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On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, Sherronte Robins, age 41, of Stockton, Maryland, was sentenced to serve 40 years in the Division of Correction for his conviction on the charges of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment. He was found guilty by a jury after a 3-day trial was held in March. The Honorable Beau H. Oglesby of the Worcester County Circuit Court presided over the case and imposed the sentence.

The charges were filed as a...

On June 29, 2023, Eddie Collick, age 46, of Stockton, Maryland, was sentenced to serve a total of 19 years in the Division of Correction for his convictions in 2 separate cases. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court ordered Collick to serve 4 years for failing to immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of an accident involving death, and ordered him to serve a consecutive 15-year sentence for distribution of cocaine. Judge Shockley suspended 7 years of the...

On May 19, 2023, Connor Kelly, age 32, of Berlin, Maryland, was sentenced to 50 years in the Division of Corrections for his conviction on the charges of 1 count of child abuse in the 2nd degree, 3 counts of 2nd degree assault, and 1 count of neglect of a minor. He was found guilty by a jury after a week-long trial in the Worcester County Circuit Court on March 15, 2023. The Honorable Judge Beau H. Oglesby presided over the case and imposed the sentence, which was the maximum sentence...

On May 5, 2023, Alexander Wu, age 32, of McLean, Virginia, was sentenced to serve 25 years in the Division of Corrections for his convictions on the charges of sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sex offense. The Honorable Beau H. Oglesby of the Worcester County Circuit Court, who imposed the sentence, suspended all but 10 years of the sentence and placed Wu on 5 years of supervised probation with conditions that he register as a lifetime sex offender and have no unsupervised contact...

On Monday, May 1, 2023, Todd Yates, age 62, of Berlin, Maryland, was sentenced to 20 years in the Division of Correction for his convictions on one count of third-degree sex offense and one count of second-degree assault. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court ordered Yates to serve 10 years on each count, consecutively, and suspended 7 years of that sentence. Yates was placed on 5 years of supervised probation upon release and will be required to register as a...

On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Charles Lamar Johnson, age 35, of Berlin, Maryland, pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court sentenced Johnson to serve 12 years in the Maryland Division of Correction.

The charges resulted from an investigation conducted by the Ocean City Police Narcotics Unit and the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team in October of 2022. During that investigation, an undercover officer...

On March 3, 2023, De’Jhuan Collic, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to serve 20 years in the Division of Correction after pleading guilty to 1 count of 1st degree assault in November of 2022. The Honorable Brian D. Shockley of the Worcester County Circuit Court presided over sentencing and suspended all but 10 years of the sentence, placed Collic on 5 years of supervised probation upon his release and required him to submit a DNA sample.

The charges originated from an...

On February 16, 2023, Leigh Ann Williams, age 35, of Willards, Maryland became the last of 2 co-defendants to be sentenced for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl by the Honorable Beau H. Oglesby of the Worcester County Circuit Court. Williams was sentenced to 10 years in the Division of Correction with all but 5 years suspended and placed on 3 years of supervised probation upon release for her role in the distribution of fentanyl in September 2021, which resulted in the death of 37-year-old...

On Friday, December 9, 2022, Timothy Patrick Newsome, age 32, of Snow Hill, Maryland, was sentenced to a total of 40 years in the Division of Corrections for his conviction on four counts of distribution of child pornography, which he pled guilty to on September 2, 2022. The Honorable Beau H. Oglesby of the Worcester County Circuit Court suspended all but 16 years of the sentence. Upon his release, Newsome will be on supervised probation for 5 years, with requirements that he register as a...

November 4, 2022, Tommy Lee Beauchamp, age, 33, of Salisbury, Maryland, was sentenced to 5 years in the Division of Corrections for his conviction on the charges of reckless endangerment and neglect of a minor. He was found guilty by a jury after trial in the Worcester County Circuit Court on October 20, 2022. The Honorable Judge Beau H. Oglesby presided over the case and imposed the maximum sentence.

The charges originated from an incident which occurred on July 3, 2021, when...

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