Two men get life sentences

The Baltimore Sun

Two men were sentenced yesterday to life in prison for drug conspiracy and firearms violations in a plot that came to light when the bodies of two people were found in the trunk of a car after a police stop on Interstate 95 in Cecil County.

James Moore, 43, of Andrews, S.C., and Walter Babbs, 37, of Greensboro, N.C., were convicted in April by a federal jury of conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, and conspiracy to possess and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Moore was also convicted of two counts of use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in the fatal shootings of Willie Anthony Robinson and Alexandria Angeline Withers. The jury was not able to reach a verdict on those counts in Babbs' case.

According to evidence presented at trial, from September 2002 to August 2004, Moore and Babbs conspired to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. Robinson had provided the drugs since January 2003.

In November 2003, Maryland State Police stopped a car driven by Moore on I-95 in Cecil County for a traffic violation. Troopers found the bodies of Robinson and Withers, who had been shot a day earlier, in the trunk.

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