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A Baltimore teen who was supposed to be confined to house arrest
last year at the time he ran over a police officer in a stolen
Jeep was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

Dawnta Harris, 17, was tried as an adult and convicted earlier
this year in the May 2018 murder of Baltimore County Police
Officer Amy Caprio. On Wednesday, a judge sentenced the teen to
life in prison in addition to 20 years for burglary.

"Amy was unnecessarily and remorselessly killed," the victim’s
husband Tim Caprio said.

The 29-year-old officer was responding to reports of a
suspicious vehicle when she encountered Harris in what would
later be identified as a stolen Jeep. Bodycam footage from the
incident showed Caprio shouting at the teen to get out of the
vehicle.

At one point she draws her weapon and screams at Harris to
“Stop! Stop!” before he ducks his head, accelerates and slams
the car into her.

Caprio managed to fire off one round, which shattered the Jeep's
windshield. Residents of the Baltimore suburb reportedly found
the officer bloodied and with tire marks across her legs. She
sustained broken ribs and injuries to her internal organs.

Police say Harris ditched the Jeep several blocks away.

Officials in Baltimore have come under intense criticism in the
aftermath of Caprio’s death after it emerged Harris was awaiting
sentencing in another auto theft case at the time of the
killing. He was allowed, however, to remain on house arrest
despite a string of previous arrests for car burglaries,
repeated instances in which he skipped out of juvenile custody
and a request from his mother to detain him.

A high school freshman at the time, Harris was transferred from
a juvenile facility to his home in West Baltimore -- and
disappeared shortly after.

A week later, Caprio was dead.

Three other teens, identified as Harris' accomplices, pleaded
guilty to felony murder and are scheduled to be sentenced in
September. Authorities accuse them of burglarizing a home when
Caprio was run down on the street.

Under Maryland law, if someone is killed during the commission
of a burglary, accomplices can be prosecuted in the slaying.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/baltimore-teen-17-given-life-in- prison-after-striking-killing-cop-while-on-house-arrest-during- botched-burglary

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