A 23-year-old Waldorf, Maryland, man faces life plus 20 years in prison after a jury convicted him Wednesday of murder in the October 2020 murder of a 7-Eleven worker in Charles County.
Gregory Deshawn Collins, of Waldorf, was found guilty of first-degree felony murder in the death of Lynn Maher, 49, of White Plains.
Maher was working as a cashier at the 7-Eleven in the 3300 block of Middletown Road in Waldorf on Oct. 1, 2020, when Collins shot her to death during a robbery.
Collins entered the convenience store that night and grabbed a tea bottle before approaching the sales counter, according to the Charles County State’s Attorney Office.
He then brandished a handgun and announced a robbery, forcing Maher to hand over all the money from the register, then shot Maher in the head. Collins fled the scene with a total of $249.69.
Collins was captured in Georgia by U.S. Marshals less than three weeks later.
The jury also found Collins guilty of other charges including armed robbery, .
Collins, who confessed to robbing the store and shooting Maher, is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 2.
