A Maryland man will serve at least a year in prison after reportedly driving a motorcycle under the influence and severely injured his passenger in September 2022.
Michael Edward Ebert, 53, of Sykesville, was recently sentenced to serve three years in the Division of Corrections after he was convicted of causing life-threatening injury while operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Brian Shockley imposed the sentence, suspending all but one year of active incarceration and placing Ebert on five years of supervised probation upon release.
The charges stem from a single motorcycle crash on Sept. 14, 2022 on west Route 50 in Whaleyville. Maryland State Police troopers arrived on scene and found two individuals with significant head trauma and bodily injury lying on the pavement in front of a motorcycle. One of the individuals was Ebert, determined to be the owner and operator of the motorcycle, and the other was identified as Ebert’s female passenger. First responders from Berlin EMS noted the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from Ebert before both individuals were transported by helicopter to Johns Hopkins for medical treatment.