Woman Charged with Staking Boyfriend

HOLLYWOOD — St. Mary’s Sheriff’s deputies report that on March 14, 2005 at 3:28 am, Dfc. Elizabeth Trossbach responded to St. Mary’s Hospital to investigate a reported stabbing. The victim, Floyd Lucky Kittle Jr., 41, of Hollywood, advised his girlfriend stabbed him. Dfc. Elizabeth Trossbach learned that the victim had a punctured lung. Dfc. Trossbach responded to the location of the stabbing, a residence on Jones Rd., Hollywood.

The deputy found the victim’s girlfriend, Tacie Christine Chatterton, 38, at the residence. The deputy reports that the suspect and victim had argued in the residence and he victim had thrown and broken a picture. Police say that when Chatterton attempted to clean up the glass she alleges the victim attempted to take the broom from her.

Police say she then stabbed the victim, twice, in the chest with a metal yard stake. Chatterton was arrested for Assault and held at the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending arraignment before a District Court Commissioner. The victim Floyd Lucky Kittle Jr. was found to have a warrant in North Carolina for auto theft. He was served the warrant and will be awaiting determination on extradition back to Pitt County, North Carolina.

Woman Struck on Rt. 235

CALIFORNIA — On 03/14/05 at approximately 2207 hours Cpl. Jeffrey L. McLane and DFC Eric S. Walker responded to RT. 235 near First Colony for a reported motor vehicle accident. Upon arrival it was discovered that Deborah Lynn Jerdon, 37 of California had been struck and was lying in the road.

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MECHANICSVILLE — On 3/7/05, at 4:31 p.m., Tpr. E. M. Evans initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle at Route 247 and Kavanaugh Road in Mechanicsville for a seatbelt violation. Upon contact with the driver, a strong odor of burnt marijuana was emitting from the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed suspected marijuana in the center console of the vehicle. The driver, Aloysius Charles Guy, Jr., 42, of Mechanicsville was placed under arrest and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of CDS paraphernalia. Search incident to arrest revealed suspected crack cocaine in Mr. Guy’s jacket pocket. Mr. Guy was additionally charged with possession of crack cocaine and was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending a bond review.

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LEONARDOWN — On 3/8/05, at 12:40 p.m., TFC J. D. Vanhoy served a criminal summons on John Patrick Weigand, 35, of Leonardtown for 2nd degree assault. Mr. Weigand is accused of assaulting a 71 year old male at a residence on Colton Street in Leonardtown on 2/27/05.

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ST MARY’S CITY — On 3/10/05, at 12:50 a.m., TFC J. D. Vanhoy initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle at Route 5 and Mattapany Road in St. Mary’s City for a traffic violation. Upon contact with the driver, a strong odor of burnt marijuana was emitting from the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed suspected marijuana in the ashtray of the vehicle and a open container of alcohol. Jereis Astra Smith, 19, of Greensboro, North Carolina was placed under arrest and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of alcohol under the age of 21. Also placed under arrest was Ashley Devonn Shepherd, 19, of Woodbridge, Virginia. Ms. Shepherd was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of alcohol under the age of 21. Both subjects were transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending a bond review.

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MECHANICSVILLE — On 3/11/05, between 7:20 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., unknown suspect(s) removed a 4x4 wooden driveway sign post from a residence located on Point Lookout Road in Mechanicsville. The loss is valued at $20. This investigation is being conducted by TFC J. G. Fleetwood.

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MECHANICSVILLE — On 3/11/05, at 5:50 p.m., TFC M. D. McLean served a criminal summons on Ronald Lee Green, 20, of Mechanicsville for 2nd degree assault. Mr. Green is accused of assaulting a 20 year old male in a parking lot in Leonardtown on 3/1/05.

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LEXINGTON PARK — On 3/11/05, at 6:54 p.m., TFC M. L. Davis responded to a residence on Sue Drive in Lexington Park for the reported disturbance. Rebecca Lynn Nardiello, 21, of Lexington Park was placed under arrest and charged with 2nd degree assault on a 22 year old male at the residence. Ms. Nardiello was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending a bond review.

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LEXINGTON PARK — On 3/12/05, at 4:11 p.m., TFC M. D. McLean responded to the McKay’s Grocery Store in Lexington Park for the reported shoplifter in custody. An employee advised that a male subject had removed merchandise and walked out of the store without paying for the items. As a result, William Dean Casey, 42, of Leonardtown was placed under arrest and charged with theft under $500. Mr. Casey was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending a bond review.

Members of the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded and closed the road. Deborah Jerdon was treated and transported to Trooper 7 by the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad. DFC Walkers investigation revealed that Deborah Jerdon was walking across RT. 235 into the path of a 1998 Plymouth van being driven by Pornthip L. Sellers, 47, of Solomons Island. Deborah Jerdon was flown by Trooper 7 to Prince Georges Shock Trauma in critical condition.

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LEONARDTOWN — On 03/14/05 DFC Stephen E. Myers served 2 warrants on Timothy Michael Jordan, 39, of Clearbrook, Va. The warrants charge Jordan with failure to appear in 2 separate child support cases.

On 03/14/05 SDFC Diane M. Thompson served a warrant on Brandon Wayne Danchak, 20, of Waldorf. The warrant charges Danchak with failure to Appear on a child support case.

On 03/14/05 DFC Patrick Handy served a warrant on Brian Edward Simpson, 31, of California. The warrant charges Simpson with Failure to Appear on an Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle charge.

Social Worker Charged With ScamSocial Worker Charged With Scam

Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced today that Donny W. Smith, a licensed certified social worker and Medicaid provider of mental health services in the Frederick and Hagerstown areas, was charged by criminal information with one count of Medicaid fraud. The criminal information charges that Smith, of Knoxville, Frederick County, from April, 2003 through April, 2004, pursuant to a continuing course of conduct, knowingly defrauded the Maryland Medical Assistance Program of approximately $92,000.00 in connection with a mental health services program administered by the Mental Hygiene Administration. Specifically, Smith is charged with submitting claims to the Medicaid program and was paid for those claims although he falsely represented that he had provided individual, group and family therapy to Medical Assistance recipients, when he knew in fact that the services were not in fact provided.

A criminal information is an accusation and all persons are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Medicaid Fraud is a felony and punishable by up to 5 years incarceration and a fine up to $100,000.00.