Michael Moore, 19, of the 1900 block of Edmondson Avenue and Lamont Davis, 19, of the 1300 block of West North Avenue pleaded guilty to two counts of witness intimidation and two counts of conspiracy to commit witness intimidation on Friday, January 23, 2009.
The two men pled to the following facts of the case. On May 29, 2008 Michael Moore and Lamont Davis Johnson went to the Juvenile Justice Center located at 300 N. Gay Street in Baltimore City with the intent of threatening for the purpose of retaliating against a witness in a second-degree sex offense case. While in the building the two engaged in menacing behavior directed at the victim and her father who is a police officer and had come to Court in his law enforcement uniform. The intimidation occurred prior to the victim’s testimony. The abusive verbal language and body posturing was witnessed by several employees of the Juvenile Justice Center. Sheriffs observed their criminal behavior and escorted them from the building before pressing charges. As they were being escorted from the building the defendants became confrontational and threatened the Sheriffs. Following the hearing, as the victim and her father returned to their vehicle, Moore and Davis reignited their hostile and aggressive threats terrifying the father and child.
Judge Timothy J. Doory sentenced Michael Moore to a five-year suspended sentence and ordered that he serve 80 hours of community service. Davis received a seven-year suspended sentence and was also ordered to serve 80 hours of community service. As a condition of their probation, both men were also ordered to enroll in an anger management course.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Community Service, Anger Management for Threats
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What a joke. The only way that punks like this can serve the community is by taking their sorry asses to the Key Bridge and jumping off. The idea that "anger management" classes will accomplish anything is so laughable that I won't even make a sarcastic remark about it.
No F'ing wonder Baltimore does not snitch. I might not snitch either.
It sounds as if part of the plea agreement was for them to get suspended sentences and anger management--so that the witnesses/victims would not have to tesitfy against them.
No worry, the chances of them "coming clean" and going straight are very small, and big surprise for them, Judge Doory will drop the suspended sentences on their sorry heads. Betcha, 23-1, that neither will successfully show up and complete their anger management classes. And in the meantime they'll wander around West Baltimore attempting to intimidate and "punk out" other folks who get in their way. I suspect, like a fair number of homicide victims in this city, they may eventually try to mess with the wrong person(s) and find themselves "victims".
Does anyone doubt that these two are headed for a life of sustained criminal behavior?
"No worry, the chances of them "coming clean" and going straight are very small, and big surprise for them, Judge Doory will drop the suspended sentences on their sorry heads."
Yeah, the one good thing about this story is that the judge who sentenced them doesn't seem reluctant to smack down criminals who violate the terms of their probation. I just hope that they're busted before they victimize anyone else.
I'm pretty sure that Judge Doory (and most of the other players here) knew that the chances of these clowns completing 80 hours of community service AND anger management were almost nil. But everybody played the plea bargain game in order to get a guilty verdict.
good luck to these fine young men on getting your next job. Not that they were planning on working, mind you----but when they're 35, just get out of DOC, and find out all about having to support yourself, well then the punishment really kicks in. Good luck, bully boys, this is your last chance to grow up.
I think they just made some "bad choices".
"I'm pretty sure that Judge Doory (and most of the other players here) knew that the chances of these clowns completing 80 hours of community service AND anger management were almost nil. But everybody played the plea bargain game in order to get a guilty verdict."
That reminds me of a rant I once saw on the blog of someone who was working as a public defender at the time. She said time and again she'd negotiate plea deals for clients that spared them jail time in exchange for probation and programs like counseling, substance abuse treatment, etc. With grim regularity those same clients would be back a few weeks or month later having failed to live up to the terms of their probation. They'd then start whining about how they wanted one more chance, how they couldn't go to jail, etc etc etc. She said she almost found it refreshing when one defendant told her "look, I'll just go to jail and get it over with because there's no way I'll end up complying with the terms of my probation."
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