City prosecutors have cut a deal with one of two men charged in a complex witness intimidation case that includes allegations of shooting a witness, setting up a witness for a false arrest and scaring a juror.

Victor Shuron, 31, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit assault against a witness, Donnie Hill, who was shot on Nov. 27, 2006, only days before he was set to testify in a Baltimore County murder trial.

Shuron was given a suspended sentence of 15 years and three years’ probation as part of the deal.

Shuron entered an Alford plea, meaning he maintains his innocence, but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him.

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Joseph Sviatko, a spokesman for the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, said Hill was consulted about the plea.

“The state entered into this agreement after consulting the victim who was in agreement with the plea offer. It spares the victim from having to testify in this matter again,” Sviatko said.

Hill testified last year against Shuron and his co-defendant, Yusef Winston-Bey, 28, saying they shot him after following him in a van to the Waverly Shopping Center on Greenmount Avenue.

The case had gone to deliberations in Baltimore City Circuit Court, only to be derailed after the jury passed Judge Robert Kershaw a note indicating one juror felt too “scared” to continue — causing the judge to declare a mistrial.

While awaiting a second trial in Hill’s shooting, prosecutors allege Winston-Bey and Shuron persuaded a friend, Monique Ramseur, to swear out a false second-degree arrest warrant for Hill, whom police arrested Feb. 21 and who was held four days at Baltimore’s Central Booking and Intake Facility.

Once they discovered the plan, prosecutors say they dropped the false charges against Hill on March 26.

Both Shuron and Winston-Bey have long maintained their innocence, citing testimony from alibi witnesses showing they weren’t at the scene of Hill’s shooting.

Neither of their defense attorneys could be reached by press time.

Winston-Bey’s trial is scheduled for Oct. 24.

lbroadwater@baltimoreexaminer.com