Man torches ex-girlfriend's home; says plea deals like his send wrong message to Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A man who pleaded guilty to burning his ex-girlfriend’s house down with her in it and got a plea deal to face just one criminal charge, says plea deals like his are sending the wrong message to criminals in Baltimore.
Luther Trent plead guilty to one count of first-degree arson after setting the home of his ex-girlfriend, Alexis, on fire in May 2021. He also faced three counts of attempted homicide since Alexis and her two roommates were also home sleeping at the time of the fire.
“I went to the side of the house and poured gasoline on the side of the house,” Trent said. “The love of my life is in Baltimore. I know where she lives at and I can’t even talk to her. Can’t say nothing to her. In my head, it was some Romeo and Juliet type of thing – if I can’t have you, no one can have you, at least in Baltimore.”
Trent was released from jail after serving less than six months thanks to a plea deal from the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office. Trent was originally charged with 18 felonies, he said, including three attempted-murder charges but ultimately plead down to one arson charge, given a 10-year suspended sentence.
“I was just charged with 18 different counts, that was dropped to 10, that was dropped to one. When I shouldn’t be out right now. I disrupted somebody’s life. I traumatized somebody because of how I felt in a situation,” Trent said. “Personally, yes, I want to be out but principally, no I shouldn’t be out because I could have done a lot more damage than I did. I was expecting to get time. people who were in that situation, they should expect to get time.”
Trent was asked if the plea deal he got – and perhaps the others offered to people in Baltimore – send the wrong message to the community of Baltimore, one that continues to grapple with violent crime and a homicide count that’s surpassed 300 for seven straight years.
“Oh yes most definitely,” he said.
“That tells that anybody that ‘I can go shoot somebody or I can attempt to shoot somebody, and I’ll be completely fine,” Trent said. “It would empower me because I would be like, okay, this man just shot somebody, just blew his head off and he’s just out walking free. I can do anything I want. I can rob somebody, I can shoot somebody, I can do anything I want.”
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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A man who pleaded guilty to burning his ex-girlfriend’s house down with her in it and got a plea deal to face just one criminal charge, says plea deals like his are sending the wrong message to criminals in Baltimore.
Luther Trent plead guilty to one count of first-degree arson after setting the home of his ex-girlfriend, Alexis, on fire in May 2021. He also faced three counts of attempted homicide since Alexis and her two roommates were also home sleeping at the time of the fire.
“I went to the side of the house and poured gasoline on the side of the house,” Trent said. “The love of my life is in Baltimore. I know where she lives at and I can’t even talk to her. Can’t say nothing to her. In my head, it was some Romeo and Juliet type of thing – if I can’t have you, no one can have you, at least in Baltimore.”
Trent was released from jail after serving less than six months thanks to a plea deal from the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office. Trent was originally charged with 18 felonies, he said, including three attempted-murder charges but ultimately plead down to one arson charge, given a 10-year suspended sentence.
“I was just charged with 18 different counts, that was dropped to 10, that was dropped to one. When I shouldn’t be out right now. I disrupted somebody’s life. I traumatized somebody because of how I felt in a situation,” Trent said. “Personally, yes, I want to be out but principally, no I shouldn’t be out because I could have done a lot more damage than I did. I was expecting to get time. people who were in that situation, they should expect to get time.”
Trent was asked if the plea deal he got – and perhaps the others offered to people in Baltimore – send the wrong message to the community of Baltimore, one that continues to grapple with violent crime and a homicide count that’s surpassed 300 for seven straight years.
“Oh yes most definitely,” he said.
“That tells that anybody that ‘I can go shoot somebody or I can attempt to shoot somebody, and I’ll be completely fine,” Trent said. “It would empower me because I would be like, okay, this man just shot somebody, just blew his head off and he’s just out walking free. I can do anything I want. I can rob somebody, I can shoot somebody, I can do anything I want.”
Man torches ex-girlfriend's home; says plea deals like his send wrong message to Baltimore
A man who pleaded guilty to burning his ex-girlfriend’s house down with her in it and faced just one criminal charge, says plea deals like his are sending the wrong message to criminals in Baltimore. Luther Trent pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree arson after setting the home of his...
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