Police briefs

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Man suffers facial injuries in assault

On Nov. 15 at 1:05 a.m. members of the Calvert County Sheriff's Office responded to a home on Grays Road in Port Republic for an assault.

A large group of individuals, including juveniles, had gathered at the home when an assault occurred. The victim, Christopher Morgan Hynson, 24, of Prince George's County suffered facial injuries and was transported by St. Leonard Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company 7 to Calvert Memorial Hospital, but was later transferred to the Washington Hospital Center.

The suspects have been identified. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Det. Jason Ewig of C.I.T. at 410-535-2800, Ext. 2596.

The following items were compiled from reports from the Calvert County Sheriff's Office.

Huntingtown

Items stolen from vehicle

A woman on Hatfield Road in Huntingtown reported to Deputy Andre Mitchell that sometime between 2 p.m. Nov. 14 and 11:15 a.m. Nov. 15, someone stole a black and orange North Face backpack, a black Coach Wristlet wallet and other items, totaling $208, from her vehicle. The victim thinks the vehicle may have been left unlocked. Anyone with information is asked to contact Mitchell.

Lusby

Road signs damaged

On Nov. 12, Dfc. Edwin Bradley answered a call at a home on Lighthouse Boulevard for the report of property destruction. A person told the deputy that over the past three weeks someone had damaged or stolen several road signs. The signs for Calvert Boulevard and Holly Drive were both stolen and later found along the beach. A "Private Road/No Trespassing" sign was broken off its post. The damage is estimated at $150. Anyone with information is asked to contact Bradley at 410-535-2800.

Laptop stolen from library

A black 15-inch Dell Latitude laptop computer, valued at $1,000, was reported stolen from the front counter of the Calvert Library Southern Branch in Lusby on Nov. 13 between 10 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact Dfc. Thomas Rickard at 410-535-2800.

Woman charged with disorderly intoxication

On Nov. 15 at 1:10 p.m., Dfc. Aaron Locke received a call for a possible intoxicated woman in the roadway on Tomahawk Trail West in Lusby. When he arrived, he reportedly saw a woman standing in the middle of the intersection of Gunsmoke Trail and Tomahawk Trail. She was attempting to stop cars as they passed. She was holding a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was contacted and instructed to get rid of the beer and return to her home which was located less than 150 yards away. Another call was dispatched for a woman in the roadway but she was not located. A third call came in with the same description of a female staggering in the parking lot of the Lusby Town Square shopping center. Locke arrested Lisa Marie Tippett, 44, of Lusby and charged her with disorderly intoxication.

Prince Frederick

Girl charged with shoplifting

Dfc. Aaron Locke charged a juvenile with theft on Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. after he was called to the Prince Frederick K-mart. A loss prevention officer with the store told Locke that a 15-year-old girl was seen attempting to leave the store with about $20 worth of merchandise without paying.

Locke charged the Lusby girl with theft on a youth report and she was released to a parent.

North Beach

Property vandalized with spray paint

Deputy Andre Mitchell responded to Chesapeake Lighthouse Drive in North Beach for a destruction of property call.

Someone had spray painted yellow paint on vehicles, driveways, a fence, a trash can and two street signs sometime between Nov. 13 at 10:30 p.m. and Nov. 14 at 8:15 a.m. The damage is estimated at $350. Anyone who witnessed the crime or has any information is asked to contact Mitchell at 410-535-2800.