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By Raheem Salman and Ned Parker and Raheem Salman and Ned Parker,LOS ANGELES TIMES | July 1, 2007
BAGHDAD -- A U.S. search for fighters allegedly linked to Iran turned into a firefight early yesterday in which the military said it killed 26 militants. The Iraqi government rebuked the Americans for carrying out the raid in a Baghdad slum without its permission, and local leaders said many civilians had been hurt. Meanwhile, two U.S. soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder in connection with the deaths of three Iraqis, and with planting weapons on the bodies in order to cover up the crimes, the Army announced yesterday.
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By Raymond L. Sanchez and Raymond L. Sanchez,Evening Sun Staff | November 5, 1991
One morning last winter, Charles Wright lost his life over 50 cents.Wright, 38, was accused of snatching two quarters another man had put down to reserve a pool table at the Nite Owl bar. Then he was fatally stabbed in a fight outside the bar located in the 3600 block of Woodland Ave."To kill man for two quarters I think is beyond words," Wright's brother, Clinton, told Baltimore Circuit Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe.Edward A. Moss Jr. accepted a plea bargain and yesterday was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the Jan. 26 stabbing.
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By Joan Jacobson and Joan Jacobson,SUN STAFF | December 12, 2001
A Baltimore County jury convicted a 19-year-old city man yesterday of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the killing of Hunt Valley Burger King manager James W. Stambaugh Jr. last December. Courtney D. Bryant, who was also convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon, could face the death penalty when Baltimore County Circuit Judge Alexander Wright Jr. sentences him Jan. 31. During the three-day trial, state prosecutors Marsha Russell and Mickey Norman presented several witnesses who testified that Bryant planned the robbery and participated in the murder.
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By Sheridan Lyons and Sheridan Lyons,Staff Writer | November 5, 1993
Baltimore County prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a Baltimore man convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting a popular Catonsville barber and one of his customers -- even though the jury found him innocent of premeditated murder.A jury in Montgomery County, where the case was moved,deliberated for 13 hours Tuesday and Wednesday before returning its verdict for Jeffrey Damon Ebb, 26, of the first block of S. Morley St.Ebb was convicted of two counts of felony murder for killing barber James E. Brodie and customer Michael S. Peters Jr. during an attempted robbery Nov. 28 at Mr. Brodie's shop in the 400 block of Winters Lane.
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By Sheridan Lyons and Sheridan Lyons,Sun Staff Writer | March 11, 1994
A Baltimore County jury yesterday found Dionne C. Brooks guilty of felony murder and robbery in the beating death of a Woodlawn woman who gave her shelter after she was released from a drug program.Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Brooks, 27, who murdered and robbed 52-year-old Margaret Mae "Peggy" Kobik at the victim's apartment on April 16.The jury rejected a spirited defense argument that Brooks was not criminally responsible for her actions because of well-documented mental and emotional problems that dated to 1981.
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By TONY PERRY and TONY PERRY,LOS ANGELES TIMES | June 22, 2006
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Seven Marines and a Navy medical corpsman were charged yesterday with premeditated murder, kidnapping, conspiracy and other offenses in connection with the April 26 death of an Iraqi civilian in Hamandiya and an alleged cover-up. The defendants are accused of breaking into a home in the town west of Baghdad, dragging out an unarmed, disabled 52-year-old Iraqi named Hashim Ibrahim Awad and killing him. An AK-47 and a shovel were left near the body to make it appear that Awad was an insurgent digging a hole to place a roadside bomb, according to military investigators.