Drug Deal Robbery Leads To Murder Conviction In 2021 Glen Burnie Death

GLEN BURNIE, MD — A Jessup man was convicted Friday in the 2021 death of a Glen Burnie man during what Anne Arundel County police said was a drug deal and robbery, prosecutors aid.

Andy Daniel Aguilar-Amaya, 21, was found guilty of first-degree felony murder and robbery by a jury in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. Aguilar-Amaya was charged in May 2024 in the October 2021 homicide death of 26-year-old Gene Fayga Martin and indicted by the Anne Arundel County grand jury on June 14, 2024.

Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2026.

Following the jury verdict, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said, “The defendant killed the victim during the course of a robbery, thereby making this a felony first-degree murder. Our laws are meant to deter people from committing dangerous felonies where death of any person is a foreseeable result. I am glad the jury saw this clearly and their verdict will provide some peace for Mr. Martin’s family.”

On Oct. 21, 2021, Anne Arundel County Police officers responded to Beach Road in Glen Burnie for the report of a shooting. Arriving officers found Martin laying in the roadway in front of his 2016 Acura sedan, suffering from two gunshot wounds. Martin was pronounced dead at the scene.

His manner of death was later ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. The cause of death was determined to be gunshot wounds.

Anne Arundel County Police homicide detectives recovered 9mm shell casings near the victim’s car and fingerprints lifted from the victim’s car. A witness said she heard two gunshots and saw a silver sedan fleeing the scene.

Another witness said Martin said he was going to meet “Ando,” later identified as Aguilar-Amaya, and another man to conduct a drug transaction. A palm print lifted from the exterior of the victim’s Acura matched those of the defendant. Investigators believe that the defendant intended to rob the victim of cash and drugs.