UPDATE 4/4/2022: St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that on March 30, 2022, Nikko Mason-Coates, 21, was found guilty by a St. Mary’s County jury of First Degree Assault, Second Degree Assault, and Use of a Firearm during the commission of a Felony/Crime of Violence. Mr. Fritz would like to thank Assistant State’s Attorney Sean Moran for the successful prosecution of this case and also the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department for their exemplary police work generally; more specifically, Mr. Fritz would like to thank CPL Austin Schultz, lead investigator; SGT Brian Fennessy; CPL James Bare; and DFC Daniel Sidorowicz for their participation in this trial to secure Mr. Mason-Coates’ conviction. Mr. Mason-Coates has been remanded to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending the preparation of a pre-sentence investigation. Mr. Mason-Coates faces the possibility of 45 years of incarceration for his shooting of a young man in the Wildewood neighborhood on June 12, 2020, and it is expected that his sentencing will be in May of 2022. UPDATE – Sheriff’s Office Press Release: During the course of the investigation by detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, Nikko Muhammad Mason Coates, 19 of […]
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