Bail Denied For Man Charged With Murder In Fountain Green Homicide

BEL AIR, MD — A Harford County judge denied bail Wednesday for the man charged in the deadly Memorial Day shooting in an apartment off North Fountain Green Road.

Milton Mondowney, 31, of the unit block of Libra Court in Rosedale, was taken into custody in Baltimore about 12 hours later, the Harford County Sheriff's Office reported.

District Court Judge Kerwin Miller said Wednesday that while he was not a flight risk, Mondowney presented another type of risk.

"Without a doubt, the defendant is a danger to the community," Miller said in court in Bel Air.

Mondowney is charged with first- and second-degree murder and related offenses after officials said he and his girlfriend drove from their home in Rosedale early Monday morning to an apartment in the 1900 block of North Fountain Green Road where his girlfriend's niece said a man assaulted her, according to charging documents.

Mondowney's girlfriend reportedly went in the apartment first to confront the alleged assailant.

Upon realizing Mondowney was behind her, "she became nervous and stated that she didn't want to observe a fight, so she left," according to charging documents.

Mondowney's girlfriend said he was the only one in the apartment with Corey Tashawn Lambert, 23, when she heard "loud noises, like firecrackers from inside the apartment."

Lambert was shot in the head and torso multiple times and was found lying face-up on the bedroom floor, according to charging documents, which identified him as the man accused of assaulting the niece.

A gun was not located, nor was it mentioned in the statement of probable cause, even though Mondowney is charged with using a firearm in commission of a felony, his defense attorney said during the bail review hearing Wednesday in Harford County District Court.

In making a case for why he should be released, Mondowney's attorney said he had young children who relied on him as their primary caregiver and provider. She also said he has lived in the area for 31 years, graduated from Heritage High School in Baltimore, continued his education in electrical studies after graduation and has been employed for the past several years with one company. Were he to be released from the detention center, his aunt on Chase Street in Baltimore said he could stay with her, his attorney reported.

For the past five years, Mondowney was employed as a security officer for Amazon, his attorney said. He has been off work for the past two weeks since he contracted COVID-19, she added

Prosecutors said they had both an eyewitness and a motive and believed Mondowney "poses a great danger to the community," including those who may have seen the shooting who still live in the apartment complex. For that reason, they asked that he be denied bail.

The judge ordered Mondowney to remain in custody without bail and to refrain from contact with any of the state's witnesses or co-defendants.

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