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At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, deputies at the sheriff’s office received a call for service of a suspect, later identified as 31-year-old May, who was making threats, allegedly while under the influence of methamphetamine.
According to a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, they were advised that May had a loaded handgun in his possession at the time he was making threats, but when deputies checked the initial area he was believed to be, May had already left the area.
Investigators said that after initiating a ping on his phone, it was determined that May was sitting inside his Ford F150 vehicle at the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center parking lot on Airport Drive East in Frederick.
Sheriff’s deputies and Maryland State Police troopers attempted to communicate with May in the parking lot, though he initially refused to vacate the truck, according to officials. After further discussion, officers at the scene were able to coax May out of his vehicle without further incident.
Inside the vehicle, investigators found a loaded handgun with a round in the chamber under the seat. Behind the driver’s seat was a loaded AR-style rifle with a 30-round magazine, and there was also methamphetamine inside the F-150.
May’s charges include:
- Assault weapon possession;
- Loaded handgun in a vehicle;
- Handgun in a vehicle;
- Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) possession of not cannabis;
- Reckless endangerment.
He was transported to the Frederick County Adult Detention Center for booking.
“There is no clear indication as to why May drove to the Law Enforcement Center or what his intentions were when he arrived,” Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said. “In today’s current environment, with attacks on law enforcement occurring frequently across the United States, the situation could have had a very different and tragic ending.”
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