A Parkville man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for murder after prosecutors found a witness who had previously gone missing.
Baltimore City Circuit Judge John Themelis sentenced Kenneth Mahai to life in prison plus three years consecutive for first degree murder and a weapons count. A Baltimore City jury convicted Mahai on Aug. 10 for the murder of Jermaine Morrison — a fellow drug dealer who he allegedly stabbed to death.
In December 2006, the state dismissed all charges against Mahai after a witness central to the prosecution was confronted and threatened by an associate of Mahai, prosecutors said.
Law enforcement then learned that the witness fled Maryland to New Jersey, and after locating the witness, prosecutors indicted Mahai for a second time.
Felon with gun gets 15 years
A federal judge sentenced a 25-year-old Baltimore man to 15 years in prison for being a felon is possession of a firearm.
On Sept. 19, 2006, when Baltimore City Police officers were executing a search warrant at an apartment in Baltimore, they saw Donald Bennett, 25, run from a rear bedroom into a bathroom carrying a silver handgun, prosecutors said.
An officer who was outside saw someone throw a gun out a window onto the roof. A loaded Smith & Wesson model 669 9mm caliber semi-automatic pistol was recovered from the roof just above the bathroom window, according to prosecutors.
Three men indicted in teen?s homicide
City prosecutors have charged three men with engaging in a crossfire that unintentionally struck and killed a Baltimore teenager.
A Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted both Brandon Green, 22, and Jerome Whitaker, 23, of the 3300 block of Ramona Avenue for first-degree murder, attempted murder and handgun charges. Antonio Santifer, 19, of the 3100 block of Cliftmont Avenue was indicted on handgun charges.
Court documents allege that on March 13, 2007 Christopher Clark, 18, was caught in a crossfire, and sustained a gunshot wound to the torso in the 3100 block of Cliftmont Avenue.
