On April 25, 2016 at approximately 8:55 a.m. Dfc. Livingston
of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a 2001
Mercedes Benz along southbound Maryland Route 4 in the area of the Radio Shack
shopping center. The operator had an
open warrant and had eluded police earlier in the morning. The vehicle stopped and upon Dfc. Livingston
approaching a female in the car put her hands up and told Dfc. Livingston she
wanted to get out. At that moment, the
operator of the car fled the traffic stop.
The vehicle turned right onto West Dares Beach Road. The vehicle continued west on West Dares
Beach Road to the intersection of Prince Frederick Boulevard. The operator disregarded the red signal at
the intersection and drove south on Prince Frederick Boulevard. The operator of the vehicle then failed to
stop at the stop sign and turned right to travel west on Maryland Route
231. The vehicle continued westbound on
Rt. 231 disregarding the red light at J.W. Williams Road. The vehicle continued west on Rt. 231 to
German Chapel Road where it made a left.
The vehicle was travelling at an extremely high rate of speed on German
Chapel Road. Deputies were unable to keep up with the vehicle and lost sight of
it. The personnel in the area knew that the vehicle had not made it to Rt. 4
from German Chapel and a general
perimeter was set up.
Once deputies began to back track, the vehicle and the
obviously shaken female were located near the end of Dan Bowen Road in the
driveway of a private residence. The
male subject had exited the vehicle and had run into a large wooded area. Multiple units from the Sheriff’s Office and
the Maryland State Police established a more specific perimeter and a search
was conducted by Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Dfc. Morder and his K9 partner
“WOLF”. MSP Trooper 7 also assisted with
searching the area from above. A NIXLE
was also sent out to alert citizens of the police activity in the area. After approximately one hour passed the
perimeter was broken down, the vehicle was stored and the bulk of the units
cleared the scene.
At approximately 11:10 a.m. a citizen from Thunder Hill Road
contacted the Sheriff’s Office and advised there was a male subject matching
the suspect’s description walking in the neighborhood. CCSO deputies and MSP personnel responded to
the area and located the suspect walking at the intersection of Rt. 231 and
Thunder hill Road. The suspect was taken into custody without incident. The subject was identified as Matthew Taylor
Brann, a white male born December 23, 1990.
In addition to being served with the outstanding warrants for first
degree burglary, malicious destruction of property and violation of
probation. Suspect Brann will also
charged with fleeing and eluding and numerous traffic charges.
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| Matthew Taylor Brann |
