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By
Ashleigh Joplin [former]
- November 28, 2022
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On Nov. 28, a Baltimore man on probation for first-degree murder was sentenced by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Myshala E. Middleton to serve the remainder of his 30 year sentence after violating his probation.
In 2006, Defendant Gene Anthony Foreman was sentenced to 30 years, suspending all but 20 years with three years of supervised probation for the lesser included offense of second-degree murder. He was also sentenced to serve a concurrent sentence of five years for using a handgun in committing a crime for an incident on Aug. 2, 2005.
Foreman was released on probation in May of 2021. According to the prosecution, in July 2022, Freeman violated his probation after assaulting his girlfriend’s co-worker, with whom he suspected she had a relationship.
Freeman admitted to the violation during Monday’s hearing.
Defense Attorney Chelsey Seger asked that Foreman be allowed to continue his probation, blaming the lack of a proper reentry program on Foreman’s inability to respond properly in this situation. Seger stated that because the defendant was sentenced as a teen for the murder charge, he has spent a fraction of his life incarcerated which has denied him the coping mechanisms to apply toward conflict resolution.
Seger said the assault was performed in a “heat of passion,” and was not premeditated. She said that if he had those tools, they would not be there today.
Judge Middleton did not agree and ordered the defendant to serve the reminding ten years of his murder sentence to be served consecutively to the four years he was sentenced to for the assault charge.