Incident: Child Neglect
Date of Incident: 5 February 2012
Location: 600 block of Dawn Court, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Fayetta Collick, 41, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 5 February 2012 at 10:03 PM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of unattended children at a residence in the 600 block of Dawn Court in Salisbury.
Upon arrival, the deputy discovered three children were home without any adult supervision. One of the children left alone was under the age of 8 years old. While the deputy was on scene, one of the children called their mother who then returned home.
After an investigation, the deputy placed the mother, Fayetta Collick under arrest for leaving an unattended child alone under the age of 8. Collick 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 Collick in the Detention Center in lieu of $20,000.00 bond.
Charges: Child Neglect
Incident: Possession of Marijuana
Date of Incident: 3 February 2012
Location: West College Avenue, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Male Juvenile, 17, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 3 February 2012 at 10:36 PM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office received an alert from an Automatic License Plate Reader of a registered owner with a suspended Maryland Driver’s License. The deputy located the vehicle and made contact with the operator, a 17 year old male, when he pulled into parking lot. During the ensuing encounter the deputy determined not only was the operator the owner of the vehicle, but that he was well aware his privilege to drive had been suspended.
Additionally the deputy ended up recovering marijuana from the vehicle after a WCSO drug K9 provided a positive alert for the presence of the odor of illegal drugs.
The juvenile was placed under arrest and transported to the WCSO where he was released to a parent. A juvenile referral will be submitted to the Department of Juvenile Services requesting formal adjudication.
Charges: CDS Possession
Driving While Suspended
Incident: Motor Vehicle Accident
Date of Incident: 4 February 2012
Location: South Brown Street, Fruitland, MD
Suspect: Female Juvenile, 14, Fruitland, MD
Narrative: On 4 February 2012 at 12:30 PM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on South Brown Street in Fruitland. During the investigation, the deputy learned that a 14 year old juvenile had taken her father’s vehicle without permission and went for a drive in the adjacent area. It was during this drive that the juvenile struck a 12 old juvenile in the 4000 block of South Brown Street.
The deputy placed the 14 year old juvenile under arrest for Driving without a license and theft of the vehicle and transported her to the WCSO where Juvenile authorities were contacted. The Department of Juvenile Services detained the juvenile in the Lower Eastern Shore Children Center pending court adjudication.
The struck juvenile was transported via EMS to PRMC.
Charges: Driving without a License
Theft of Motor Vehicle
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7 comments:
How many of these automatic license plate readers exist in Wic. Co.? I was not aware that the government was tracking us to that extent.
There is only one in the SPD.
Ann 9:54, MSP has quite a few of them and keep adding more as the funds become available. Not only do they give "probable cause" to pull someone over, but they can also alert "mistakenly" still giving permission for the cop to pull them over (or so they say). Somewhat like when an officer pulls you over saying that you had a brake light out when it works fine.
The mother was charged for leaving children unattended but only 1 was under 8. What were the ages of the other children? Was one babysitting, and if so how old was that child?
There are numerous "latch-key" children. What is the law regarding leaving said children home, i.e. afterschool, etc?
This is not the first time this poor woman has been charged. Last time was when she was working at a chicken processing plant in Temperanceville VA. One of the worst jobs on earth and she is trying to provide for her children. Yes, she has a few entries in Case Search, but why can we not get her some childcare help?
If you don't want them to "track" you then don't drive. The license plate belongs to the State of Maryland, not you, so they can scan and read it whenever they want. Driving is a privilege, not a right. Keep your tags current and you won't have anything to be worried about.
The child must be at least eight years old to be left home alone. To babysit, you have to be at least 13. So, a 14 year old can be home alone with a six year old. And a 10 year old and 12 year old can be home alone together. But a seven year old and a nine year old cannot. But the parent/caretaker will only be charged with leaving the seven year old unattended.
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