A member of an East Baltimore street gang was sentenced to 50 years in prison for robbing and murdering a well-known bartender in Canton.
A judge in Baltimore County suspended all but 50 years of a life sentence for a man who was sentenced for robbing and murdering a teenager one week before his 17th birthday. Two mothers cried over the loss of a son in the courtroom.
The judge told them that the case was a tragedy.
Mungo asked for mercy.
He wiped away tears when he said that there have been nights when he prayed and asked for forgiveness. Please don't give me a life sentence.
The four-year effort by police and prosecutors to put the two men who killed Dvorak behind bars is over.
Dvorak was shot in the stomach after he was robbed of his Nintendo Switch. The jury watched the video of him wounded and in pain, while prosecutors told the judge that he died of a drug overdose at the age of 27.
Two men were charged with the murder and robbery. The video didn't show who shot Dvorak, but it did show the two men running away after he was shot. Maryland has a felony murder rule that holds responsible for murder all those who participate in a felony resulting in death, regardless of who pulls the gun.
In exchange for 25 years in prison, Hicks pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
A Baltimore County jury found Mungo guilty of murder, robbery and gang charges. His defense attorney asked for a sentence of 40 years, while prosecutors asked for life in prison.
The assistant attorney general told the judge that the behavior of the man in jail has been terrible.
Mungo masturbated in front of women correctional officers while he was in jail. Mungo bragged in a recorded phone call that he had a knife. Mungo told prosecutors he would "smack the sh-- out of a woman" once he returned to the streets.
He brags about pretending to be sorry in court.
Albert told the judge that Mr. Mungo was not close to being returned to the community.
Mungo's path to prison was acknowledged by both sides. He was raised by a single mother. The Department of Social Services was called in when he was a toddler. Mark Van Bavel, his attorney, said that he spent time in a number of institutions.
Mungo took medication for two disorders. His family and attorney told the judge that he had anger management problems. Without a father in his life, he turned to the older men of a McElderry Park street gang. He was selling drugs to people to buy video games.
Van Bavel told the judge that there was no excuse for the event. The young man has not been instilled with any values. His sexual life has grown up in jail.
His mother asked the judge to spare her son's life.
She said that her child has been in the system all his life. He never got a chance.
Mungo was tried for the first time in June. He admitted to smoking pot and wandering Canton looking for unlocked cars to steal and joyride for his birthday, then to lie to detectives. Mungo said he didn't pull the gun.
The jury couldn't agree on the most serious charges, leading to a mistrial. Mungo was found guilty in October.
A yearlong investigation by police and federal agents resulted in the downfall of the Bloods street gang in East Baltimore. The gang sold narcotics in the 500 block of N. Rose St.
13 people have been indicted by the Maryland Attorney General.
The judge said that Mr. Mungo was born into a family with many challenges. The families of the victim and defendants were very different.
The grieving parents, friends and other family were always present in the courtroom.
The bartender known as "Sebass" was a popular one at the locations. He attended Salisbury University and the University of Baltimore after graduating from a high school. After celebrating his 27th birthday in Canton, he was robbed and shot to death near the Can Co. building on Boston Street.
The Sebass Foundation was formed after the death of Dvorak to provide Baltimore youth with new experiences. The parents of Dvorak want to help Baltimore youth see a promising future and stay away from guns.
On Friday, the judge heard more from the parents of Dvorak, who said that their son was a big personality, and that he would fill the house with laughter. David Dvorak said that their grief feels unbearable at times.
He told the judge that losing a child to murder is dark and consuming.
Sebastian's mother decorates his grave. Lisa Richard bakes cupcakes. She hangs a wreath. He was her only child.
She posts photos of him on his birthday. Richard told the judge that she tries to share new photos every year.
There are no new photos of her son.
