Crime

Essex sex offender sentenced to more than 12 years in prison

A U.S. District Judge on Thursday sentenced Raymond Kilchenstein, 53, formerly of Essex, to 150 months in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for transportation of child pornography. The judge further ordered that, upon his release from prison, Kilchenstein must continue to register as a sex offender in the places where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is …


Business, Crime, Education

S. Dallas Dance sentenced to six months in jail

State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced on Friday morning that S. Dallas Dance, former superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, had been sentenced after pleading guilty in March to four counts of perjury arising from false filings of his Financial Disclosure Statements for 2012, 2013, and 2015. Judge Kathleen G. Cox imposed a sentence of 5 years, and  suspended all …


Essex man sentenced in identity theft case

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Robin Summers-Grace, 50, of Baltimore, to 42 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Summers-Grace’s co-conspirator, Joseph Pauling, 40, of Essex, was sentenced to 6 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. Judge Hollander ordered both defendants to …

Nottingham man sentenced to prison on child pornography charges

A Nottingham man has been sentenced to prison on child pornography charges. Allen D. Isner, 52, was sentenced to four years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release earlier this month.  Isner pled guilty to possession of child pornography. The judge in the case ordered that, upon his release from prison, Isner must register as a sex offender …

Former VP of Md. bank sentenced to 3 years in prison

A Nottingham woman was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday in connection with wire fraud and bank embezzlement charges. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Melissa Strohman, 54, to three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a six-year scheme to steal over $1.8 million from bank customers at Hopkins Federal Savings Bank, …

Essex man sentenced to 10 years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography

An Essex man will be spending the next decade in prison. On Friday, a judge sentenced Carl Javan Ross, 30, to 10 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for receipt and possession of child pornography. The judge ordered that the federal sentence be consecutive to the state sentence Ross is currently serving for sexual abuse of a minor. …

Essex man sentenced to over 10 years in prison for robbing 3 stores, 3 banks

An Essex man is going to prison for robbing three stores and three banks. A judge on Tuesday sentenced Gregory George Branch, 42, to 130 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for three armed commercial robberies and three bank robberies. According to his plea agreement, on June 23 and July 3, 2015, Branch robbed a …