DAVIDSONVILLE (WBFF) — A Davidsonville teen who pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder in the death of a local shop owner pleaded guilty Tuesday to malicious destruction of property charges in a separate case involving an Edgewater school.
Jonah Poole, 19, was also sentenced Tuesday to the maximum possible jail sentence of 120 days after pleading guilty to two counts of malicious destruction of property. He was given credit for the entire sentence for time already served.
In June, Poole was charged with hate crimes, trespassing and malicious destruction of property. Investigators alleged that on May 15, 2025, he spray-painted a swastika and derogatory phrases on the exterior of buildings at The Summit School, a private school for first through eighth grade students with learning differences like dyslexia.
Authorities said the vandalism occurred nine days before the death of Tropic Bay Water Gardens owner and Annapolis resident Edward Stephen Koza, whom Poole pleaded guilty in March to killing.
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