A Baltimore gentleman who yelled a loaded gun at a trainer during a dispute over his son’s enjoying period at a youth baseball game was given eight years in prison on Wednesday for his punishment in federal court.
Troy Spencer, 50, earlier pleaded guilty to weapons charges in connection with the fight at Leith Walk Elementary Middle School in North Baltimore’s Ramblewood town, where he pulled a weapon on one of his father’s coaches during a hockey game March 6, 2023, causing a panic in the school’s gymnasium.
A long prison term, according to U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin, was required to keep Spencer at bay and prevent others from entering vulnerable public spaces.
” The notion that you would go to your teen’s elementary school with a loaded semi-automatic tool is simply terrifying”, Rubin said.
Spencer’s boy was in second degree at the time of the event.
Spencer , pleaded guilty in June , to ownership of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a rifle in a class area. Due to a 1997 second-degree crime conviction that resulted in him serving about eight years in prison, lawyers wrote in their punishment document.
As part of the plea deal, the defense and prosecution came to terms with a suggested word collection of about four to eight times, which was significantly higher than federal sentencing guidelines. On Wednesday, lawyers sought the highest word of 96 times, while Jennifer Smith, Spencer’s security lawyer, asked for 57 times.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacob Gordin said,” Troy Spencer pulled a gun in the middle of an elementary class school in front of dozens of children and their families.
Children are especially traumatized by the look of a firearm at school in a time of large killings and active shooter training, he said.
Spencer confronted the mentors because he was “unhappy about his brother’s using time,” according to the prosecution’s letter. Spencer pulled a Taurus G2C 9mm semiautomatic gun from his belt as the verbal debate grew and pointed it at the manager.
As young baseball players and their people fled the gym after seeing the weapons, Gordin said, there was a despair. Spencer fled in a car and was taken into custody a week later when the voluntary coaches managed to wring the gun aside.
The weapon, which one of the instructors turned over to the authorities, was loaded with 7 shells of 9mm weapons, prosecutors wrote in court documents.
Rubin called the affair “hair-raising” and said deterring others was a key cause for her word.
The area is well-versed in what transpired, and it’s important for me that people reconsider unthinkingly bringing a loaded crossbow into a classroom,” she said.
Smith, Spencer’s security attorney, said that Spencer was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder when he went to the baseball game. She claimed that the sport was one of his earliest appearances outside of his residence since the invasion, and that he had been shot 11 days just a few months earlier.
” He was certainly a sensible person that day”, Smith said.
No one was ever apprehended in connection with Spencer’s killing, she added.
Spencer even has a long record of trauma and mental health issues. According to a presentencing record, Spencer has been shot and stabbed numerous times and has been subject to eight deaths during his life, according to Rubin. Additionally, he has a history of criminal crimes, including those involving guns and drugs.
Rubin advised that Rubin’s word, which includes a period of care after his captivity term, include mental health care.
” I hope that you get the support that you need”, Rubin told Spencer.
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