A Baltimore man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Nov. 17 for throwing hot water on his roommate over a dispute regarding breakfast sausages, according to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney Office.
Donte Frye, 39, was convicted June 11, 2014, for the incident that took place in April of the previous year at a halfway house. Prosecutors believe that Frye mistakenly thought that the victim ate his breakfast sausages that morning. Based on his suspicion, Frye “lured the victim from his room in the basement to the top of the basement stairs.” Once the victim unlatched the lock on the door, Frye threw a pot of “boiling salt water at the victims face.” As a result, the victim fell down a flight of stairs, crashing his head into the door. The victim suffered austere burns to his face and neck, which left him hospitalized with second-degree burns and major scarring and defacement.
Prosecutors labeled Frye as a “violent repeat offender.” Frye has had previous convictions, including attempted murder, firearms violations and drug-related offenses. Frye had previously stabbed two other roommates on separate occasions, one of which led to the 2004 attempted murder conviction.
Assistant State Attorney Katie Dorian informed the judge of recorded phone calls, in which, she argued, Frye showed no remorse for his actions.
“Donte Frye bragged about stabbing his former roommate and belittled, by comparison, his crime of throwing boiling water on his latest victim,” said Dorian.
She added that he mocked the victim during the phone conversation, by stating that the boiling water is not a weapon and that his victim wasn’t bleeding.
The court ruled that because of Frye’s criminal history he qualified for the statutory penalty of 25 years without parole.
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