A 24-year-old Southwest Baltimore man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday after he admitted to committing three murders during a 2007 crime spree.
Baltimore City Circuit Judge John Prevas sentenced Patrick Wilkes, of the 200 block of South Bentalou Street, to 100 years in prison, with all but 60 years suspended.
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A Baltimore City jury on Oct. 22 convicted Wilkes of armed robbery and use of a handgun in the commission of a violent crime. The jury heard two days of testimony that proved Wilkes pulled a gun and robbed money and a cell phone from a man on his way to work May 21, 2007, on the 100 block of South Pulaski Street in South Baltimore, prosecutors said.
Immediately following the guilty verdict, Wilkes pleaded guilty to a May 26, 2007, armed robbery on the unit block of Warwick Street and three counts of second-degree murder.
Police arrested Wilkes after the Warwick Street robbery and tested his handgun, which they said was linked to the May 5, 2007, slaying of Adrian Beasley, 23, who was found shot to death on the 1300 block of Herkimer Street.
Wilkes admitted to that killing; the April 18, 2007, shooting death of Johnny James, 25, on the 300 block of South Bentalou Street; and the May 15, 2007, murder of Deandre Salmond, who was found shot to death on the 500 block of South Smallwood Street.
After Wilkes’ court proceedings, his cousin Anthony White, 24, also pleaded guilty in connection with Salmond’s murder. White’s sentencing is scheduled for Friday.
– Luke Broadwater
