Multi-state operation targeting Wicomico warrants nets 41 arrests

The Daily Times

A recent multi-state effort to reduce active fugitive warrants out of Wicomico County resulted in 41 arrests, which included almost a dozen gang members, Maryland State Police said.

“Operation Hide and Seek” as it was dubbed, brought together the Maryland State Police Gang Enforcement Unit, Salisbury Police Department and other allied agencies in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.

These agencies worked together to locate and apprehend suspects with active warrants issued through the Salisbury Police Department, according to a news release, focusing their efforts on criminal gang members and suspects of open criminal investigations.

The operation was carried out Feb. 20, police said, netting 11 arrests of individuals with organized gang ties and 13 arrests of suspects with out-of-state connections. Funding from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention, which supports the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network, helped make it possible.

The following individuals were among those arrested:

Xaundrea Mclean, 28, of Salisbury, Maryland - second-degree assault and reckless endangerment
Matthew Wekheiser, 34, of Salisbury, Maryland - driving on a suspended license
Michael Schiller, 22, of Snow Hill, Maryland - second-degree assault
Wood Pierre, 39, of Seaford, Delaware - second-degree assault and false imprisonment
Latissa Diggs, 45, of Salisbury, Maryland - second-degree assault and robbery
Nykeria Reaves, 19, of Salisbury, Maryland - second-degree assault and disorderly conduct
Gina Miller, 40, of Bishopville, Maryland - driving on a suspended license
Sinedra Purnell, 27, of Salisbury, Maryland - narcotics distribution and manufacturing opioids
Terius Green, 18, of Salisbury, Maryland who is a validated member of the LMF (Loyal Money Family) Bloods - motor vehicle theft and concealing a dangerous weapon
Darryl Miles, 53, of Salisbury, Maryland - possession of a controlled dangerous substance
Two juvenile males wanted on drug possession charges and a Delaware warrant for gang involvement with the Eight Trey Crips

The following law enforcement agencies assisted with “Operation Hide and Seek”:

Virginia State Police
Delaware State Police
Maryland Division of Corrections
Federalsburg Police Department
Cambridge Police Department
Hurlock Police Department
Fruitland Police Department
Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
Accomack County Sheriff’s Office.