WEEKLY SUMMARY: During the week of May 27 through June 2, deputies responded to 1,558 calls for service throughout the community.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY CASE #13-30790: Unknown suspect(s) attempted to force entry into a home in the 11100 block of Rawhide Road in Lusby on May 26 at 7:29 p.m. A neighbor's son observed three juveniles attempt to kick in the front door but they all fled on bicycles when he yelled at them. DFC R. Weems is investigating.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY CASE #13-30798: A homeowner in the 200 block of Bowie Trail in Lusby advised DFC R. Weems that sometime between May 24 and 26 someone broke off a key inside the keyhole of her front door handle. It did not appear that entry was made into the home and all other doors and windows were secure.
THEFT CASE #13-30896: Someone stole a black pressure washer valued at $550 from the driveway of a home in the 4000 block of 6th Street in North Beach overnight between May 26 and 27. DFC D. Gatton is investigating.
BURGLARY CASE #13-30924: A home in the 900 block of Farren Avenue in Solomons was burglarized in the latter part of May and copper pipe and tools together valued at $800 were stolen. DFC A. Clas is investigating.
Brittany Nicole Newton, 26 of North Beach, Md. (Arrest photos)
THEFT CASE #13-30977: On May 27 at 1:45 p.m. Dep. S. Moran charged Brittany Nicole Newton, 26 of North Beach, with theft under $500 after a K-Mart store employee stopped her leaving the store without paying for $264 worth of merchandise, which was recovered.
David Alexander Bowen, 24 of Huntingtown, Md. (Arrest photos)
CDS VIOLATION CASE #13-30994: Dep. A. Mohler arrested David Alexander Bowen, 24 of Huntingtown, on May 27 at 3:04 p.m. and charged him with DUI after responding to the scene of a single vehicle crash on Holland Cliffs Road at Estate Drive in Huntingtown. Bowen was found to be in possession of a blue metal straw used to inhale Oxycodone and was charged with possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia.
ARMED ROBBERY CASE #13-31112: A victim advised Dep. T. Holt that on May 28 at 1:30 a.m. he was robbed by a man with an Airsoft rifle while he was getting out of his vehicle to visit a friend in the 12000 block of Olivet Road in Lusby. The man demanded the victim's money and the victim pulled out his wallet that contained $200 in cash, which the suspect took. The victim stated that he pushed the gun out of his face and he and the man struggled and the gun was knocked to the ground. The man then fled the scene on foot. Dep. Holt secured the gun. A St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office K-9 officer responded to the scene and tracked the scent of the suspect to the parking lot of Patuxent High School where the scent was lost. The investigation is continuing.
THEFT CASE #13-31171: Unknown suspect(s) stole an exhaust system by cutting it from a vehicle that was parked in the driveway of a home in the 1200 block of White Sands Drive in Lusby between May 5 and 27. Sgt. M. Bomgardner is investigating.
UNDERAGE ALCOHOL CASE #13-31329: A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old were both cited for possession of alcohol under the age of twenty-one when Dep. N. Lenharr found the teens at the Flag Harbor Beach in St. Leonard at 3:03 a.m. on May 29. The 18-year-old is identified as Austin Hunter Garner of St. Leonard; the 17-year-old is from Prince Frederick.
THEFT CASE #13-31365: A Carrier brand air conditioning unit was stolen from the rear of a home in the 4200 block of Cassell Boulevard in Prince Frederick between May 15 and 29. Dep. T. Buckler is handling the investigation.
THEFT FROM VEHICLE CASE #13-31584: Overnight between May 29 and 30, unknown suspect(s) entered two unlocked vehicles in the driveway of a home in the 7300 block of Quaking Drive in Sunderland and stole a silver 32G IPod touch that is in a red case and a Vera Bradley blue and orange purse containing cash and ID cards. Dep. N. Funchion is investigating.
THEFT CASE #13-31949 & 31953: A theft was discovered on May 31 at the World Gym on West Dares Beach Road in Prince Frederick. Two lockers had the locks broken and were then entered on May 31 between 5:07 p.m. and 5:28 p.m. on May 31. Nothing was taken from one locker but a wallet and an Evo Shift cell phone, together valued at $713, were stolen from the second locker. Another locker at the Owings World Gym on Chaneyville Road had an IPhone and wallet stolen. Dep. S. Moran is investigating the thefts.
Harvey Lee Crone, Jr., 40 of Prince Frederick, Md. (Arrest photos)
CDS VIOLATION CASE #13-31964: On May 31 at 9:11 p.m. Dep. M. Quinn conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Md. Rt. 4 and Oxford Way in Huntingtown. She found the driver, Harvey Lee Crone, Jr., 40 of Prince Frederick, to be driving on a suspended and revoked license. Crone was found to be in possession of suspected drugs. Crone was arrested and charged with possession of a schedule I drug; K2/Spice and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; four brass screens.
BURGLARY CASE #13-32115: Dep. A. Mohler responded to the Subway restaurant on Dalrymple Road in Sunderland for the report of a burglary that occurred overnight between May 31 and June 1. The suspect(s) stole a safe containing several thousand dollars in cash. Det. K. Hunt of the Calvert Investigative Team is handling the investigation.
CDS VIOLATION CASE #13-32161: On June 1 at 3:11 p.m. Dep. L. Wood conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Rawhide Road in Lusby. The driver, identified as Aaron C. Hall, 23 of Lusby, was arrested for an open warrant for driving on a suspended license. A search incident to arrest revealed suspected drugs and Hall was charged with possession of marijuana in the amount less than 10 grams. While being searched at the Calvert Detention Center, Hall was found to be in possession of marijuana concealed on his person and was also charged with possession of marijuana while confined.
THEFT FROM VEHICLE CASE #13-32188 On June 1 between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. someone entered an unlocked vehicle parked outside the APVES Veterinary Hospital on Old Town Road in Huntingtown and stole a purse containing a small amount of cash and credit cards. Dep. S. Moran is investigating.
Amber Christina Smith, 24 of St. Leonard, Md. (Arrest photos)
CDS VIOLATION CASE #13-32243: After stopping a vehicle for traveling above the posted speed limit, 71 mph in a posted 50 mph zone, on Hallowing Point Road in Prince Frederick on June 2 shortly after midnight, Dep. M. Quinn found the driver to be under the influence of alcohol. A search incident to arrest revealed suspected drugs. The driver, identified as Amber Christina Smith, 24 of St. Leonard, was arrested and charged with DUI, possession of marijuana in the amount less than 10 grams and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; two aluminum smoking devices.
THEFT CASE #13-32287: Between May 29 and June 2, someone stole a Cub Cadet lawn tractor with a 50 inch deck from the yard of a home in the 1200 block of East Chesapeake Beach Road in Owings. DFC P. Aurich is investigating.
CDS VIOLATION CASE #13-32325: On June 2 at 12:49 p.m. after conducting a traffic stop on a vehicle at Old Town Road and Thanksgiving Lane in Huntingtown, Dep. A. Mohler found the driver and single passenger to be in possession of suspected drugs. He arrested William Anson Bailey, 30 of Hyattsville and Abdul Jamiyl Bailey, 37 of Wakefield, Virginia, and charged both with possession of marijuana in the amount less than 10 grams and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; a clear plastic baggie.
Chelsea Lee Hoofnagle, 27 of Lusby. (Arrest photos)
CDS VIOLATION CASE #13-32332: On June 2 at 2:41 p.m. Dep. L. Wood stopped a vehicle for crossing the double yellow line in the area of Gringo Road and Redeye Road in Lusby. She found the driver, identified as Chelsea Lee Hoofnagle, 27 of Lusby, to be in possession of suspected drugs. Hoofnagle was arrested and charged with possession of Heroin and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; a metal spoon.
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