January 9, 2009
Halethorpe man pleads guilty to car arson
A Halethorpe man pleaded guilty yesterday to arson for his role in a Howard County car fire involving a vehicle reported stolen during an armed carjacking in Baltimore County a couple of hours earlier. Robert Wayne Muir Jr., 18, could receive up to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit second-degree arson, but Howard County prosecutors are recommending a sentence of probation. About 5:30 a.m. April 24, a Baltimore County man reported that he had been carjacked at gunpoint behind his home by two men, prosecutors said. Less than two hours later, Howard County police responded to a car fire in Elkridge. The car, which was charred and bore several bullet holes, was the car reported stolen in Baltimore County. Circuit Judge Lenore Gelfman called the crime "incredibly stupid and dangerous." Muir is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 29.
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