Maryland Natural Resources Police Arrest Couple for Operating Under the Influence and Assault

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CROWNSVILLE— On Friday, June 24, Natural Resources Police (NRP) arrested a Crownsville man and Edgewater woman in the Round Bay area of the Severn River for operating a vessel while intoxicated, resisting arrest, and assault on a police officer.

NRP officers originally stopped a 60-foot motor yacht for operating without any navigation lights. Stephen Gregory Carl, 53, of Crownsville was operating the vessel. He was accompanied by a female passenger, Michelle Yvonne Micklos, 38, of Edgewater. Upon stopping the vessel, officers determined that Carl was intoxicated and placed him under arrest. Carl refused to comply with officers’ orders and had to be forcefully restrained. While the officers attempted to remove Carl from the vessel, Micklos verbally and physically assaulted them. As a result, Micklos was also placed under arrest.

Micklos was charged with three counts of second-degree assault and hindering. She was taken before the Annapolis District Court Commissioner where her bond was set at $15,000. She was remanded to the Anne Arundel County Detention Center.

Carl was charged with resisting arrest, operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol, operating a vessel while impaired by alcohol, negligent operation, and operating a vessel without proper running lights. He was taken before the Annapolis District Court Commissioner, where he was released on his personal recognizance.

The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is the enforcement arm of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). With an authorized strength of 285 officers and a dedicated staff of civilian and volunteer personnel, the NRP provide a variety of services in addition to conservation and boating law enforcement duties throughout the State of Maryland. These services include homeland security, search and rescue, emergency medical services, education, information and communications services on a round the clock basis. NRP is the only police force aside from the Maryland State Police that has statewide jurisdiction.

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July 1, 2005

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages more than 446,000 acres of public lands and 18,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic and cultural resources attract 11 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. Learn more at www.dnr.maryland.gov