Overview
- Kevin Weaver pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and received a nine-year sentence with all but five months suspended, which prosecutors said holds him accountable for excessive force.
- The court ordered three years of probation and mandated anger management therapy.
- Cellphone video showed Weaver putting college student Kameron Barnes in a chokehold outside Cross Street Public House in Baltimore’s Federal Hill.
- Barnes has a pending lawsuit against Weaver, Ace Event Services Group, and the bar, alleging a traumatic brain injury and failures to train and supervise security staff.
- Cross Street Public House said Weaver worked for the contracted firm Ace Event Services Group and ended its agreement with the company after the incident.