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By
Natalie Voorhees
- August 8, 2025
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During a motion hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Tanner, Michael Kalandras, 19, and defense attorney Roya Hanna reached a plea agreement in an armed carjacking case. Kalandras faced up to 12 charges relating to carjacking, assault, robbery and weapon usage and he was sentenced in the proceeding.
On Dec. 30, 2024, police responded to the 300 block of Elrino Street for a report of an armed carjacking. They arrived to discover a 2024 Chevrolet Trax had been stolen. The victim advised that he had been travelling north on Bank Street when he observed a black sedan that he had never seen before in the area.
He was then approached by two Black men, one of whom the victim later identified as Kalandras. The pair, wearing dark clothes and ski masks, was allegedly armed with guns and threatened to shoot the victim if he did not relinquish his vehicle. He cooperated and the suspects got in and drove away.
The vehicle was later located parked and unoccupied at the 1200 block of Bridge Crossing Road in Essex, Md. The suspects then reportedly returned to the vehicle and began throwing things out of he car into the surrounding wooded area. Shortly after, they were arrested on the scene.
A foot chase ensued to apprehend three other individuals that were suspected to have had a role in the crime, and they were caught at the 1400 block of Strawflower Road. A black Honda Accord was also observed and believed to be the trailing vehicle in the carjacking. A search incident to arrest yielded a BB gun, a BB gun magazine, and four iPhones.
Kalandras was sentenced to six years in prison, suspending all but time served, and will be required to stay away from the victim and complete a job training and mentoring program.
During the proceeding, Kalandras’ mother advised Judge Tanner that he had an assault conviction from juvenile detention for which the sentence was completed. Judge Tanner implored his mother to exert any positive influence she could over her son.
“We have to help him because his behavior is escalating and it could get him killed,” Judge Tanner urged the mother of the 19-year-old defendant.
No further proceedings are scheduled in this case.