A Montgomery Village man was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to six counts of child neglect of his six minor children in November 2024.
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, the Honorable Jill Cummins has sentenced defendant, Dominique Moore, 47, of Montgomery Village, to 30 years in prison suspending all but seven years to serve and five years of supervised probation upon release. The sentencing hearing was held Thursday, March 27, 2025.
Both Dominique Moore and his wife, Cynthia Moore, were arrested in May of 2023, and each was indicted on charges of second-degree depraved-heart murder, involuntary manslaughter, and child neglect following an investigation into the death of their 17-year-old child. On May 10, 2022, emergency responders were called to the Moores’ home in the 9000 block of Quill Place in Montgomery Village for an unresponsive child and discovered the family living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
Dominique Moore pleaded guilty to six counts of child neglect of his six minor children in November 2024. Judge Cummins found his wife, Cynthia Moore, guilty of six counts of child neglect following a bench trial in October of 2024. Cynthia Moore was sentenced to 30 years in prison suspending all but 21 years to serve and five years of supervised probation upon release.
