A Baltimore man connected to an August suicide in Forest Hill pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary in Harford County Circuit Court earlier this month.

Michael Privett, 30, was initially charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, assisting suicide by providing means, and reckless endangerment in August, but those charges were not prosecuted. Police had alleged that Privett knew about his friend’s plans to commit suicide and provided “assistance on obtaining the means to do so,” according to charging documents, then stole the man’s car.

Representatives for Privett and the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office could not be reached for comment.

Privett was sentenced Dec. 16 to six years in prison for the burglary charges, with the entire sentence suspended except for time served, court records show. He is now on unsupervised probation for 18 months.

The charges against Privett originated from an Aug. 10 wellbeing check by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office in Forest Hill. When police arrived at the man’s apartment, they found the resident dead and noted the man’s 2017 Gray Nissan Sentra, car keys, house keys and wallet were not at the scene.

Police found Privett on Aug. 11 with the dead man’s car keys and wallet and an unsigned title to the Nissan in his possession. Privett said in an “excited utterance” that his friend had given him the keys since he was planning to flee the country, according to charging documents.

Charging documents say that Privett told police when he left his friend’s apartment on Aug. 7, he realized he had forgotten the car keys, so he drove back, knocked on the door and eventually entered the unlocked apartment when no one answered. Privett found the man dead then went into the man’s bedroom and took the keys before leaving, charging documents say.

Privett pled guilty to fourth-degree burglary for breaking and entering and fourth-degree burglary for theft earlier this month.

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