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The man accused of killing Pearl Elizabeth Moffett took back his guilty plea to her murder yesterday, telling a judge he had been engaged in "a tug of war" with his attorneys.Baltimore Circuit Judge Clifton J. Gordy Jr. granted Andre Edwin Allen's request. He could face life without parole if convicted at trial.Allen, 35, pleaded guilty March 25 to first-degree murder for shooting Moffett on June 9 as he attempted to rob her outside a Waverly bank. Allen also had pleaded guilty to one count of robbery with a deadly weapon in the kidnapping and robbery of a Baltimore family June 25 -- another plea he took back yesterday.

The nephew of an elderly Waverly woman went on trial in her killing yesterday, with prosecutors painting him as a traitor willing to see his family robbed so he could feed a drug habit.Danny Paul McGee, 40, of Parkville -- even though he wasn't at the scene -- was as responsible as if he had pulled the trigger of the gun that killed his aunt, prosecutor Denise Fili told a Baltimore Circuit Court jury during opening statements yesterday."More horrible than her gruesome murder is the fact of her betrayal," Ms. Fili said.

A Parkville man accused of setting up members of his own family for robberies to feed his drug habit was found guilty of murder yesterday in the shooting death of his elderly aunt.Danny Paul McGee, 40, showed no emotion yesterday as jurors proclaimed him responsible for the death of Pearl Elizabeth Moffett, who was shot to death June 9 in the parking lot of the Waverly bank where she had gone to get cash for employees of a family janitorial business.Mrs. Moffett's youngest son, Chuck, pumped a fist in victory as his wife, Barbara, embraced him and sobbed.

A man accused of leading a gang of armed robbers pleaded guilty yesterday to the murder in June of a 72-year-old Waverly woman who refused to give up the money she had just withdrawn from a bank machine.Under the plea agreement in Baltimore Circuit Court, Andre Edwin Allen, 35, is to be sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for the death of Pearl Elizabeth Moffett.His lawyers asked that he not be sentenced until June -- after federal bank robbery charges against him are resolved -- so that he can serve the time in a federal facility.

The son of an elderly slaying victim breached security at Baltimore's downtown police headquarters last week and tried to attack a cousin charged in the killing, prompting changes in how guards protect the building.Chuck Moffett walked past a private security guard at the entrance to the garage on Frederick Street and went to the sixth ZTC floor, where the homicide unit is located, officials said.Police said Mr. Moffett lunged at Danny Paul McGee, 39, of Parkville, who was being escorted by detectives out of an interview room.

A 72-year-old woman was shot to death yesterday in a brazen midafternoon robbery attempt outside a Waverly bank, where the woman had just withdrawn a large sum of cash to pay employees of her family-run cleaning business.Pearl Elizabeth Moffett struggled with the gunman in the parking lot before he shot her in the upper body about 1:30 p.m., police said.She died moments later on the front seat of her 1987 Chevrolet Blazer.The unidentified man fled and apparently didn't take any of the money Mrs. Moffett had withdrawn from the NationsBank branch in the 3300 block of Greenmount Ave., about five blocks from Memorial Stadium.

A Baltimore County man who pleaded innocent to charges stemming from dumping of environmental waste on his former landlord's property in Aberdeen must return to court July 17 to learn how District Judge Emory A. Plitt will rule in the case.Harford County District Court records show that Scott Joseph Moffett made his plea to a statement of facts presented by state prosecutors June 2. Mr. Moffett, 29, also known as Mark Thomas Moffett, was operating Carnegie Express, a hauling and disposal company in the 1200 block of White Ave. in Rosedale, when the charges were filed.

On a trip to the 800 block of Montpelier Street in Waverly, I spotted a St. Anthony statue, another to the Sacred Heart, lots of clipped lawns and well-tended brick homes.This was the place where 72-year-old Pearl Elizabeth Moffett lived. She was murdered June 9 about a quarter of a mile away, outside a Greenmount Avenue bank. Police have charged a nephew with setting up the killing.Montpelier is one of those quintessential Waverly streets, one that dips and climbs the sides of the small urban valley due east of the Gothic Revival steeple of St. John's-Huntingdon Episcopal Church.

A nephew of a woman who was slain this month outside a Waverly bank was arrested yesterday and charged with setting up the killing by leaking her banking schedule to a violent gang member, city police said.Danny Paul McGee, 39, who lives in the first block of Slavin Court in Parkville was fired from the family janitorial business two days before the slaying, police and family members said. Detectives said he was not at the shooting scene.Police said they charged Mr. McGee with first-degree murder because he allegedly gave the killer "essential" information about his aunt's weekly trips to her neighborhood bank, several blocks from Memorial Stadium.

Services took place for Glen Burnie resident Kenneth W. Moffett on July 1 at Singleton Funeral Home.Mr. Moffett, 59, died June 27 at Kimbrough Army Hospital.A resident for 17 years, he was employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 10 years until his retirement in 1984. He also was inthe U.S. Navy for 20 years, serving in the Vietnam War.Mr. Moffett was a member of American Legion Post in Brooklyn and Ferndale Community Club.He enjoyed watching baseball.Surviving him are hiswife of 37 years, Juanita Miller Moffett; a son, Bob Moffett of Navada, Calif.

However, if you ever rode a train out of Washington's Union Station in the late afternoon or evening, then you were a beneficiary of his quick-witted vigilance. The Owings Mills resident, who turned 60 in December, made sure that arriving and departing trains delivered you either to your work or home on time. And if other calamities arose, foul weather or man-made, he was still the guy who helped get you to your destination; even though it might have taken some time, you eventually got there just the same.

On July 8, 2005, MARY JANET MOFFETT (nee Sowers), age 88, beloved mother of Beverly A. Brady and her husband Rodger, Betty J. Moffett and her life companion Steven C. Cawunder. Devoted grandmother of Laura L. Campanello and Brian E. Marshall, loving great-grandmother of Blaine and Tayler Marshall, dear sister of Robert E. Sowers of Seaford, VA. Friends may call at the family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home, P.A., 1407 Old Eastern Ave., Essex at route 702 (beltway exit 36) on Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Service on Monday 11 A.M. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

On Thursday September 9, 2004 SANDRA L. MOFFETT, loving daughter of Shirley (nee Legum) and the late Lee Moffett, loving sister of Stuart Moffett of Owings Mills, MD., devoted aunt of Rebecca Moffett. Funeral services and interment at the Shaarei Zion Congregation Cemetery, Rosedale, on Tuesday September 14 at 3 P.M. Please omit flowers, in mourning at 7609 Carla Rd.(21208). Arrangements by SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC.

On August 29, 2004, PATTI A. PIETROGIACOMO (nee Moffett) of Loganville, PA. Beloved wife of Vince L. Pietrogiacomo Jr. Devoted mother of David Robert Mann and stepmother of Michael, Gina, and Rachel Pietrogiacomo. Loving daughter of John Ernest Moffett and Betty Jean Williams Moffett. Sister of John Ernest Moffett Jr. Services will be held in the family owned Mc Comas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Friday, September 3, 2004, at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Bel Air Memorial Gardens, Bel Air, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 572, Bel Air, MD 21014.

The man accused of killing Pearl Elizabeth Moffett took back his guilty plea to her murder yesterday, telling a judge he had been engaged in "a tug of war" with his attorneys.Baltimore Circuit Judge Clifton J. Gordy Jr. granted Andre Edwin Allen's request. He could face life without parole if convicted at trial.Allen, 35, pleaded guilty March 25 to first-degree murder for shooting Moffett on June 9 as he attempted to rob her outside a Waverly bank. Allen also had pleaded guilty to one count of robbery with a deadly weapon in the kidnapping and robbery of a Baltimore family June 25 -- another plea he took back yesterday.

A Parkville man accused of setting up members of his own family for robberies to feed his drug habit was found guilty of murder yesterday in the shooting death of his elderly aunt.Danny Paul McGee, 40, showed no emotion yesterday as jurors proclaimed him responsible for the death of Pearl Elizabeth Moffett, who was shot to death June 9 in the parking lot of the Waverly bank where she had gone to get cash for employees of a family janitorial business.Mrs. Moffett's youngest son, Chuck, pumped a fist in victory as his wife, Barbara, embraced him and sobbed.

The nephew of an elderly Waverly woman went on trial in her killing yesterday, with prosecutors painting him as a traitor willing to see his family robbed so he could feed a drug habit.Danny Paul McGee, 40, of Parkville -- even though he wasn't at the scene -- was as responsible as if he had pulled the trigger of the gun that killed his aunt, prosecutor Denise Fili told a Baltimore Circuit Court jury during opening statements yesterday."More horrible than her gruesome murder is the fact of her betrayal," Ms. Fili said.

A man accused of leading a gang of armed robbers pleaded guilty yesterday to the murder in June of a 72-year-old Waverly woman who refused to give up the money she had just withdrawn from a bank machine.Under the plea agreement in Baltimore Circuit Court, Andre Edwin Allen, 35, is to be sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for the death of Pearl Elizabeth Moffett.His lawyers asked that he not be sentenced until June -- after federal bank robbery charges against him are resolved -- so that he can serve the time in a federal facility.

The son of an elderly slaying victim breached security at Baltimore's downtown police headquarters last week and tried to attack a cousin charged in the killing, prompting changes in how guards protect the building.Chuck Moffett walked past a private security guard at the entrance to the garage on Frederick Street and went to the sixth ZTC floor, where the homicide unit is located, officials said.Police said Mr. Moffett lunged at Danny Paul McGee, 39, of Parkville, who was being escorted by detectives out of an interview room.

On a trip to the 800 block of Montpelier Street in Waverly, I spotted a St. Anthony statue, another to the Sacred Heart, lots of clipped lawns and well-tended brick homes.This was the place where 72-year-old Pearl Elizabeth Moffett lived. She was murdered June 9 about a quarter of a mile away, outside a Greenmount Avenue bank. Police have charged a nephew with setting up the killing.Montpelier is one of those quintessential Waverly streets, one that dips and climbs the sides of the small urban valley due east of the Gothic Revival steeple of St. John's-Huntingdon Episcopal Church.