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
Office (443) 984-1121 or Cell Phone (443) 474-7479
Or
Joseph Sviatko, Public Information
Officer
Office (443) 984-1122 or Cell (410)
790-3248
Murder Trial of Third Co-Defendant Maurice
Crosby Postponed
Baltimore, MD – June 10, 2008 – At a hearing today, and Erica Ammenhauser, 21, of the 200 block
of Durham Street pled guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Under terms of the plea agreement, announced
in open court, she is required to testify truthfully in the murder trial of
Maurice Crosby. Kinlaw “Baby Boy”
Jones, 19, of the 1900 block of East Baltimore Street, also pled guilty today
to second-degree assault and wear/carry/transport a dangerous
weapon-knife. Judge Gale E. Rasin
sentenced Jones to five-years in prison suspending all but time served. Jones has been in custody since October
2007.
On June 9, 2007 at approximately 5PM
outside Ann’s Grocery Store located at 140 South Ann Street Jones got into an
argument with a victim. This argument became physical and Jones displayed a
knife. This altercation led to a series of events that led to Ammanhauser going
to the unit block of South Chapel Street at 1AM June 10, 2007 with the intent
to continue the above altercation with the same victim.
The Baltimore City Grand Jury
indicted Maurice Crosby, 19, of the 5200 block of Ready Avenue July 16, 2007
for first-degree murder and deadly weapons counts. His trial is currently scheduled for September 17, 2008.
Court documents allege that Crosby is
responsible for a fatal stabbing on June 10, 2007 in the unit block of South Chapel
Street. Michael Simms, 19, was involved
in an altercation with Crosby when he was stabbed. He died later at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Assistant State’s Attorney Lisa Phelps will
prosecute this case.
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