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Maryland Natural Resources Police Blotter
Garrett County – On Thursday, Nov. 1, at 12:45 p.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) charged Roy Everett Reeves, 68, of Darlington and Daniel Lee Singleton, 52, of Conowingo with hunting violations near the Potomac-Garrett State Forest.
NRP received a report of two individuals shooting wild turkeys from a vehicle on Sang Run Road. Officers responded and through their investigation located the vehicle and charged Reeves and Singleton with hunting from a vehicle and hunting on private property without written permission. A court date of Feb. 28, 2008 has been scheduled for both men in Garrett County District Court.
Garrett County – On Friday, Nov. 2, at 8:30 p.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Bronco Joseph Detrick, 29, and Tracy Elaine Slagle, 44, both of Friendsville with multiple hunting violations near Friendsville.
NRP stopped the couple after observing a spotlight being shined from the cab of Detrick’s truck into a field. During the stop, NRP located and seized as evidence a .17 caliber rifle, a magazine belonging to the rifle loaded with ammunition, a cocked crossbow and bolts, two hand-held spotlights and a pair of binoculars.
Detrick and Slagle were each charged with casting rays of artificial light on fields or woodland while having a weapon in possession capable of killing deer, hunting at nighttime, hunting from a vehicle and hunting deer with a firearm during closed season. Detrick was also charged with possession of a cocked crossbow in a vehicle. A court date of Feb. 27, 2008 has been scheduled for Detrick and Slagle in Garrett County District Court.
Garrett County – On Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7:16 p.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police arrested and charged a Grantsville man with driving while intoxicated on Tice Road.
NRP stopped Ryan Richard Folk, 30, of Grantsville while he was operating a red pickup truck as it turned onto Tice Road from an adjacent farm road. NRP was in the area investigating a report of shots fired from a red pickup truck on Tice Road. Folk displayed signs of intoxication and after taking field sobriety tests, was placed under arrest and transported to the Maryland State Police McHenry Barrack.
Folk took a breath test, which registered a blood alcohol concentration of .12 percent. He was charged with driving while under influence of alcohol, driving while under influence of alcohol per se, and driving while impaired by alcohol. He was released on his signature.
Howard County – On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged two individuals with reptile sales violations at the All Maryland Reptile Show in Havre de Grace.
Charles David Hill, 21, of Gainesville, Va. was charged with offering turtles with less then a 4" carapace length for sale in Maryland. NRP seized as evidence 16 alligator snapping turtle hatchlings. John Michael Phillips, 45, of Locust Grove, Va. was charged with attempting to sell corn snakes without a valid captive reptile and amphibian permit.
Queen Anne’s County – On Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police arrested and charged Samuel L. Lebo, 23, and Brandon C. Butler Jr., 22, both of Ridgely with multiple hunting violations along Conquest Road.
NRP stopped the two after observing the vehicle Lebo was operating leave the roadway and shine the headlights into a field. During the stop, NRP located and seized as evidence a .22 caliber rifle, a magazine belonging to the rifle loaded with ammunition, a box of .22 caliber ammunition, several empty .22 caliber shell casings, a laser range finder, several knives and cutting tools with suspected blood on them, two metal pipes containing suspected marijuana as well as a small amount of suspected marijuana inside the center console of the vehicle.
Lebo and Butler were transported to the NRP Upper Eastern Regional Office in Hillsboro and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance (CDS), marijuana, possession of CDS paraphernalia, casting rays of artificial light on fields or woodland while having a weapon in possession capable of killing deer, spotlighting, possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle, hunting without a hunting license, hunting at nighttime, hunting from a vehicle, shooting on, from or across a roadway, hunting deer with a firearm during closed season, and using a rifle to hunt deer in a county restricted to shotgun only. Both men were released on their signatures.
Queen Anne’s County – On Saturday, Nov. 3, at 10:30 p.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Chris Darnell Shorter Jr., 19, of Worton with multiple hunting violations on Hoffecker Road near Chestertown.
NRP was in the area investigating a report of possible spotlighting activity with shots fired. NRP stopped Shorter after observing the pickup truck he was operating come to a stop along the roadway. Shorter then was observed exiting the truck and walking in the wooded area along the roadway with a flashlight. Through their investigation, NRP located and seized as evidence one whitetail deer, a loaded 20-gauge shotgun, a box of 20-gauge slug ammunition and a knife.
Shorter was charged with casting rays of artificial light on fields or woodland while having a weapon in possession capable of killing deer, possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle, hunting without a hunting license, hunting at nighttime, hunting from a vehicle, shooting on, from or across a roadway, and hunting deer with a firearm during closed season. A court date of Jan. 30, 2008 has been scheduled for Shorter in Queen Anne’s County District Court.
November 7, 2007The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is the enforcement arm of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). With an authorized strength of 280 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.
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 449,000 acres of public lands and 17,000 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 12 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