Overview
- Melachi Brown pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license and admitted violating probation, and the court ordered three more years of supervised probation after his prison term.
- A Baltimore County officer stopped Brown for a broken taillight in December and found he was behind the wheel despite a no-driving order, according to the police report.
- Brown had served about three months of an 18‑month sentence from a 2024 plea deal, then moved to home detention with a bar on driving during a three‑year probation term.
- Federal investigators said excessive speed caused the 2023 crash, finding Brown and the other driver, Lisa Lea, were both traveling faster than 120 mph when six road workers were killed.
- Relatives of the victims have pressed for tougher accountability in work zones, and one brother said he was outraged when Brown was found driving again after the earlier plea deal.