Admiral Heights serial burglar pleads guilty

Guidelines recommend 42 to 90 years in prison

By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer

Published 07/01/08

Carlester Sellman broke into several city homes over the past year, throwing rocks through windows and kicking down doors.

Courtesy photo Carlester Semman pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of first-degree burglary as part of a plea agreement with the state.

But in addition to stealing purses from his victims' Admiral Heights homes, 49-year-old drug addict also stole their peace of mind.

"I never realized how I would feel when he walked into that courtroom," said one victim after seeing Sellman, who was dressed in dark green jailhouse scrubs, in the county Circuit Courthouse in Annapolis. "I was shaking."

In front of three of his 11 victims, Sellman pleaded guilty yesterday to six counts of first-degree burglary as part of a plea...

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Serial Burglar - 2008-07-04 18:32:25

If Sellman admitted to 8 burglaries, he probably did over 100 if not more over the years. This guy should never see the light of day again. Guys like him never rehabilitate, they just keep coming back and back. He hurt a lot of people. It is very hard to get over a house invasion, you live with constant fear. For someone to say that he didn't phyisically harm anyone is insane. The mental harm can be just as harmful.

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Kathy Fox - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Bad

Go Taliban! - 2008-07-02 17:10:42

Hey Mark,

Why don't we just execute him this Sunday in the NAVAL stadium?

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sean harmion - annapolis, MD - Karma: Bad

NO, 42 - 90 years - 2008-07-01 19:32:39

Murders have received less sentencing than this individual. A lenghtly sentence is not the answer. A lenghtly drug treatment, psychological evaluation and random drug monitoring program to help with his problem. He have not physically harm anyone or attempted to do harm, just trying to support that ugly habit. Going back to the original article, he clearly states it was for the drug habit he had developed.

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C. J. - Catonsville, MD - Karma: Bad

Taliban? - 2008-07-01 17:17:36

Taliban like unless it's your neighborhood and your wife and kids home alone with this predator in your living room.

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Mark M. - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Bad

yes - 2008-07-01 17:12:29

Bet there would be less burglaries and illegal drug use if they enforced more penalties like this though. Obviously 18 months wasn't enough for him the first time.

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