Three Arrested on Narcotics Charges Following Lexington Park Investigation
(September 10, 2026 — Leonardtown, MD)
Three Lexington Park residents were arrested Wednesday, Sept.9, 2026, following a months-long narcotics investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division.
Detectives served search and seizure warrants at a residence in the 46000 block of Sell Drive in Lexington Park, where they located individually packaged quantities of suspected cocaine, a quantity of suboxone, and drug paraphernalia in the house.
A subsequent search of a 2006 Audi A4 parked outside the residence uncovered additional quantities of suspected cocaine, packaged in a manner indicative of distribution, and over $1500 in United States currency.
Detectives arrested Walead Othman, 59; Mary Theresa Dickerson, 68; and Lorne Cardell Gross, 59, all of Lexington Park.
Othman and Dickerson were each charged with possession with intent to distribute and two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Gross was charged with possession with intent to distribute and one count of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
The investigation remains open, and anyone with additional information is asked to contact the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office at 301-475-8008.
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Media Inquiries: ALisa Casas, Public Information Officer
SMCSO.PIO@stmaryscountymd.gov 301-475-4200, ext. 1986