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Former EMS Chief In MD Arrested For Tampering With Narcotics Boxes, Fentanyl Vials: Sheriff
The former Chief of Medical Services for the St. Mary's County government has been arrested and charged for tampering with narcotics boxes in Southern Maryland, authorities announced. Leonardtown resident Thomas Patrick Raley, 39, who was the subject of an investigation into the suspected tampering with the security seal on a narcotics box at a local medical unit is facing nearly three dozen charges following his arrest on Wednesday, Sept. 11. In July, the sheriff's office determined that the seal on a medic box containing vials of fentanyl had been broken. Further investigation…
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Suspected Drug Dealer Busted Following Searches At St. Mary's County Homes, Sheriff Says
A man who failed to stop for a St. Mary's County Sheriff's deputy attempting to pull him over was busted with a host of cash and controlled substances during several searches, officials say. On Tuesday, Sept. 3, Bushwood resident Deandre Terille Taylor failed to slow down at a white stop line, instead making a sharp right turn in his Ford Mustang and speeding away before getting out and taking off on foot. A police K9 was called to the scene, and narcotics were detected, though none were recovered on Tuesday. While in custody, Taylor complained of a medical emergency and was taken to an ar…
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Self-Proclaimed 'Zoophile' Convicted Of Animal Cruelty For Obscene Videos With Dog In Maryland
The man who produced video "performing perverted acts with his dog," in St. Mary's County was convicted of animal cruelty and other offenses. Sean Patrick Kraese, 24, a self-proclaimed "zoophile," is facing nearly a decade behind bars following his conviction last month, authorities announced. In June 2022, members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office received complaints from neighbors regarding numerous dead animals, burn piles, and bone piles on his Piney Point property that were producing a noxious odor. Prosecutors said that detectives executed a search warrant at the home, w…
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Man Who Posted Social Media Threats Targeting Children, Police Wanted In Southern Maryland
A massive multi-jurisdictional search is underway in Southern Maryland as several agencies are attempting to locate a 21-year-old man who made threats against children and police. An alert was issued on Thursday afternoon on behalf of the St. Mary's County, Charles County, and Calvert County sheriff's office as they seek the public's assistance in locating Kevin Lee Bonnie, who is now wanted. According to investigators, on Thursday, Sept. 5, Bonnie posted multiple statements on social media expressing intent to harm law enforcement officers and children waiting at bus stops. They note…
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Pedestrian Walking In Roadway Fatally Struck By Driver In St. Mary's County: Sheriff
One driver was able to avoid a pedestrian from South Carolina, but a second was unable to swerve out of the way in St. Mary's County, resulting in a fatal strike, the sheriff says. Gaston resident Lew William Chavis, 39, has been identified by officials as the pedestrian killed in an early morning strike in Charlotte Hall. According to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office, shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1, patrol officers were called to the area of Three Notch Road and Carpenter Lane in Charlotte Hall, where paramedics were attempting to revive Chavis. Investigators say that a&…
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Maryland Man Ditched GPS Monitor While Awaiting Trial For Assault, Arson Arrest, Sheriff Says
A Maryland man arrested for multiple assault offenses and for threatening arson in St. Mary's County has escaped, officials say. Markko Darvelle Morsell, 34, is wanted for escape after removing his electronic monitoring device and fleeing the area following his latest arrest. At the the time, Morsell was on pretrial release for charges that include three counts of second-degree assault, theft of $100 to under $1,500, and making threats of arson. He was described as being 6-foot-3 weighing approximately 320 pounds. Anyone with information regarding Morsell or his whereabouts ha…
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Dealer From DC Who Sold Fentanyl Leading To Fatal Overdose In Maryland Gets Lengthy Sentence
A man previously linked to a shooting in St. Mary's County has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for distributing the fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose, the state's attorney's office announced. Darrick Monte Evans, 45, now living in Washington, DC, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling fentanyl stamped as Oxycodone, leading to the deadly incident. Prosecutors say that in March 2022, Evans distributed the misbranded fentanyl to a user who overdosed and died. An autopsy later determined that the cause of death was fentanyl intoxication, and through…
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Custodian Who Stole Nearly $100K Worth Of Cannabis From Maryland Facility Gets Prison Time
A custodian working at a Maryland weed manufacturing facility took out more than the trash, according to the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office. Abell resident Eric Dickerson, 51, was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis from his place of employment last summer while serving as a member of the custodial staff at a business licensed with the Maryland Cannabis Administration. In total, he made off with an estimated $98,480 in illicit product. During his seven months with the company's growing and processing location in Maryland, inve…
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Man Convicted Of Sex Offenses In Maryland Admits To Possessing, Sharing Child Porn: Feds
A man already convicted of a sex offense in Maryland admitted to possessing child porn in court, federal authorities announced on Friday. Hagerstown resident Chad Christopher Langgle, 30, who preciously was convicted of sex offenses in Southern Maryland pleaded guilty on Friday to possession of child pornography. According to his plea deal, in December 2022, Langgle emailed more than 50 videos containing child pornography, and he was also caught with images of child porn on his phone with additional videos saved on his account. Langgle was previously convicted of sex abuse of a minor and s…
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Felon Who Escaped Custody After 'One-Man Crime Spree' In Maryland Gets Decades In Prison
A 22-year-old felon who went on a "one-man crime spree" while on probation in several Maryland counties is going to spend decades in prison, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney announced. Stoney Beach native Tyler Ray Marini Sater, who has racked up a lengthy rap sheet, was sentenced to 59 years in prison with 44 to serve following multiple criminal convictions stemming from a weeklong crime spree in December 2022. On Dec. 13, 2022, Sater committed a robbery by knifepoint at the Cloud Smoke Shop in California, prosecutors say. Less than a week later, on Dec. 19, 2022, he …
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Drug Dealer Busted Stashing 4+ Pounds Of Cocaine In Maryland Woods Sentenced: Prosecutors
A Maryland man who stashed kilos of cocaine in the woods will spend more than a decade in prison, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced on Monday night. Laray Anthony Maddox, 42, was sentenced to 30 years with all but 11 years and six months to serve following the recovery of at least four pounds of cocaine in 2022 that were found in a secluded wooded area not far from his California home. According to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, investigators located approximately two kilograms - 4.4 pounds - of cocaine from the woods along a public roadway where Maddox was …
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Man Wanted For Escape While Awaiting Trial For Violating Protective Order In Maryland: Sheriff
A 54-year-old man is wanted for escape after ditching his electronic monitoring device while out on a pretrial release in St. Mary's County for violating a protective order. An alert was issued by the sheriff's office on Monday, Aug. 12 regarding Anthony Terrell West, who removed his GPS monitor late last month after being released from the county's Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown. At the time, he was on pretrial release for violating a protective order and telephone misuse: single call, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. West reportedly cut off his GPS…
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