May 30th, 2017 by WCBC Radio

The Office of the State’s Attorney for Allegany County, Michael O. Twigg, State’s Attorney, announced on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, that Jason Ben Cristofori, 40 of Cumberland, was convicted in the Allegany County Circuit Court of Second Degree Burglary and was sentenced by the Honorable W. Timothy Finan, Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court, to 12 years in the Maryland Division of Corrections, with six years suspended.  Cristofori will be required to complete drug treatment as part of his probation once released from prison. Cumberland City Police were called to Gephart Drive on July 26, 2016.  The investigation revealed that Cristofori had broken into a vacant home on that street and removed a stove. The case was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Erich Bean.  Cristofori was represented by attorney Sean Gallagher.