Two arrested for suspected heroin in St. Mary’s

(L) James Mathew Dotson (R) Lauren Ashley Ricci

LEONARDTOWN, Md. – On March 19, 2019, deputies responded to the 28000 block of Point Lookout Road, in Mechanicsville, for the reported individuals inside a vehicle using CDS. 

Upon arrival deputies observed James Mathew Dotson, age 31 of Mechanicsville, injecting a female in the vehicle with suspected heroin.  In Dotson’s lap was another syringe containing suspected heroin.  A search of the vehicle yielded numerous used and unused syringes, some containing suspected heroin, jewelers bags containing suspected heroin, and a clear capsule containing suspected heroin. 

Dotson and the female in the vehicle, Lauren Ashley Ricci, age 28 of Mechanicsville, were both arrested and charged with CDS: Possession-Not Marijuana and CDS: Possession- Paraphernalia by Dep. Payne# 320.  CASE# 16610-19