On May 5, 2026, Queen Anne’s County Animal Control received a report of a dog intruding on neighboring chickens at an address in Centreville, MD. Upon arrival, an Officer with Animal Control observed a brown and white pitbull that appeared to be severely underweight, with visible ribs, spine, and hip bones. Through investigation, contact was Read More
On October 15, 2026, Hope Saunders, of Queenstown, MD, was sentenced to serve three years in the Division of Corrections following a guilty plea to Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine. The conviction, and sentence, stem from an investigation conducted by the Queen Anne’s County Drug Task Force that ultimately resulted in the execution of Read More
On July 22, 2026, Joey Prerinze Ryans of Grasonville was found guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Tramadol. He was sentenced on August 28, 2026, to 20 years’ incarceration, three of those years to serve at the Division of Corrections, with 17 years suspended. Following his release from incarceration, Mr. Ryans will Read More
On June 30, 2026, Deon Dandrade, aged 23, of Dover, Delaware, entered a guilty plea in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court to Negligent Manslaughter by Automobile, a felony, and was sentenced to 10 years to the Division of Corrections, five years to serve and five years of the sentence suspended. He was given 166 Read More
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