A teenager who stabbed a blind man to death in a Bel Air apartment last summer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Donnell Graham, 18, of Bel Air was pled guilty March 12 in Harford County Circuit Court to the Aug. 5 murder of Patrick Ward, 29, in Ward’s Redfield Road Apartment. He originally […]
Teenager Pleads Guilty to Murder of Legally Blind Bel Air Man
From the Office of the State’s Attorney for Harford County: Joseph I. Cassilly, State’s Attorney for Harford County, announced that this morning 12 March 2012, Donnell Graham, 18, of Bel Air, Maryland, plead guilty to one count of Murder in the first degree for the killing of Patrick Ward, 29. On August 5, 2011, The […]
Prosecutors Seek 17-Year-Old Charged in Bel Air Murder to Stand Trial in Circuit Court
Prosecutors want the 17-year-old charged in the murder of a legally blind Bel Air man earlier this month to be tried in the Circuit Court for Harford County, Deputy State’s Attorney H. Lewis Scott said Monday. Donnell Graham waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Harford County District Court. His request was presented to […]
Sources: Slain Bel Air Man Had Growing Fears of Neighbors; Allowed Killer Into Apartment Days Before Stabbing Death
The stabbing death of a legally blind Bel Air man was the culmination of months of conflict between him and neighbors in his apartment building, events which led him to keep a gun in his apartment—a weapon that was intended for protection but which became the cause of his death. Multiple sources familiar with Ward […]
UPDATE: Blind Bel Air Man, 29, Stabbed to Death in Redfield Road Apartment; 17-Year-Old Suspect Charged with Murder
UPDATE: Harford County Sheriff’s Office detectives have charged Donnell Graham, age 17, of the 200 block of Fairwood Drive in Bel Air, MD for the homicide of Patrick Xavier Ward, age 29, of the 900 block of Redfield Roadin Bel Air, MD. Ward was stabbed multiple times in the upper torso, while inside of his […]
