After a three-week trial, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts today convicting Dennis Allen Hairston, 34, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, and Donte Davon Stanley, 33, of Rosedale, Maryland, on federal charges of kidnapping and robbery conspiracies; kidnapping; carjacking; robbery affecting commerce. Hairston was also convicted of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
The guilty verdict was announced by Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland; Special Agent in Charge William J. DelBagno of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; Commissioner Richard Worley of the Baltimore Police Department; Chief Robert McCullough of the Baltimore County Police Department; Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler; and Harford County State’s Attorney Alison M. Healey.
“My office will not tolerate carjackings,” stated U.S. Attorney Barron. “We’re collaborating with our partners to prosecute these crimes and hold offenders accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
Hairston and Stanley were each convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to affect commerce by robbery. Hairston was convicted of counts relating to the first and second abduction, and Stanley was convicted of counts relating to the first abduction and acquitted on counts relating to the second abduction. Both defendants were acquitted of conduct relating to a third abduction.
Evidence at trial established that from May 3, 2021, through August 26, 2021, the defendants planned and organized the kidnapping of three victims. Two of the victims were employees of check cashing businesses. According to trial testimony, defendants committed the crimes with the goal of robbing the check cashing businesses where two of the victims worked, and to steal cash and other items of value from the third victim. Evidence at trial also established that the defendants planned and organized the carjackings of two of the victims’ vehicles.
According to trial testimony, the victims were surveilled prior to the abductions, including attaching tracking devices to their vehicles. The defendants then abducted the victims by posing as police officers by wearing police vests, police badges, and using a police-style light bar to stop the victims and their vehicles. Trial evidence revealed that the defendants brandished firearms, bound, and blindfolded each victim and forcibly put them into a vehicle operated by the defendants. At trial, the victims testified that the defendants used a blowtorch to burn two of the victims during the course of the kidnappings.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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