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Jockey gets 50 years for murder

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 02/08/11

A jockey from Severna Park was sentenced yesterday to 50 years in prison for following a woman home from a bar last May, stabbing her to death outside her apartment and seriously injuring her boyfriend.

Francis Eugene Adams
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The sentence was in line with a plea agreement 22-year-old Francis Eugene Adams entered into last month for the May 29 attacks on Debra Lynn Gill and Clayton Baublitz. In exchange for the state not seeking a sentence of life without parole, he pleaded guilty to one count each of first-degree murder and first-degree assault.

Charges are pending against 23-year-old Danielle Swain of Severna Park, Adams' alleged accomplice. A...

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dang - 2011-02-12 20:07:44

Chris, im sorry for you loss

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Read between the lines - 2011-02-08 17:55:05

"Upon his release, (In about 6 years or less when he snowjobs a Social Worker at the prison) Adams will be on supervised probation for five years."

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Wow - 2011-02-08 15:28:54

I find it hard to believe any Anne Arundel Court would hand out this type of sentence. All I can say is: Yeah, thats the way. Get tough with sentencing, and get the perps off the street.

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Rick M - Laurel, Md - Karma: Excellent


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Huh - 2011-02-08 15:11:20

"They robbed us of our chance to say our last goodbyes," said Chris Gill, 22, laying the blame on the county Police Department and, to a lesser extent, Baltimore Washington Medical Center. "Someone dropped the ball," he said.

Seems to me Chris Gill's beef should be with Francis Eugene Adams.

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