On Sunday, August 3 at 3:43 p.m. an employee at the Good Day Market
located in Prince Frederick advised the Calvert Control Center that the store
had been robbed. Preliminary investigation
revealed that a white male with a beard, in his 20’s to early 30’s with a large
frame of 6’ to 6’-4” and weighing 210 to 250 pounds entered the store. This subject approached the counter and asked
for cigarettes. While the sole employee
was ringing up the item, the man handed her a note telling her to give him all
the money. The clerk complied and the
suspect then left the store. A witness
in the parking lot advised police that he saw the suspect get into a small
vehicle on the passenger side and leave the scene. No one was injured during the robbery.
Follow-up investigation by Det. H. Rich of the Calvert Investigative
Bureau revealed two possible suspects in this case, the suspect who entered the
store and the suspect driver of the vehicle.
Det. Rich was subsequently able to request the issuance of arrest
warrants for Thomas Brian Smith, Jr., 34, of Prince Frederick, driver of the
vehicle, and Ronald Franklin Brown, Jr., 33, of Leonardtown. Both men were arrested on September 21. Smith has been charged with armed robbery,
conspiracy to commit armed robbery, second degree assault, conspiracy to commit
second degree assault, use of a firearm during a violent crime, conspiracy to
use a firearm during a violent crime and handgun in vehicle. Brown has been charged with the same first
six offenses as Smith, but is also charged with handgun on person, theft $1,000
to under $10,000 and conspiracy to commit theft $1,000 to under $10,000.
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| Thomas Brian Smith, Jr., 34, of Prince Frederick |
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| Ronald Franklin Brown, Jr., 33, of Leonardtown |
