?Itchy Man? sentenced to life for murder-for-hire scheme

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A federal judge sentenced two men convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme to life in prison Friday.

Solothal Thomas, also known as “Itchy Man” and Edward Countess, were convicted in June on five counts relating to their participation in a 2001 slaying in Baltimore County that involved shooting a man 15 times to get back at him for robbing a high-profile drug dealer.

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