On October 17, 2019, Heath Chaney Dorrell, 24, of Centreville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to twelve counts of Animal Cruelty in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court. After a lengthy criminal investigation, lead by Officer Derrick Leonard from Queen Anne’s County Animal Control, it was determined that Mr. Dorrell abandoned two black Labrador puppies and an Read More
On Friday, October 18, 2019, Alex Christopher Finnerty appeared before the Honorable Sidney S. Campen in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County. He entered a plea of guilty to two counts of Second Degree Assault and Concealed Dangerous Weapon (Counts one, two, and six in Case No. C-17-CR-19-000427), one count of Motor Vehicle/Unlawful Taking Read More
A Former Anne’s County Circuit Court Family Services coordinator will spend the next 18 months in jail for embezzling more than $2,800 from local families in 2018. Monday afternoon, Sept.30, Talbot County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Kehoe sentenced Kathryn St. Landau, who worked as an independent contractor for the court, to five years in the Read More
On February 16, 2019 around 7:00 PM, members from the Queen Anne’s County Office of the Sheriff responded to the Exxon store located at 100 Dominion Road in Chester for a reported wanted subject. While in the area, an unoccupied suspicious vehicle was located in the rear parked at that address. Marked units left the Read More
On April 12, 2019, after a contested trial in the Circuit Court, a jury found Timothy Aaron Covington (55 Village Circle in Denton) guilty of Resisting Arrest. The finding stems from an incident that occurred on September 6, 2018 in the Queen Anne’s County District Court Multi Complex Building. On that date, Mr. Covington was Read More
State’s Attorney Lance Richardson has added a new Assistant State’s Attorney to his team of prosecutors. Michael Cogan, who is a retired Assistant State’s Attorney from Anne Arundel County, brings in excess of 25 years of prosecution experience along with him. Cogan is a resident of Queen Anne’s County and officially began his duties in Read More
On July 9, 2019 Jody R. Whittington, 52 of Stevensville, Maryland was sentenced to eighteen (18) years in the Division of Corrections for the distribution and possession of child pornography. Deputy State’s Attorney Michael “Mick” Cuches prosecuted the case. The charges stem from December, 2018 when TFC Zachary Sarver of the Maryland State Police, Criminal Read More
Nicole Bell, 27 of Grasonville, was convicted after a court trial on June 14th of theft from the Girl Scouts Troop 320 in the District Court of Maryland for Queen Anne’s County. Deputy State’s Attorney Michael “Mick” Cuches prosecuted the case on behalf of the State. The charges stem from February 15, 2019 when Ms. Read More
Howard Oglesby, 59 of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced to twenty years in prison on June 4, 2019 by the Honorable Thomas G. Ross in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County after being convicted of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking Read More
A Queen Anne’s County jury convicted Kirk Ralph Fonseca, 33 of Chestertown, Maryland on March 11, 2019 of illegal possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony, as well as illegal possession of ammunition as a felon. Assistant State’s Attorney Leigh Dillon prosecuted the case on behalf of the State’s Attorney’s Office. The charges Read More