OFFICE OF
THE STATE’S ATTORNEY
FOR
208 THE CLARENCE M. MITCHELL,
JR. COURTHOUSE
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202
State’s Attorney
For Information Contact: Margaret T. Burns
Cell (443) 474-7479
Office (443) 984-1121
Or
Joseph Sviatko, Public Information Officer
Office (443) 984-1122 or Cell (410) 790-3248
RONNIE LESTER SENTENCED TO
45-YEARS IN PRISON SUSPEND ALL BUT 35-YEARS FOLLOWING FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT AND USE
OF A HANDGUN IN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE CONVICTION
Baltimore, MD – April 3, 2008 – Judge Wanda K. Heard sentenced Ronnie Lester, 19, of the 1300 block of Glyndon Avenue, today to 25-years in prison for first-degree assault, 20-years in prison suspend all but 10-years for use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence, and three-years probation. Judge Heard ordered that the sentences run consecutively for a total of 45-years in prison suspending all but 35-years.
A Baltimore City jury convicted Lester March 10, 2008.
At approximately 8:50PM on May 24, 2007 officers observed three individuals on dirt bikes traveling south in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. As the officers drove up to the individuals, one of the bikes stalled. The officers exited their vehicle and approached the individual on the stalled bike. As they did this, Lester returned on his bike, allowed the other individual on to the back of bike, and fired two shots at the officers before speeding off. The officers gave chase with assistance from Foxtrot. The chase exceeded speeds of 40mph, often going the wrong way down city streets, before the Lester was apprehended when he had to stop his bike due to a gathering of people in the street around a deadly house fire at 1903 Cecil Ave. Officers recovered a .32 caliber pistol that Lester threw off the Maryland Avenue Bridge.
Assistant State’s Attorney Brandis Marsh prosecuted this case.
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