Convicted Attempted Murderer Given Reduce Sentence for Non-Fatal Shooting

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A Baltimore woman involved in a 2021 non-fatal shooting was given a reduced sentence on Nov. 10 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller.

Latasha Roberts was charged with attempted first and second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of reckless endangerment, use of a firearm during a felony violent crime, having a handgun on her one person, having a handgun in a vehicle discharging a firearm, the malicious destruction of a property valuing less than $1,000 and malicious destruction of a property valuing more than $1,000 in connection to an incident Sept. 22, 2021.

Roberts, 23, accepted a guilty plea and was initially sentenced to 25 years, suspending all but ten years, with five years probation for first-degree assault. The defendant also accepted a plea of five years for using a firearm in a felony violent crime to run concurrently with the first-degree assault charges.

The prosecutor described the incident saying the defendant approached a black Volkswagen, where her boyfriend and another victim were together in the vehicle. The defendant allegedly opens fire on the two after accusing her boyfriend of cheating.

Defense counsel told the court the defendant has been working since age 14 and dropped out of high school to take care of her siblings and parents. She became addicted to drugs and takes daily depression medication. He argued that because of the depression medicine and circumstances at home, she was pushed to the edge.

Judge Geller imposed a new sentence on the defender of 25 years, suspending all but five years with three years of supervised probation for first-degree assault. This will run concurrently with five years in prison without parole for using a firearm in a felony violent crime.

The defendant must also attend psychiatric treatment care and register as a gun offender.