Overview
- U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson ordered Dennis Allen Hairston to serve 40 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.
- A federal jury in June 2024 convicted Hairston of kidnapping, carjacking, robbery conspiracies and a firearm offense tied to two May 2021 abductions.
- Evidence showed the crew used GPS trackers, police vests and a light bar to stop victims, then bound them and burned them with a blowtorch.
- One victim worked at a Baltimore check-cashing business and another was seized in Edgewood, and a victim testified that Hairston sexually assaulted her during an interrogation.
- Co-defendant Donte Davon Stanley is set for sentencing on Feb. 2, 2026, while Franklin Jay Smith and Davon Tramont Dorsey received nine- and 15-year terms, and the judge rejected defense challenges over juror and court-staff issues from the trial.