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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Releases

Warrant Arrest 18 June 2011
Location:
Priscilla Street, Salisbury, MD
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Alexandria Joy Rittenhouse of Salisbury. Rittenhouse was being sought on four separate District Court
bench warrants for Failure to Obey the Conditions of Drug Court. Rittenhouse had been accepted into that
program in reference to four criminal cases where she had been charged.

Upon being taken into custody, Rittenhouse was transported to the Central Booking Unit where she was
processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, Rittenhouse
was detained without bond in the Detention Center.Theft Arrest
Date of Incident:
19 June 2011
Location:
28000 block of Nanticoke Road, Salisbury, MD
Suspect:
 
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investigation into the theft of a digital camera from a residence in Salisbury. At the time of the theft, the
victim identified Christopher Henry as a suspect, but Henry repeatedly denied knowing anything about
the theft of the camera or its current whereabouts. The victim offered Henry pills if Henry could somehow
return the camera and he took the bait, reporting to the victim that he had just located her camera. Upon
the victim learning that Henry was on the way to her house with the camera on 19 June, she contacted the
Sheriff’s Office and a deputy stopped Henry just before he got back to the victim’s residence. On the
front seat hidden in a plastic bag was the victim’s camera.

The deputy placed Henry under arrest and transported him to the Central Booking Unit where he was
processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, the
Commissioner detained Henry in the Detention Center in lieu of $25,000.00 bond.Driving Revoked
Date of Incident:
19 June 2011
Location:
West Road, Salisbury, MD
Suspect:
 
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a vehicle after the deputy queried the license plate on his in car Mobile Date Terminal and discovered the
license plate was registered to a 1996 Saturn. The deputy observed that the plate he ran was displayed on
a Pontiac. Upon stopping the vehicle, the operator provided her name to the deputy, which the deputy
would shortly discover to be false. Upon delving further into the situation once the deputy discovered the
operator’s true identity of Connie Chambers, the deputy learned that Chambers’ privilege to drive a
vehicle in Maryland was both suspended and revoked. Additionally, the deputy concluded that the vehicle
that Chambers operated was both unregistered and uninsured.

The deputy placed Chambers under arrest and transported her 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 Chambers in the Detention Center in lieu of $20,000.00 bond.Assault
Date of Incident:
19 June 2011
Location:
8000 block of Arden Drive, Salisbury, MD
Suspect:
  Assault
Date of Incident:
19 June 2011
Location:
8000 block of Arden Drive, Salisbury, MD
Suspect:
 
Narrative
investigated an altercation that occurred at a residence in the 8000 block of Arden Drive in Salisbury. The deputy met with a juvenile female victim who advised that she became involved in a verbal argument with her grandfather over wanting to go out when he allegedly assaulted her. The victim stated that Steve Mixter punched her in the face, tried to choke her and pushed her off the stairs which in turn pushed her into a wall.

The deputy observed signs of physical injury that corroborated this account.

The deputy placed Mixter under arrest and transported him to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Mixter in the Detention Center in lieu of $25,000.00 bond.

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