On 02-06-16 CCSO units responded to Whirlaway Dr and Gate
Dancer Ct, Prince Frederick, Calvert County, MD for the report of a white Dodge
Charger that was abandoned. Once on
scene it was determined the vehicle was occupied. The sole occupant of the vehicle jumped out
of the vehicle and stood behind the vehicle’s door with a knife in his
hand. The subject told Dfc. Wood that he
had a knife and that he was just going to have to shoot him. Dfc. Wood was at a safe distance and was able
to call for additional units to respond to the scene.
As additional units arrived the subject jumped in his
vehicle and locked the door while still armed with a knife. CCSO deputies boxed the vehicle in and
approached the vehicle to attempt to break out a window in order to gain access
to the subject. The subject placed the
vehicle in Drive, drove over a curb and a pursuit ensued. It was a nice Saturday afternoon and deputies
had observed citizens in the neighborhood out walking while responding to the
call. The deputies knew they had to get
the vehicle stopped before it got near where the citizens had been
walking. Cpl. Phelps initiated a PIT on
the vehicle to stop the pursuit and Dep. Mohler assisted by boxing the vehicle
in.
Deputies again approached the vehicle and broke out the
windows to extract the armed subject from the car. The subject was yelling for deputies to shoot
him while he held the knife to his neck.
Deputies on scene told the subject numerous times to drop the knife. The
subject refused and began cutting his neck with the knife. Two Deputies had to deploy their assigned
CCSO Tasers to get the subject to stop cutting himself with the knife and to
comply to commands so he could be taken into custody. The subject was eventually securely detained
without injury to any deputies.
The subject was identified as James Stewart Brown III, a 34
year old white male of Chesapeake Beach.
It was determined Brown had an open felony warrant for multiple sex
offense charges. According to witnesses
the vehicle Brown was operating had been in the area for a couple of days. Brown had to be transported to Calvert Memorial
Hospital to be treated for self-inflicted superficial injuries prior to being
transported to the Calvert County Detention Center.
Brown was charged criminally with failure to obey a lawful
order and disturbing the public peace.
In addition he was charged with multiple traffic violations that
occurred during the brief pursuit.
Two CCSO units were damaged during the PIT and Box-In maneuvers
which were used to safely terminate the pursuit. The damage sustained to both CCSO vehicles
was cosmetic allowing both vehicles to be driven from the scene.
