QA SHERIFF PRESS RELEASE – Home Invasion Investigation

PRESS RELEASE

INCIDENT:           Search & Seizure Warrant / Arrest

DATE / TIME:      11/18/2011 @ 1300 Hours

LOCATION:        117 Miller Street, Sudlersville, MD

 ARREST:              Joshua Cannon Pierce (31) of Sudlersville

 Narrative:             On Friday members of the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police, Queen Anne’s Drug Task Force assisted the Delaware State Police serving a search and seizure warrant at the Miller Street residence in Sudlersville Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. Pierce, who was incarcerated on Monday (11/14) following a traffic stop in Kent County, has been criminally charged in Delaware reference to a kidnapping / car jacking attempt in Kenton Delaware on November 7. Pierce is currently detained in the Kent County Detention Center pending extradition to the State Of Delaware. This investigation of this incident as well as the two home invasions on the same date is still ongoing with detectives from the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police and Delaware State Police working together.  

 DEPUTY:              Det. Eric Goodman