Man arrested for firing gun
 at fight at Monk's Inn

Riot at IHOP Lit by Police Helicopter
Man attempting to get officer's gun arrested along with motor mouth kid as helicopter is used to break up crowd

 
ST. INIGOES & LEXINGTON PARK--- Police were busy on Friday night and early Saturday morning dealing with the traditional problems of two of the area's most outrageous bars, Monks Inn and the Brass Rail.  Big fights were the reason for police responses with shots reported fired at Monks Inn.  Police reported a man with a gun outside the Monks Inn at St. Inigoes while a third call for a police officer in trouble at the IHOP triggered yet another All Cars response to help an officer who was attempting to clear out the IHOP parking lot of a large crowd. UPDATE --- St. Mary's Sheriff's Cpl. Jeff McLane reports that the man, Bryant Alexander Harris, 23, of Lexington Park, who had been involved in a fight at Monks Inn, went out to his vehicle to get his gun, where all gun-toting bar hoppers are expected to keep their weapons when going out drinking, and used it to fire a shot in the air. Harris then fled the scene with a friend.  Police believed that Harris was still in a nearby field and called in Trooper 7 to light the area from the air while a search was conducted. While Dfc. Fleenor and his K-9 dog searched the area for the gunman, another deputy searched Harris' vehicle and found a cell phone and several other items related to the gun. Harris was called and agreed to meet Deputies Eric Walker and Fleenor at the Hermanville Mobil where he surrendered and was arrested on the charge of reckless endangerment.  A search of the area at a later time revealed the gun. 
In the IHOP incident, two local motor mouths were arrested for attempting to wrestle a gun away from one officer and the second man for disorderly conduct as officers attempted to disperse the large crowd of unruly drunks who gather there after bars in the area close.  For the wrestling award, Andre Marquis Briscoe, 22, was sent to the slammer where he can wrestle with the really big guys and the guy with the jet lips was identified as Samuel Lee Payne, 18, of Lexington Park. Assisting in the IHOP riot were Deputies Labanowski, Trossbach, Carberry, MSP Cpl. Craig Tyer and off duty troopers who were working at the IHOP but were unable to control the crowd.