Matthew Evan Norwood, 27, of Cleveland Road, pleaded guilty Thursday in county Circuit Court in Annapolis to one count of automobile manslaughter in the Aug. 22 hit-and-run that claimed the life of 59-year-old Mary Bernice Collins of Glen Burnie.
In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped seven related charges, including leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
Prosecutors will argue at a sentencing hearing on April 20 that Norwood should...
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I - 2010-03-06 20:03:00
am all for hiim serving time for this offense. What I don't understand was the hit and run that occured New Years morning and the driver not being charged at all, not even for leaving the scene of an accident. I just don't under stand. Can someone explain?
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Man guilty of fatal hit and run - 2010-03-05 19:31:17
This man surely new the chances that he was taking when he drove that vehicle. Xanax an methodone, he was already high on drugs. And to hit that woman and leave her in the street to die. Its always after someone does something wrong they always seem to want remorse, what about the victims. I think that he should rot, or better still let someone run over him and leave him in the street to die. The victims never have a voice. I can see if there were'nt any drugs or alochol involved, but he knew that he should not have been driving anything.
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Md Driving Laws too lenient - 2010-03-05 14:56:18
We need stiffer driving laws and start holding these drivers responsible for their actions, instead of the slap of the back of their hand.
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Off the Hook - 2010-03-05 14:10:00
He's looking at a very short sentence, considering that he ran somebody over and then left them to die on the street.
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