Two Men Charged in Westminster Murder

Two Baltimore men have been charged with murder in the October 2010 death of a Westminster man, Maryland State Police said Thursday.

Michael V. Brooks, 28, and Tuson K.S. Reese, 26, have been charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-, third- and fourth-degree burglary, first- and second-degree assault, and manslaughter, according to police.

Reese also was charged with two counts of first-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit robbery/attempted robbery, police said.

The charges date back to Oct. 2, 2010, when police found 40-year-old Steven R. Hobson dead in his apartment on Main Street in Westminster shortly before 2:30 a.m. An autopsy revealed that Hobson died from stab wounds, police said.

Brooks and Reese were arrested in Baltimore on Oct. 4 on parole retake warrants. They were serving sentences in the Jessup Correctional Institution. After being served with these most recent indictments, they were transferred to the Carroll County Detention Center in Westminster.