The County Times
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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Man Sentenced To Five Years For Armed Robbery By Guy Leonard Staff Writer A Lexington Park man who took part in an Independence Day home invasion last year in search of marijuana and money while using a handgun was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday by Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Stamm. Trey D. Barnes, 21, plead guilty to an armed robbery charge back in November and
agreed to provide information to the State’s Attorney’s Office regarding the crime and about his accomplice Derrick R. Medley, 23, of Great Mills. Medley was convicted of three counts of burglary and three counts of first-degree assault after a two-day trial in the home invasion case on Medley’s Neck Road. According to police reports and the state’s attorney’s office, both Barnes and Medley went to the boarding
house July 4 of 2007 with intent of robbing one of the residents living there of drugs and money. Prosecutors say that Medley and Barnes broke into several rooms, held residents at gunpoint and demanded to know where the one holding the marijuana and money was. A struggle ensued with their intended victim, according to court testimony, and Barnes fired a shot down a
hallway during the melee. Both fled after the shot was fired and held a gun in the face of the boarding house owner warning him to get back, court testimony stated. Because of his cooperation, Barnes sentence was brought down to five years from an original 10 years for the armed robbery plea. “You’re going to lose five years of your life, but your decision to help the state saved you some time,” Stamm told
while still in the 10th grade. “I won’t do that if you don’t have a GED,” Stamm said. Barnes showed contrition in court for his crime. “I’d like to apologize… for what I did,” Barnes said. “I take all the responsibility for it.” Medley, Barnes accomplice, is still awaiting sentencing after his February conviction.
Barnes. “If you walk the walk [of criminal behavior] you know where you’ll end up.” Barnes also agreed to testify against Medley at his trial but was never called. Stamm also gave Barnes credit for the 258 days he served in the county detention facility and told him that he would consider early probation as long as Barnes was able to finish his high school equivalency. Barnes said he left school
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