BEL AIR, MD—Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus two additional consecutive life sentences and 40 years, for the 2023 rape and murder of Rachel Hannah Morin. The sentencing, delivered by Judge Yolanda L. Curtin, followed a swift conviction in April. A jury found Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant, guilty of first-degree murder, […]
EDGEWOOD, MD—An Edgewood woman was sentenced this week to life in prison, with all but 180 years suspended, for a 2019 arson that killed four people. Bobbie Sue Hodge, 66, received the new sentence after her previous 2022 conviction was remanded for a new trial by the Appellate Court of Maryland. The Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office announced the sentencing of […]
EDGEWOOD, MD—A Harford County jury has convicted an Edgewood man of three counts of sex abuse of a minor, concluding a lengthy legal battle that included two previous mistrials. Harold Ferguson, 49, was found guilty in the Circuit Court for Harford County following a four-day criminal jury trial before Judge Alex M. Allman. The verdict comes after two prior trials […]
JOPPA, MD—A Harford County jury convicted 16-year-old Jaylen Rushawn Prince of first-degree murder and multiple firearm-related charges on Thursday in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old student at Joppatowne High School, authorities said. The verdict, reached after three hours of deliberation following an eight-day trial, stems from a September 6, 2024, incident in which Prince shot the victim in a […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A Nottingham man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced in connection with a 2022 murder case in Harford County. Anthony Sean Ross, 32, of Nottingham, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus twenty years on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The Honorable M. Elizabeth Bowen handed down the sentence […]
UPDATE: Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Original story below… BEL AIR, MD—Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was found guilty of first-degree murder, rape, and other charges on Monday for the brutal slaying of 37-year-old Rachel Morin in Bel Air, Maryland, in August 2023. A jury reached the verdict in […]
ABINGDON, MD—A 25-year-old Abingdon man has been sentenced to life in prison, with all but 75 years suspended, after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 73-year-old woman in February 2024. Angelo Terrell Spencer admitted to killing the woman in her Bel Air home during a Friday morning hearing in the Circuit Court for Harford County, […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—A Middle River man has been convicted in connection with a Harford County child abuse case. On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Douglas Grazuties, 36, of Middle River, was found guilty of second-degree child abuse, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment following a three-day jury trial before the Honorable Diane Adkins-Tobin in the Circuit […]