Two Life Sentences for Man Found Guilty of Murdering Brophy Baermann on East Side of Providence
Saturday, January 27, 2024
The man found guilty of murdering then-24-year-old Miya Brophy Baermann on the East Side of Providence in 2021 was given two life sentences in prison on Friday — plus 50 years.
As GoLocal reported in June 2023, Isiah Pinkerton was found guilty of shooting and killing Warwick native Brophy-Baermann.
According to Brophy-Baermann’s LinkedIn page, she had just received her Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology — with a 3.94 GPA— from Northeastern University. She received her undergraduate degree from URI in 2019.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTBrophy-Baermann had also recently held a number of internships and fellowships prior to graduating, including working as a student clinician at Northeastern, East Taunton Elementary School, as well as at Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital in Braintree and at Reliant Rehabilitation in North Providence.
Multiple Charges
The indictment in 2022 had charged Pinkerton with one count of murder; one count of conspiracy to commit murder; one count of discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, resulting in death; one count of committing a drive-by shooting; one count of conspiracy to commit a drive-by shooting; two counts of possession of a ghost gun; two counts of conspiracy to possess a ghost gun; two counts of carrying a pistol without a license; two counts of conspiracy to carry a pistol without a license; two counts of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person; one count of assault with intent to commit murder; and one count of discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.
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