Tyler Mailloux, a Berlin man serving 18 months for a traffic offense in the hit-and-run accident that killed 14-year-old Gavin Knupp, was denied parole last week.
Following a hearing last Thursday, the Maryland Parole Commission denied Mailloux’s request for an early release. Mailloux’s eligibility for parole was met after serving six months in the Worcester County Detention Center.
Mailloux, 25, has been incarcerated since Feb. 25, when he entered a guilty plea to a felony count in Knupp’s death. As part of a plea deal, the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office agreed it would not prosecute the remaining 16 traffic charges in the case.
In March, a Worcester County Circuit Court judge sentenced Mailloux to 10 years, with all but 18 months suspended, for leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident that resulted in Knupp’s death. Upon release, he will serve three years of supervised probation.
Administrative case ongoing
In the meantime, a case connected to Mailloux’s housing status at the detention center continues to move through the court system.