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K. Stokes

Baltimore County, Maryland

Two Dollars and a Killing: Clark Murder Trial Opens in Towson

Two dollars. That’s what James “J-Roc” Clark’s defense team says he and Romy Bogier argued about before Bogier was shot and killed last year. Clark, 45, is on trial charged with murder, attempted murder, and a firearms offense in the Sept. 2, 2024 shooting in the parking

Six Weeks After Psychiatric Release, Man Who Killed Brother Faces New Arson-Threat Charge

ESSEX— A man who killed his brother as a teenager has been jailed in Baltimore County, accused of threatening to burn down his mother’s home just six weeks after his release from a state psychiatric hospital. Tylek Williams, 22, appeared via video for a bail review Monday at the

Judge Considers Independent Monitor to Help with Mental Health Bed Backlog

TOWSON — The defendant in the orange jumpsuit sits quietly in a courtroom beside his public defender.He’s jailed on a rape charge, and in July a judge ruled him incompetent to stand trial and ordered him committed to a state psychiatric hospital. Under Maryland law, he must be hospitalized

Judge Weighs Independent Monitor as Maryland Misses 10-Day Hospital Deadline by 100 Days for Jailed Defendant

TOWSON — The defendant in the orange jumpsuit sits quietly in a courtroom beside his public defender. He’s jailed on a rape charge, and in July a judge ruled him incompetent to stand trial and ordered him committed to a state psychiatric hospital. Under Maryland law, he must be hospitalized

Mother Charged in Baby's Drug Death

GWYNN OAK — A Baltimore-area mother has been charged with murder and child neglect after her baby allegedly died from opioid exposure earlier this year. Kevia Dijahmonte Gray, 26, currently of Baltimore City, appeared Monday in Baltimore County Circuit Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter, first-degree child

Three Plead Guilty in Bizarre Hotel Assault

WOODLAWN—Three men pleaded guilty Monday in a bizarre Baltimore County ransom scheme involving a hostage who was allegedly bound, assaulted and forced to eat urine-soaked dog food. A group of people held DeAnthony Phillips hostage at a Red Roof Inn in July, 2024, because they believed he stole

Mistrial Declared in Towson Arson Murder Case

𝘈 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹-𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦.