Press Releases

Defendant LaForrest Morgan was previously convicted of Manslaughter in 2002.

Tyrone Epps pleaded guilty to First-Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence for fatally shooting Paul Lee

Yolanda Wilkes was charged by criminal information for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor; Destroy/Alter/Conceal/Remove Evidence and Accessory After the Fact

Lt. Welai Grant, Sgt. Mark Rutkowski, and former BPD Officer Harrison Brandon were charged in separate cases related to wage theft

Trillion Bryant was found guilty of Attempted First-Degree Murder and Carrying a Dangerous Weapon Openly

Bernice and Gerald Byrd face a maximum penalty of Life, suspending all but 70 years, at sentencing

Matthew Crawley fatally shot Taijah Addison in March 2025 in the Yale Heights neighborhood