DATE: August 8, 2024
Re: UPDATE – Sentencing in State v Kareem Parker
On Thursday, August 8, 2024, Kareem Parker, 30, of Forest Hill, was sentenced by the Honorable Diane Adkins-Tobin following his June 2024 conviction for Rape in the First Degree.
Deputy State’s Attorney Trenna Manners and Assistant State’s Attorney Logan Hayes requested a sentence of Life suspend all but eighty-six (86) years to serve, which is within the Maryland Sentencing Guidelines in this case that were calculated to be twenty-eight (28) years to Life.
Ultimately, the Honorable Judge Adkins-Tobin sentenced Parker to Life suspend all but fifty (50) years to serve. In support of the sentence Judge Adkins-Tobin cited the evidence produced at trial of the victim’s extensive injuries and the defendant’s deceptiveness in his initial interview with law enforcement. She further described the tone of the social media messages in this case as the 30-year-old Defendant grooming the 18-year-old victim for sex. The Judge further noted the callousness of the Defendant in leaving the victim alone and undressed in the woods.
At the conclusion of the hearing, State’s Attorney Alison M. Healey stated, “It is my sincere hope that this significant sentence will give the victim in this case some peace in knowing that justice has been served. Today, Harford County is a safer place with Kareem Parker behind bars for decades to come.”