On Monday, Oct. 6, at 2 p.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff Timothy Cameron, Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans, BCI Commander Lt. Ricky Burris and Maryland State Police Commander Mike Thompson held a press conference to explain the details of the investigation that led to the arrest of suspects on the Sept. 24 kidnapping of Latoya Booth, a PNC bank manager, and her two children.

At the press conference, after brief opening remarks, Sheriff Cameron turned the podium over to Lt. Burris. In his statement to the press, Burris indicated that the suspects, Edwin Jones, 40 of Lexington Park, Quinita Ennis, 30 of Lexington Park, and William Johnson, 28 of California, were persons of interest to detectives early on in the investigation. “Det. Earl knew of them from earlier investigations,” said Burris. “Then after we received valid Crime Solvers tips which confirmed their involvement, warrants were issued.”

After numerous warrants, Enis was arrested for her involvement for transporting the suspects on the morning of the incident. It was her maroon 1999 Mitsubishi Gallant that was the subject to the manhunt, which transpired on the morning of Sept. 24.

Detectives searched the residences of the suspects as part of their investigation and uncovered four safes buried in a backyard. Two of the safes were empty and two contained approximately $110,000 in cash identified as being from the PNC Bank robbery.

After interviews, detectives discovered more recently purchased property. “They went on a shopping spree,” said Burris. It was also learned that some of the suspects had traveled to Atlantic City and gambled a good deal of the $168,000 taken from the bank on Sept. 24.

Detectives learned of Johnson and Brown’s flight to North Carolina. After informing Raleigh police, the two suspects were taken into custody from an apartment building and are awaiting return to St. Mary’s County. “We are going down to Raleigh tonight,” said Burris. “After we question them, we expect more arrests in the case.”

Media asked Sheriff Evans if he still thought there was a possibility that Booth was involved in the case. “I am completely satisfied that she was not involved in any way, based upon the evidence collected,” said Evans. The statement was confirmed by Burris.

“I want to reiterate that this is still an on-going investigation,” said Sheriff Cameron.

 As a result of the ongoing investigation into the Sept. 24 abduction of a bank manager and her two children and subsequent robbery of the PNC Bank in California, St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations detectives, along with the Calvert Investigative Team, Maryland State Police, MSP Homeland Security and Intelligence Division,  St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, the Southern Maryland Information Center and the FBI, executed a n