Arlington Teen Sentenced To Prison For Killing Father: Police

ARLINGTON, VA — An 18-year-old Arlington man has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for killing his father, police announced Thursday. (Subscribe to Arlington Patch for realtime news alerts and daily newsletters.)

Maxwell Adams was sentenced Wednesday for the second-degree murder of his father—Dennis "Andy" Adams, 46—on April 1, 2016.

“Mr. Adams tragically lost his life in a senseless act of domestic violence by someone he spent his life caring for," Arlington County Deputy Chief Daniel J. Murray, Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division said, in a statement. "Today’s sentence will not return Mr. Adams to his family, but we hope it provides some solace to know that the individual responsible will be held accountable for his actions”.

On the night of April 1, officers responded to the 100 block of S. Glebe Road for an assault with injuries and found two people suffering from stab wounds. Dennis Adams was transported to George Washington University Hospital Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Maxwell initially claimed he and his father were victims of an alleged home invasion, police said. Throughout the investigation, detectives uncovered numerous inconsistencies in Maxwell's account of these events.

Detectives ultimately determined the stabbing resulted from a domestic incident that took place inside a residence in the 3600 block of 3rd St. S.

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“In her ruling, Judge DiMatteo gave the family of Andy Adams a measure of closure they have ached for since this awful incident," Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney Theophani K. Stamos said in a statement. "The defendant will now have the next 32 years of his life to contemplate from behind bars how his actions destroyed a family. There is no question that justice was done."

Photo: Arlington County Police