BRUNSWICK MAN TO SERVE LIFE PLUS 20 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER, FIRST DEGREE RAPE
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
BRUNSWICK MAN TO SERVE LIFE PLUS 20 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER, FIRST DEGREE RAPE
Frederick, MD – Today, in Frederick County Circuit Court, The Honorable Judge Scott Rolle ordered 19-year-old Juwuan Terry Stewart, of Brunswick, MD to serve an agreed-upon sentence of Life plus 20 Years, in the Division of Corrections for First-Degree Murder and First-Degree Rape. The Defendant accepted a guilty plea to both charges on February 19, 2025.
On January 22, 2024, Brunswick Police responded to a call from a family member of the 61-year old victim who found her unresponsive. The victim was pronounced deceased on scene.
The Medical Examiner subsequently ruled the victim’s death a homicide as a result of multiple stab wounds and asphyxia due to strangulation.
Through investigation which included interviews with multiple witnesses, cell phone records, surveillance footage and the Defendant’s GPS ankle monitor, investigators were able to establish a timeline, placing the Defendant at the victim’s apartment on the afternoon of January 17, 2024. Witnesses told police the Defendant asked the victim if he could brush the snow off of her car for money. Witnesses said the victim repeatedly told the Defendant that she did not need assistance, as she tried to send him away. The next day the Defendant’s discarded ankle monitor was found laying in his backyard. The monitor had been cut off by the Defendant on the evening of the 17th. DNA consistent with the Defendant was recovered from the victim and evidence collected at the scene.
State’s Attorney Charlie Smith said, “This is an extremely egregious case that would have been death penalty eligible not so long ago. The community needs to understand that some teenagers are capable of extremely brutal and horrific crimes and should be punished according to the crime, not just their age.”
The victim’s daughter described how this crime affected her life, in the Victim Impact Statement, telling the court, “I am unsure how I can ever put into words the impact of losing my mother in such a horrific way has impacted not only my life, but my family’s life as well. . . . This is an experience no one should have to experience in their life. I will never be the same person after this life altering event.”
The victim’s niece addressed the court in her Victim Impact Statement stating “[Mr. Stewart] will be allowed to serve a single sentence while so many others will serve our own sentences because of Mr. Stewart’s actions. My aunt . . . was finally finding her place in the world and was aspiring to do great things with her life when Mr. Stewart robbed her of that opportunity.”
The Defendant will be required to register as a lifetime sex offender. The Defendant will also be on Lifetime Sex Offender Supervision under the Sex Offender Management Team.
The arrest and conviction of the Defendant was a collaborative effort between the Brunswick Police Department, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, the Frederick City Police Department and the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The State of Maryland was represented by Chief Assistant State’s Attorney, Special Victims Unit Lindsey Carpenter and Assistant State’s Attorney, Special Victims Unit, Erin Pearl.
Press Contact:
Jacqueline Rottmann
Court Media Relations Officer
301-600-2972
100 West Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701
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