On View Arrests/Warrants/Criminal Citations/Juvenile Referrals

 On View Arrests:

Assault- On May 4, 2022, Dep. C. Hill responded to the 45800 Krystal Lane in Lexington Park, to serve court ordered paperwork. While attempting to served the paperwork, Jakiya Larie Hebb, age 18 of Lexington Park, became combative and kicked a deputy in the groin and face, and also bit another deputy on scene. Hebb was arrested and charged with Assault 2nd Degree. 

Jakiya Larie Hebb

Assault- On May 7, 2022, Dep. Wilson responded to the 31400 block of Pt. Lookout Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported assault. A witness advised they observed a man in a vehicle attempt to run over the victim. The witness also advised the individual threatened to kill the victim. A second witness advised the victim had to jump over a ditch and flee from the vehicle, and the individual driving the vehicle turned sharply and accelerated trying to strike the victim. Investigation determined Logan Garrett Blado, age 22 of Mechanicsville, was the operator of the vehicle. Blado was arrested and charged with Assault 1st and 2nd Degree. 

Logan Garrett Blado

Trespassing- On May 7, 2022, Dep. Morgan responded to the 22800 block of Three Notch Road in California, for the reported trespassing. Upon arrival contact was made with Charles William Clark, age 66 of no fixed address. Clark was told numerous times by staff and deputies to leave the property. Clark did not leave the property and was charged with Trespassing and Fail to Obey a Lawful Order. 

Charles William Clark

Assault- On May 8, 2022, Dep. Rycyzyn responded to the 45700 block of Elm Court in Lexington Park, for the reported assault. The victim advised Jeremy John Weller, age 41 of Lexington Park, punched the victim in the head when the victim arrived home. The victim had visible injury and Weller was arrested and charged with Assault 2nd Degree. 

Jeremy John Weller

Neglect of Minor- On May 9, 2022, Dep. Fleenor responded to the 28200 block of Mechanicsville Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported juvenile not breathing. The juvenile was transported to an area hospital for treatment after receiving NARCAN for a suspected unintentional overdose. The juvenile was in the care and custody of Samantha Marie Shadrick, age 39 of Mechanicsville. Located on scene was a garbage bag containing a straw with suspected heroin residue, along with two suspected CDS smoking devices containing residue, a baggie of suspected fentanyl, cocaine, and folded pieces of paper containing a powder residue. Shadrick was arrested and charged with Neglect of Minor. 

Samantha Marie Shadrick

Warrants Served:

05/04/22- Calvin Ben Jones, age 70 of Leonardtown- Failure to Appear/Driving Motor Vehicle on Highway Without a License by DFC. T. Snyder# 342.

 

Calvin Ben Jones 

05/05/22- Antonio Jose Shaw, age 36 of Hollywood- Driving While Suspended by Dep. C. Hill# 381. 

Antonio Jose Shaw 

05/05/22- Glenn Rodney Battle, age 36 of Mechanicsville- Violation of Probation/Driving Without a License by Dep. Budd# 325. 

Glenn Rodney Battle 

05/05/22- Christopher Kalil Gant, age 23 of Brandywine- Driving on Suspended License by DFC. Fenwick# 338. (No Photograph Available)

05/06/22- Rodney Anthony Dickerson, age 53 of Mechanicsville- Assault 1st Degree by Dep. Cucinotta# 393. 

Rodney Anthony Dickerson

05/06/22- Keith Tyrone Stewart Jr., age 29 of Mechanicsville- Failure to Appear/Failure to Remain at Scene of Accident by DFC. Westphal# 337. 

Keith Tyrone Stewart

05/07/22- Dale Levan Waul, age 43 of Lexington Park- Failure to Pay/Contempt by Dep. Hudson# 390. 

Dale Levan Waul 

05/09/22- Kristen Marie Hoover, age 26 of Lusby- Contempt of Court by Dep. Luffey# 352. 

Kristen Marie Hoover

05/09/22- Richard Howard Tucker, age 37 of Newburg- Failure to Register Offender/False Information by DFC. Hersch# 343. 

Richard Howard Tucker

05/10/22- Ronnie Lee Braitsch, age 32 of Baltimore- Burglary 1st and 3rd Degree, Property Destruction, and Theft by DFC. Beyer# 319. 

Ronnie Lee Braitsch

05/10/22- Evan Michael Clarke, age 21 of Leonardtown- Theft by Dep. Wynnyk# 351. 

Evan  Michael Clarke

05/10/22- Christopher Allen Williams, age 32 of Mechanicsville- Violation of Probation/Assault 2nd Degree by Dep. Wynnyk# 351. 

Christopher Allen Williams

05/10/22- Anthony Delonte Young, age 29 of Great Mills- Driving Without a License by Dep. Bowling# 327. 

Anthony Delonte Young

Criminal Citations:

05/05/22- Shanita Ann Chase, age 35 of California- Theft by Cpl. Holdsworth# 305. 

05/06/22- Holly Devin Vinson, age 33 of White Plains- Theft by Dep. Allebach# 392. 

05/10/22- Joshua Antoine Miles, age 33 of Lexington Park- Trespass: Private Property by DFC. Beyer# 319. 

Juvenile Referrals: 

05/05/22- Male age 14 of Mechanicsville- Disruption of School Activities, Harassment, and Electronic Misuse by DFC. Alvey# 275. 

05/05/22- Male age 13 of Lexington Park- Disruption of School Activities by DFC. Alvey# 275. 

05/06/22- Female age 17 of Lexington Park- Assault 2nd Degree and Disruption of School Activities by Cpl. Muschette# 303. 

05/07/22- Female age 16 of Lexington Park- Malicious Destruction of Property by Dep. Morgan# 384. 

05/10/22- Male age 15 of California- Theft by Dep. Welch# 399. 

05/10/22- Male age 7 of Leonardtown- Assault 2nd Degree and Disruption of School Activities by Dep. Tasciotti# 398. 

05/11/22- Male age 17 of Great Mills- Assault 2nd Degree by Dep. Bowling# 327. 

Identity Needed for Theft Suspect

 

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 5:50 pm, the suspect failed to scan all the items in her cart at the self-checkout register of the California Walmart store. The suspect fled the store before she could be identified after being stopped by the store's loss prevention staff. 

Anyone with information about the identity of the suspect or this incident is asked to call Deputy Patrick Hudson at 301-475-4200, ext. 8178 or email patrick.hudson@stmarysmd.com. Case # 18044-22 

Citizens may remain anonymous and contact the St. Mary’s County Crime Solvers at 301-475-3333, or text a tip to “TIP239” plus their message to “CRIMES” (274637). Through the Crime Solvers Program tipsters are eligible for an award of up to $1,000 for information about a crime in St. Mary’s County that leads to an arrest or indictment.

Officers Thanked for Safely Removing Cows from Roadway

 

Ronna and her calf Big Mac

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office received an online thank you note on Wednesday for assisting two wayward cows from the roadway on Route 5 in Helen early on the morning of May 11. 

From Margie Stone via Facebook: "A big shoutout to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff's and Maryland State Police officers for helping to keep our cow safe until we could get to her at 3:30 this morning. Momma and calf are both safe back in the pasture with the rest of the herd. Apparently the calf went through the fence on the main road and momma went after him. The calf went back through the fence but I had to walk her down the main road back to the farm road and to the barn.
To everyone who was involved, thank you for your help.
The Earnshaw Farm and TXM Cattle, LLC" 

Sheriff's Office Deputies DFC Thomas Snyder, Deputy Nicholas Hill and Maryland State Troopers were glad to assist. 

The cows back on the farm 

Lexington Park Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking

 

On May 10, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division along with members of the Emergency Services Team (EST) served a search and seizure warrant at the residence of Joseph Daren Brooks Jr., age 19, at the 21700 block of Kearsarge Place in Lexington Park.

As a result, a large quantity of suspected marijuana packaged to indicate distribution was located, as well as a shotgun, digital scale and a large sum of U.S. currency.

Brooks was arrested and charged with the following:

Firearm/Drug Trafficking

CDS: Possession-Marijuana 10 grams plus

CDS: Possession with Intent to Distribute

Brooks remains incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown, on a no-bond status.

Citizens may remain anonymous and contact Crime Solvers at (301) 475-3333, or text a tip to “TIP239” plus their message to “CRIMES” (274637).  Through the Crime Solvers Program tipsters are eligible for an award of up to $1,000 for information about a crime in St. Mary’s County that leads to an arrest or indictment.

For official news and information, follow the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Twitter @firstsheriff.

 

Joseph Daren Brooks Jr. 

Forrest Center Students Complete Internship Program

 

Cpl. William Rishel, K-9 Storm and Forrest Center student interns 

The second-year Criminal Justice students from the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center completed their 2022 internship program with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on May 4, 2022. This year’s session marked the return of the internship program for the first time since 2019 because of COVID-19 restrictions in place during the 2020 and 2021 school years.  

Twenty three students interned twice a week over a six-week period, working at Sheriff’s Office Headquarters, the Detention and Rehabilitation Center, the District III Station, the Circuit Courthouse, and as special guests of the St. Mary's County Department of Emergency Services. The internships culminated with a trip to the K-9 Training Center to meet K-9 officers and learned about their duties through demonstrations and questions and answers. The students were allowed to interact with the non-patrol dogs. The students also met some members of the Emergency Services Team and learned about the duties and functions of the team, as well as seeing a static display of the agency’s EST equipment.

 After enjoying a lunch of pizza donated by Chief’s in Tall Timbers, the students were presented Sheriff’s Salute certificates in recognition of their participation in the internship program, and for their completion of two years of study of Criminal Justice at the Forrest Center. As he has since the inception of the internship program 15 years ago, Captain Steven Hall both welcomed the students to their internship at their orientation in March and provided parting words to the students after presenting them with their certificates at their culminating event.

Capt. Steven Hall addresses the interns 

Members of the Emergency Services Team make a presentation 

Capt. Hall congratulates Micah Purnell for his Sheriff's Salute 

Madelyn Dunbar receives her Sheriff's Salute 

Lesly Moran Castillo receives her Sheriff's Salute 

Alexander Seskar receives his Sheriff's Salute 

Shooting in Lexington Park Under Investigation

 

On May 10, 2022, at approximately 2:55 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21700 block of Kearsarge Place in Lexington Park, for the reported shots fired. Deputies arrived on scene within 90 seconds of the initial 911 call and discovered a home had been struck with projectiles. Deputies also observed a vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed and attempted to stop the vehicle, however the vehicle fled the area. The vehicle was later located, abandoned. The vehicle was impounded for further processing.

Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division are continuing the investigation.  Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Detective Austin Schultz at (301) 475-4200 extension 71953 or by email at Austin.Schultz@stmarysmd.com.

Citizens may remain anonymous and contact Crime Solvers at (301) 475-3333, or text a tip to “TIP239” plus their message to “CRIMES” (274637).  Through the Crime Solvers Program tipsters are eligible for an award of up to $1,000 for information about a crime in St. Mary’s County that leads to an arrest or indictment.

For official news and information, follow the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Twitter @firstsheriff.

Officers Continue Patrols Seeking Impaired Drivers

 

Law enforcement officers in St. Mary's County have seen an increase in the number of impaired drivers reflected in the DUI arrests made this year by the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack. 

In the first four months of 2018, Sheriff's Office patrol deputies made 36 DUI arrests. During the same four-month period this year, Sheriff's deputies made 64 arrests, an increase of 77 percent over 2018. The Maryland State Police in St. Mary's County made 96 DUI arrests during the first four months of this year.  

“The number of impaired drivers that we are encountering on roads in St. Mary’s County is entirely too high," said Captain David Yingling of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. "Both St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and Maryland State Police Troopers are actively patrolling area roadways on the lookout for impaired and distracted drivers.”

“Don’t needlessly endanger yourself or others. Use a designated driver or a driver service or face the serious consequences in court,” Capt. Yingling said. 

Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol results in property destruction, injuries and death. Impaired drivers can lose their license, be assessed fines, serve jail time, have an interlock ignition system installed in a vehicle, pay higher insurance premiums or lose their insurance coverage. 

Make the right decision and drive sober or make arrangements for a sober ride.   

Sheriff's Office Welcomes K-9s River and Havok

 

Cpl. Rishel and K-9 River

Cpl. Foor and K-9 Havok 

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is pleased to announce the addition of two new K-9s to its ranks. K-9 River, a 14-month-old Red River Labrador, completed a strenuous four-week course in tracking, specifically for missing persons and suicidal persons. K-9 River is assigned to Corporal William Rishel, a 20-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, who is also responsible for K-9 Skar, a Patrol and Narcotics detection dog. 

K-9 Havok, a four-year-old Malinois, completed a strenuous transition course in explosives detection. K-9 Havok is assigned to Corporal Brandon Foor, a 13-year-veteran of the agency, who is also responsible for K-9 Dyno, a Patrol and Narcotics detection K-9. 

Welcome to the K-9 team!  

Lexington Park Man Arrested for Shooting in 2021

 

On May 5, 2022, members of the Lexington Park COPs Unit located and arrested Zeolaunte Monticello Hilliard, age 36 of Lexington Park, on an outstanding warrant for a shooting in March of 2021.

On March 17, 2021, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21000 block of Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported shots fired. Preliminary investigation determined the two victims were traveling in a vehicle on Pegg Road when Hilliard pulled alongside their vehicle and discharged a firearm at them and their vehicle. Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division continued the investigation and developed Hilliard as the individual responsible for the shooting.

Hilliard was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown, and charged with the following:

Firearm Use/Felony-Violent Crime

Handgun on Person

Handgun in Vehicle

Assault First and Second Degree

Reckless Endangerment from Car

Hilliard remains incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center on a no-bond status.

Citizens may remain anonymous and contact Crime Solvers at (301) 475-3333, or text a tip to “TIP239” plus their message to “CRIMES” (274637).  Through the Crime Solvers Program tipsters are eligible for an award of up to $1,000 for information about a crime in St. Mary’s County that leads to an arrest or indictment.

For official news and information, follow the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Twitter @firstsheriff.

Zeolaunte Monticello Hilliard 

 

Sheriff's Office Welcomes New Correctional Officers

Sheriff Tim Cameron, Warden Mary Ann Thompson, and the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office welcomed eight new Correctional Officers on Friday, May 6, 2022. The new officers graduated in a class of 15 from the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy, Session 67 Corrections Entrance Level Training Program. 

The new Correctional Officers are:

Helen Deitrich, John Edelen Jr., Ryan Kane, Breanna Kissinger, Dylan McCoy, Mikele Spencer, Hanna Suite, and William Tolson Jr. 

Officer John Edelen Jr., won the Physical Fitness Award,  Officer Hanna Suite won the award for Scholastic Achievement, and Officer Helen Deitrich won the coveted Steve Allen Award. 

Welcome to the Family! 

Warden Mary Ann Thompson and Captain Steve Hall with the new officers