Subject Arrested For Giving False Statement

DATE & TIME:  11/04/2010 @ 10:30 pm     
Case #  10-239      
LOCATION: Rt50/Rt589, Berlin, Worcester County

CRIME:  False Statement to a Police Officer
       
VICTIM:  State of Maryland
           
ACCUSED:  Thomas Patrick Stanley, 45 yoa, Reisterstown, MD
           
CHARGES:    False Statement to a Police Officer

NARRATIVE:    On 11/4/2010 at approximately 10:30 pm, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from the accused claiming that he was robbed at gun point on the shoulder of Route 50 in the area of the Wal-Mart in Berlin. 
The accused further stated that he had stopped for a disabled vehicle and at that point an unidentified male approached him from the rear and displayed a handgun.  The male stole the accused wallet which contained approximately $1700.  The male accompanied by an unidentified female then fled the scene in a light colored passenger vehicle.
 
Due to the nature of the crime, the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation was called to continue the investigation. 
The accused was brought to the office of The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation for an interview.
During the interview, there were conflicting accounts to his story.  When confronted, the accused admitted to losing the reported stolen money during a gambling trip prior that night in Dover, Delaware. 
He further told investigators that the crime he reported never took place and was false. 

The accused was arrested and charged with making a false report to a police officer.  He was taken before a District Court Commissioner and released pending trial.