Witnesses

St. Patrick's Day disturbance revealed in police audio tapes

2012-05-14 04:00:00

Reporters staffing the newsroom on Saturday, March 17, had some inkling that a large crowd had converged on downtown. But initial calls to police downplayed the events, noting large crowds but not too many problems. It wasn’t until late Saturday...

Dyer ouster hearings off to slow start

2012-05-09 07:13:00

Nearly a year after the Howard County Board of Education moved to remove board member Allen Dyer from office, a hearing in the case began Monday at the Office of Administrative Hearings in Hunt Valley. In her opening argument, board attorney Judith...

Judge continues to ask Dyer to move more swiftly in cross-examinations

2012-05-09 08:47:00

The administrative judge hearing the Howard school board's request to remove member Allen Dyer continued his repeated urgings Wednesday for Dyer to move more swiftly in cross-examining witnesses and save arguments against the case for when he is asked...

Marbella: In brothers' trial, does nobody trust police, courts?

2012-04-28 06:03:00

It is all too common in city courts to see witnesses reluctant to testify, even under threat of imprisonment, or developing amnesia over what had happened in front of them. But this week, it was not a bystander but the alleged victim himself who...

State rests in Werdesheim trial; defense to begin today

2012-05-01 16:20:27

Defense requests for an early end to the trial of two brothers accused of assaulting a teen in Northwest Baltimore were denied by a Baltimore circuit judge Tuesday afternoon. After the state rested its case around 3 p.m., Baltimore Circuit Judge Pamela...

"I hope my baby is dead"

2012-04-26 04:25:00

"I hope my baby is dead." These are the chilling words from a mother who is now charged with repeatedly stabbing her 8-month-old child during a supervised visit with a social service's worker. The account comes from police charging documents filed in...

The lesson of the Werdesheim case

2012-05-03 13:26:00

The guilty verdict against one of two brothers accused of beating a Northwest Baltimore teen cuts through the conflicting accounts of what happened on Fallstaff Road nearly 18 months ago and arrives at an essential truth: When Eliyahu Werdesheim stepped...

Werdesheim trial to go forward without a jury

2012-04-24 16:39:00

Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim, Jewish brothers accused of beating a black teen while guarding their Park Heights neighborhood, withdrew a request to change the court venue Tuesday and elected to move forward with a Baltimore trial by judge, waiving their...

Police search for suspects after two incendiary devices used in Lansdowne

2012-04-26 09:20:00

Baltimore County police continue to search for suspects 10 days after two incendiary devices exploded within 30 minutes of each other shortly after midnight on April 16 in Riverview. Capt. John Spiroff, commander of Wilkens Police Station, which...

Columbia man, 18, pleads guilty to throwing 10-week-old son to ground

2012-04-02 10:11:00

A Columbia man accused of throwing his 10-week-old son to the ground and then punching the child's mother has pleaded guilty to assault and child abuse charges. Tre C. Jackson, 18, of the 6900 block of Deer Pasture Drive, pleaded guilty Monday morning in...

Key witness jailed for contempt after refusing to testify at dog abuse trial

2012-04-03 11:29:00

From Luke Broadwater: A key witness in the case against Travers and Tremayne Johnson, who are accused of burning a pit bull puppy named Phoenix, abruptly refused to testify Tuesday, causing a judge to sentence her to six months in jail. Tiera Goodman,...

Two witnesses reluctant to testify in fatal dog-burning case

2012-04-03 15:58:34

A key witness in the case against Travers and Tremayne Johnson, who are accused of burning a pit bull puppy named Phoenix, abruptly refused to testify Tuesday, causing a judge to sentence her to six months in jail. Tiera Goodman, 25, of the 800 block...

Chicago police officer Charles Honore leaves the Cook County Courthouse after being called as a witness in the trial of William Balfour.

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Part of a police flyer asking for help from witnesses to a fatal accident on the Southwest Side.

2012-04-22 20:11:00

Defense attorney Mark Shapiro talks about what would happen to the cars post-crash depending on exactly where they hit each other relative to the center of mass, as he cross examines witness PBSO Deputy Troy Snelgrove on the stand. Snelgrove was the lead investigator at the crash scene.

2012-03-22 08:15:00