BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of Dawnta Harris in the killing of Baltimore County Police Department Officer Amy Caprio. Officer Caprio was run down in the line of duty in May 2018 while investigating a suspicious vehicle connected to a burglary on Linwen Way in Nottingham. “Justice prevailed again today in the case against […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland’s second-highest court has upheld the conviction of one of the four teens who ran down and killed Baltimore County Police Officer Amy Caprio in 2018. Dawnta Anthony Harris was seventeen years old when he was convicted as an adult for running over Officer Caprio as she investigated a report of a burglary on Linwen Way. Harris’ attorneys had […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—The fourth teen involved in the killing of Officer Amy Caprio has been sentenced. On Monday, Darrell Ward was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Ward had pleaded guilty to felony murder charges back in June. Back in May 2018, Officer Caprio was run down in the line of duty by a stolen Jeep while investigating a suspicious vehicle […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge on Monday sentenced two of the three remaining teens involved in the May 2018 murder of Officer Amy Caprio. Derrick Matthews, 17, and Eugene Genius, 18, have been sentenced to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended. Back in August, 17-year-old Dawnta Harris was sentenced to life in prison […]
BALTIMORE, MD – The teen who ran down Officer Amy Caprio in the line of duty in 2018 has been sentenced to live in prison. On Wednesday, Dawnta Harris was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in the first-degree felony murder case. In May 2018, Officer Caprio, who was from Fallston, was investigating a suspicious vehicle […]
PARKVILLE, MD – Officer Amy Caprio may be gone, but she will never be forgotten. On Wednesday, her fellow officers at the Parkville Precinct posted to social media, saying that they were displaying a tribute to the Baltimore County Police Department officer who was killed in the line of duty more than a year ago. The tribute consists of the […]
TOWSON, MD – The three remaining teens involved in the death of Officer Amy Caprio have pleaded guilty. The teens pleaded guilty to felony murder charges on Monday. Dawnta Harris was found guilty by a jury on May 1st. The officer from the Baltimore County Police Department’s Parkville Precinct was investigating a suspicious vehicle in Perry Hall in May, 2018, […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – A jury in Baltimore County on Wednesday morning convicted 17-year-old Dawnta Harris in connection with the death of Officer Amy Caprio one year ago. Harris was found guilty of one count of first-degree burglary, theft, and guilty of felony murder. The jury deliberated for just two hours on Wednesday before the verdict was reached. Officer Caprio was […]