On October 21, Cpl Brian Connelly responded to a burglary in progress on Guenther Drive in Lexington Park.  While responding to the call, a lookout was broadcasted for a vehicle related to the burglary.  Cpl. Connelly located the vehicle with assistance from a citizen who observed the vehicle leave the roadway, strike a guardrail and come to rest several feet off the road at Flat Iron and Stoney Court. 

Cpl. Connelly detained the vehicle operator who was identified as Justin Parker, 20 of Great Mills.  A check of the vehicle registration revealed the vehicle (1995 Honda Accord) had been reported stolen a day earlier. A check of the interior of the 1995 Honda revealed property owned by the victim of the previously mentioned residential burglary. 

Parker was arrested and charged with First Degree Burglary,Theft, Malicious Destruction of Property and Theft of a Motor Vehicle.

Parker was released to the custody of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.