Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor sentenced Billingsley to two terms life in prison, to be served simultaneously, rather than one after the other. Taylor’s punishment followed an agreement Billingsley struck with prosecutors that will see him have an opportunity for parole much later in life.
At one point, Boles asked Assistant State’s Attorney Samantha Danzinger what condition the property was in prior to the sale. Danzinger said the question was irrelevant to whether Walsh had stiffed the investor. “Someone who is unlicensed doesn’t have the right to enter into these contracts in the first place,” Danzinger said.
Police later learned her father, Christopher Gamble, left Charlee at the hospital around 7:14 pm. After coming to the hospital a second time to drop off the mother, he came a third time around 7:32 pm in different clothes.
The third remaining count was merged with his other sentences. Additional charges against Wilson were dismissed, including attempted first and second-degree murder, reckless endangerment, firing a gun in Baltimore City, firearm possession with a felony conviction and illegal possession of ammunition.
Douglas, a 17-year-old juvenile charged as an adult, was the first co-defendant to accept the prosecution’s plea offer—a deal that was contingent on his co-defendants’ also accepting plea agreements. The prosecution offered Douglas 15 years for first-degree assault, a consecutive 10 years, the first five years without parole, for firearm use in a felony or violent crime and a concurrent two years for possessing a firearm as a minor. An attempted armed robbery charge and a conspiracy to armed robbery charge were merged as part of the sentence.
“At the end of the day, parents must be parents and not accomplices to criminal activity,” Bates said in a statement. “My office is deeply committed to ensuring that happens.”
During Crenshaw’s hearing, some of Cheatham’s family members came to express their grief, including Cheatham’s 13-year-old son, who prayed the rosary for Crenshaw.
Robert Conley, 46, was arrested Wednesday by Baltimore City Sheriff's and Animal Control officers citing failure to provide proper air and space. The 83 dogs were found in horrifying conditions.
The prosecution extended a plea deal to Burris of 30 years, suspending all but 15 years for second-degree murder, the first five years without the possibility of parole and five years of supervised probation with mental health treatment and five years to be served concurrently for firearm use in a felony crime. Burris will register as a gun offender upon release.
