CLEAR SPRING- Three other individuals are charged at this time in relation to a triple murder and arson incident in Clear Spring in November. Four people have been charged at this time in that incident, including Darnell (aka Donnell) Hawkins, 47, of Baltimore; Tony Smith, 43, of Hagerstown; Maurice Mouzon, 46, of Baltimore; and Kierra White, 35, of Glen Burnie.
Hawkins appears to not be the only person involved in the incident with a significant criminal history, as the sole member of the group from Hagerstown, Tony Smith, is a convicted felon and registered sex offender.
On the night of the murders and arson, Maryland State Police say in court filings that they pulled over a vehicle that was operating without headlights. Inside of that vehicle, they say, was Robert M. Smith of Brooklyn, MD, who was not previously mentioned in court filings or public notices. Smith has since been charged by the WCSO with numerous crimes including;
- CDS Possession not cannabis (M)
- CDS possession paraphernalia (M)
- Illegal possession of ammo (M)
- CDS Possession of firearms (M)
- Illegal possession of a registered firearm (M)
- Firearm possession- Crim Vio/Fel Conv (F)
- Possession of a firearm without a serial number (M)
- Handgun in vehicle (M)
- Loaded handgun on person (M)
- Handgun on person (M)
- Fraud- per. identification avoid prosecution (M)
- Resist/interfere with arrest (M)
- Obstruction and hindering (M)
After his arrest, Smith would be interviewed by investigators and told them that he was from Baltimore, MD and had traveled to Hagerstown earlier that evening. He was picked up in the notorious Cherry Hill neighborhood by a man known to him as “Black.” According to MSP, “Black” was driving a Uhaul vehicle and had another man with him. Smith would tell police that the group was planning on traveling to Hagerstown to commit a robbery of drug dealers. The occupants of the truck, they say, talked with an individual known as “Tone,” later identified as Tony Smith, about plans to rob three drug dealers that were from Baltimore but selling drugs in an alleyway in Hagerstown. The plan, police say, was to approach the drug dealers in the alleyway, force one of them inside of a house and steal all their money, drugs, and guns…