All Crime, All The Time – News and Commentary on the Criminal Class
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — For the past several years the O’Malley Administration has set out a number of initiatives designed to protect the native oyster species from over-harvesting and to grow the oyster beds, considered vital in that oysters filter Bay water.
As part of that effort, large oyster sanctuaries have been established where oystering is either restricted or banned, making those areas tempting targets for one of Maryland’s other native species — the oyster pirate.
Follow-up investigation by Det. Homer Rich of the Calvert Investigative Bureau revealed two possible suspects in this case, the suspect who entered the store and the suspect driver of the vehicle. Det. Rich was subsequently able to request the issuance of arrest warrants for Thomas Brian Smith Jr., 34, of Prince Frederick, driver of the vehicle, and Ronald Franklin Brown Jr., 33, of Leonardtown. Both men were arrested on September 21.
Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division responded to the school and initiated an investigation into the origin of the calls. As a result of that investigation, detectives identified a 14 year old female as the person making the false threats from inside the school on both occasions. The juvenile was placed under arrest, transported to the Sheriff’s Office, charged with making a false statement concerning a destructive device, regarding the September 18th incident and disruption of school activities regarding today’s incident. The juvenile was placed into the custody of the Department of Juvenile Services and transported to Waxter’s Children’s Center pending further action by juvenile authorities.
The suspect, who was wearing a mask covering his face, approached a 31 year old female clerk and demanded money from the cash register. The suspect then removed an undisclosed amount of cash from the register drawer before fleeing in an unknown direction. A weapon was not displayed and the clerk was not injured.
Chon allegedly embezzled funds on dozens of occasions, typically taking tens of thousands of dollars at a time, and one time converting as much as $100,000 from a customer’s CD account. Bank records show that during one week between September 27, 2013 and October 4, 2013, Chon’s last day working at the bank, she made multiple unauthorized transfers from customer accounts totaling approximately $1.2 million to cover losses in other customer accounts that she had previously looted. According to the successor bank’s investigation, the scheme resulted in an approximate $1.4 million loss to the bank.
The incident occurred at approximately 8:20 p.m. Tuesday September 23, 2014 as Ravin C. Dean, 24, and Joseph W. Gonce, 25, both of Millington, MD were operating separate Kawasaki sport motorcycles westbound on Millington Road approaching Alley Corner Road. Floyd D. Price, 87 of Smyrna, was operating a 2011 Hyundai Sonata southbound on Alley Corner Road and came to a stop at the posted stop sign prior to Millington Road. Price then entered into the intersection in order to left on Millington Road and pulled into the path of Ravin Dean who was traveling slightly in front of Gonce.
PRINCE FREDERICK, MD. — Dep. N. Gilmore conducted a traffic stop on September 20 at 11:20 p.m. at the Shell gas station in Prince Frederick. The passenger, Ami Blair Zimmerman, 29 of Galesville, was arrested and charged with possession of Alprazolam, possession of Clonazepam, and two counts of possessing drug paraphernalia.
The suspects are identified as 52-year-old Wayne David Burley of the 4300 block of Canyon View Drive in Upper Marlboro and 23-year-old Ernest Antonio Ward of the 1400 block of K Street in Southeast Washington. They are charged with multiple drug possession charges.
WOODBRIDGE, VA. – Just because the celebrities can drag, kick and punch their celebrity women and get away with the crimes doesn’t mean that punks in Woodbridge will find favor with juries and judges after they beat their wives and girlfriends.
Police say that on September 21st at 12:14PM, officers responded to a residence located in the 13800 block of Meadowbrook Rd in Woodbridge (22193) to investigate an assault. The victim, a 21 year old woman of Warrenton, reported to police that she and the accused, a known acquaintance, were involved in a verbal altercation which escalated.
GLEN BURNIE, MD. — Anne Arundel Police report that on September 22, 2014, at approximately 12:28 am, officers from Northern District responded to the Checkers Restaurant located in the 100 block of Mountain Road in Glen Burnie for a reported armed robbery of the business.
Upon arrival, officers spoke with three employees still on the scene. The employees reported that one of the employees was at the rear of the parking lot taking out the trash when he was approached by three black male suspects. One of the suspects displayed a handgun and ordered the employee back into the business