BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has announced that 36-year-old Jermaine Washington, of Baltimore, was sentenced to four years in prison on July 19 for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Washington was previously convicted of armed robbery in 2006 and 2013, according to the news release. He was convicted of armed robbery in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A U.S. District Judge has sentenced a 46-year-old man from Baltimore to serve time in prison for his part in three armed cell phone store robberies. Gary Leon Holloway will now serve 14 years in prison and four years of supervised release, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland. Holloway and his co-conspirators […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A man from Baltimore has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for an armed robbery that took place in January 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Maryland District. The sentencing will also include three years of supervised release for Marvin Benjamin Sparrow, 32, of Baltimore. According to his guilty plea, Sparrow was part of a […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A man will go to prison for 28 years after he was convicted of a murder-for-hire plot. Wayne Prince, also known as “Taz,” was convicted of the charge in federal court in Maryland. The sentence follows a guilty plea by Prince to a federal charge of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family […]
BALTIMORE, MD—An initiative to limit the number of untraceable guns in circulation is getting support from a coalition of 20 attorneys general, including Maryland Anthony G. Brown (PDF). The coalition has filed an amicus brief (PDF) in support of a federal government request for a review of a lower court decision that struck down a regulation concerning “ghost gun” kits. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Wednesday announced the guilty pleas and sentencing of two members of Baltimore’s “39 Babies” gang. Karon Johnson and Pierre Briggs, both of Baltimore and both 23 years old, pleaded guilty to charges including participation in a criminal organization and firearms violations. Johnson also pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. The […]
UPDATE: Officials say there was no 10-year-old involved in this case, as was initially reported. Updated story below… BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced charges against six individuals, including two juveniles, on multiple criminal counts, including participation in a criminal gang, first degree murder, armed carjacking, armed robbery, assault, burglary, and firearm related charges. “The complete disregard […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore-area firearms trafficker has been sentenced to prison. Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar has sentenced Mark Ryals, 35, Baltimore, to 42 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlicensed dealing in firearms. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in […]