Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tyrone Brown, 21, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.
A Baltimore County Circuit Court jury returned a guilty verdict against a Baltimore man who stood accused of a shooting death at Towson Town Center in Dec. 2011. Tyrone Brown, 21, was convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Rodney Pridget outside a Nordstrom Department store in Towson, according to a news release from the office of States' Attorney for Baltimore County Scott Shellenberger. "Pridget was followed through the mall and shot six times just after he walked outside the building. The killing was carried out by Brown and was ordered by the Black Guerilla Family gang," the release states. Brown faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. His sentencing is scheduled for May 7 before Judge …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Tyrone Chester Brown Jr., 20, was one of the four men charged in the shooting death of Rodney Pridget.
The trial of a Baltimore man accused in the shooting death of another man outside the Nordstrom store at Towson Town Center began Tuesday. Tyrone Chester Brown, 20, allegedly shot and killed 19-year-old Rodney Pridget just six days before Christmas 2011. Brown stands trial in circuit court before Judge Robert Cahill, the Baltimore Sun reports. Jury selection began at 9:30 a.m. Prosecutors allege that the shooting was a planned execution and that Brown shot and killed Pridget as part of an initiation into the Black Guerilla Family gang. During the trial of two other men involved in the shooting in August 2012, conspirator Jermell Monte Brandon testified to his involvement. Brandon told the court that he first spotted Rodney Pridget while …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Frank Theodore Williams and William Ward III were convicted in a September trial
A Baltimore County judge said Friday that each of the two men convicted in a fatal Towson shooting last December should spend the "balance of his natural life" behind bars. Judge Robert E. Cahill sentenced Frank Theodore Williams, 32, of Baltimore Highlanda and William Ward III, 45, of Baltimore to life without parole for the first-degree murder conviction as a result of their roles in the fatal December shooting at Towson Town Center. "Wherever life takes either of these defendants ... there will be violence, brutality and bloodshed," Cahill said in handing down his sentence. During the hearing, prosecutor Robin Coffin read from a letter from an aunt of Pridget, which described the slain teen as a boy who faced many challenges, including …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
William Ward III and Frank Theodore Williams were convicted on murder charges last month.
Two men convicted for their roles in a fatal December shooting at Towson Town Center will face sentencing Friday. William Ward III and Frank Theodore Williams were both convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in Baltimore County Circuit Court in September. Both men could face up to life in prison. Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. will preside over the pair's sentencing in the Friday morning hearing. Prosecutors said Ward, 45, of Baltimore and Williams, 32, of Baltimore Highlands were part of a group that followed Baltimore teen Rodney Vest Pridget through Towson Town Center before alleged gunman Tyrone Brown shot eight times outside Nordstrom on Dec. 19, during the height of the holiday shopping season. Surveillance footage and …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The alleged gunman faces trial sometime next year.
A Baltimore County jury has convicted two men accused in a fatal shooting at Towson Town Center last December. William Ward III and Frank Theodore Williams were found guilty of all charges. Prosecutors say the two were part of a group that followed Baltimore teen Rodney Pridget through Towson Town Center before alleged gunman Tyrone Brown shot him outside Nordstrom. Ward, 45, of the 600 block of Cator Avenue in Baltimore, and Williams, 32, of the 2900 block of Lakebrook Circle in Baltimore Highlands were charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and use of a handgun in a violent crime in the death of Rodney Vest Pridget, who was shot eight times outside Nordstrom on Dec. 19. Family members of Williams wept…
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
A Baltimore County judge ordered the jurors to return Wednesday morning.
A Baltimore County jury has not yet reached a verdict in the trial of two men accused in a fatal shooting at Towson Town Center last December. Deliberations continued Tuesday in the trial of William Ward III and Frank Theodore Williams, who prosecutors say were part of a group that followed Baltimore teen Rodney Pridget through Towson Town Center before alleged gunman Tyrone Brown shot him outside Nordstrom. The jury will reconvene Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Ward, 45, of the 600 block of Cator Avenue in Baltimore, and Williams, 32, of the 2900 block of Lakebrook Circle in Baltimore Highlands are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and use of a handgun in a violent crime in the death of Vest Pridget, who …
Friday, August 31, 2012
The jury entered deliberations in the trial for two men charged in a December killing in Towson.
Gang leadership or patsies? That's for a Baltimore County jury to decide as deliberations begin in the case against Frank Theodore Williams of Baltimore Highlands and William Ward III of Waverly. The two stand accused of first-degree murder for their roles in the shooting death of Baltimore teen Rodney Pridget on Dec. 19 outside Towson Town Center. The jury entered deliberations just after 4 p.m. Friday, following four days of witness and expert testimony. In closing statements to the jury, deputy state's attorney Robin Coffin told the jury the two men were "as guilty as if they pulled the trigger" on that December evening. Prosecutors say Williams drove Ward and alleged shooter Tyrone Brown to the mall after receiving a call from alleged …
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Jermell Brandon took the witness stand in the trial of alleged co-conspirators accused of murdering a teenager last December.
(Updated 5:45 p.m.)—A suspect in the fatal December shooting at Towson Town Center said his alleged co-conspirator Frank Williams ordered the hit against a Baltimore teen. Jermell Brandon made the statement Tuesday morning while on the witness stand at Circuit Court for the trial against Williams, 31, and William Ward III, 44, who are charged with conspiracy to commit murder, first-degree murder and first-degree assault. Brandon, Williams, Ward and another man, alleged shooter Tyrone Brown, were arrested in February in connection with the death of 19-year-old Rodney Vest Pridget. Pridget was found dead outside Nordstrom at Towson Town Center. In exchange for his testimony, Brandon, who originally faced a possible sentence of life without …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Baltimore County police charged a group of men with Dec. 19 murder of Rodney Vest Pridget.
UPDATE (4:45 p.m.)—Baltimore County police have charged four men in the December shooting death of a Baltimore man at Towson Town Center. Rodney Vest Pridget, 19, was shot and killed on Dec. 19, just outside of the mall. Police found his body lying on the exterior sidewalk outside Nordstrom with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a news release from the police. Detectives believe Tyrone Chester Brown Jr., 19, of the 3900 block of Lowndes Avenue in Baltimore gunned down Pridget. Frank Theodore Williams, 31, of the 2900 block of Lakebrook Circle in Halethorpe, Jermell Monte Brandon, 35, of the 700 block of Belgian Avenue in Baltimore and William Ward III, 44, of the 600 block of Cator Avenue, also of Baltimore, and Brown, were all …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Police say Rodney Vest Pridget, 19, was the victim of Monday night's shooting outside the Towson Town Center.
UPDATE (1:15 p.m.) — Mall officials have released a statement wih regards to the shooting incident at Towson Town Center Tuesday night. “The safety and security of our shoppers, retailers and employees are our top concerns every day, not just when incidents occur," said mall general manager Charles Crerand in a statement emailed to Patch. Crerand reiterated that there are few details available as far as a motive, but that he and his staff do not believe the shooting was a random incident. "We are thankful for the cooperation and support of the Baltimore County Police Department on property last night, and throughout their investigation of this incident. We will continue to pledge our support and resources in their investigation,” Crerand …
John L.
11:28 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
At least they all earned their penalty. Should be a lesson to all to stay out of Baltimore County we don't like this type of behaviour. Our juries are not afraid to convict and our Judges will put you away for a very long time.... more ›