{"id":30545,"date":"2026-01-08T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=30545"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:44:09","slug":"msp-leonardtown-press-release-1-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2026\/01\/08\/msp-leonardtown-press-release-1-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP Leonardtown Press Release 1\/8\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Lieutenant Krystle Rossignol<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Barrack \u201cT\u201d Leonardtown<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>23200 Leonard Hall Drive<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Leonardtown, MD 20650<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>301-475-8955 Main<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>301-475-2948 Fax<\/b><\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: right\"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January 8, 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/1\/2026, Tpr Wells responded to a traffic complaint on Three Notch Road at FDR Boulevard, California, MD. Investigation revealed that Kimberly Vanessa Higgs, 61 of Chevy Chase, MD was driving under the influence and was arrested. Throughout the course of the investigation, Higgs escaped the patrol vehicle and was acting in a disorderly manner. She was transported to the St. Mary\u2019s County Detention Center where she was charged with Obstructing &amp; Hindering, Escape &#8211; Second Degree, and Disorderly Conduct. She was also issued numerous traffic citations related to driving under the influence and other traffic violations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/5\/2026, TFC Eckrich conducted a traffic stop on Shangri La Drive at FDR Boulevard, Lexington Park, MD. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Nicole Rae Sheckels, 46 of Ridge, MD. A St. Mary\u2019s County Sheriff\u2019s Office K9 conducted a scan of the vehicle which yielded a positive alert. A search of the vehicle revealed suspected Crack Cocaine. Sheckels was arrested and transported to the St. Mary\u2019s County Detention Center where she was charged with Possession of CDS: Not Cannabis x3 and Possession of CDS: Paraphernalia x3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/6\/2026, a Deputy from the St. Mary\u2019s County Sheriff\u2019s Office conducted a traffic stop on Three Notch Road at MacArthur Boulevard, Lexington Park, MD. Investigation revealed that Adam James Mantz, 44 of Mechanicsville, MD had an active warrant through the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack for FTA: Malicious Destruction of Property &#8211; Value Less Than $1,000. Tpr Munoz arrived on scene to take Mantz into custody. A search incident to arrest revealed suspected Crack Cocaine. Mantz was transported to the St. Mary\u2019s County Detention Center where he was charged with Possession of CDS: Not Cannabis and Possession of CDS: Paraphernalia. He was also served his active warrant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/6\/2026, TFC Piscopo-Bann responded to a residence on Lawrence Avenue, Leonardtown, MD for the report of someone violating a protective order. Investigation revealed that James Allen Schaeffer, 42 of Sykesville, MD was in violation of a protective order. Schaeffer was arrested and transported to the St. Mary\u2019s County Detention Center where a secondary search was conducted and revealed suspected Crack Cocaine. Schaeffer was charged with Violation of a Protective Order, Possession of CDS: Not Cannabis, Possession of CDS: Paraphernalia, and Possession of Contraband: Place of Confinement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The following people were arrested for Driving Under the Influence:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 12\/31\/2025, Jacob Edward Sullivan, 27 of Saint Inigoes, MD was arrested by TFC Eckrich<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/1\/2026, Kimberly Vanessa Higgs, 61 of Chevy Chase, MD was arrested by Tpr Wells<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/3\/2026, Shaquille Dontae Myers, 32 of Bryantown, MD was arrested by Tpr Abdel Wahab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/5\/2026, Giavonti Jahki Spell, 25 of Lexington Park, MD was arrested by Tpr Abdel Wahab<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The following people were arrested for Open Warrants:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 12\/31\/2025, Rodena Virginia Hood, 29 of California, MD was arrested by Tpr Kelsey for FTA: Driving an uninsured vehicle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/5\/2026, Osirus Holmes, 28 of Lexington Park, MD was arrested by Tpr Large for FTA: Armed Robbery, Con-Armed Robbery, Robbery, First Degree Assault, Con-First Degree Assault, Second Degree Assault, Theft: $100 to Under $1,500, Malicious Destruction of Property &#8211; Value Less Than $1,000 and Malicious Destruction of Property &#8211; Value Greater Than $1,000<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/5\/2026, Philip Randolph Adams, 46 of Mechanicsville, MD was arrested by Tpr Pifer for FTA: Driving while license was suspended<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 1\/6\/2026, Adam James Mantz, 44 of Mechanicsville, MD was arrested by Tpr Munoz for FTA: Malicious Destruction of Property &#8211; Value Less Than $1,000<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>All persons charged with a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>News releases are a service of the Maryland State Police.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Contact the Office of Media Communications at 410-653-4236 or e-mail at msp.media@maryland.gov<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lieutenant Krystle Rossignol Barrack \u201cT\u201d Leonardtown 23200 Leonard Hall Drive Leonardtown, MD 20650 301-475-8955 Main 301-475-2948 Fax FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 8, 2026 On 1\/1\/2026, Tpr Wells responded to a traffic complaint on Three Notch Road at FDR Boulevard, California, MD. Investigation revealed that Kimberly Vanessa Higgs, 61 of Chevy Chase, MD was driving under<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2026\/01\/08\/msp-leonardtown-press-release-1-8-2026\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barrackst-leonardtown"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30546,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545\/revisions\/30546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}