MARYLAND STATE POLICE BEAT: Repeat offender DUI Driver Darren Cole fought the Law and the Law Won

MARYLAND STATE POLICE BEAT: Repeat offender DUI Driver Darren Cole fought the Law and the Law Won

12/02/2021 Amended Sentence

Amend Reason
Violation of Probation

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ASSAULT-SEC DEGREE
Sentence
2
ASSAULT SEC DEG-LE/P&P/FIRE/EM
Sentence
3
RESIST/INTERFERE WITH ARREST
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FAIL OBEY RENBLE/LAWFL
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OBSTRUCTING & HINDERING
Sentence
Comment

Condition – Adult

1. Appear in Court When Notified to do So, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
2. Attend Complete Alcohol Drug Program, St. Mary’s Parole and Probation, Attend and successfully complete [ ] alcohol [ ] drug [X ] alcohol and drug treatment [ ] education program, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
3. Attend Self Help Group Meetings, Attend 1 self-help group meetings per week for 10 weeks. [ X ] Attendance may be modified by your supervising agent after _ weeks., 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
4. Attend Victim Impact Panel, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
5. Do Not Illegally Possess, Use, or Sell any Narcotic, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
6. Get Permission From Court Before Owning Dangerous Weapon, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
7. Get Permission from Supervisor Before Changing Address etc., 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
8. Notify Supervisor if Charged with a Criminal Offense,, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
9. Obey all Laws, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
10. P&P Fees Waived, FOR 1 YEAR, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
11. Pay all Fines, Costs, Restitution and Fees, Pay all fines, costs, restitution, and fees as ordered by the Court or as directed by your supervising agent through a payment schedule., 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
12. Permit your Supervising Agent to Visit your Home, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
13. Report/ Follow your Supervisor’s lawful instructions, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
14. Submit Pay Costs for Evaluation, Submit to, successfully complete, and pay required costs for evaluation, testing and treatment education, as directed by your supervising agent, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
15. Submit Random Urinalysis, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
16. Totally Abstain from Alcohol and Drugs, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021
17. Work or Attend School Regularly, 06/11/2019-12/02/2021, Closed 12/02/2021

Condition – Adult

1. Appear in Court When Notified to do So, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
2. Attend Complete Alcohol Drug Program, St. Mary’s Parole and Probation, Attend and successfully complete [ ] alcohol [ ] drug [X ] alcohol and drug treatment [ ] education program, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
3. Attend Self Help Group Meetings, Attend 1 self-help group meetings per week for 10 weeks. [ X ] Attendance may be modified by your supervising agent after _ weeks., 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
4. Attend Victim Impact Panel, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
5. Do Not Illegally Possess, Use, or Sell any Narcotic, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
6. Get Permission From Court Before Owning Dangerous Weapon, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
7. Get Permission from Supervisor Before Changing Address etc., 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
8. Notify Supervisor if Charged with a Criminal Offense,, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
9. Obey all Laws, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
10. P&P Fees Waived, FOR 1 YEAR, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
11. Pay all Fines, Costs, Restitution and Fees, Pay all fines, costs, restitution, and fees as ordered by the Court or as directed by your supervising agent through a payment schedule., 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
12. Permit your Supervising Agent to Visit your Home, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
13. Report/ Follow your Supervisor’s lawful instructions, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
14. Submit Pay Costs for Evaluation, Submit to, successfully complete, and pay required costs for evaluation, testing and treatment education, as directed by your supervising agent, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
15. Submit Random Urinalysis, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
16. Totally Abstain from Alcohol and Drugs, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019
17. Work or Attend School Regularly, 06/11/2019, Active 06/11/2019

ST. MARY’S CITY, MD. – Maybe it was a case of too much cooking sherry when rustling up grub for students at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. After all, a long day of cooking can summon up that old desire for imbibing that song writer and singer Roger Miller penned in his lyrics, “Grape Wine in Mason Jar” in ‘Dang Me’.  Possibly repeat offender DWI driver Darren Cole was listening to the old tune written by Sonny Curtis,  ‘I Fought The Law and The Law Won” all day at work in the kitchen:

“Robbin’ people with a six-gun

I fought the law and the law won

I fought the law and the law won

I lost my girl and I lost my fun

I fought the law and the law won

I fought the law and the law won”

Maryland State Police report that on February 16, 2019 at approximately 10:30 p.m., Trooper Jonathan Powis conducted a traffic stop near College Drive, St. Mary’s City, Md.

The trooper had contact with the fumes arising from the driver, identified as Darren Edward Cole, 31, of 17453 Mount Zion Church Road, St. Inigoes, Md., which revealed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.

 Further investigation revealed that Cole was operating the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

Not content to be heading to the slammer for being allegedly intoxicated while driving, Cole decided to up the ante and make more challenging the effort needed on his attorney’s part when he eventually found himself before a Judge.

Police say that while being handcuffed, Cole began to resist arrest. Cole assaulted Tpr. Powis then attempted to beat feet, but Cole was quickly apprehended by the fleetfooted flatfoot.

 Cole was transported to the Hotel St. Mary’s and charged with Driving under the Influence of Alcohol, Resisting Arrest & Second Degree Assault and ten other charges too numerous to mention in a police brief, otherwise, it would not be brief.

Cole has a pending pot case coming up on March 19, 2019, in District Court from Nov. 24, 2018 when he was issued a citation for Deadhead in possession of less than 10 grams by Maryland State Trooper Manning.

Darren Cole entered a guilty plea in a plea deal with St. Mary’s States Attorney Richard Fritz on Feb. 1, 2018 to a charge of violating a court ordered Ex-Parte and protective order which had been granted to a victim. THE DEAL: In view of the crime causing his probation to be violated, Cole was sentenced to jail for seventeen days.

Evidently Cole can’t make it out of St. Mary’s City without attracting the attention of a police officer as St. Mary’s Sheriff Jason Smith bagged Cole for DWI on Dec. 6, 2015, as he operated a 1998 Volkswagen on Mattapany Road at College Drive in St. Mary’s City.

In a plea deal with States Attorney Fritz on June 22, 2016, Cole was given a verdict of Probation Before Judgment with no fine and four days in jail. Court records show that he violated his parole on May 9, 2018.  Cole was represented by free attorneys paid for by the taxpayers whose lives he endangered by driving while intoxicated.

Driving while suspended, Cole wound up with another plea deal in 2008 and a trip to the Hotel St. Mary’s for sixty days following his arrest by Maryland State Trooper Eric Evans.