via nbcwashington.com The convicted killer of music producer Raymond “Scotty Beats” Brown was sentenced to 140 years in prison Tuesday, NBC Washington’s Pat Collins reported. Jamaal Alexis, 24, of Landover, Md., was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Brown and other charges related to the murders of Bobby Ennels and Anthony Cash and the attempted murder of Frances Lammonse, authorities said. On Oct. 13, 2006, Brown was shot and killed trying to prevent the theft of his vehicle, which was being towed away so the thieves could take Brown’s rims, authorities said. Almost two years later, Jamaal Alexis’s … Continue reading Man Gets 140 Years in Scotty Beats Slaying [nbcwashington]

by Liz Skalski | Staff Writer – Gazette.Net A Landover man accused of killing a Mitchellville music producer in 2006 broke his silence by taking the stand Tuesday and Wednesday. Jamaal Alexis, who is on trial, is accused of towing Raymond Brown’s Chrysler 300 sedan from Brown’s Mitchellville home Oct. 13, 2006, then fatally shooting Brown, 36, as he approached the tow truck. Brown was a well-known music producer, known as “Scottie Beats” in the music industry. Alexis, 24, of Landover told Elizabeth Cawood of The Law Offices of Thomas and Cawood in Bowie, one of two attorneys representing Alexis … Continue reading Man accused of killing Mitchellville music producer Scottie Beats takes the stand [Gazette.Net]