A Baltimore woman has been charged with negligent manslaughter nine months after she allegedly struck a man with her car and drove off as he died.
The charging documents for Shantroya Century, 26, show how the Baltimore Police Department’s Crash Team investigators were able to connect her vehicle to a fatal pedestrian collision in the 2400 block of Orleans Street on Dec. 23, 2025.
Investigators examine car parts strewn across the 2400 block of Orleans Street after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Tuesday night. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)
Carlos Vicente, 21, was struck by a red Nissan Altima with a Maryland license plate of 7GM8206 as he was attempting to cross the road around 9:45 p.m. An ambulance took Vicente to Johns Hopkins Hospital where medical personnel pronounced him dead around 10:20 p.m., police said.
Investigators were able to track the movements of the striking vehicle, which was badly damaged by the collision. It continued westbound on Orleans Street before turning right on Patterson Park Avenue. They got assistance from a witness who used their cell phone to record video footage of the deadly crash, according to the charging documents.
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They found the Nissan Altima parked several blocks away from the crash site.
Court records state that a Ring camera affixed to a house in the 2200 block of Jefferson Street helped investigators determine that Century was one of two people walking away from the striking vehicle that night.
A patrol car sits behind a badly damaged vehicle parked in the 2300 block of Jefferson Street following a crash involving a pedestrian on Orleans Street. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)
“The ring camera did not capture the vehicle parking but activated once the 2 females walked away from the red Nissan,” court records state. “One of the females seen walking by had bright read hair. Utilizing the Motor Vehicle Administration (“MVA”) to pull the vehicle information, your affiant discovered that the registered owner, Ms. Shantroya Century has bright red hair in her MVA photo that matches the female that walked by the ring camera.”
Investigators allege that Century tried to report the car as stolen the following morning.
“On December 24th, 2025, at approximately 0730 hours Ms. Century called 911 and attempted to report her vehicle as stolen,” court records state. “Baltimore Police Eastern units . . . met with Ms. Century. During the call for service Ms. Century advised that she parked her car on Lakewood Avenue and the vehicle had been parked at that location for a while due to her tags being expired.”
Police used the city’s License Plate Reader system to tun a check on Century’s license plate. The system showed that her Nissan Altima had been “traveling all throughout the city on different dates and times,” according to the charging documents. Additionally, Century had been stopped by officers and cited as the vehicle on multiple occasions.
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Afterward, officers returned to house where they had met with Century to inform her that her vehicle had not been stolen but rather towed because it was suspected of fatally striking a pedestrian. Court records state that Century could not be contacted at that time. Eventually, an officer spoke to Century over the phone and arranged to meet with her at 3 p.m. on Dec. 24.
Century was a no-show that day. She could not be reached by phone after that, per court records.
Six months later, investigators obtained “a historical mobile device location analysis” on Century’s cell phone, according to the charging documents.
“This revealed that on December 23rd, 2025, between 2145 and 2147 hours Ms. Century placed calls in the area of the crash location. At 2148 she placed a call near where the Red Nissan was located. This is evidence that Ms. Century was in the area of both the crash location and where the vehicle was located at the time of the incident.”
The Baltimore Police Department announced on Oct. 6 that Century had been arrested on Sept. 26 as part of a joint warrant initiative.
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