FREDERICK, MD –This morning in Frederick County Circuit Court, Ryan David Bretzfelder, age 46, of Frederick, entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder and was sentenced in the May 2019 death of Devon Jamel Wallace. In a binding plea agreement reached between the State, Defense and Judge, Judge Julia A. Martz-Fisher sentenced Bretzfelder to life […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2022 Ref: 3/18/22 Officer-Involved Shooting in a/o of 6970 Rooks Court, Frederick, MD 21701 The Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office has reviewed body-worn camera footage, witness statements, and other evidence collected in the March 18, 2022 police-involved shooting involving DFC Christian Lucente in the area of […]
FREDERICK, MD – This morning in Frederick County Circuit Court, Willian Alexander Reyes-Reyes, age 29, of Frederick was sentenced to twenty years suspend all but ten years in the Division of Corrections for 2nd Degree Rape. In December 2021, a Frederick jury found Reyes-Reyes guilty of 2nd degree rape, 3rd degree sex offense, and 2nd […]
FREDERICK, MD – This afternoon in Frederick County Circuit Court, Thomas Anthony Lehan, age 39, of Middletown, MD was sentenced to life suspend all but fifty (50) years in the Division of Corrections for first-degree murder. Following Lehan’s guilty plea, Judge Julia A. Martz-Fisher sentenced Lehan according to the terms agreed upon between the […]
FREDERICK, MD – This afternoon in Frederick County Circuit Court, Jordan Burris Hooks, age 29, of Frederick was sentenced to thirty years with all but eight and a half years of that sentence suspended and to be served in the Division of Corrections. Hooks will receive credit for the time he has served since his […]
FREDERICK, MD – This morning in Frederick County Circuit Court, Richard Eugene Cartnail III, age 18, of Frederick was sentenced to life plus twenty (20) years in prison for the June 2020 murder of 17 year-old Ty’Kerria Katherine Dawson. Cartnail received two concurrent life sentences for 1st Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit 1st degree […]
“The State’s Attorney’s Office has reviewed the body-worn camera footage, witness statements, and the physical evidence collected from last Friday’s police-involved shooting. After reviewing all evidence and consulting with the investigators from the Maryland State Police assigned to this incident, my office has concluded that the use of deadly force by Officers Kristen Kowalsky and […]
JANUARY IS NATIONAL STALKING AWARENESS MONTH 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men will experience stalking in their lifetimes. COMMON STALKING TACTICS INCLUDE: – Unwanted phone calls – Unwanted emails, instant messages, text messages, voice – messages, or social media messages – Approaching a victim or showing up unwanted, such as at the […]
FREDERICK, MD – Today in Frederick County Circuit Court, Daniel Alonzo Flythe, age 27, of Silver Spring, MD was sentenced to life suspend all but 40 years active incarceration in the September 2020 Waterside murder of Jaemari Anderson. The defendant appeared remotely for the hearing from the Frederick County Adult Detention Center due to a […]
FREDERICK, MD – The State’s Attorney’s Office is proud to announce that the Frederick County Department of Social Services, Office of Child Support, in cooperation with the Child Support Division of the State’s Attorney’s Office have earned the Maryland State Child Support Administration’s Silver Award for outstanding performance in fiscal year 2021. The Silver Award […]
