Baltimore man sentenced up to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of robbing Lancaster city electronics store in 2024 no-show trial
A judge sentenced a Baltimore man to five to 18 years in state prison earlier this month after a jury found him guilty in 2024 of stealing more than $11,000 worth of electronics from a Lancaster city store.
Judge Dennis Reinaker handed down the sentence to Malcolm Cager Graham, 23, on March 5.
A jury had previously convicted Graham in absentia of robbery, organized retail theft and conspiracy to commit organized retail theft following a November 2024 trial in which he failed to appear. That trial occurred after Graham had originally been set to go to trial on the matter in November 2022 when he also failed to appear, claiming at the time that he had not received notice of his court date.
Police ultimately arrested Graham on a bench warrant in November 2025 after which Judge Reinaker ordered a pre-sentence investigation be completed.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Ponessa, who prosecuted the case, argued that Graham’s repeated no-shows “made a mockery” of the court and that he deserved a lengthy prison sentence.
The then-18-year-old Graham conspired with four others to steal 13 electronic devices valued at more than $11,000 from a Best Buy store in the 1700 block of Fruitville Pike in December 2020. Graham and the others also threatened a store employee during the robbery.
Lancaster City Bureau of Police Officer Todd Grager filed the charges.
