PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. (April 6, 2009) - The Calvert County Sheriff's Office today released the following incident and arrest reports.
ASSAULT, DOP: On March 29 at 10:34 p.m. DFC John Harms responded to Catamaran's Restaurant in Solomons for a disorderly person. He arrested Dennis Marvin Erich, Jr., 40, of Prince Frederick, and charged him with malicious destruction of property and second degree assault after he learned from victims and witnesses that Erich cut a tire on a vehicle parked outside the restaurant after he was asked to leave the establishment. The damage is valued at $500. Erich then threatened a patron with the knife but did not injure him.
ILLEGAL DRUGS: On March 29 at 11:31 p.m. Dep. Roscoe Kreps conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at Md. Rt. 260 west of Md. Rt. 2. The driver was found to be in possession of suspected marijuana. Kreps arrested Christopher David Gordon, 23, of Bowie, and charged him with possession of marijuana and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, a blue glass smoking device.
SHOPLIFTING: On April 1 at 2:20 p.m. two unknown suspects entered the Blockbuster Video store in Dunkirk and stole almost $600 in video movies. DFC James Smith is investigating.
ILLEGAL DRUGS: Dep. Roscoe Kreps investigated a call for a suspicious vehicle in the area of Golden Russet Drive in Dunkirk on April 2 at 2:40 p.m. After making contact with the vehicle owner, he was found to be in possession of suspected marijuana. Kreps arrested Stewart Gordon Gross, 55, of Hughesville, and charged him with possession of marijuana and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, a hand rolled marijuana cigarette.
STOLEN TRAILER: A black 2005 Ridgeline trailer valued at $2500 was stolen from a construction site on Hospital Road in Prince Frederick between April 2 and 3. Dep. Craig Johnson is investigating.
DISORDERLY: On April 3 at 12:05 a.m. DFC Robert Burggraff responded to Catamaran's Restaurant in Solomons for a disorderly subject. Upon arrival, Burggraff observed a twenty-year-old female who appeared to be intoxicated. Staff of Catamaran's informed Burggraff that they had observed the girl go to her car, drink alcohol, and then return to the establishment. They advised her that she needed to leave but she refused. She became increasingly disorderly as DFC Burggraff attempted to find her friends so they could offer her a ride home. He subsequently arrested Jeanna Sue Ann Lehnen, 20, of St. Leonard, and charged her with disorderly conduct.
STOLEN VEHICLE: Dep. Thomas Rickard took a report of a stolen vehicle from a victim on Pushaw Station Road in Owings on April 4. The victim advised that at approximately 4:44 a.m. she was awakened by her dog barking and looked outside to see her vehicle being driven out of her driveway. She advised that the vehicle was unlocked and the keys were in it. The vehicle is a 1996 red Dodge Avenger 2 door worth $3000. Dep. Rickard will continue the investigation.
ASSAULT: An employee and a customer of Buehler's Market in St. Leonard were both arrested for assault on April 4 at 6:30 p.m. after they got into a fistfight in front of the store. The customer advised that the employee refused to wait on him and the employee advised that he believed the customer was attempting to buy alcohol for underage persons who had earlier tried to buy alcohol but did not have the proper I.D. DFC James Bell arrested Aaron Robert Fritch, 20, of St. Leonard, and Patrick Thomas Brown, 28, of St. Leonard, and charged each with second degree assault and disorderly conduct.
DOP: Unknown suspect(s) spray painted a garage door on a home on Beach Drive in St. Leonard causing $100 in damage. DFC Joseph Windsor is investigating the vandalism that occurred overnight between April 4 and 5. A second spray painting occurred in the same time frame on Ave. D in St. Leonard where a Chevy van was spray painted resulting in $500 in damage. Anyone with information is asked to contact DFC Windsor at 410-535-2800.