A 24-year-old Baltimore man, who was initially set free on state carjacking charges, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 40 years in prison for the same 2006 crime, which resulted in the death of a Security Square Mall store owner in Woodlawn. Defendant Brian Keith Rose pleaded guilty in Baltimore U.S. District Court after Judge Catherine C. Blake ruled that she would allow fingerprint evidence in court. The prints had been excluded by Baltimore County Circuit Judge Susan M. Souder in the state case, leading to federal intervention. "That fingerprint helped to ensure that justice would be done, providing closure for the victim's family and taking a murderer off the streets of Baltimore before he could kill again," U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in a statement.

- Tricia Bishop