Citizen Tips Cops to Burglar in Exxon

LEXINGTON PARK --- According to Cpl. Deborah Milam of the St. Mary's Sheriff's Dept., on May 14, 2006 at approximately 2127  hours a citizen driving passed the Lexington Park Exxon on Great Mills Rd. at FDR Blvd, Lexington Park, and reported seeing a suspect entering the business through a window.
Deputies arrived on the scene and surrounded the business.  A short time later the suspect was observed moving inside the business.  Apprehended
inside was Ronald Joseph Strain, age 40 of no fixed address. The suspect had thrown a car battery through a window and stood on a trash can to
access the window.  Ronald Joseph Strain was charged with Property Destruction under $500.00 and 2nd Degree Burglary.  He is held at St.
Mary's County Detention Center pending a bond review.