FOUR SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CARROLL CO. MURDER

(WESTMINSTER, MD) – Following their indictments by a Carroll County Grand Jury, Maryland State Police troopers today arrested four suspects in connection with the death of a Frederick County man who was assaulted at a Keymar bar in August and later died from his injuries.

Those arrested today are identified as John D. Robey, 52, and his two sons, Jonathan L. Robey, 20, and Thomas J. Robey, 22, all of the 9800-block of Crossfield Road, Hagerstown, Md. Each of these suspects is charged with second degree murder, manslaughter, first degree assault, and second degree assault.

Also arrested today is Michael J. “Hank” Grimes, 48, of the 11000-block of Woodsboro Creagerstown Rd., Woodsboro, Md. He is charged with manslaughter and second degree assault.

The victim is identified as Craig E. Myers, 26, of the 10000-block of Rocky Ridge Rd., Rocky Ridge, Md. Myers was pronounced dead on the morning of September 2, 2011, at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, where he had been undergoing treatment since the assault occurred.

This investigation began at about 9:15 p.m. on August 28, 2011, when troopers from the Westminster Barrack were dispatched to a bar in the 6600-block of Middleburg Rd. in Keymar, for a person who was not responsive. When troopers arrived, they found Craig Myers unresponsive and he was flown by a State Police helicopter to the trauma center. The preliminary investigation determined Myers had been involved in an altercation with one or more people in the bar. The altercation led to a physical assault, during which the victim sustained life-threatening injuries.

Due to the extent of the injuries, Maryland State Police criminal investigators from the Westminster Barrack were joined in their investigation by investigators from the State Police Homicide Unit. Following Myers’ death, the Homicide Unit assumed the lead on the investigation, with continued assistance from Westminster Barrack investigators.

An autopsy of Myers was conducted at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. The autopsy determined Myers died from blunt force trauma. The manner of his death was ruled a homicide.

Through investigation, Maryland State Police homicide investigators identified the four individuals arrested today as those who assaulted Myers. Throughout the investigation, State Police homicide investigators worked with members of the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office and reviewed the developing evidence with them.

Evidence in the investigation was presented to the members of a Carroll County Grand Jury by the State’s Attorney’s Office. On January 5, 2012, the Grand Jury handed down indictments charging the four suspects with the previously listed crimes.

Early this morning, the arrest warrants were served by teams of Maryland State Police troopers. Troopers from the Homicide Unit, the State Apprehension Team, the Special Tactical Assault Team Element, as well as criminal investigators and uniformed troopers from the Westminster and Hagerstown barracks assisted in the arrests.

All four suspects were arrested without incident and transported to the Westminster Barrack. They were later taken to the Carroll County Detention Center where they are being held without bond, on the order of the indictments issued by the Grand Jury.

John Robey and his two sons had lived on Main Street in Woodsboro at the time of the assault. They had since moved to Hagerstown.