WCSO Press Releases 8-28-12

Incident: Attempted Murder
Date of Incident: 19 August 2012
Location: 400 block of N. Main Street, Hebron, MD
Suspect: Anthony Shane Vincent, 25, Hebron, MD

Narrative: On 19 August 2012, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into an assault that had reportedly occurred in Hebron. According to a female victim the deputy learned that Vincent began a verbal altercation with her inside a camper trailer they shared that allegedly turned physical. The victim told the deputy that Vincent struck her in the head with a closed fist before brandishing a hand gun. According to the victim, Vincent placed the barrel of the gun against her head and threatened to kill her prior to pulling the trigger. The gun did not fire.

The victim told the deputy that she believed Vincent was going to kill her.

At the conclusion of the investigation, the deputy obtained a warrant for Vincent’s arrest along with a search and seizure warrant for the property where Vincent resided for the purpose of located the firearm used in this incident. The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team assisted with the execution of the arrest warrant and a no-knock search warrant for the house and camper on the property
where Vincent resided on Friday 24 August 2012.

Vincent was taken into custody and transported 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 Vincent in the Detention Center without bond.

Charges: Attempted 1st Degree Murder / Assault 1st Degree / Reckless Endangerment

Incident: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
Date of Incident: 25 August 2012
Location: Wood Creek Parkway, Delmar, MD
Suspect: Geoffrey Alexander Bubas, 42, Delmar, MD

Narrative: On 25 August 2012 at 12:46 AM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to Wood Creek parkway near Lynch Drive in Delmar for a reported motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, the deputy observed that a Toyota 4-Runner had left the roadway, crashed through a chain linked fence and was stuck on top of a transformer box. Upon making contact with the operator of the Toyota, the deputy detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage. Based on the odor of alcohol and other observations, the deputy began to administer sobriety testing on Bubas which Bubas performed poorly on.

The deputy placed Bubas under arrest for Driving Under the influence of Alcohol.
During processing Bubas agreed to take a breath test and he was transported for that purpose. The result of the test was .20.

The deputy released Bubas upon the issuance of citations/

Charges: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Per Se

Incident: Theft
Date of Incident: 24 August 2012
Location: 500 block of West Road, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Terry Anthony Wright, 52, Salisbury, MD

Narrative: On 24 August 2012 at 3:00 PM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into the theft of three car batteries from three separate work trucks parked at a commercial property in the 500 block of West Road. The deputy met with an employee who witnessed the theft and provided a description of both the suspect and vehicle used in this incident. The deputy went
to a nearby scrap recycler and learned that a named suspect had just brought the three batteries in question to the facility and exchanged them for cash. After reviewing surveillance video from the scrap recycler,
the deputy observed that the suspect and vehicle matched the description provided by the witness. The scrap yard provided an identity for the suspect, Terry Anthony Wright of Salisbury.

The deputy obtained a warrant for the arrest of Wright and he was apprehended later that same day. Upon arrest, the deputy transported Wright 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 Wright in the Detention Center in lieu of $5,000.00 bond.

Charges: Theft under $1,000.00

Incident: Burglary
Date of Incident: 25 August 2012
Location: 32000 block of E. Line Road, Delmar, MD
Suspect: Joshua D. Shelton, 21, Delmar, MD

Narrative: On 25 August 2012 at 9:04 AM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported incident at a poultry farm in the 32000 block of East Line Road in Delmar. Upon arrival, the deputy met with the property owner who advised that the electric power had been turned off to his three chicken houses on his property during the night-time hour which deprived the flock of food,
water and cooling fans. As a result, almost the entire flock was found deceased. When the property owner entered the control shed which controlled the power, he located an unknown male suspect passed out on the floor of the shed, clad only in a T-Shirt and boxer shorts. This subject was also lying in a pool of his own urine. A strong odor of alcohol was also coming from the subject.

The investigating deputy managed to wake the subject and identified him as Joshua Shelton of Delmar.

Shelton advised the last thing he remembered was being on the property after a nearby concert but did not know how he ended up in the shed. The deputy surmised that in his intoxicated state, Shelton turned off the circuit breakers that controlled the electricity to the chicken houses.

It is believed that the chickens in the three houses numbered close to 70,000 and their value was in the vicinity of $20,000.00. The chickens were due to be delivered to a local processing plant the following day.

The deputy transported Shelton 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 Shelton in the Detention Center in lieu of $75,000.00 bond.

Charges: Burglary 2nd Degree / Trespass / Malicious Destruction of Property