Queen Anne's County Office Of The Sheriff Press Release 10-22-15

INCIDENT: Assault / False Imprisonment / Robbery
DATE: 09/07/2015
LOCATION: Deep Landing Road, Chestertown (QA) MD

DETAILS: The Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Unit has been investigating an incident which occurred on September 7th which has resulted in four persons being charged with several felonies.
On September 7th Warren G, Hoyt III visited the residence of Kristie Horne on Deep Landing Road. Hoyt stated he went inside and sat down when Christopher Murray and Jon Roark, fathers of Horne’s two children came from another room and confronted him. 
Hoyt stated he was threatened at knife point and refused to allow him to leave while demanding money. The two continued to threaten to kill him, made him disrobe and had him call a family member to request money. Roark is said to have gone to Hoyt’s vehicle dumping out items in the truck, cut the seat and removed the 2016 validation tab. A third male, Marcus L. Dawson arrived and joined in threatening kill Hoyt and demanding he sign the title of the truck to them. At some point they allegedly placed a bag over Hoyt’s head.

At some point another person arrived at the residence, and while the suspects were talking with that person, Hoyt fled the residence, got to his truck and drove off with Murray and Roark chasing him in Murray’s vehicle with Hoyt losing them somewhere near the RT 213 Royal Farm Store.

Interviews resulted in Horne stated she knew Murray & Roark wanted to do something to Hoyt because they don’t want their kids to be around Hoyt’s due to his past.

Murray was interviewed and advised it was a calm conversation with Hoyt and denied taking anything from Hoyt. During a break of the interview, Detective Matthews checked Murray’s BMW car and verified that the validation tab on the license plate was registered to Hoyt’s truck.

As a result:
JON CHRISTOPHER ROARK (27) of Cambridge, MD was charged with:
Armed Robbery, Extortion, Assault 1st Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, False Imprisonment, Reckless Endangerment, Robbery, Attempted Theft, Attempted Theft, MDOP, Rogue & Vagabond and eleven counts of Conspiracy.
Roark was arrested on October 1st and initially held on a $500000 Bond. After a bail review he was held without bond at the Queen Anne’s Detention Center.

CHRISTOPHER LAMONT MURRY (32) of Cordova, MD was charged with:
Armed Robbery, Extortion, Assault 1st Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, False Imprisonment, Reckless Endangerment, Robbery, Attempted Theft and Theft Scheme under $100.
Murray was arrested on October 25th and held until the 26th when a $15,000 bond was posted.

MARCUS LARVELL DAWSON (31) of Easton, MD was charged with:
Armed Robbery, Extortion, Assault 1st Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, False Imprisonment, Reckless Endangerment, Robbery, Attempted Theft and seven counts of Conspiracy.
Dawson was arrested on October 19th in Talbot County. He was released on a $7500 Bond.

KRISTIE LORAINE HORNE (29) of Chestertown (QA) MD was charged with:
Extortion, Assault 1st Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, False Imprisonment, Robbery, Theft less than $100 and six counts of Conspiracy.
She was arrested on October 8th and held until a $50,000 bond was posted.

DEPUTY: Detective Steve Matthews
CASE: 15-27731