Turner Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

Brandon Alexander Turner, 23, of Greenbelt, was sentenced on October 11, 2024, to life imprisonment, with 40 years of active time, for the attempted first degree murder of Calvert County Master Deputy Sheriff James Flynt.  Turner also received consecutive sentences for first degree assaults on Deputy Anthony Aranda and Deputy Tyler Bowen.  Turner’s total active period of incarceration equals 66 years.

 

On the evening of December 17, 2022, Turner led deputies on a high speed chase on MD Route 4 for nearly 10 miles.  During the chase, Turner produced a handgun and fired multiple shots at the pursuing deputies.  The chase ended near the Walnut Creek subdivision in Huntingtown when Deputy Flynt executed a maneuver that caused Turner’s vehicle to crash.  Turner exited the vehicle and shot Deputy Flynt in the leg, severing an artery.  But for extraordinary measures, Deputy Flynt would have died.

 

At trial in June 2024, Turner was convicted by a jury of 16 separate offenses.  The trial and sentencing were presided over by the Honorable Andrew S. Rappaport.

 

The case was prosecuted by Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey and Deputy State’s Attorney Timothy Maher.