EDGWOOD, MD—An Edgewood man who was out on parole for a 2008 murder will be spending decades in prison following a violent 2023 assault. On Tuesday, March 5, Gary Dashon Davenport, 44, was found guilty on assault and weapons charges. On August 11, 2023, officers with the Aberdeen Police Department responded to Horizon Cinemas for reports of an assault with […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after officials say he stole a car at gunpoint, assaulted a man with a loaded gun, and took off. Officials say Karon Alston and another unknown male approached the victim in the parking lot of the Harford Seafood Market, located at 6800 Harford Road (21234), on February 2, 2023. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Department of Justice has announced that a Baltimore man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a series of fraud schemes that attempted to steal more than $1.5 million from his victims. Men from Parkville and Essex were also sentenced as part of this case. The announcement states that 40-year-old Noel Chimezuru Agoha […]
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 […]
GREENBELT, MD—A Gaithersburg woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison after she and a co-defendant promised to eliminate debt, but instead took people’s money. Mary Ann Mendoza, 51, and Willie Lamont Hicks, 52, told people they could discharge mortgage, credit card, and car loan debt for them, but only if they paid a percentage of their outstanding debt to […]
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 […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man who ran a drug trafficking organization in the Baltimore area has been sentenced to prison. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Ernest Lee Bailey, 51, of Owings Mills, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, including heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County resident has been sentenced to prison for wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett has sentenced Adeyanju Adewale, 40, of Reisterstown, to five years in federal prison, followed by one year of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for a wire fraud conspiracy that resulted in a loss of millions of […]