Teen to Serve 30 Years in Mr. Wings Murder

A judge sentenced Charles Sequan Butler, 19, to the maximum of 30 years in prison for his involvement in the 2010 shooting death of Misael Flores at Mr. Wings & Pizza in Glen Burnie.

An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge sentenced a Brooklyn Park teen to 30 years in prison for his involvement in the botched robbery and murder of a Glen Burnie man in 2010. Judge Michael Wachs gave Charles Sequan Butler, 19, of 100 block of West Edgevale Road in Brooklyn Park, the maximum sentence for second-degree murder, to which Butler entered an Alford plea in June. Entering an Alford plea means Butler admits the state had enough of a case against him to find him guilty while maintaining his innocence. It carries the same weight as a guilty plea. Butler was charged in the murder of Misael Flores, a patron at Mr. Wings & Pizza, during a botched robbery on Nov. 12, 2010—the night before Flores' 21st birthday. For instant updates, …

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Lisa Anderson

2:05 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012

I can tell you for fact that mclean has been in much trouble with the law as a juvenile He was in court with me for breaking into my car his parents were in court he serverd his time for his crime. I guess he just did not get it while serving time for that not to come out and break the law again   more ›

Man To Serve 60 Years for Brooklyn Park Murder

Rodney R. Barnwell, 23, was sentenced last week in the 2010 first-degree murder of Adam Bucklew in Brooklyn Park.

Man To Serve 18 Months For Causing Car Accident

Patrick Ryan Galliher, 22, was sentenced last week.

An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge sentenced a Glen Burnie man on Thursday to 18 months in jail for causing a four-car accident last year that left people critically injured, according to The Capital. Patrick Ryan Galliher, 22, of the 7000 block of Cresthaven Drive pleaded guilty in April to causing the accident. Galliher told officers he didn't want to be late for his nephew's birthday party when he was driving at 88 miles per hour on Marley Neck Boulevard last January. The husband of one of the accident victims read a letter at the sentencing, according to The Capital. Police said on Jan. 8, 2011 a Toyota was traveling east at the same time a Mercury—driven by Galliher—was traveling west on Marley Neck Boulevard near Tanyard …

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Former Teacher To Serve 7 Years For Sexual Misconduct

Jeffrey Robert Sears, 30—a former Glen Burnie High School teacher who entered an Alford plea to having sexual relationships with underage girls—also will have to register as a sex offender for life.

UPDATE (5:15 p.m.)—An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge sentenced a former Glen Burnie High School teacher and coach to 20 years in prison on Friday, suspending all but seven years. Jeffery Robert Sears Jr., 30, entered an Alford plea two weeks ago to sexual misconduct charges. Judge Paul A. Hackner sentenced Sears to two 20-year terms for sex abuse of a minor, suspending all but seven, and one year for fourth-degree sex offense to be served concurrently. Sears will serve five years of probation and have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Sears’ wife cried as Hackner leveled the sentence. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Glen Burnie Patch by signing up for newsletters here. Hackner said he felt …

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Judge Sentences Woman to 10 Years for Killing Boyfriend

Phyllis Amonica, 39, of Glen Burnie pleaded guilty last month in the stabbing death of her boyfriend James Gray Pfaff Jr., 47, according to online court documents.

After pleading guilty to stabbing her boyfriend to death last year, a Glen Burnie woman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison, according to the Maryland Gazette. Phyllis Amonica, 39, of the unit block of 5th Avenue in Ferndale, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a plea agreement, with the prosecution dropping the more serious charges of first- and second-degree murder, according to the Gazette. She is eligible for parole after five years. The Gazette reported Amonica had cocaine in her system and a blood alcohol content of .13 two hours after the August 2011 incident. As reported by Patch last year, officers were called to the unit block of 5th Avenue, near the intersection of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard in Ferndale, at about 9:30 p.…

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Former North County High Wrestler to Serve 6 Days For Assault

James Patrick Downey III pleaded guilty to the second-degree assault of a Towson University student in 2009, according to The Baltimore Sun.

James Patrick Downey III, 19, will serve six days of a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to the assault of a Towson University student in November 2009 in Baltimore. According to an article in the Baltimore Sun, all but six days of his 10-year sentence was suspended as a result of the plea, which he began to serve immediately. The judge in the case, Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory, had strong words for Downey at his sentencing—saying the teen, who signed a letter of intent in May to wrestle at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, OR—needed a wake-up call. Downey spoke with Patch earlier this year about different assault charges that were brought against him in 2009 and 2010. In March 2011, charges from an Anne …

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Sun: Man to Serve 60 Years For Murder, Also Charged in Connection With Death of Glen Burnie Dentist

Dante Jeter, 24, was convicted in June on first-degree murder and weapons charges, according to the Baltimore Sun.

The Baltimore Sun reported Monday that a man charged in connection with the 2006 fatal beating of a Glen Burnie dentist was sentenced to life in prison for an unrelated 2008 murder. Dante Jeter, 24, was convicted in June of the first-degree murder of 25-year-old Tyrone Freeman over a $150 drug debt and was sentenced to life in prison with all but 60 years supended, the Sun reported. He and his cousin, Shontay Hickman, 36, have been charged in the 2006 death of Dr. Albert Woonho Ro, the Sun reported. According to the Sun, Hickman worked for Ro as an office manager and was suspected of stealing from his practice. Read the full article: baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-jeter-sentenced-20110913,0,4841669.story.

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Gazette: Former Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges, Receives No Jail Time

Greg Christy, who most recently taught physical education at Rippling Woods Elementary in Glen Burnie, was sentenced to two 18-month sentences—that were suspended—and two concurrent terms of five years probation, according to the Maryland Gazette.

The Maryland Gazette reported Tuesday that the school teacher who was arrested in January on child pornography charges pleaded guilty Monday, but will serve no jail time. Gregory Christy, 39, who most recently taught physical education at Rippling Woods Elementary School in Glen Burnie, was sentenced to two 18-month sentences—that were suspended—and two concurrent terms of five years probation, the Gazette reported. Christy was an employee of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, and was reassigned from his position at Rippling Woods to one that did not involve contact with children when the allegations first surfaced in early April 2010, said schools spokesman Bob Mosier in a January interview with Patch. Having been with the school system …

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