Trio Pleads Guilty to Attempted Armed Robbery Turned Fatal

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Three co-defendants all pleaded guilty to 25 years in prison on Aug. 20 for their roles in a botched attempted robbery that resulted in the death of a fourth suspect.

Kiyon Douglas and siblings Jordan and Caleb Gibbs all agreed to plead guilty to several charges in connection to the incident on April 10, 2023, on the 2500 block of North Longwood Street. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays presided over Tuesday’s proceedings.

Douglas, a 17-year-old juvenile charged as an adult, was the first co-defendant to accept the prosecution’s plea offer—a deal that was contingent on his co-defendants’ also accepting plea agreements. The prosecution offered Douglas 15 years for first-degree assault, a consecutive 10 years, the first five years without parole, for firearm use in a felony or violent crime and a concurrent two years for possessing a firearm as a minor. An attempted armed robbery charge and a conspiracy to armed robbery charge were merged as part of the sentence.

Caleb, 22, accepted the same plea offer before Judge Mays.

Jordan, 19, was given a slightly different offer of 15 years for conspiracy to armed robbery, a consecutive 10 years, the first five years without parole, for conspiracy to firearm use in a felony or violent crime and a concurrent five years for attempted armed robbery.

During each plea hearing, the prosecution explained that the three co-defendants and a fourth suspect, 16-year-old Kamren Murray, conspired to rob a man of his vehicle and other property in Northwest Baltimore’s Hanlon-Longwood neighborhood. After discussing the plan with her co-defendants, Jordan lured the victim to the backyard of a residence, where Douglas and Murray hit the victim with their handguns and attempted to rob him.

While the victim was able to get to his vehicle and drive away, a handgun was fired and struck Murphy in the back. Caleb drove Murphy to the hospital, where the latter died from his injury.

The Baltimore Police Department later connected the murder weapon to Douglas.

Defense attorneys Brian Levy and Nina Marks represented Douglas, while attorneys Andre Mahasa and Andrea Jaskulsky represented Caleb and Jordan, respectively.