On February 24, 2016, following an investigation into the distribution of drugs, the Queen Anne’s County Drug Task Force and Maryland State Police stopped a Chevrolet Silverado on Rt. 301 at Cherry Lane in Queen Anne’s County. Troopers were assisted by a K-9 Unit from the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office at which time a Read More
Robert Joseph Susi, Jr., age 32 of Massey, Maryland, was sentenced to serve three years in prison at a sentencing hearing in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court on August 31, 2016. Susi had been formally charged with multiple counts of theft schemes for stealing electrical wire from his employer Garrett German and Sons Electric of Read More
State’s Attorney, Lance Richardson, who has been an advocate for the building of a new Circuit Courthouse in Queen Anne’s County, assisted the current County Commissioners, former County Commissioners and other members of the community in the ground breaking for the new Courthouse. The ground breaking ceremony was held August 23, 2016 at the construction site on North Commerce Street Read More
Crime Watch Daily, a nationally syndicated television show focusing on unsolved mysteries, met with State’s Attorney Lance Richardson (pictured left) and his Chief of Staff Rob Penny (pictured right) for filming of an upcoming episode that will focus on the death of Robin Pope, who was found in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay after Read More
The week of July 5th, 2016 the Office of the State’s Attorney for Queen Anne’s County moved into their new office location in the lower level of the Liberty Building, located at 107 N. Liberty Street in Centreville. The former N. Commerce Street office will be demolished to make way for construction of the new Circuit Courthouse.
David Scott Kneavel, 42 of Barclay, was convicted of first, third and fourth degree burglary as well as theft less than $100 on April 25, 2016 following a trial in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court. Deputy State’s Attorney Michael Cuches successfully prosecuted this case in which Kneavel is facing twenty years in prison. The conviction stems Read More
Vincent Arcand of Stevensville, MD was arrested in 2015 following a several month investigation by the Queen Anne’s County Narcotics Task Force. Police executed a search and seizure warrant on a residence occupied by Arcand and found several marijuana plants growing inside the residence. Arcand was found guilty in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court Read More
James Oliver Robinson, 29 of Grasonville, was arrested in 2015 following a search and seizure warrant served by the Queen Anne’s County Narcotics Task Force. During the raid, police found Robinson to be in possession of cocaine. Robinson has prior convictions for drug possession. Robinson entered a guilty plea to possession of cocaine as a Read More
Richard Alan Shebovsky, of Easton, Maryland, was sentenced February 25, 2016 in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court for killing two people in an alcohol related head-on collision. Shebovsky previously entered a plea of guilty in December, 2015 to two counts of Negligent Manslaughter by automobile in the deaths of Sibasish and Shampa Ghosh of Salisbury, Read More
A Queen Anne’s County jury convicted Warren Gardner Hoyt, II of Chestertown on burglary and related offenses stemming from a September 7, 2015 burglary in which Hoyt stole a firearm. Maryland State Police Sergeant Andrew Williams testified during the trial about the investigation he conducted linking Hoyt to the burglary and the handgun stolen from Read More