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Robert Gladden Trial

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Perry Hall Shooter Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder

Robert Gladden, 15, entered the plea in Baltimore County Circuit Court Tuesday.

(Update 2:06 p.m.)—A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has accepted a guilty plea from a Perry Hall High School student who admitted to shooting a special needs schoolmate. Robert Gladden Jr., 15,  pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a violent act before Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill, Jr. The other 27 counts against Gladden were dropped. By entering a guilty plea, Gladden waived his right to a trial, which was scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. After 11 a.m., Baltimore County Assistant State's Attorney John Cox, Gladden's defense attorney George Psoras and Cahill discussed the terms of the plea agreement while Gladden's family members openly wept. Gladden's…

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UPDATE: Accused Perry Hall Student Shooter To Be Charged As Adult, Accused Perry Hall Student Shooter To Request Juvenile Trial (in Perry Hall Patch), and UPDATE: Shooting at Perry Hall High School, Suspect in Custody

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Jeanne

9:24 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Katie you are correct no one died but Bobby is still a killer to many people.   more ›

Friday, February 8, 2013

UPDATE: Accused Perry Hall Student Shooter To Be Charged As Adult

A three-day hearing concluded with the court ruling against 15-year-old Robert Gladden Jr.'s request for juvenile charges.

UPDATE (4:34 p.m.)—Adult charges will stand against the student accused of opening fire inside Perry Hall High School on the first day of school, Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill, Jr. announced Friday morning. "The court can reasonably expect that if placed in treatment with juveniles, he would lack candor with therapists ... he would bully other juveniles ... he would act in a defiant, hostile and disinterested way," Cahill said.  "He is not the least bit interested in treatment and not the least bit motivated to change," he said. The announcement came at the close of a three-day juvenile waiver hearing, that had been postponed twice and stretched across two weeks. A criminal trial for 15-year-old Robert Gladden Jr. in …

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UPDATE: Hearing Reveals Dark Details On Accused Perry Hall Student Shooter (in Perry Hall Patch), UPDATE: Gladden Indicted For Perry Hall High Shooting, UPDATE: Shooting at Perry Hall High School, Suspect in Custody, and 3 more ›

MGS

1:22 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

Not really going to debate neither the guilt or innocence nor the psychiatric condition. But I am watching a video of his alleged confession right now. I'm wondering if it admissable. He was read his miranda rights and signed a document - probably not legally binding since he's under the age of majority. Furthermore, procedurally, it appears he is being questioned without his parent's permission …   more ›

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