Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Victor Levi Colbert is charged with killing Rodney Holmes Smith in Bel Air in December 2012.
A Dundalk man was indicted last month on charges he murdered a man inside the victim's Bel Air apartment, and his jury trial is expected to start this summer. On Monday afternoon, lawyers associated with the case met before a judge in Harford County Circuit Court for a scheduling conference, ultimately selecting a trial date of June 3, online court records show. Victor Levi Colbert, 31, of the 100 block of William Wade Avenue in Dundalk, is charged with first-degree murder and use of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure in connection with the death of Rodney Holmes Smith. The charges stem from an incident on Dec. 8, 2012. Around 8:30 a.m. Dec. 9 someone called 911 and reported a friend was covered in blood inside the apartment in the …
Friday, January 11, 2013
While Victor Colbert was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Thursday, that hearing was cancelled in light of his indictment in connection with the December 2012 murder of a Bel Air man.
A Dundalk man was indicted Tuesday in connection with the December murder of another man inside his Bel Air apartment. Victor Levi Colbert, 32, of the 100 block of William Wade Avenue, was indicted Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder and wearing or carrying a dangerous weapon with intent to injure. Due to a glitch in the system, Colbert was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thurdsay in the initial district court case. Harford County District Court cases are typically considered closed after indictments. Because of this mistake, the hearing did not take place. The murder charges stem from an early December 2012 incident in town. Police found 52-year-old Rodney Holmes Smith dead in his apartment in the 200 block of Baltimore Pikeon …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Robert Richardson III of Bel Air has been jailed since his arrest in connection with his father's murder nearly a year ago.
The trial of the Bel Air teen charged with shooting and killing his father in January 2012 is scheduled to take place in May of this year. Sign up for our newsletter, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Contact belair@patch.com with any news tips. The criminal jury trial for 17-year-old Robert Conley Richardson III was initially slated to begin next week, but has since been postponed. A separate hearing in the case is scheduled to take place Jan. 16 with a criminal jury trial scheduled for May 14. Richardson, of the 800 block of Moores Mill Road, was indicted in February on charges of first- and second-degree murder and felony use of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of his father, Robert Richardson Jr., on …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Victor Levi Colbert of Dundalk is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a Bel Air man.
A Harford County judge ordered that a Dundalk man charged with murder remain held without bail Wednesday based, in part, on his criminal history. Victor Levi Colbert, 31, of the 100 block of William Wade Avenue, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and first- and second-degree assault in connection with the death of 52-year-old Rodney Holmes Smith earlier this month. Police found Smith dead in his apartment in the 200 block of Baltimore Pike in Bel Air on Dec. 9. Charging documents state he sustained stab wounds to the neck and the cause of death was sharp force trauma. At Colbert's Wednesday afternoon bail hearing, Assistant State's Attorney Kemba Lydia-Moore said a latent finger print matching Colbert was taken from a vodka …
Monday, December 10, 2012
There have been no arrests in the death of Rodney Holmes Smith.
Police are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man, whose body was found Sunday inside a Bel Air apartment, as a homicide, authorities said. While the manner of death of Rodney Holmes Smith was initially unclear, a preliminary report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Monday indicated that Smith was the victim of a homicide. "They said it’s definitely a homicide," Bel Air Police Chief Leo Matrangola said. Matrangola said Smith's injuries were caused by blunt force trauma. “Right now we’re interviewing associates and friends and trying to find out more about his behavior, his pattern of life," Matrangola said. There are no suspects. Bel Air Police were familiar with Smith, having responded to a call at his apartment …
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Donnell Graham pleaded guilty in March to stabbing Patrick Xavier Ward to death inside the victim's Bel Air apartment.
(UPDATE 2:23 p.m.)—A young Bel Air man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of his blind neighbor. Donnell Graham, now 18, of the 200 block of Fairwood Road in Bel Air, pleaded guilty in March to a single count of first-degree murder, in connection with the stabbing death of Patrick Xavier Ward. Graham was 17 at the time of the murder, on Aug. 5, 2011. Graham stabbed Ward, age 29, multiple times while they were inside Ward's apartment in the 900 block of Redfield Road in Bel Air. Police arrested Graham a few blocks away, near his own home on Fairwood Road, shortly after the stabbing. State prosecutor H. Scott Lewis characterized the case as a burglary turned deadly, and explained that Graham had broken into the …
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CUSACITIZEN
10:10 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Guilty or not guilty, if I see someone who looks like him coming my way, I would run like hell in the opposite direction. That is NOT to say that there are no criminals who look like a dandy. Wall Street..... more ›