Baltimore Man Faces Nearly 6 Years On Federal Charges For Looting, Arson During Unrest

A Baltimore man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to an arson of a food market in connection with last April's rioting, prosecutors say.

Trevon Green, 23, admitted to that, as well as looting a liquor store and assaulting its owner, as part of a plea deal.

“Trevon Green was not a protester, he was a criminal who enjoyed committing gratuitous violence,” U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in a statement. “He looted a liquor store and kicked the defenseless store owner in the head, then he set fire to a food market. We caught him because police and prosecutors spent time reviewing recordings from cameras throughout the city.”

In his plea agreement, Green admitted to participating in the April 27. 2015 rioting and looting that broke out following Freddie Gray's funeral. Late that afternoon, he was among looters at a liquor store in the 2200 block of West North Avenue. He was seen on surveillance video leaving the store with a box of merchandise, prosecutors say. One of the owners, who another looter had punched in the face, was crouching near his vehicle behind Green (who was talking with a woman at the time) and witnessing the looting. As Green walked by, he kicked the owner in the face without provocation.

Later that evening, he went to the market in the 1500 block of North Monroe Street. Someone's cell phone video showed him with two other men near a broken front window. He was then recorded telling the other men to light the store on fire, which they proceeded to do. The damage caused to the store by the fire and looting could be over $335,000. Green has agreed to pay restitution for all losses claimed.

If the plea agreement is accepted by the judge, he will be sentenced to nearly six years in prison. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz set sentencing for Aug. 22.