Crime tip: If you call up police about a suicide threat when your home is stashed with cocaine, marijuana, weapons and cash, things can go from very bad to even worse.
The Queen Anne’s County drug task force reports today on just such a distressing development that occurred Feb. 18, at approximately 10:30 a.m.
Sergeant Jones and Deputy First Class Sewell were dispatched to a house on Maple Drive in Grasonville after a report of a possible suicidal subject with a gun.
As they reported it, upon arrival the deputies made contact with a resident of the home and were given consent to check the welfare of the suicidal subject in question.
“The deputies were able to locate the suicidal subject hiding in the residence. As they were checking on the person’s welfare, the officers observed controlled dangerous substances and a digital scale sitting in plain view.”
Woops.
“Sgt. Jones and Dfc. Sewell quickly ascertained that the subject was hiding because of the controlled dangerous substances. At that point, they secured the residence in order to obtain a search warrant.” Members of the county’s drug task force “quickly responded and assisted with securing the residence as they simultaneously applied for and received a search and seizure warrant for the home.”
Here’s what they found: “445.0 grams of marijuana, 118.8 grams of powdered cocaine, a .45 caliber handgun with the serial numbers removed, $11,359.00 in U.S. currency, numerous digital scales, cutting agents and evidence of a complex drug distribution operation. These items were seized along with a 2008 Honda Accord and a Yamaha 4 wheeler. The marijuana and cocaine recovered had a combined street value of over $20,000.”
Christopher Alan Seligman, 27, currently out on bond for felony drug charges, was charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm in nexus to a drug crime and possession of paraphernalia.
Colby Rae Silver, 26 — currently out on bond for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and paraphernalia — was charged with the possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm in nexus to a drug trafficking crime and possession of paraphernalia.
And the misery just goes on.
“Silver stated she had been physically abused by Seligman the previous evening in Anne Arundel County. The Criminal Investigation Division of the Maryland State Police is currently investigating this assault. This matter is still being investigated related to other suspects and additional charges.”
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