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Tenant Convicted At Third Trial For Nearly Beating Landlord To Death Over Rent In Maryland Tenant Convicted At Third Trial For Nearly Beating Landlord To Death Over Rent In Maryland
Tenant Convicted At Third Trial For Nearly Beating Landlord To Death Over Rent In Maryland The third time was a charm for prosecutors in Montgomery County after a Silver Spring man was convicted of the vicious assault of his landlord over rent. Geofrey Gaitan, 31, was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder this week after two previous trials resulted in hung juries in connection to the near-fatal attack of Nicholas Miranda in April 2020. According to court documents, on April 19, 2020, Gaitan severely beat his 63-year-old landlord in a home in the 9700 block of Hastings Drive in Silver Spring, striking him with two solid wood table legs and stomping on his head when …

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