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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Attorney General Frosh Announces Indictments Following Year-Long Investigation of Multiple Defendants Illegally in Possession of Firearms

Attorney General Charges Seven Defendants for Lying on
 Firearms Applications

BALTIMORE, MD (September 18, 2019) – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today announced the indictments of seven defendants: Robert Maxwell Gibson, 27, of Joppa; Larry Elliot Anthony, 42, of Hanover; Wayne Eugene Davis, 49, of St. Leonard; Robert Lance Glorius, 34, of Waldorf; Gary Wayne Morris, 30, of Great Mills; Vincent Monroe Barber, 41, of Finksburg; and Kevin Maurice Smith, 25, of Suitland.  Charges in the indictments include, among other things, illegally possessing firearms after previously being convicted of a crime of violence or other disqualifying crime.  The investigation was led by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and the Maryland State Police (MSP) Gun Enforcement Section.

Under state law, if a person is convicted of a disqualifying crime, the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm of any kind, regulated or non-regulated.  A disqualifying crime is defined as: (1) a crime of violence, (2) a violation classified as a felony, (3) a violation classified as a misdemeanor that carries a statutory penalty of more than two years.  If a person is convicted of any of these offenses, he or she is prohibited from possessing a firearm.  Additionally if an individual is under the age of 30 and has been adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court for an act that would be a disqualifying crime if committed by an adult, that person too is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

DEFENDANTS:
  • In 2010, Robert Maxwell Gibson was adjudicated delinquent in Montgomery County Pennsylvania Juvenile Court for receiving stolen property.  As a result, he is prohibited from possessing firearms until he is 30-years old.  On December 4, 2018 Maryland State Police Troopers seized 14 firearms from his residence in Harford County.
  • In 2009, Larry Elliot Anthony was convicted of 2nd Degree Assault and Possessing a Regulated Firearm After Being Convicted of a Felony in Howard County Circuit Court.  On December 7, 2018, officers seized two firearms belonging to him.
  • In 2013, Wayne Eugene Davis was convicted of 2nd Degree Assault in St. Mary’s  County District Court.  The investigation revealed that on October 5, 2018, and November 16, 2018, he possessed firearms in Frederick County and on March 25, 2019, he possessed four firearms in Calvert County.
  • In 2017, Robert Lance Glorius was convicted of 1st Degree Burglary in Charles County Circuit Court.  The investigation revealed that on April 19, 2019, he possessed a firearm in Charles County.
  • In 2010, Gary Wayne Morris was convicted of Escape in the 2nd Degree in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court.  The investigation revealed that on April 27, 2019 he possessed a firearm in Charles County.
  • Vincent Monroe Barber has been convicted of Escape in the First Degree in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, Second Degree Assault in Harford County District Court, and Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance in the Circuit Court for Carroll County.  The investigation revealed that he possessed two firearms in Carroll County on April 1, 2019.
  • In 2013, Kevin Maurice Smith was convicted of Armed Robbery in Washington, D.C.  On January 25, 2019 officers seized two firearms and ammunition from his residence.
 “These are individuals that have already been convicted of crimes that prohibit them from owning a firearm,” said Attorney General Frosh.  “They knowingly lied on their application and illegally attempted to hide their prior criminal history to purchase firearms.” 

The defendants have various hearing dates set in the Circuit Court of the County in which the case was indicted.

In making today’s announcement, Attorney General Frosh thanked Organized Crime Chief Katie Dorian, Assistant Attorney General Mack J.B. Swan, and Detective Sergeant Frank Lopez of the MSP Gun Enforcement Section.  Attorney General Frosh also thanked State’s Attorney for Harford County Albert Peisinger, State’s Attorney for Anne Arundel County Anne Colt Leitess, State’s Attorney for Calvert County Andrew Rappaport, State’s Attorney for Charles County Tony Covington, States Attorney for Frederick County Charlie Smith, State’s Attorney for Carroll State’s Attorney for Carroll County Brian DeLeonardo, and State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County Aisha Braveboy for their assistance in this investigation.

A criminal indictment is merely an accusation of wrongdoing, and a defendant is presumed innocent until the State proves the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 3:40 PM

    Frosh has me so confused. He wants to arrest people who aren't supposed to have firearms yet he ignores the presence of illegals aliens. Well, they aren't citizens of the US so how can an illegal be charged for having a gun that they aren't supposed to have in a country they down't belong? Doesn't diplomatic immunity cover these people ?

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 4:00 PM

    Oh this sounds like he is being tough of guns and criminals, but 90% of these cases will get plead out to a lesser charge and 85% of those will have the gun crime mandatory jail time suspended.
    Solution to all of this plea bargain shit on gun crimes, hit them all with Federal Gun Charges! Mandatory 7 years in Federal Pen. and it is not allowed to be plead out!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 4:34 PM

    Now if they can just arrest the thousands of ILLEGALLY possessed firearms in Baltimore.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 5:03 PM

    Meanwhile, Baltimore City continues to have 400 illegal gun homicides a year.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 5:48 PM

    This BAAFOON actually thinks criminal thugs are going to tell the truth on a gun application?? WOW. But even if they LIE. How did it pass?? INSIDE JOB??

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 5:55 PM

    And SHALL ISSUE CC to law abiding citizens

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 6:01 PM

    Frosh how many Gang members / Drug dealers that have been arrested with a weapons charge have you prosecuted? They are the murderers / violators you allow to go free to commit more crimes.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 6:34 PM

    Either way the elites who control the US Government and Maryland Government will convince Americans that "some people" should not have guns.

    Some becomes many who morph into most until nobody except the government has guns.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2019 at 11:24 PM

    They wasted a year to arrest 7 guys? They could have done that in one evening in the hoods in Baltimore.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2019 at 9:53 AM

    I haven't bought a gun in many years. Do I actually have to have a permit to buy one?

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2019 at 11:03 AM

    Northwest Woodsman: Total political eyewash. They want to make it appear that they are doing something about gun crime. Total and absolute fear of the prescribed punishment might have an impact but low IQ, lack of impulse control and inability to foresee consequences would indicate the need for expeditious summary elimination of offenders

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