Calvert County Sheriff's Reports


PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. (Sept. 27, 2010) - The Calvert County Sheriff's Office today released the following incident and arrest reports.

WEEKLY SUMMARY: During the week of September 20 through September 26 deputies responded to 1,711 calls for service throughout the community.

BURGLARY: DFC J. Elliott responded to a home on 13th Street in Chesapeake Beach for the report of a burglary that occurred on September 23 between 5:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. An inventory is being done to determine what has been stolen. Sgt. R. Naughton of C.I.T. is investigating.

DRUG ARREST: On September 23 at 9:58 p.m., while conducting a patrol check, DFC J. Dean observed a vehicle parked on Isle Court in Prince Frederick. He detected a strong odor of marijuana and made contact with the driver and passenger of the vehicle. DFC Dean found them to be in possession of suspected marijuana. Colvin Michael Gantt, Jr., 36 of Lusby, and Darvus Mennaze Gray, 28 of Prince Frederick, were both arrested and charged with possession of marijuana in sufficient quantity to indicate intent to distribute, possession of marijuana, possession with intent to deliver and sell drug paraphernalia, a digital scale and possession with intent to deliver and sell drug paraphernalia, a package of sandwich bags.

THEFTS FROM VEHICLE: Overnight between September 23 and 24 unknown suspects broke the window of a vehicle parked on Evans Road in Huntingtown, stealing a purse. The purse was recovered by students waiting for the school bus. Nothing appeared to have been taken from the purse. Dep. C. McDonough is investigating.

THEFTS FROM VEHICLE: Dep. J. Denton is investigating the theft from a vehicle that occurred in the same time frame from a vehicle parked on Stratford Court in Owings. The victim advised that a container with business receipts was taken. The container and receipts were located in front of a home down the street. The vehicle had been locked and the passenger side window had been broken to gain access.

THEFTS FROM VEHICLE: A vehicle on Chesapeake Ave in Chesapeake Beach had the passenger window broken and a purse stolen from within between September 23 and 24. The purse was located by the victim a few hundred feet from the house and nothing was missing. DFC R. Cox is investigating.

THEFTS FROM VEHICLE: An unlocked vehicle on Earl Street in Owings was entered overnight between September 23 and 24 and was ransacked and currency stolen. Dep. J. Denton is investigating.

THEFTS FROM VEHICLE: A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Monarch Lane in Huntingtown between September 23 and 24. DFC R. Cox is investigating.

THEFTS FROM VEHICLE: A Coach purse and wallet were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Turtle Creek Drive in Port Republic overnight between September 24 and 25. Dep. N. Funchion is investigating.

BURGLARY: DFC J. Harms is investigating a burglary to a home on Mohawk Drive in Lusby that occurred sometime on September 24. Nothing appears to have been taken but $50 in damage was done.

DRUG ARREST: On September 24 at 11:35 p.m. Dep. J. Norton conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at Md. Rt. 4 and Robshire Manor Road in Huntingtown. The driver and passenger were found to be in possession of suspected drugs. John D. Edelman, 59 of Washington D.C., was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of Vicodin, possession of Ambien and possession of drug paraphernalia, rolling papers. Thomas E. Mitchell, 51, also of D.C., was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of cocaine, possession of Vicodin, possession of Ambien and possession of drug paraphernalia, rolling papers.

THEFT: A yellow wallet was stolen from a grocery cart while the owner was shopping at the Lusby Giant on September 25 around 3:00 p.m. DFC J. Harms is investigating.

DRUG ARREST, DISORDERLY: On September 25 at 4:30 p.m. DFC T. Rickard investigated a vehicle that had been parked for over two hours with a female occupant inside in the parking lot near Rita's Italian Ice in Dunkirk. The driver, later identified as Bridget Rae Cram, 29 of Huntingtown, became disorderly while being questioned. She was found to be in possession of suspected drugs. Cram was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, possession of Suboxone, possession of Heroin, and possession of drug paraphernalia, two metal spoons, and two syringes.

DRUG ARREST: DFC T. Rickard arrested two suspicious suspects on 5th Street in North Beach on September 25 at 11:41 p.m. Debra L. Hall, 54 of Prince Frederick and Roger Lee Hill, 50 of Huntingtown, were arrested and charged with possession of Phencyclidine and possession of drug paraphernalia, two brown glass jars, one clear glass jar and one plastic container used to store drugs.

ASSAULT: Dep. J. Denton responded to 7th Street in North Beach on September 26 at 6:39 a.m. for the report of a man with a gun. He observed the lookout vehicle being operated by a male fitting the description. The vehicle stopped in front of a home on 6th Street. Dep. Denton observed the driver get out of the vehicle and start to walk toward the home. The suspect was wearing some type of protective vest. Dep. Denton ordered the suspect to stop and lay face down on the ground several times before the suspect finally complied. The complainants advised that the suspect had driven past their home very slowly, then stopped and got out of the vehicle stating he was looking for his girlfriend. He then returned to his vehicle, drove past them again and displayed a black handgun. Neither complainant was injured. Denton arrested Dempsey Ray Williams, 35 of North Beach, and charged him with two counts of assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

BURGLARY: Unknown suspect(s) burglarized one home on Drury Lane in Dunkirk and attempted to gain entry into a second one on September 26 between midnight and 8:00 a.m. A stolen purse was later recovered. Dep. C. McDonough is investigating.

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