WCSO Press Releases - May 16, 2017

Incident: Assault
Date of Incident: 10 May 2017
Location: 34000 block of Old Ocean City Road, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: David Kenneth Baker Jr., 37, Pittsville, MD
Narrative: On 10 May 2017 at 9:32 AM a deputy arrested David Baker in connection with an assault. According to the female victim in this case, she advised an argument began with her boyfriend, David Baker, and it escalated when Baker allegedly assaulted her. According to the victim, Baker struck her in the head and knocked her to the ground. The victim further stated that Baker continued to kick and punch her while she was on the ground.
Upon arrest the deputy transported Baker to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Baker in the Detention Center in lieu of $10,000.00 bond.
Charges: Assault 2nd Degree and Reckless Endangerment 

Incident: Assault / Child Abuse
Date of Incident: 10 May 2017
Location: 5798 Tiffshawn Court, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Brian Eugene Mattingly, 45, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 10 May 2017 at 12:53 PM, a deputy arrested Brian Mattingly following an allegation of an assault. According to the complainant in this incident, Mattingly was involved in an altercation with his 15-year-old son that turned physical. Mattingly stands accused of slamming a door on his son’s arm and then placing him into a choke hold. During the investigation, the deputy observed signs of injury on Mattingly’s son that corroborated the account.
The deputy transported Mattingly to the Central Booking unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Mattingly in the Detention Center in lieu of $15,000.00 bond.
Charges: Child Abuse, Assault 2nd Degree and Reckless Endangerment 

Incident: Assault
Date of Incident: 12 May 2017
Location: 100 block of Olney Road, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Tyler Downs Truitt, 32, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 12 May 2017 at 6:00 AM a deputy arrested Tyler Truitt in connection with an assault. During the investigation, the deputy learned that Tyler allegedly assaulted his live-in girlfriend during an argument. Tyler reportedly threw his girlfriend down to the ground and began beating her in what was described as continuously.
The deputy observed signs of injury to the victim that corroborated the account.
Truitt was transported to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Truitt in the Detention Center in lieu of $30,000.00 bond.
Charges: Assault 1st Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, Reckless Endangerment and False Imprisonment 

Incident: Burglary
Date of Incident: 12 May 2017
Location: 30000 block of Old Ocean City Road, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Gregory A. Smith, 37, Pittsville, MD
Narrative: On 12 May 2017 at 4:27 PM, a deputy met with a resident from the 30000 block of Old Ocean City Road in Pittsville. According to this subject, he was home when a subject later identified as Gregory Smith, entered his residence without permission through the rear door that Smith forced open. During the subsequent investigation, the deputy learned that Smith had entered the residence because Smith was looking for the complainant’s housemate. According to the complainant in this case, Smith searched the entire residence for the subject that Smith was looking for, including the complainant’s bedroom. The complaint told the deputy that Smith ultimately left and told the complainant to let his housemate know that Smith was looking for him.
Smith was located and placed under arrest. Following his arrest, Smith was transported to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Smith in the Detention Center in lieu of $15,000.00 bond.
Charges: Burglary 4th Degree and Malicious Destruction of Property 

Incident: Driving While Suspended
Date of Incident: 14 May 2017
Location: Wicomico County, MD
Suspect: Dennis Dwayne White, 47, Pittsville, MD
Narrative: On 13 May 2017 at 11:02 AM, a deputy responded for the report of a vehicle in a ditch in the 8000 block of Pittsville Road in Pittsville. Upon arrival, the deputy located a 1993 Ford F350 RV stuck in the ditch and identified the operator as Dennis White. During the ensuing investigation, the deputy was told by White that he had swerved to miss both a turkey and a deer before driving into the ditch. The deputy also learned that White was knowingly driving on a suspended license. After the vehicle was towed out of the ditch, the deputy learned that the Ford RV was both unregistered and uninsured.
The deputy issued traffic citations to White for Driving Suspended, Driving Uninsured and Operating a Vehicle without a Current Registration and the Ford RV was towed from the scene.
The same day at 1:14 PM, White was found to have driven the same vehicle into a ditch on Bethel Road. This time, the deputy placed White under arrest and transported him to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner for a second round of charges that included Driving Suspended, Driving Uninsured and Operating a Vehicle without a Current Registration. White’s vehicle was impounded and taken to a tow yard at the direction of the Sheriff’s Office. Additionally, Wicomico County Animal Control responded to the scene to pick up seven Chihuahua dogs that White had in his vehicle.
Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner released White on a $3,000.00 unsecured bond.
On 14 May 2017 at 11:22 AM, a deputy observed White driving again, this time in the 6000 block of Powellville Road in a different vehicle from the previous day. The deputy placed White under arrest again for Driving While Suspended and also discovered that this vehicle that White was operating was both unregistered and uninsured.
The deputy transported White to the Central Booking Unit again where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner again. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner released White on $3,000.00 unsecured bond.
Charges: Driving Suspended, Driving While Uninsured, Operating an Unregistered Motor Vehicle and Driving Without Current Registration Plates