LEONARDTOWN, Md. – State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that a St. Mary’s County Jury found Defendant Aleksander A. Ivanchev, 40, of Lexington Park, MD, guilty of two counts of criminally negligent manslaughter for the deaths of Melody Russell and Shawn Bailey following a July 2021 collision in Charlotte Hall, MD.
Sterling thanked members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office for their investigation and Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Laura Caspar, who prosecuted the case on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County.
The defendant will be held without bond pending sentencing, which has been postponed to a later date.
The Honorable Joseph Stanalonis presided over the case.
Good. This person needs to be in jail forever.
Criminally Negligent Manslaughter! This was more like murder. This piece of human excrement should never be released from prison so he will never be able to commit another heinous act such as this.
Jail forever is letting him off easy. He should go in the same manor in which he killed those young people.
They never knew what hit them. If he were to go in the same way, that would be giving him kindness. He doesn’t deserve kindness
Just like the punk in Waldorf that got arrested for drugs and a ghost gun then got released and murdered a 17 year old four months later
Should ever have been let out of jail
He’ll be out in a couple of years on good behavior
I agree
I call BS!!! Sterling said criminal manslaugter?? I looked it up and he got 2 misdemeanors on the manslaughter and traffic violations. He is a murderer!!!! Where is the justice in this? He should be in jail the rest of his life! He will probably just be granted time served in the correction facility and walk out on parole. Who is he going to hurt next? Who is he going to kill next? Who the hell oparates a tractor with holding a baby? He should not be around that baby. That is negligence and endangering the life of a baby. Child protective services should do something before he gets released.
Ivanchev was convicted on only the misdemeanors. With current time served, he is immediately eligible for parole if the judge gives him concurrent sentencing. If the judge decides on consecutive sentences he will be in jail for maybe another year.
Yea, The DA only wanted to say he was found guilty. they wanted to leave that part out.
You got that right. There was a whole lot left out and no fight for the innocent. DA threw charges and did nothing to prove them. They failed to do their job. This man will kill again.
He’ll probably get three years and/or up to $5,000.
About damn time too. Court kept postponing it, let his guilt eat at him for the rest of his life
Well what do we have here…no update.?? Everything was hush hush. Only a few people were notified of his sentencing court date was moved from 7/20 to 6/9. There was a lot of family not contacted even though phone calls were made to the DA office. No one in the DA office wants to face family members and are dodging them sending newbies to answer.
This man was sentenced for 6 years and has put in for an appeal. He wants out of prison when he has only been there about a month. He needs to stay in jail for bei g a heartless killer. He is reckless, abusive to his wife and kids. His record of the court dates prior to killing Shawn and Melody disappeared. He was due in court a few days after killing them. He was suppose to be in court over thd custody of his kids and several cases that had to do with his business as well. He likes to strangle people. This man does what he feels like last minute. He ran a business without a license for at least 7 years. All those cases are wiped out of the system. You can’t see the strangling case so that is wiped out. Violent man that will take everything from anyone he chooses in a second. Let’s give an applause to the District Attorney’s office for throwing the case so this monster doesn’t serve the correct time. They withheld evidence. If they had done what they said they were going to do he would have gotten life. THEY LIED!!!!!!!
He did the same as murder those two poor young people. They are not giving him a tuff enough sentence. Outrageous.
Pos needs 3rd deg murder
Thry can’t because it would be considered double jeopardy. He can’t be charged for murder no matter what.
He was suppose to have been sentenced on 7/20/23 but it was moved up to 6/9/23 without many people being contacted. He got sentenced 6 consecutive years. He recently submitted a request for an appeal. He got away with murdering 2 young innocent special people and he is complaining of being in prison for 6 years. It is ridiculous and he needs to stay there for at least that time. He is dangerous.
He was pulled over before for driving reckless with his two kids and wife in the car.
I can’t help but feel the states attorney trying the case did not produce the evidence that was available, showing his erratic behavior from the Dr. Phil show I guess he hit his head the night before that show. There was 28 moving traffic violations against him they didn’t use and the abuse of his kids, his wife should have been able to have a back bone and not be afraid to speak up and protect others he may hurt in the future when he is released on appeal, hopefully that does not happen. The victims have been insulted in this, and no justice was served. I am disgusted at how quick and appeal was filed. He feels he is above the law always has. I am praying for the Baileys and Russells it’s bad enough to lose your kids but to be slapped in the face this way is just heinous.