OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY

FOR

BALTIMORE CITY

 

208 THE CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. COURTHOUSE

 

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND  21202

 

Patricia C. Jessamy                                                                                                                                                              Phone 443-984-1121

   State’s Attorney

 

 

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PRESS RELEASE

 

JAMES DAVIS  SENTENCED TO TWENTY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROBBERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON

 

 

            Baltimore, MD – May 9, 2007 – Judge John C. Themelis sentenced James Davis, 39, of the 200 block of Garrison Blvd. to 25 years for Robbery with a Deadly Weapon, 20 years for Conspiracy to Rob and five years for the robbery to run consecutively.

 

            On March 11, 2008, a Baltimore City jury convicted James Davis of Garrison Blvd. of Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery.        

SUMMARY OF FACTS

 

On June 27, 2007 at approximately 6 p.m. at the 7-11 convenience store located at 5219 Reisterstown Rd. employees of the 7-11 reported that a black male later identified as Dominique Cook, entered the store and pointed a black handgun at Abenet Woldigioreo, an employee, and stated “Don’t move, get me the money”  The employee opened the cash register and handed over $91 in US currency to Cook.  Another employee observed Cook exit the store and get into a silver Dodge Neon.  The employee was able to get a partial tag number.  The vehicle drove westbound on Garrison Blvd.  A broadcast went out and an officer stopped a Dodge Neon with the same partial tag number.

 

The front seat passenger was identified as James Davis.  Cook was located in the rear passenger seat and recovered from him was a Smith and Wesson revolver.  Third suspect co Dominick Jones was also located in the vehicle.  $30 US currency was recovered from the three co-defendants.

 

Investigation revealed that Davis hired a hack and asked the hack driver to pick up Cook at the 7-11 after the robbery.  Davis then had the hack driver pick up the third co-defendant, who was acting as a look out, at another area of the block.  The three co-defendants split up the money and were overheard discussing the robbery, by the hack driver who testified at the trial.

 

Cook provided a taped statement to police implicating co-defendants Davis and Jones.  Jones also made a statement to police.

 

Cook and Jones pled guilty prior to trial.

 

            Assistant State’s Attorney Michelle Wilson prosecuted this case.

 

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