesman says the more serious charge came Thursday. […]
Md. man caught in sting pleads guilty in bomb plot
A Maryland man pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to detonate what he thought was a car bomb outside a military recruiting center in suburban Baltimore, saying he was motivated by what he saw as an American war on Islam. Antonio Martinez entered the plea to the charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass […]
