In July 2025 suspicions arose that Mr. Jonathan Keith Griffith, who at the time was the President of the Sudlersville Town Commissioners, was mismanaging Town funds. The State’s Attorney’s Office initiated a formal investigation and obtained Town of Sudlersville banking records from numerous banking institutions as well as the personal banking records of Mr. Griffith. As Read More
On March 14, 2025, Brian Joseph Sykes (of Millington, MD) was indicted by a grand jury for the October 11, 2024, homicide of David Howard Teat. On April 7, 2026, Mr. Sykes entered a guilty plea to Second Degree Murder and Motor Vehicle Theft. On April 23, 2026, he was sentenced to 40 years for Read More
Cindy Rena Jakobson, of Chester, MD, entered a guilty plea in the Queen Anne’s County District Court on April 6, 2026, to 4 counts of Animal Cruelty, failure to provide sufficient food, drink or care, which is punishable by up to 90 days incarceration and/or a $1,000 fine. Jakobson received a 90-day suspended jail sentence Read More
On March 12, 2026, George Edward Kennedy of Chestertown, MD entered a guilty plea in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County to selling a home improvement contract without a license and acting as a contractor without a license. He received a suspended 6-month jail sentence, was placed on 12 months of probation, and ordered Read More
On July 21, 2025, Drew Bernard Meyer, a resident of Chester, Maryland, formerly a resident of New Jersey, was sentenced by Hon. C. Lynn Knight of the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court to 30 years of active incarceration and ten (10) years suspended for the second-degree murder of his father. This plea stems from an Read More
On August 28, 2025, Heather Elizabeth Loh and James Thomas Greene, III, each pled guilty in the Queen Anne’s County District Court to 16 Counts of Animal Cruelty. The Hon. Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. sentenced both individuals on October 9, 2025, to 90 days to the Queen Anne’s County Detention Center fully suspended on each Read More
On August 7, 2025, Wendy Gail Jones of Easton entered a plea of guilty Three Counts of Second-Degree Assault to three separate children for whom she provided daycare as a provider at Kiddie Academy in Stevensville. On September 25, 2025, Ms. Jones was sentenced to 10 years, execution of the sentence suspended as to all Read More
On June 6, 2025, Stephanie Marie Weddell, age 36, of Centreville, Maryland was convicted by a jury of Resisting Arrest, Obstructing & Hindering, Disorderly Conduct, Disturbing the Peace, and Speeding. The incident took place in November of 2024 in the area of MD Route 304 and Fog Well Road in Centreville. After obtaining a Read More
On July 8, 2025, Gwendolyn Persina, aged 49, of Chester, Maryland, was sentenced to 3 years of incarceration to the Division of Corrections, with all but 315 days suspended, which is the time Ms. Persina has served in jail from the time of her arrest. Ms. Persina received this sentence as a result of her Read More