Corey Robert Welch, 18 of Frederick, Maryland, has been given a shortened prison sentence for a heinous attack over his victim s perceived sexual orientation. (WDVM)
A Maryland teenager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but four years suspended for a brutal, homophobic assault that took place last year.
Corey Robert Welch, 18 of Fredrick, Maryland, was sentenced on Wednesday (12 May) to more than a decade in prison after he pled guilty to first-degree assault and a hate crime.
But the judge suspended over 11 years of the sentence and gave Welch credit for the 15 months he’s already served in jail – meaning he will spend about four years in prison, according to