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immediately smelled the strong od-
or of marijuana.

A probable cause search was

conducted, revealing seven individ-
ual bags containing marijuana. The
combined weight of weed in the
seven bags totaled over 35 grams.

Knopf was arrested and charged

with possession and possession
with intent to distribute marijuana.

Salisbury Man Pleads

Guilty To Bank Robbery

SALISBURY A Salisbury man

faces up to 20 years in prison after
pleading guilty last week to bank
robbery following his arrest during
an incident in March.

Gary Allen Mitchell, 42, of Salis-

bury, last week pleaded guilty to
bank robbery. According to his plea
agreement, Mitchell robbed the
PNC Bank on Civic Avenue in Salis-
bury on March 21.

He entered the bank and gave

the teller a note stating he was rob-
bing the bank and would harm the
teller if she did not comply with his
demands and that he had a gun.

Mitchell had his hand in his pock-

et as if he was carrying a gun. He
told the teller not to pull the alarm,
nor give him any marked money,
dye packs or tracking devices.

The teller then gave Mitchell

$4,177 in cash, including a tracking
device within a stack of $50 bills, as

per bank policy. Mitchell then be-
came angry, threw the money on
the counter and told the teller he
had instructed her not to do that.

Police officers located Mitchell

soon thereafter smoking crack co-
caine shortly after the bank robbery
and recovered the stolen money.

For Mitchell, last week's guilty

plea marks his third federal bank
robbery conviction, including two
now in Maryland and one in Dela-
ware.

He faces a maximum sentence of

20 years. Sentencing has been set
for Nov. 15.

Jail For Texter

In Stolen Car

BERLIN An Easton man, ar-

rested in July on multiple charges
after Berlin Police first stopped him
for texting while driving and later
discovered he was driving a car re-
ported stolen earlier in Salisbury,
pleaded guilty last week to attempt-
ing to elude police and disturbing
the peace and was sentenced to 14
days in jail.

Around 7:40 p.m. on July 12,

Berlin Police observed a suspect
later identified as Corey Fells Sr. 27,
of Easton texting while driving on
Route 113 in the area of Deer Park
Drive.

After police stopped the vehicle,

Fells fled on foot, but the Berlin
Police officer was able to appre-
hend him with the help of two pri-
vate citizens.

The investigation revealed the

vehicle Fells was driving was report-
ed stolen in Salisbury a month earli-

er. Fells was also driving on a sus-
pended license and was wanted on
a warrant for violation of probation.

Last week, Fells pleaded guilty to

attempting to elude police and was
sentenced to 14 days in jail and
fined $200. He was also found guilty
of disturbing the peace, a charge for
which his sentence was merged.
The stolen vehicle count was not
prosecuted.

Assault Arrest

SALISBURY A Salisbury man

was arrested on assault and other
charges last weekend after first al-
legedly attacking a man on the
street and then forcing his way into
the victim's residence to continue
the assault.

Last Saturday, Wicomico County

Sheriff's deputies arrested Quincy
Mitchell-Lake, 19, of Salisbury, on
assault, burglary and trespassing

charges following an alleged attack
on the victim a day earlier.

According to the police report,

Mitchell-Lake approached and at-
tacked a victim outside a residence
on Jersey Rod and took him to the
ground.

The victim was able to get away

and went into a nearby residence,
but Mitchell-Lake allegedly forced
his way into the residence and con-
tinued the assault.

The victim and other occupants

were able to force Mitchell-Lake
from the residence.

Wicomico County Sheriff's depu-

ties responded but did not immedi-
ately locate the suspect. They ob-
tained an arrest warrant for Mitchell-
Lake and he was picked up the fol-
lowing day.

He has been charged with sec-

ond-degree assault, burglary and
trespassing.

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