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
On February 21, 2019 James Robert Hurlock of Crumpton, Maryland was sentencted to 18 months of incarceration, which was suspended, and also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine as a result of an Alford Plea to Violation of the Maryland Wiretap Laws on January 4, 2019 before The Honorable Thomas Ross in the Queen Anne’s Read More
The Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County convicted Melissa Brown, 43 of Seaford, Delaware, of Distribution of Oxycodone on February 26, 2019. The case was prosecuted by Michael “Mick” Cuches, Deputy State’s Attorney. On July 13, 2018 at approximately 2:00 am, Trooper Justin Daigle of the Maryland State Police was on routine patrol traveling south Read More
On January 30, 2019, the Honorable Thomas G. Ross of the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court sentenced Jack Allen Thomas to one year and one day to serve in the Department of Corrections in Case No. C-17-CR-18-000576. This conviction triggered a violation of probation in Case Nos. 17-K-10-007499 and 17-K-10-007501 in which the balance of Read More
A lengthy wiretap investigation conducted by the Queen Anne’s County Drug Task Force and State’s Attorney’s Office during the Spring and Summer of 2018 has resulted in the conviction and sentencing of seven defendants related to their involvement in the distribution of illicit drugs throughout Queen Anne’s County. The investigation also netted the seizure of Read More
On January 18, 2019, The Honorable Thomas G. Ross of the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court sentenced Willie James Rious to 20 years of incarceration at the Division of Correction for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. Mr. Rious was found guilty of the offense on October 17, 2018. The conviction in this matter stems Read More