Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Releases

Incident: Sex Offender – Failure to Register

Date of Incident: 9 December 2010

Location: 200 block of Truitt Street, Salisbury, MD

Suspect: Kevin Stewart Connor, 53, Salisbury, MD

Narrative: On 10 December 2010, deputies assigned to the Sex Offender Registration Unit arrested Kevin Connor on a warrant for failing to re-register as a sex offender. Because of a 1998 conviction for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a 14 year old girl and Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Connor is subject to resister with the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office for the rest of his life and part of the requirement subjects this to happen every 90 days.

On 9 December 2010, after Connor failure to show for his required re-registration, a warrant was obtained. Upon arrest on 10 December 2010, Connor was transported to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, Connor was held without bond.

Charges: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

Incident: Assault

Date of Incident: 9 December 2010

Location: 24000 Block Of Carnival Rd, Sharptown, MD

Suspects: Karen Stephenson, 40 YOA Female, Salisbury, MD

Tiffany Suire, 21 YOA Female, Salisbury, MD

Narrative: On 9 December 2010 at approximately 5:58 P.M., a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a home located in the 24000 block of Carnival Rd in Sharptown in reference to a reported assault.

Upon their arrival, the deputy met with a male victim who advised that he had been assaulted by Tiffany Suire and her mother Karen Stephenson. The victim advised that the suspects had assault him using a number of weapons to include a flash light, baseball bat and mace. After being struck several times by the flashlight the victim fell to the ground at which point he was bitten on the hand by Tiffany Suire. The assault was eventually thwarted when a witness disarmed the suspects and physically pulled them off the victim. In the continuing investigation the deputy met with two other witnesses who provided similar accounts of the event.

During his conversations with the victim the deputy observed several signs of injury on the victim that where consistent with the described assault. As a result of the aforementioned injuries the victim was later transported by ambulance to the hospital.

Both Tiffany Suire and Karen Stephenson were placed under arrest and later transported to WCDC where they were released to custody of the central booking unit. Both Tiffany Suire and her mother Karen Stephenson are currently being held in lei of a $50,000 bond.

Charges: Assault 1st & 2^nd Degree, Reckless endangerment, Wear/Carry of a deadly weapon.