On Tuesday evening, 12/9/2014, members of the Queen Anne’s County Office of the Sheriff Criminal Investigative Unit and Support Services Unit arrested Patricia Ann Smith, 67, of Chester for a large scale theft scheme. A several month joint investigation between the Queen Anne’s County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Sheriff resulted in State’s
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Jeffrey Anthony Duncan, 48 of Stevensville, Maryland appeared in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court on March 13, 2015 and entered guilty pleas to driving while impaired as a subsequent offender and driving while impaired.  These guilty pleas stemmed from two separate incidents that occurred in November, 2014 and January, 2015 in which Duncan was stopped
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Kyle Higdon of Centreville, Maryland was sentenced to six and a half years in prison in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court on June 2, 2015 following his plea of guilty to burglary and theft scheme charges. The Judge suspended five and a half years of that sentence.  Higdon will serve one year in the Queen
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Kyle Higdon, 29 of Centreville, entered a plea of guilty to burglary and theft charges in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court on June 2, 2015.  He was sentenced to 6 years incarceration, all but one year was suspended.  Upon his release from jail, Higdon will be on supervised probation and was also ordered to
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On June 21, 2014 law enforcement officers responded to the residence of 51 year old Richard R. Reinheimer in Stevensville, Maryland.  Police were at the residence to serve a body attachment on Reinheimer that was issued by a Judge of the District Court of Maryland for failing to appear at a scheduled court proceeding.  When
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Patricia Ann Smith, 67, of Stevensville, Maryland entered a plea of guilty to theft in excess of $100,000 in the Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court on May 26, 2015. In October of 2014 the owner of a local business reported to the Office of the State’s Attorney that the office manager, Smith, had stolen a
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The Queen Anne’s County State’s Attorney’s Office assisted the Kent County State’s Attorney’s Office with specially prosecuting a case that occurred in May of 2014 in which Norvel Thompson, 54, of Worton, Maryland pointed a loaded shotgun at his wife during an argument at their residence in Kent County, Maryland. Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Doud
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On May 15, 2015 Matthew Waddell, 20, of Church Hill entered a guilty plea to theft and fourth degree burglary and was sentenced to 3 years in jail, with all of the sentence suspended except for 120 days, which will be served at the Queen Anne’s County Detention Center. Waddell was arrested by police following an
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On May 14, 2015 Paul Benchoff, 28, of Greensboro, Maryland entered a plea of guilty in the Queen Anne’s County District Court to fleeing from police and disorderly conduct and was sentenced to jail for one year and 60 days. The charges in this case arose from an incident on March 30, 2015 when a Queen
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Donald Jones, 20, of Chester, MD entered a guilty plea to Third Degree Burglary following his arrest for a November 2014 burglary of a neighbor’s home.  Jones had forced his way into the residence and stole jewelry from inside the residence.  He later pawned the jewelry at a local pawn store in Chester.  Police were
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