Former dental office employee Kristi Eunice Heffington has been indicted for stealing an amount of “less than $100,000”. See the indictment below. Our research indicates that she continues to work in the dental field. She may be using the name Kristi Tracey.
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A Fort Washington woman was sentenced to five years of probation and to pay almost $3,000 for stealing money from a medical insurance company by using her employment at a dentist’s office to submit false claims, prosecutors said.
Randii Leigh Adams, 43, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one count of felony theft Thursday for falsifying insurance claims to Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation worth a total of $5,810, according to information from the Maryland Attorney General.
From February 2005 until June 2006, Adams worked as an office manager at Health Professionals Inc. in Fort Washington. While employed at the dental practice, Adams filed false insurance claims using names of her family members and then had them cash the checks they received and pay her a portion of the money from the check, prosecutors said.
Adams was ordered to pay $1,800 in restitution and a $1,105 fine.
Her attorney, Brian Bregman, said Adams had already paid some of the money back prior to her sentencing, which is why she was not required to pay back the entire amount.
“She took responsibility and is going to make restitution and try to make things right,” Bregman said.
Bregman added there was another person of interest in the case but could not provide further details.
The Attorney General’s office did not respond to questions about whether the family members who received money from Adams also are facing charges.
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Greenbelt, Maryland – Michelle Rampersad, age 31, of Frederick, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a three year scheme to fraudulently endorse her employer’s insurance reimbursement checks and deposit the checks for her own benefit, including gambling expenses, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
According to her plea agreement, Rampersad worked at a dental practice located in Greenbelt, Maryland, and was responsible for logging in reimbursement checks from insurance carriers and preparing the checks for deposit into the office bank account. Beginning at least in March 2004, Rampersad fraudulently endorsed the checks to herself, using a prescription stamp bearing the name of the dental practice to make it appear as if the checks had been endorsed by the dental practice to Rampersad. She deposited the checks into her personal bank account. She failed to log the checks into the office accounting system in an effort to conceal the fraud.
Under this scheme, from March 2004 to August 2007, Rampersad fraudulently endorsed approximately 184 checks totaling $400,954.04 and used the funds for her own benefit, including gambling expenses.
Rampersad faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. has scheduled sentencing for December 5, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. As part of her plea agreement, Rampersad has agreed to pay restitution for the full amount of the loss.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein thanked the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for its investigative work and commended Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan C. Su, who is prosecuting the case.
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A Finksburg woman is facing six charges after allegedly stealing more than $60,000 from her employer by paying herself for overtime hours she never worked and making personal purchases on a business credit card.
Tiffany Ann Collins, 30, of the 3000 block of Old Westminster Pike, has been charged with three counts of theft scheme $10,000 to under $100,000, two counts of theft less than $1,000 and one count of theft scheme $1,000 to under $10,000.
Collins is being held at the Carroll County Detention Center without bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on May 8.
On Aug. 7, Maryland State troopers responded to a dental office in the 1000 block of Washington Road in Westminster for a report of a theft scheme.
The owner of the office told police that she recently discovered Collins, who worked as the office’s manager since July 2009, had been paying herself for overtime hours she didn’t work.
When the owner confronted Collins about it, Collins claimed it was a mistake, according to court documents.
The owner then attempted to review statements for a business credit card that was issued to Collins, but found most of the statements missing from the file. The ones that the owner could locate showed purchases unrelated to business for expenses such as television and cellphone accounts.
Police then obtained a handwritten statement from one of Collins’ co-workers who said Collins asked to come over to talk on Aug. 5.
Collins told her co-worker that the office’s owner found out Collins had been paying herself for overtime hours not worked, but didn’t think that the owner knew that Collins had been paying her BGE and television bills through the office, according to court records.
The co-worker said Collins also told her that when purchasing business supplies at stores such as Target, she would also buy personal supplies without telling the owner or paying the office back.
When interviewed by police, Collins said she paid herself for overtime hours not worked because she felt she worked those hours due to business related phone calls and time spent at the office after hours, according to court documents.
She also admitted using the business credit card for BGE and several other bills as her money got tight.
The total amount that Collins allegedly stole from the dental office is $60,894.40 over a seven-month period, according to court documents.
source: http://donyaoneto.com/business/finksburg-woman-charged-with-stealing-60000-from-employer
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Collins has a lengthy arrest record including numerous driving expenses and a breach of probation. Here is the court record from her embezzlement trial:
Case Information |
| Court System: | Circuit Court for Carroll County – Criminal System |
| Case Number: | 06K12042469 |
| Title: | State of Maryland vs Tiffany Ann Collins |
| Case Type: | Information Filing Date:03/08/2012 |
| Case Status: | Closed/Inactive |
| Case Disposition: | Guilty Disposition Date:06/21/2012 |
(Each Alias, Address, and Attorney for the Defendant is displayed)
| Name: | Collins, Tiffany Ann |
| Race: | Caucasian |
| Sex: | FHeight:Weight:0DOB:01/21/1982 |
| Address: | 3043 Old Westminster Pike |
| City: | FinksburgState:MDZip Code:21048 |
| Address: | 1385 N. Main Street |
| City: | HampsteadState:MDZip Code:21074 |
Attorney(s) for the Defendant |
| Name: | Hecker, Esq, Fred S |
| Appearance Date: | 07/26/2012 |
| Removal Date: | 07/14/2014 |
| Practice Name: | Miller & Hecker LLC |
| Address: | 75 East Main St |
| City: | WestminsterState:MDZip Code:21157 – 5026 |
| Name: | Bauhof, Esq, W Bradley |
| Appearance Date: | 05/21/2015 |
| Practice Name: | |
| Address: | 2333 Baltimore Boulevard |
| City: | FinksburgState:MDZip Code:21048 |
| Event Type: | Arraignment/Initial Appearance Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 03/14/2012Event Time:01:30 PM |
| Result: | Cancelled/Vacated Result Date:03/14/2012 |
| Event Type: | Bail review Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 03/14/2012Event Time:01:30 PM |
| Result: | Held/Concluded Result Date:03/14/2012 |
| Event Type: | Criminal Pre-Trial Conference Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 05/03/2012Event Time:08:59 AM |
| Result: | Held off the Record Result Date:05/04/2012 |
| Event Type: | Criminal Court Trial Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 05/08/2012Event Time:09:00 AM |
| Result: | Postponed Result Date:03/16/2012 |
| Event Type: | Criminal Pre-Trial Conference Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 05/22/2012Event Time:09:00 AM |
| Result: | Postponed/Reset Result Date:04/16/2012 |
| Event Type: | Criminal Pre-Trial Conference Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 05/23/2012Event Time:09:00 AM |
| Result: | Held off the Record Result Date:05/23/2012 |
| Event Type: | Criminal Motions Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 05/29/2012Event Time:09:00 AM |
| Result: | Postponed Result Date:05/29/2012 |
| Event Type: | Criminal Jury Trial Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 06/20/2012Event Time:09:00 AM |
| Result: | Cancelled/Vacated Result Date:06/15/2012 |
| Event Type: | Plea Hearing Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 06/21/2012Event Time:09:00 AM |
| Result: | Held/Concluded Result Date:06/21/2012 |
| Event Type: | Arraignment/Initial Appearance Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 05/21/2015Event Time:01:30 PM |
| Result: | Cancelled/Vacated Result Date:05/21/2015 |
| Event Type: | Bail review Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 05/21/2015Event Time:01:30 PM |
| Result: | Held/Concluded Result Date:05/21/2015 |
| Event Type: | Violation of Probation Hearing Notice Date: |
| Event Date: | 07/13/2015Event Time:09:00 AM |
| Result: | Held/Concluded Result Date:07/13/2015 |
(Each Charge is listed separately. The disposition is listed below the Charge)
| Charge No: | 1CJIS Code:1 0633Statute Code:CR.7.104 |
| Charge Description: | Theft-Scheme: $10,000 To Under $100,000 |
| Offense Date From: | 01/01/2010To: 08/01/2010 |
| Arrest Tracking No: | 07-7006-00085-3Citation: |
| Charge Amend No: | 0Sentence Version:0Charge Class:F |
Disposition
| Plea: | Not Guilty with agreement, statement of facts. Plea Date:06/21/2012 |
| Disposition: | Guilty Disposition Date:06/21/2012 |
Jail
| Life/Death: | |
| Jail Term: | Yrs:6Mos:0Days:0Hours:0 |
| Suspended Term: | Yrs:5Mos:8Days:21Hours:0 |
| UnSuspended Term: | Yrs:0Mos:3Days:9Hours:0 |
| Jail Text: | 6 Years DOC Suspend all but 100 days CCDC (10 days of incarceration and balance to be served on Home Detention thru CCDC). Defendant to report to CCDC on 7/12/12 at 9:00a.m. |
Probation
| Probation: | Yrs:Mos:Days:Hours: |
| Supervised : | Yrs:5Mos:0Days:0Hours:0 |
| UnSupervised : | Yrs:0Mos:0Days:0Hours:0 |
Fine
| Fine Amt: | 0Fine Suspended Amt:0Fine Due:First Pmt Due: |
Community Work Service
| Hours: | Complete By: |
| Report To: | |
| Report Date: |
| Charge No: | 2CJIS Code:1 0633Statute Code:CR.7.104 |
| Charge Description: | Theft-Scheme: $10,000 To Under $100,000 |
| Offense Date From: | 01/01/2010To: 08/01/2010 |
| Arrest Tracking No: | 07-7006-00085-3Citation: |
| Charge Amend No: | 0Sentence Version:0Charge Class:F |
Disposition
| Plea: | Plea Date: |
| Disposition: | Nolle Prosequi Disposition Date:06/21/2012 |
| Charge No: | 3CJIS Code:1 0632Statute Code:CR.7.104 |
| Charge Description: | Theft-Scheme: $1000 To Under $10,000 |
| Offense Date From: | 01/01/2010To: 08/01/2010 |
| Arrest Tracking No: | 07-7006-00085-3Citation: |
| Charge Amend No: | 0Sentence Version:0Charge Class:F |
Disposition
| Plea: | Plea Date: |
| Disposition: | Nolle Prosequi Disposition Date:06/21/2012 |
| Charge No: | 4CJIS Code:1 0633Statute Code:CR.7.104 |
| Charge Description: | Theft-Scheme: $10,000 To Under $100,000 |
| Offense Date From: | 01/01/2010To: 08/01/2010 |
| Arrest Tracking No: | 07-7006-00085-3Citation: |
| Charge Amend No: | 0Sentence Version:0Charge Class:F |
Disposition
| Plea: | Plea Date: |
| Disposition: | Nolle Prosequi Disposition Date:06/21/2012 |
| Charge No: | 5CJIS Code:1 0621Statute Code:CR.7.104 |
| Charge Description: | Theft: Less $1,000 Value |
| Offense Date From: | 01/01/2010To: 08/01/2010 |
| Arrest Tracking No: | 07-7006-00085-3Citation: |
| Charge Amend No: | 0Sentence Version:0Charge Class:M |
Disposition
| Plea: | Plea Date: |
| Disposition: | Nolle Prosequi Disposition Date:06/21/2012 |
| Charge No: | 6CJIS Code:1 0621Statute Code:CR.7.104 |
| Charge Description: | Theft: Less $1,000 Value |
| Offense Date From: | 01/01/2010To: 08/01/2010 |
| Arrest Tracking No: | 07-7006-00085-3Citation: |
| Charge Amend No: | 0Sentence Version:0Charge Class:M |
Disposition
| Plea: | Plea Date: |
| Disposition: | Nolle Prosequi Disposition Date:06/21/2012 |
Sentencing Net Totals |
| Serve Time: | Yrs:0Mos:3Days:9Hours:0 |
| Probation : | Yrs:5Mos:0Days:0Hours:0 |
| Fine Amount: | 0Fine Due Date:CWS Hours:0Credit Time Served:0 |
| MONEY RESTITUTION | ||||
ORIGINAL RESTITUTION |
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| Judgment Against: |
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| Judgment in Favor of: |
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| Judgment Entered Date: | 06/21/2012 | Other Fee: | $0.00 | |
| Amount of Judgment: | $10,000.00 | Service Fee: | $0.00 | |
| PreJudgment Interest: | $0.00 | Witness Fee: | $0.00 | |
| Appearance Fee: | $0.00 | Attorney Fee: | $0.00 | |
| Filing Fee: | $0.00 | Total Indexed Judgment: | $10,000.00 | |
(Each Person related to the case other than the Defendant is shown)
| Name:Lexington National Insurance Corp |
| Party Type:Bond Remitter/Bondsman |
| Address:P.O. Box 6098 |
| City: | Lutherville State:MDZip Code:21094 |
| Name:DeCorse, Bondsman, Deborah |
| Party Type:Bond Remitter/Bondsman |
| Address:205 Eastern Blvd |
| City: | Baltimore State:MDZip Code:21094 |
| Name:Pretrial Services |
| Party Type:Interested Party |
| Address:211 Greenwood Ave |
| City: | Westminster State:MDZip Code:21157 |
| Name:State Of Maryland |
| Party Type:Plaintiff |
| City: | State:Zip Code: |
Attorney(s) for the Related Person |
| Name: | DeLeonardo, Esq, Brian L |
| Appearance Date: | 12/01/2014 |
| Address: | 55 North Court Street |
| City: | Westminster State:MDZip Code:21157 |
| Name: | Barnes, Esq, Jerry F |
| Removal Date: | 12/01/2014 |
| Address: | 55 North Court Street |
| City: | Westminster State:MDZip Code:21157 |
| Name:CNA |
| Party Type:Restitution Payee |
| Address:1249 South River Road |
| Address:3rd Floor |
| City: | Cranbury State:NJZip Code:08512 |
| Name:Rowe, Holly |
| Party Type:Probation Agent |
| Address:Parole And Probation |
| Address:101 N Court Street |
| City: | Westminster State:MDZip Code:21157 |
(Each Document listed. Documents are listed in Motion No./Sequence No. order)
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 1/0 |
| File Date: | 03/08/2012Entered Date:03/08/2012 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Information |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 2/0 |
| File Date: | 03/09/2012Entered Date:03/09/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Bench Warrant Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 3/0 |
| File Date: | 03/13/2012Entered Date:03/13/2012 |
| Document Name: | Sealed/Secret Status Removed on 03/13/12 |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 4/0 |
| File Date: | 03/13/2012Entered Date:03/13/2012 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 5/0 |
| File Date: | 03/13/2012Entered Date:03/13/2012 |
| Document Name: | Sheriff’s Return – Warrant |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 7/0 |
| File Date: | 03/14/2012Entered Date:03/15/2012 |
| Party Type: | DefendantParty No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Defense Attorney Appearance Filed |
| Fred S Hecker |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 8/0 |
| File Date: | 03/14/2012Entered Date:03/15/2012 |
| Document Name: | Pre-Trial Services Bail Review Report (Confidential) |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 9/0 |
| File Date: | 03/14/2012Entered Date:03/15/2012 |
| Document Name: | Commitment Pending Further Action Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 10/0 |
| File Date: | 03/14/2012Entered Date:03/15/2012 |
| Document Name: | Bail Bond Set ($10,000 unsecured) |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 10/1 |
| File Date: | 03/15/2012Entered Date:03/15/2012 |
| Document Name: | Bail Bond – Unsecured |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 11/0 |
| File Date: | 03/14/2012Entered Date:03/15/2012 |
| Document Name: | Release from Commitment Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 12/0 |
| File Date: | 03/15/2012Entered Date:03/15/2012 |
| Document Name: | Order for PreTrial/Hearing Supervision |
| CC: PTS, Deft |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 13/0 |
| File Date: | 03/15/2012Entered Date:03/16/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Motion to Suppress Evidence and Statements |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 14/0 |
| File Date: | 03/15/2012Entered Date:03/16/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Demand for speedy trial |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 15/0 |
| File Date: | 03/15/2012Entered Date:03/16/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Attorney Appearance |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 16/0 |
| File Date: | 03/26/2012Entered Date:03/26/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 18/0 |
| File Date: | 03/29/2012Entered Date:03/29/2012 |
| Document Name: | Order for Pre-Trial Conference |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 19/0 |
| File Date: | 03/30/2012Entered Date:03/30/2012 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Event: Criminal Pre-Trial Conference, Scheduled: 05/22/2012, Time: 09:00AM PARTIES: Barnes, Jerry, Esq Hecker, Fred, Esq |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 20/0 |
| File Date: | 04/13/2012Entered Date:04/16/2012 |
| Party Type: | Plaintiff Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | State’s Discovery Pursuant to Rule 4-263 |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 21/0 |
| File Date: | 04/13/2012Entered Date:04/16/2012 |
| Party Type: | Plaintiff Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | State’s answer to Deft’s Motions pursuant to Md Rules 4-251 & 4-252 |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 22/0 |
| File Date: | 04/13/2012Entered Date:04/16/2012 |
| Party Type: | Plaintiff Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Request for Discovery |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 23/0 |
| File Date: | 04/16/2012Entered Date:04/16/2012 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Event: Criminal Pre-Trial Conference, Scheduled: 05/03/2012, Time: 09:00AM PARTIES: Barnes, Jerry, Esq Hecker, Fred, Esq |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 25/0 |
| File Date: | 04/25/2012Entered Date:04/26/2012 |
| Party Type: | Plaintiff Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | State’s Continuing Discovery |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 26/0 |
| File Date: | 05/04/2012Entered Date:05/04/2012 |
| Document Name: | Pre-Trial Conference Results |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 27/0 |
| File Date: | 05/17/2012Entered Date:05/17/2012 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Event: Criminal Pre-Trial Conference, Scheduled: 05/23/2012, Time: 09:00AM PARTIES: Barnes, Jerry, Esq Hecker, Fred, Esq |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 28/0 |
| File Date: | 05/23/2012Entered Date:05/23/2012 |
| Document Name: | Pre-Trial Conference Results |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 30/0 |
| File Date: | 05/29/2012Entered Date:05/30/2012 |
| Document Name: | PreTrial Services Supervision Summary |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 31/0 |
| File Date: | 05/30/2012Entered Date:05/30/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 32/0 |
| File Date: | 06/15/2012Entered Date:06/15/2012 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Event: Plea Hearing, Scheduled: 06/21/2012, Time: 09:00AM PARTIES: Barnes, Jerry, Esq Collins, Tiffany Hecker, Fred, Esq |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 33/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Document Name: | PreTrial Services Supervision Summary |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 35/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Waiver of Rights |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 36/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Document Name: | Documents submitted in Court to Judge (Re: Mitigation) |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 37/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Document Name: | Commitment Pending Further Action Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 38/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Document Name: | Order for Probation |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 39/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Document Name: | Judgment Indexed on 06/21/12 |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 40/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Document Name: | Invoice Sent |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 41/0 |
| File Date: | 06/21/2012Entered Date:06/21/2012 |
| Document Name: | Commitment Record Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 43/0 |
| File Date: | 07/26/2012Entered Date:07/26/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Attorney Appearance Terminated |
| Fred S Hecker |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 44/0 |
| File Date: | 07/26/2012Entered Date:07/27/2012 |
| Document Name: | Reopen/Modification |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 45/0 |
| File Date: | 07/26/2012Entered Date:07/27/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Motion for Modification of Sentence |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 45/1 |
| File Date: | 08/02/2012Entered Date:08/03/2012 |
| Party Type: | Plaintiff Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Answer to Defendant’s Motion for Modification of Sentence |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 46/0 |
| File Date: | 08/06/2012Entered Date:08/06/2012 |
| Document Name: | Order that modification be held sub-curia pending hearing request. CC:SAO and |
| Atty Hecker |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 47/0 |
| File Date: | 07/26/2012Entered Date:08/06/2012 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Defense Attorney Appearance Filed |
| Fred S Hecker |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 48/0 |
| File Date: | 06/24/2014Entered Date:06/25/2014 |
| Party Type: | Probation Agent Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Supervision Summary Informative New Arrest |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 49/0 |
| File Date: | 07/14/2014Entered Date:07/14/2014 |
| Document Name: | Order of Court: No action at this time pending adjudication of the new charges |
| CC: SAO, P&P, Deft |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 50/0 |
| File Date: | 05/12/2015Entered Date:05/12/2015 |
| Party Type: | Probation Agent Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Petition for Violation of Probation – Request for Warrant |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 51/0 |
| File Date: | 05/13/2015Entered Date:05/13/2015 |
| Document Name: | Order of Court to issue no bond bench warrant |
| Copies to State, Defendant, Probation |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 52/0 |
| File Date: | 05/13/2015Entered Date:05/13/2015 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Bench Warrant Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 53/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Event: Arraignment/Initial Appearance, Scheduled: 05/21/2015, Time: 01:30PM PARTIES: State Of Maryland, |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 54/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Event: Bail review, Scheduled: 05/21/2015, Time: 01:30PM PARTIES: State Of Maryland, |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 55/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Criminal Notice of Hearing/Trial Issued |
| Event: Violation of Probation Hearing, Scheduled: 07/13/2015, Time: 09:00AM PARTIES: Rowe, Holly DeLeonardo, Brian, Esq Collins, Tiffany |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 56/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Sheriff’s Return – Warrant Served on May 20, 2015 |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 58/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Notice to the Warden |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 59/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Bail Bond Set at $5000 fully secured |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 59/1 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/26/2015 |
| Party Type: | Bond Remitter/Bondsman Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Bail Bond Posted/Professional |
| Filed by BND001-DeCorse, BND002-Lexington National Insurance Corp |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 60/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Party Type: | Defendant Party No.:1 |
| Document Name: | Defense Attorney Appearance Filed |
| W B Bauhof |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 61/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Pre-Trial Services Bail Review Report |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 62/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
| Document Name: | Release from Commitment Issued |
| Doc No./Seq No.: | 63/0 |
| File Date: | 05/21/2015Entered Date:05/21/2015 |
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| Document Name: | Affidavit of Surety Issued |
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Nearly seven years after she admitted that she plotted to have her boss killed in his Glen Burnie office to cover up thefts from his dental practice, Shontay Joyner Hickman had her life sentence reduced Thursday to 40 years in prison for testifying against her cousin.
The reduction, in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, was part of a sealed plea agreement in which Hickman, 38, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty last year to first-degree murder in the slaying of Dr. Albert Woonho Ro, who hailed from a family well-known in the area’s Korean-American community.
Hickman said she brought Jeter and two men she did not know to Ro’s office. Police said they found Jeter’s DNA on a toothbrush box there. No one else has been charged.
An assistant in Dr. Ro’s office, Hickman admitted she siphoned more than $17,000 from his practice.
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Content retrieved from: Assistant’s life sentence reduced to 40 years in killing of Glen Burnie dentist – tribunedigital-baltimoresun
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)—A well-liked Anne Arundel County dentist was murdered in his own office. His assistant admits hiring a hitman to commit the crime. Now that man is on trial.
That assistant who hired the hitman is now the state’s star witness. She’s expected to testify against the hitman, who is also a member of her family.
In 2006, Dr. Albert Ro was bludgeoned to death. Police found the popular Glen Burnie dentist inside his office, stabbed 39 times and beaten beyond recognition.
“Shock. I think we were having a nightmare. This is unbelievable. The family is traumatized,” said Ro’s loved one.
A grand jury indictment says Ro was killed at the hands of 25-year-old Dante Jeter, whose trial is underway.
Jurors are expected to hear testimony against him from his own cousin, 37-year-old Shontay Hickman.
Three months ago, the state’s star witness pleaded guilty to murder in the case. Hickman, Ro’s former receptionist, says she paid Jeter $1,000 to kill her boss. The motive was cash.
Hickman confessed to embezzling $17,000 from Ro. Worried about getting caught, she ordered a hit.
On Tuesday a bank fraud investigator poured through records, showing Hickman withdrew money right after the beating to pay Jeter. Hickman agreed to take the witness stand in exchange for a shorter sentence, 40 years in jail.
Hickman is expected to testify first thing Wednesday morning.
Police believe there were two others involved in the attack. If Hickman reveals more information about who they are, her sentence could be reduced even more, to 30 years.
This case sat cold for four years until police found a fingerprint at the scene, linking them to Jeter.
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a Baltimore man serving two life sentences for the murder of a Glen Burnie dentist in 2006.
Dante Jeter, 27, asked the state’s second highest court to look at the admissibility of expert fingerprint analysis testimony, jury instructions and autopsy photographs that were admitted during his trial in Anne Arundel Circuit Court.
But the Court of Special Appeals wrote in its opinion that the trial court did not err, and affirmed Jeter’s conviction.
A county jury in 2012 convicted Jeter of first-degree felony murder, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, second-degree burglary, robbery, and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder for the death of Dr. Albert Ro in his Crain Highway offices on Sept. 26, 2006.
Ro was beaten to death, but investigators didn’t immediately charge Jeter or Hickman with his murder.
In July 2008, a detective who was new to the case spoke to Ro’s wife, who said she remembered her husband mentioning something about missing insurance checks.
Police used cell phone records and a latent fingerprint found in the office to tie Hickman and Jeter to Ro’s murder.
Jeter was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison, the first without the possibility of parole, plus two consecutive fifteen-year terms for the burglary and robbery convictions.
Hickman testified against Jeter in exchange for a lighter sentence. She ultimately pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended.
