Baltimore Man Receives 25-Year Sentence for Armed Carjacking and Kidnapping

A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for his involvement in a violent armed carjacking and kidnapping incident. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, Donte Davon Stanley, 35, will also serve five years of supervised release following his incarceration. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson.

The conviction stems from events that occurred in May 2021. Stanley, along with his co-conspirator Dennis Allen Hairston, 35, targeted an employee of a check-cashing business with the intent to rob the establishment. Evidence presented at trial revealed that the pair, along with other individuals, orchestrated the kidnapping of the victim with the ultimate goal of stealing all the cash from her workplace. They also planned and executed the carjacking of the victim’s vehicle.

During the incident, which took place from May 5-6, 2021, the conspirators trailed the victim after she left work. Posing as law enforcement officers, they used a police-style light bar to force her to pull over. Both Stanley and Hairston, reportedly wearing police vests and badges, brandished firearms to remove the victim from her car. They then restrained her by handcuffing her hands behind her back, zip-tying her feet, and blindfolding her with a mask and duct tape before forcibly placing her in the back of a vehicle.

While Stanley was driving, Hairston proceeded to assault and sexually assault the victim. He also repeatedly used a blowtorch on her in an attempt to extract information needed to access the check-cashing business and its funds. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, an initiative aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence by fostering trust between law enforcement and communities, supporting violence prevention organizations, and implementing focused enforcement strategies. U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes highlighted the collaborative efforts of the FBI, Baltimore Police Department, Harford County Sheriff’s Office, and the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office in bringing this case to justice.

Hairston was previously sentenced in December 2025 to 40 years in federal prison for his role in this armed robbery, as well as a separate abduction that occurred in mid-May 2021. Judge Hurson described the conduct in Stanley’s case as “grotesque, depraved, reprehensible.”

Article by Mel Anara, based upon information from U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

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