Posts Tagged ‘Wicomico County State’s Attorney’
Somerset County Man Sentenced on Sexual Abuse Charges in Wicomico County
A 68 year old Somerset County man has been sentenced to prison on sex offenses. Court records show James Hayman pleaded guilty in July to sexual abuse of a minor and 3rd degree sexual offense. On Friday, Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge S. James Sarbanes sentenced Hayman to 35 years in prison – the maximum…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for 2nd Degree Murder
A Salisbury man has been sentenced to a total of 60 years in prison with all but 30 years of active incarceration suspended. In July, 46 year old Clifton Jones entered a guilty plea to one count of 2nd degree murder and a weapons charge in the murder of Jerome Moss. Five years of the…
Read MoreMardela Springs Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of Minor
A Mardela Springs man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor. Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge S. James Sarbanes sentenced 31 year old Joseph Norman after he entered guilty plea on June 6 to sexual abuse of a minor, two counts of 3rd degree sexual offense and manufacturing…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced for Drug Distribution
A Salisbury man has pleaded guilty to 2 counts of possession with the intent to distribute drugs. That plea was given Thursday by 61 year old Howard Peterson – and accepted by Associate Judge for the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, Matthew Maciarello who sentenced Peterson to 23 years in prison with all but 14…
Read MoreSentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Drug Offenses
A Salisbury man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison on drug offenses. Court officials say that because of 65 year old Eric Thomas’s prior convictions – four prior felony drug convictions – he will be required to serve 50% of his sentence before he may be eligible for parole. In May, Thomas was…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 83 Years in Prison for 2nd Degree Murder
A Salisbury man has been sentenced to 83 years in prison for 2nd degree murder and other offenses. Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Maciarello sentenced 39 year old Dionte Dutton after a jury convicted him last May of 2nd degree murder, 1st and 2nd degree assault, reckless endangerment, use of a handgun in the…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Sexual Abuse of Minor
A 52 year old Salisbury man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor and other offenses. Judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, S. James Sarbanes, sentenced Eric Paden last week after the completion of a pre-sentence investigation and mental health assessment. Court records show that from…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced for Indecent Exposure
A Salisbury man has been sentenced after accepting a plea deal in Wicomico County. Associate Judge of the District Court of Maryland sentenced 52 year old Aaron Dunn to three and a half years in prison for indecent exposure and trespassing on school grounds. According to court records, Dunn entered the third floor of the…
Read MoreUPDATED: Austin Davidson Sentenced This Morning
UPDATED 7/6/23— 11:15 a.m. –Wicomico County Judge S. James Sarbanes has sentenced Austin Davidson to life without parole plus 66 years for the killing of then Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard in Pittsville. Officer Hilliard was just 41 and left behind a wife and family. He was posthumously made Corporal by Wicomico County Sheriff Mike…
Read MoreSalisbury Woman Sentenced to 2 Consecutive Life Terms plus 45 Years for Sexual Abuse of Minor
A Salisbury woman has been sentenced to 2 consecutive life sentences plus 45 years in prison. Circuit Court of Wicomico County Judge S. James Sarbanes pronounced that sentence for 39 year old Qwenda Jones who was convicted after a two-day trial in March of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor, 2nd degree rape,…
Read MoreWicomico County Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Distributing Fentanyl
A Quantico man has been sentenced for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge Karen Dean sentenced 25 year old Treyvon Walston to 15 years in prison. When Walston was arrested in August of 2022, he was on supervised probation for a 2nd degree sexual offense. The arrest violated his…
Read MoreWicomico County Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearm
A Pittsville man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison – 5 years without the possibility of parole, for the illegal possession of a regulated firearm. Court officials say 35 year old Timothy Ketterman was convicted on January 31st after a 2-day trial. Court records show investigators responded to a fatal vehicle crash at…
Read MoreWicomico County Jury Convicts Prentice Harris for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
A Salisbury area man has been convicted after a two-day jury trial in Wicomico County for the sexual abuse of a minor. Court records show that between January of 2019 through December of 2021, 57 year old Prentice Harris sexually abused a minor who was under the age of 15. Harris was convicted of sexual…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Convicted in 2021 Shooting
A Wicomico County jury has found 34 year old Gary Dupont of Salisbury guilty of attempted 2nd degree murder and other offenses. Sentencing has been postponed to allow for a pre-sentencing investigation. Court records show Dupont shot a women in the abdomen when she tried to take his picture for police after an fight involving…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Armed Robbery
A Salisbury man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison – with 5 years of that sentence without the possibility of parole. Senior Judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County sentenced 25 year old Kendal Smiley last week after his jury conviction in January of armed robbery, 1st degree assault and weapons offenses.…
Read MoreVA Man Sentenced in Wicomico County for Attempted 2nd Degree Murder
A New Church, VA man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after his conviction by a Wicomico County jury for attempted 2nd degree murder and other offenses. Five years of the sentence for 23 year old Everon Strand is without the possibility of parole. According to court records, Strand was identified by multiple…
Read MoreDelmar Man Convicted of Assault
A Delmar man has been convicted of 1st and 2nd degree assault and reckless endangerment after a 2-day jury trial last week. Court records show 49 year old Charles Ecker of Delmar got into a verbal fight with a female victim while in the victim’s car. When they arrived at Ecker’s home – the fight…
Read MoreWicomico County Judge Sentences Noe Meja-Domingo for Attempted Kidnapping
A man has been sentenced for an attempted kidnapping of a 2 year old child during a family celebration last May. Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court of Wicomico County, the Honorable S. James Sarbanes sentenced 32 year old Noe Meja-Domingo to 25 years in prison, imposing a 10-year active term and suspending the balance…
Read MorePittsville Man Convicted on Weapons Offenses
A 35 year old Pittsville man has been convicted of possession of a regulated firearm by a person prohibited – and related charges. Associate Judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, Karen Dean has deferred sentencing of Timothy Ketterman for a pre-sentence investigation – Ketterman is being held at the County Detention Center pending…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Convicted of Drug & Weapons Offenses
A 31 year old Salisbury man has been convicted by a Wicomico County jury on drug and weapons offenses. Sentencing has been postponed pending completion of a pre-sentence investigation and Carey is being held without bond pending sentencing. An investigation in December of 2020 by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s office int Kyle Carey and others…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison
A Salisbury man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for fentanyl distribution. Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, Kathleen Beckstead sentenced 34 year old Darnell Jenkins on Thursday. He was found guilty of distribution of fentanyl and 2 counts of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in September. During the investigation into…
Read MoreState’s Attorney for Wicomico County Sworn in for Second Term
Jamie L. Dykes, who has lived in Wicomico County all her life, recited the oath of office and was sworn in by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, James “Bo” McAllister, to her second term as The State’s Attorney for the country. SA Dykes continues in office as the first woman elected State’s Attorney in…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
A Salisbury man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor and 2nd degree rape. In October, a jury found 47 year old Ezequiel Rosado-Arriaga guilty – sentencing was deferred pending a mandatory pre-sentence investigation and mental health evaluation. On Thursday Wicomico County Circuit Court Chief Judge Kathleen Beckstead…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison on Weapons Offenses
A Salisbury man has been convicted of possession of a firearm and related charges earlier this week by Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County Kathleen Beckstead sentenced Dashawn Rivers to eight years in prison – the mandatory minimum sentence is five years. Officials in the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s office say Rivers…
Read MoreVA Man Convicted of Attempted 2nd Degree Murder
A New Church, Virginia man has been convicted by a jury of attempted 2nd degree murder and other offenses after a three-day trial. Associate Judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, Karen Dean has postponed sentencing for 22 year old Everon Strand for the completion of a pre-sentence investigation – he remains in custody.…
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