Judge Sentences Woman Following Guilty Plea in 2021 Vehicular Manslaughter Case

By Racquel Bazos - July 19, 2023
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On July 18, defendant Brittany Nicole Julius’ counsel, Janet Andersen and Robert Cohen, negotiated the specifics of their client’s sentence with prosecutors before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton.

In connection to the Jan. 4, 2021, vehicular manslaughter of Douglas Charles Cromwell, Julius, 30, will turn herself in on July 24, when she will be transferred to the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women for 30 days.

Per the terms of her plea agreement entered on May 9, she will serve a total of 18 months, with 17 of those months in home detention. She will also complete drug and alcohol addiction treatment and five years of supervised probation, in addition to paying $2,166 to the victim’s family for the value of the victim’s totaled car. 

The incident occurred on the 900 block of W. North Avenue. According to charging documents, Julius lost control of her car and crossed over two raised concrete medians, crashing into Cromwell’s Nissan Maxima at approximately 56 miles per hour, damaging the front and left sides of the vehicle. Both Julius and Cromwell were transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma, where Cromwell later succumbed to his injuries.