Wanda R. Graddy, also known as Wanda R. Giddens, 58, formerly of Carroll County, Md., and Adams County, Pa., was arrested early this afternoon in Citronelle, Alabama. She is wanted on warrants from 2002 in Adams County for robbery, criminal attempt, and assault. She is wanted on a warrant for DUI in Westminster since 2001.
During a recent cooperative warrant service initiative in Carroll County, warrants for Graddy/Giddens had been forwarded from the Westminster Police Department and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Initial efforts failed to locate her in Carroll County or the surrounding region.
After the warrant sweep had ended, Trooper First Class David Brown and Detective Sergeant Padraic Lacy, of the Westminster Barrack, were determined to keep up the search for the woman who had avoided arrest for 15 years. Researching records in multiple states, the troopers were able to locate a driver’s license photo from Mississippi. Police in Meridian, Mississippi were contacted and learned Graddy/Giddens had lived there, but had since moved to somewhere in Alabama.
TFC Brown and D/Sgt. Lacy continued their search and were able to determine the woman had recently married and may be living in Mobile County, AL. Detectives from the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office provided assistance to the Maryland State Police and were able to locate where the woman was living. They also determined she was wanted on four warrants on traffic charges in their jurisdiction.
After a seven-day search in Alabama, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office stopped Giddens/Graddy at 1:30 p.m. today while she was driving near Citronelle. She was arrested and processed on the Alabama warrants. She will be held on a fugitive warrant as Pennsylvania authorities initiate extradition proceedings for her return to that state.
So 2 troopers spent a substantial portion of the last 15 years searching for a woman with a DUI warrant? Seems like a severe waste of money.
ReplyDelete539-Exactly.
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ReplyDeleteand robbery and assault.
but 15 years? Dayum.
It is their job I suppose but when we have much more serious matters they could attend to.....it does seem like a waste of time.
just think of all those speeders they could have caught if they were hiding behind some bush instead of looking in a haystack for this woman.
Not to mention they had her once and let her go! Lmao.
ReplyDeleteYet they allow murdering illegal immigrants walk free!!!
ReplyDeleteShe broke the law. It is their jobs to get criminals no matter what the crime is.
ReplyDeleteThe illegal alien problem is a federal issue, not a state or local issue.
Oh, (cough) 805 has the deciding point (cough)
ReplyDeletePrick leo
I intentionally left out the robbery and assault because those happened in PA. I was referring to the MD troopers. And I understand it's there job to catch criminals but when said criminal is hundreds of miles away and it takes you 15 years it becomes a little wasteful. Money thrown away when you look at the man hours devoted to the case, the cost of extraditing to MD, and the cost to prosecute. I know they "don't" do it to make money but when is enough enough?
ReplyDeleteGo back to writing tickets.
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