Dennis Hinnant Jr. / Courtesy: MCSAO
A Silver Spring man was found guilty Friday for murdering his wife.
Dennis Hinnant Jr., 30, was found guilty of second-degree murder for killing his wife, 28-year-old Taresha Pendarvis, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office (MCSAO).
He faces up to 40 years in prison. He will be sentenced July 18.
In a written statement, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said, “We remain dedicated to aggressively prosecuting domestic violence in any form. The defendant was appropriately found guilty of murder, and we will be seeking the maximum penalty under the law.”
Taresha Pendarvis / Courtesy: MCSAO
According to county police at the time of arrest last year, in Feb. 2023 Hinnant Jr. walked into the Rockville City Police Station and asked to speak with a homicide detective. He said that officers would find his wife’s dead body at their home on Lanier Drive, according to police. Officers responded to the home and found Pendarvis with trauma to her body, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to MCSAO, Pendarvis was stabbed multiple times and strangled with a belt. A statement of charges says Hinnant Jr. told a detective they were arguing over a potential divorce.
