Police Magazine
MENU
SEARCHMENUSEARCHLoading data...
Dawnta Harris, 17, was tried as an adult and now faces life in prison for striking Officer Amy Caprio with a stolen Jeep in May 2018.
Read More →
"Dawnta Harris is the latest on a long list of those who have posed an obvious danger to the community but who have, for whatever reason, been released pending trial or in many instances have not even stood trial."
Read More →Darrell Jaymar Ward, 15, Derrick Eugene Matthews, 16, and Eugene Robert Genius IV, 17 — all of East Baltimore — were each charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. They were apprehended Tuesday morning, hours after police arrested 16-year-old Dawnta Harris and charged him with murder.
Read More →
Harris' record in the juvenile system shows repeated arrests. Between December and March, he was arrested four times for car theft, and he was bounced between programs in the community. One case involved the theft of a car while he was in a juvenile program in Montgomery County in March.
Read More →
Dawnta Harris, 16, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of Baltimore County Officer First Class Amy Caprio, charging documents state.
Read More →