Three indicted in gun thefts

Published 10:29 pm Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Three suspects in the October theft of more than a dozen weapons from a Suffolk gun dealer were indicted this week.

They were among 30 people indicted on 81 total charges Monday.

Bannister

Mary Louise Bannister, Chase Alan Brooks and Kendall Pittman were indicted on various charges related to the incident. A fourth suspect, Brian Christopher Campbell, was indicted last month.

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Police say the four were involved in the theft of 15 rifles, shotguns and muzzleloaders from Dashiell’s Half-round Showroom on Holland Road in mid-October. The burglary attracted the attention of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of those involved.

“We know that in many instances, stolen firearms end

Brooks

up in the hands of violent criminals, who use them to commit additional crimes,” ATF Special Agent in Charge Edgar A. Domenech said at the time.

The arrests came after weeks of investigative work and several Crime Line tips, police said.

The complete list of indictments follows:

  • Stephanie Bailey — embezzlement more than $200
  • Mary Louise Bannister — receiving stolen goods; conspiracy to commit larceny; sale, distribute marijuana; conspiracy to distribute marijuana
  • Chase Alan Brooks — statutory burglary (2 counts); larceny of a firearm (2 counts); possession of burglary tools (2 counts); conspiracy to commit burglary; sale, distribute marijuana
  • James William Butler — grand larceny (2 counts); larceny with intent to sell (2 counts); obtain money by false pretenses more than $200; conspiracy to commit grand larceny; conspiracy to commit larceny with intent to sell; obstruct justice without force
  • Shameika Monique Davis — embezzlement more than $200

    Campbell

  • Matthew Davis Fink — driving while intoxicated, third or subsequent offense
  • Patricia D. Foreman-Mills — identity theft; false statement to obtain utility
  • Lloyd Randolph Green — assault and battery, domestic, third offense
  • Faith Hand — embezzlement less than $200
  • Gene Alton Holloway — attempted rape; statutory burglary; abduction with intent to defile
  • Dewayne Keshawd King — armed statutory burglary; use of firearm in commission of a felony (2 counts); robbery
  • Gregory William Little — credit card theft; credit card fraud
  • Anthony Demetrius Lyles — failure to register as violent sex offender
  • Christopher R. Mason — grand larceny; statutory burglary
  • Alonzo Alexander McKay — statutory burglary; grand larceny
  • Tammy Simpkins Milteer — identity theft (5 counts); false statement to obtain utility (2 counts); credit card larceny (2 counts); larceny by multiple; obtain money by false pretenses; obtain utility service without payment
  • David Glenn Perkins — grand larceny; larceny with intent to sell
  • Suritta Pierce — conspiracy to commit grand larceny
  • Kendall Pittman — forgery; uttering; statutory burglary; larceny of a firearm; larceny with intent to sell; conspiracy to commit burglary; possession of burglary tools
  • Dianne Gloria Pryor — third offense larceny
  • Ricardo Lamont Ray — failure to appear on felony charge
  • Daniel Allen Robinson II — worthless check for more than $200
  • Earnest Renarda Ruffin — habitual offender, subsequent offense
  • Christopher Frank Stevens — unlawful wounding
  • Denzel Stevenson — aggravated sexual battery, victim under 13 years old (2 counts); forcible sodomy (3 counts)
  • Christopher Stine — assault and battery of law enforcement officer (2 counts)
  • Michael Jay Tucker — attempted arson of occupied public building
  • Shakeena Tanae Vann — grand larceny; failure to return rental property
  • Kermit Keese Williams — third offense larceny
  • Kenneth Dean Wilson — aggravated sexual battery, victim under 13 years old