LEONARDTOWN, Md. – State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that two men were sentenced for their participation in the June 2021 execution style murder of a teenager at the Chancellor’s Run Regional Park.
The sentences for Leonard Charles Hall, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, and James Reginald Flanagan, 27, of Lexington Park, Maryland, are as follows:
- Leonard Charles Hall: Life imprisonment; and
- James Reginald Flanagan: A life sentence with 35 years’ active incarceration.
Following a multi-day jury trial, a St. Mary’s County jury convicted Mr. Hall on May 12, 2023, of conspiracy to commit first degree murder and related firearms offenses.
Subsequently, on July 21, 2023, Mr. Flanagan, the co-conspirator, entered an Alford plea to conspiracy to commit first degree murder and related firearm offenses surrounding his involvement with the June 2021 homicide.
Senior Assistant States Attorneys Sarah Proctor and Jeff Maylor prosecuted both cases on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County.
Detective Daniel Sidorowicz of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office served as the lead investigator.
The Honorable Joseph Stanalonis presided over both cases.
Two more bite the dust ..
This cyclical generational thuggery and criminal behavior need to stop ..
The only way the cycle is broken is within their environment and start with raising people of good moral character . Issue, if their are no parents or mentors with moral character the cycle thus continues.
As examples of being caught and sentenced is not enough to encourage or persuade those living in this criminal environment to change their ways .. It is a shame that others will not learn from these two and their horrid mistakes ..
We have to remind others that GOD sees all knows all …and these two will have to deal with that issue of hell at a later date ,,
Too bad they didn’t think about GOD before they murdered …
Thank you
They’ll be out in 3
Obviously the thought of potentially spending years in prison was not enough to keep these thugs from killing a man. Perhaps, knowing they would suffer the same fate might have made them think before they acted. As long as the criminal element knows the consequences of their crimes are not as serious as the crimes they commit, what these two did will continue to happen. We are becoming a lawless land
Agree!! But the bleeding hearts have been able to get the death penalty abolished. Time for change.
That the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime has been proven over and over. The death penalty is biblical vengeance and has no place in a civilized society. Oh wait, who says the US is civilized!
And for the ones 18 & under, the parents must be held accountable! I’ve noticed how Mayor Bowser said nothing about holding the parents accountable because, God forbid they charge & jail their voter base!
Once we start holding parents accountable for their child’s behavior. This criminal behavior will continue. I feel sorry for the people living in Lexington Park. Just crime ridden areas with no guidance.
If I remember correctly the guy they shot and killed. Already shot Leonard at a party. And took years for him to recover and when he recovered the guy threatened to finish the job. So he got him before he got got.. honestly just sad story all around