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| John Michael Ingersoll, Jr. |
The accused is identified as John Michael Ingersoll, Jr., 46, of East New Market, Maryland. The Maryland State Apprehension Team arrested Ingersoll in Easton, Maryland at 11:05 a.m. Ingersoll is charged with first and second degree murder, and other related offenses. The Grand Jury of Dorchester County handed down an indictment this morning, charging Ingersoll for the 2001 murder after the Office of the State’s Attorney for Dorchester County presented the case. Ingersoll is being held in the Dorchester County Detention Center pending trial.
The deceased, Gregory Guy Collins, 31, of Vienna, Maryland was a three-year veteran of the Division of Correction and a member of the Maryland National Guard. Correctional Officer Collins was shot and killed while traveling toward his home after working his shift at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County during the early morning hours on Monday, June 4, 2001.
Shortly before 4:00 p.m. on June 4, 2001, Correctional Officer Collins was reported missing when he failed to return home after his evening shift at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Princess Anne. He had reportedly finished his shift around midnight and was driving a gray Toyota pickup truck when the incident occurred.
A responding Maryland state trooper noticed a wooded area along Indiantown Road, one mile east of Route 331, where it appeared a vehicle had left the roadway. The trooper checked the area further and found Correctional Officer Collins unresponsive inside his truck.
The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit worked in coordination with several law enforcement partners to bring this unsolved homicide investigation to a close. Assistance was provided by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Eastern Correctional Institution in Princess Anne, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Dorchester County, Federal Bureau of Investigation Baltimore Division, Talbot County Task Force, Maryland State Police from the Easton Barrack, Talbot County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Apprehension Team and the Criminal Enforcement Division Upper Shore.
William H. Jones, State’s Attorney for Dorchester County, reminds the public that the Indictment is an allegation, and that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Great work you guys on this
ReplyDeletegreat work....he was a good Corrections officer
18 yrs later if it was a police officer it would have been solved 17 yrs ago, SHAMEFUL.
DeleteGod Bless our Federal, State and Local Police...
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it was bc Gregory and his wife took in a cops wife for several days bc he was beating her ?
ReplyDeleteMoron alert.
DeleteSo glad this Dirt Bag has been arrested. Now what is the rest of the story?
ReplyDeleteI want to know who ELSE was involved.
DeleteThis arrest has taken far too long their has been rumors leading to this man's door for years. Good job on starting to bring justice to the officers family.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it does sometimes take years to solve a case...it may very well have been a DNA hit-there was a rape in Ocean City years ago...turned out it was a guy that had just been released from prison...years later, when his DNA was taken on another case, the hit came up and he was arrested. Justice can be slow sometimes, but at the least, maybe the family can rest a bit easier.
ReplyDeleteHow did he leave DNA on a drive by shooting 18 yrs ago this guy I assume has a long wrap sheet and I'm sure had taken DNA taken.
Delete@8:26 DNA from hair, blood, skin etc... and the story does not say it was a drive by shooting, just that he was shot while driving home...it could have been a carjacking gone bad-who knows right now? The point I was making was that it could have been a delayed hit ...and yes, if you look at case search he has a bit of a history--there was a HUGE backlog of DNA samples that needed to be taken so it is very possible that his had not been taken or processed when the murder occurred. Since we can't see what his criminal record is in other states, perhaps it was taken in another state and then matched.
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