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Andrew Michaels
- December 6, 2024
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Stifling tears, defendant Megan Sherman apologized for the death of Aaron Hall, nearly a year-and-a-half after she struck and killed the 41-year-old victim with her car in Southwest Baltimore.
On Dec. 6, the 24-year-old defendant pleaded guilty to criminally negligent vehicular manslaughter and driving an uninsured vehicle for a total sentence of 11 years, suspending all but two years, and three years of supervised probation. Sherman is also required to complete a driver improvement course and 100 hours of community service.
“I’m sorry for what I did and it will never happen again,” Sherman said in court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Hope Tipton. Hall’s family was not present on Friday; however members of Sherman’s family was seated in the gallery.
As read by the prosecutor, Hall’s wife wrote in a victim impact statement that although the accident has “really taken a toll on our family and four children,” she hopes “that a lesson was learned” and that Sherman will forgive herself.
The prosecutor informed Judge Tipton that around 2:38 a.m., Sherman was driving 81 mph in a 25 mph zone on North Hilton Street, where Hall and his wife were crossing the street on July 19, 2023. The defendant then ran through a red light and struck Hall as well as a curb, street poles and street lights.
Rather than stay at the scene, the prosecutor continued, Sherman got out of her 2008 Nissan Infiniti, removed her license plates and was picked up by someone in a family member’s car.
“It was careless and a huge disregard for human life,” Judge Tipton said. “You were going so far above the speed limit that it would have been impossible to stop.”
Sherman’s father later told Baltimore Police that his daughter appeared upset when she came home. During their investigation, police saw injuries to Sherman’s face and recovered her DNA from her car’s airbag.
Defense attorney Singleton Mathews noted that Sherman has no other criminal or vehicular record, adding that fear was likely behind why his client left the scene.
“There’s no excuse for what happened that night,” Mathews said.