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Date: 03-03-2023
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United States of America v. Malcolm Goods
Case Number: 1:21-cr-00457
Judge: George L. Russell, III
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Baltimore
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm within a school zone.
Malcolm Goods pled guilty, on September 12, 2021, Baltimore Police officers received a call for an armed person at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Cumberland Avenues in Baltimore. The person was carrying a gun, wearing a white construction hat and orange safety vest, and riding a bicycle. An officer monitoring a closed-circuit television camera located an individual, later identified as Goods, matching that description in the 600 block of Cumberland Avenue.
When officers arrived on scene, Goods got on a bicycle and rode on the sidewalk for a few blocks. Near the 1600 block of N. Carey Street, officers pulled over next to Goods told Goods to stop in an area about one block away from Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy, a Baltimore public elementary and middle school. Goods initially agreed to stop, then rode away on the bicycle.
After briefly losing sight of Goods, officers found him knocking on someone’s front door and placed him into custody. An officer saw the grip of a firearm in Goods’ waistband and recovered a.40 caliber pistol with an obliterated serial number, loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition. During his arrest, including after he was read his Miranda rights, Goods made several statements which indicated that he was aware that he possessed a firearm. Goods agreed that he knew or had reasonable cause to believe that he was within 1,000 feet of the grounds of the Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
United States Attorney Erek L. Barron commended the ATF and the Baltimore Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Moore and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Simpkins, who prosecuted the case.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
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