Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Release

Incident: Assault 1st Degree
Date of Incident: 28 January 2011
Location: 500 block of Hearn Lane, Salisbury, MD
Suspects: Chantal L. Whitney, 39, Salisbury, MD


Narrative: On 28 January 2010 at 10:15 PM, a deputy with the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office met with a male victim who advised his girlfriend, Chantal Whitney, had come after him and stabbed him with a knife. The male victim advised he came home shortly before summonsing law enforcement and found his Chantal hanging out with four men in their residence consuming alcohol and what he believed was CDS. The victim told these men to leave and Chantal began badgering him for money to buy CDS. When the victim refused, she produced a knife and held it to his throat. The victim managed to wrestle the knife from her but Chantal then produced a smaller pen knife and began slashing at the victim at which time he received lacerations on his arm.

The victim managed to escape the residence and summons law enforcement. Upon the Arrival of the deputy, Chantal was found hiding underneath a futon at which point she was taken into custody. Also found during her arrest were both marijuana and crack cocaine pipes that appeared to have been used and still held remnants of the drugs in them.

Chantal was transported to the Central Booking Unit where she was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Chantal in the Detention Center in lieu of $250,000.00 bond.

Charges: Assault 1st Degree
Possession of Crack Cocaine
Possession of Marijuana
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia