Sheriff High attends the “3rd Annual Bowie Golden Star Indoor Picnic”

Council Member Ingrid M. Turner invited Sheriff High to speak at the “3^rd Annual Bowie Golden Star Indoor Picnic” in honor of the Senior Citizens of Bowie.  Sheriff High encouraged seniors to stay safe and thanked them for being the core of their communities. 

Arrest of Attempted Murder Suspect Closes Four Open Warrants

Upper Marlboro, MD…  The Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest yesterday of Franklin Israel Chavarria on an Attempted First Degree Murder warrant obtained by the Laurel Police Department (LPD) on June 21, 2012. According to the warrant, Chavarria allegedly stabbed a male victim on April 2, 2012, in the 8200 block of Brock Bridge Rd, Laurel, MD.

Warrant deputies were contacted by the LPD to assist in their criminal investigation of Chavarria. Investigators subsequently received information that he was currently living and working in the Richmond, VA. With the assistance of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Secret Service, deputies located and apprehended Chavarria at a hotel in the 1500 block of Eastridge Rd, Richmond, VA.

Chavarria was transported to the Henrico County, VA, Detention Center where he is charged as a Fugitive for Prince George’s County, MD, and is awaiting extradition. He is charged with Attempted First and Second Degree Murder, Kidnapping, First and Second Degree Assault, Armed Robbery, Robbery, Possession of a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to Injure and Theft Under 1,000.

His arrest also closes three additional Prince George’s County warrants for; Second Degree Assault, and two Failure to Appear warrants for Driving Without a License and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.

For more information contact the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, Press Information Office at 301-780-2773.

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Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest First Degree Assault Suspect

Upper Marlboro, MD…  The Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest yesterday of Jameka Antoinette Ivy on a First Degree Assault warrant obtained by District IV County Police detectives on February 25, 2012. According to the warrant, Ivy assaulted a female victim on May 28, 2012, in the 700 block of Cady Dr. in Oxon Hill, MD.

Deputies investigating Ivy’s whereabouts were led to the 8500 block of Rose Marie Dr., Fort Washington, MD, where they located and apprehended her without incident.

Ivy was transported to the Prince George’s County Detention Center where she is being held on a $40,000.00 Bond Status, and District IV detectives were notified of her arrest. Ivy is charged with First and Second Degree Assault and Reckless Endangerment.

For more information contact the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, Press Information Office at 301-780-2773.

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Deputy Sheriff Recruits Graduate Training Academy

Upper Marlboro, MD…  Two new Deputy Sheriff recruits graduated from Session 120 of the Prince George’s County Police Training Academy on June 14.  The ceremony, held at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, marked the end of eight months of basic training for the recruits. 

Family and friends of Deputy Sheriffs Eduardo F. Howell-Rose and Jeffery A. Mayberry, Jr., and others in the class watched proudly as they were administered the Oath of Office by Prince George’s County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Marilynn M. Bland.

“Slots for deputy recruits in the Police Training Academy are a big opportunity and an important element in our hiring strategy,” said Sheriff Melvin C. High. 

Sheriff High joined County Executive Rushern L. Baker, Prince George’s County Police Chief Mark A. Magaw, Chief Larry M. Brownlee, Sr. of the Maryland-National Capital Park Police and Chief John K. Nesky of the City of Bowie Police Department in congratulating the graduates for their accomplishments and successful completion of the academy.

The class graduated a total of 47 recruits from the Office of the Sheriff, the Prince George’s County Police Department, the Maryland-National Capital Park Police and the City of Bowie Police Department.

Deputies Howell-Rose and Mayberry stepped into the “real world” of law enforcement with their Field Training Officer (FTO) on Monday in the Domestic Violence Intervention Division.

 For more information contact the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, Press Information Office at 301-780-7354.

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Warrant Deputies Arrest Attempted Rape Suspect

Upper Marlboro, MD…  The Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest yesterday of Kevin Bradford Pinckney on an Attempted Second Degree Rape warrant issued June 13, 2012, by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, MD, following a Grand Jury indictment for the February 2012 incident.

Deputies investigating Pinckney were led to an address in the 1500 Block of W Street, in S.E, Washington D.C, where Deputies assigned to the U.S. Marshal’s Regional Warrant Task Force located and apprehended Pinckney without incident.

Pinckney was transported to the District of Columbia Department of Corrections and charged as a Fugitive for Prince George’s County, MD, and is awaiting extradition. He is charged with Attempted Second Degree Rape, Attempted Fourth Degree Sex Offense, Fourth Degree Sex Offense, Second Degree Assault and False Imprisonment.

For more information contact the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, Press Information Office at 301-780-2773.

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Deputy Charged With Second Degree Rape Suspended

Statement from Sheriff High

Upper Marlboro, MD… Sheriff Melvin C. High said he was informed late this afternoon that the County Police have charged Sheriff Deputy Lamar McIntyre, with Second Degree Rape of a female inmate. As a result of the felony charge, McIntyre will be suspended without pay. McIntyre was hired by the Sheriff’s Office on September 14, 2009.

Sheriff High issued the following statement:  

“My office was notified of the allegations against Deputy McIntyre last night. Upon that notification we cooperated fully and arranged to have the deputy picked up by County Police when he arrived for work this morning at the court house.

We have an obligation to take any allegation of misconduct seriously. What has been alleged is that a deputy unlawfully took advantage of a person in our custody. 

We are continuing to cooperate with the ongoing criminal investigation and are conducting our own internal investigation.  

I am outraged and saddened by this betrayal of the public’s trust. Such behavior goes against the oath we take to uphold the highest standards and values.”

For more information contact the Prince George’s County Office of the Sheriff Communications and Public Affairs Division at 240-354-6853. 

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Warrant Deputies Arrest First Degree Murder Suspect

Upper Marlboro, MD…  The Warrant/Fugitive division reported the arrest yesterday of Kimberly Yvette Taylor on a First Degree Murder warrant issued June 6, 2012, by the Circuit Court For Prince George’s County, MD, after a Grand Jury indicted Taylor for First Degree Murder for the  April 2012 homicide of Raquel Israel in Forestville, MD.

Deputies investigating Taylor’s whereabouts yesterday morning were led to an address on 47^th St. in Washington D.C. Sheriff’s Deputies serving with the U.S. Marshal’s Regional Warrant Task Force, located Taylor in the attic of the residence.

Taylor was transported to the District of Columbia Department of Corrections where she is charged as a Fugitive for Prince George’s County, MD, and awaiting extradition. In addition to First Degree Murder, Taylor is charged with Robbery with a Deadly Weapon, Use of a Handgun in the Commission of a Crime of Violence, Armed Robbery, and Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder.

For more information contact the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, Press Information Office at 301-780-2773.

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