A 24-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in federal prison on charges he took part in two murder-for-hire contracts. Tavon Slowe pleaded guilty to charges related to contract killing schemes, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Officials said Slowe was given a "contract" to kill Gregory Parker for $5,000 in 2012, after Parker had gotten into a fight near North Patterson Park Avenue and Chase Street. Parker was killed in a shooting in the 2300 block of E. Chase St. on March 16, 2012. Prosecutors said Slowe drove the getaway car from the killing.
Prosecutors also said in March 2013, at the direction of the FBI, Stowe received a call from an acquaintance who said he faced a lengthy incarceration after being set up by another person. Prosecutors said Slowe agreed to commit a murder for money and requested an arrangement to receive guns, but did not show up — he later told an informant he feared the contact person was a police officer.
He was arrested in August 2013 on gun and drug charges.
Prosecutors also said a co-defendant in the case, Davon Sanford, 33, of Baltimore, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Officials said Sanford pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, resulting in death.