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Burglary: On October 15 at 8:00 a.m. DFC T. Rickard was conducting a foot patrol check at a home on Crystal Rock Road in Lusby and observed an open window.  He entered the home and found two subjects who did not reside there and did not have permission to be in the home.  They had also entered the home next door and were using the electricity by running a large extension cord out the window.   He arrested the two, Tiffany E. Allen, 36 and Kenneth A. Charest, 31, both having no fixed address, and charged each of them with two counts of burglary and one count of destruction of property.

Theft: Someone entered a locked vehicle on Stirrup Lane in Lusby sometime between October 14 and 17 and stole a $150 blue Ipod Nano.  DFC R. Weems is investigating.

Destruction of Property: Someone smashed out the rear window of a vehicle parked outside a home in the 1900 block of Lower Marlboro Road in Huntingtown between October 19 and 20.  The damage is estimated at $500.

Theft: DFC P. Wood arrested two people for shoplifting $170 worth of food items from the Prince Frederick Safeway on October 19 at around 8:00 p.m.  Wood responded to the Safeway and was advised by the assistant manager that he had observed the two place items into a grocery cart and then leave the store without paying.  Gerald E. Mayhew, Jr., 42 and Sherri L. Newby, 35 both of Barstow, were arrested and each charged with theft less than $1000.

Theft: Someone stole an orange Echo back pack industrial leaf blower valued at $500 from the back of a work truck belonging to the town of Chesapeake Beach.  The theft occurred between October 17 and 18 on 12th Street.  DFC M. Velasquez is investigating.

Theft: A yellow Suzuki JR 50 dirt bike was stolen from the shed of a home on Robin Court in Lusby sometime between October 10 and 19.  The bike has a blue colored seat and is valued at $600.  DFC W. Wells is investigating.

CDS Violation: On October 20 at 8:48 p.m. DFC J. Denton responded to the area of Md. Rt. 4 and Ward Road in Dunkirk for the report of a vehicle being driven erratically.  While enroute, Denton was advised the vehicle had turned into the parking lot of the Wawa Convenience store.  Denton observed the vehicle stopped in the travel portion of the parking lot blocking traffic.  The operator was slumped over the wheel with the vehicle still in drive and the engine running.  He woke the driver and observed suspected drugs in the vehicle.  He arrested Douglas John Dixon, 26 of Prince Frederick, and charged him with possession of Percocet, and two counts of possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; spoons and hypodermic needles.