?Sweet 16? murder brings anger, lengthy prison sentences

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After hearing emotional testimony from a grieving widow Thursday, a Baltimore City judge sentenced two teenagers to lengthy prison terms in the killing of a man over a $1 cover charge to his daughter?s Sweet 16 birthday party.

“I am angry, mad, and most of all enraged,” Bryant Jones? widow, Alisa Deneen Torbit-Jones, wrote in her victim impact statement. “I have lost my friend and it hurts. Some days are better than others, and I am trying to overcome the hate that has consumed me.”

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