"The final defendant to be sentenced in the killing of Baltimore County police Sgt. Bruce A. Prothero was given life without the possibility of parole yesterday by a judge who compared the crime to a 'Wild West' shootout.
Wesley Moore, 25, showed no emotion as Baltimore County Circuit Judge James T. Smith Jr. sentenced him, but the victim's widow sobbed quietly during the hearing.
'You committed an act like something out of the Wild West, and you didn't even realize how outrageous it was,' Smith said. 'That makes you a very dangerous person."
Prothero, 35, was shot three times Feb. 7, 2000, as he chased four men out of J. Brown Jewelers on Reisterstown Road during a robbery at the store, where he was working a second job as a security guard. After yesterday's sentencing, Prothero's widow, Ann Prothero, said she is trying to cope with the loss of her husband and to do her best to raise their five children. 'I have five children, and I do what I can to take care of them,' she said.
Moore declined to comment yesterday.
Prothero's family thanked prosecutors and expressed relief that Moore's no-parole life sentence means that all four defendants convicted in the killing will spend their lives behind bars.
Moore was convicted of felony murder April 2 based on testimony that he and his half-brother, Richard Antonio Moore, held clerks and customers at gunpoint while two accomplices smashed jewelry cases. The four men fled with more than $400,000 worth of watches, according to testimony."
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-06-09/entertainment/bal-wes-moore-prothero-0430_1_prothero-case-ann-prothero-richard-antonio-moore
to be continued....
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