OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY

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BALTIMORE CITY

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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202

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State’s Attorney

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PRESS RELEASE

RANDY GOLDEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON PLUS EIGHT-YEARS

Golden Convicted in May of Murdering Ex-Girlfriend over Gang Affiliation

Baltimore, MD – June 24, 2008 – Judge Timothy J. Doory sentenced Randy Golden, 19, of the 3600 block of St. Victor Street today to life in prison for murder and a consecutive eight-years in prison for a handgun count.

A city jury convicted Golden May 9, 2008 of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence.

On January 9, 2007 at 12:00PM in the 600 block of Washburn Avenue Golden shot his ex-girlfriend, Melissa Stefanski, once in the back of the head. The shooting took place in broad daylight in the middle of the street. Witnesses testified that two days before the shooting, Golden warned three different people, including the victim’s sisters, that he intended to kill Stefanski. The State asserted that the motive for the shooting was that Stefanski began selling drugs for the Crips, a rival gang of the Bloods, of which Golden is a member. Stefanski’s new boyfriend was also a Crip.

Assistant State’s Attorneys Lisa Phelps of the Homicide Division and Brandis Marsh of the Narcotics Division prosecuted this case.

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