"Really, looking out for one another, that's really what helped solve this case. It was neighbors providing camera footage and other evidence that really helped solve this case," said Baltimore City Councilman Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, D-District 5.
During the investigation, detectives employed multiple investigative methods, including physical and electronic surveillance, to identify the members of the DTO and distinguish street-level narcotics dealers from the other higher-ranking members running the operation. As a result, the following individuals were identified as key members of the DTO:
Gibson’s defense attorney, Rebecca Kavanagh, argued that Baltimore Police Department (BPD)detectives did not investigate the murder to the fullest extent. She said that police did not follow up on eyewitness statements that may have led them to other suspects.
The prosecution described the shooting as an accidental discharge as Golliday and a co-worker were responding to a BGE work order on the 200 block of West Northern Parkway. Golliday’s co-worker was shot in the stomach, leaving him in a coma. The prosecutor told Judge Timothy J. Doory the victim has recently returned to work and that the victim himself described the incident as a “freak accident.”
Throughout the trial, the prosecution argued Holloman’s guilt by stating that he was identified on video and eyewitnesses saw someone that looked like him commit the murder.
In court July 8, Ward was sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder and 12 years for firearm use in a felony violent crime with the first five years without the possibility of parole. The sentences are slated to run consecutively. Ward was also sentenced to a year for discharging a firearm. The year will run current to the 37 year sentence. The defendant’s sentence for the misdemeanor charge of having a loaded handgun on his person was merged with the other charges.
In the hearing, the victim said she didn’t want the maximum punishment for Artis and believed he was not trying to kill her.
In the hearing, Monday, the victim’s mother said she has yet to recover from the loss of her son, explaining that she does not sleep due to night terrors, suffers from survivor’s guilt and has had to seek a therapist and take depression medication to deal with the fallout of her son’s murder.
Darius Gaines, 33, of Joppa, a more than 11-year veteran of the police force, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to theft, theft scheme, making false entries in public records and misconduct in office. He must also perform 150 hours of community service and pay restitution.
