Chaptico, MD– On July 14, Cpl. J. Yingling responded to the Chaptico Town and Country Market in Chaptico, for the report of a stolen vehicle operating in the area. Yingling saw the stolen vehicle, a blue Ford Escape, in the parking lot.
The driver’s door was open with a white male suspect half inside the vehicle. The suspect, identified as Johnny Duane Edwards, 45, of Mechanicsville, appeared to be passed out. Edwards eventually woke up and was placed under arrest on an outstanding warrant for the theft of the vehicle.
Yingling recovered a knotted belt, needles and two glass smoking devices used to ingest controlled dangerous substances in plain view inside the vehicle. Edwards was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center and charged with possession controlled dangerous substances and possession paraphernalia.
