Day: November 5, 2021

Robert Harvey, Calvert County State’s Attorney, announced that on November 5, 2021, Marco Joseph Decesaris, III, 72, of Prince Frederick was sentenced to 6 months incarceration for felony theft.  Decesaris, the owner of Marco’s Quality Storage Buildings, LLC, took money from victims after promising to build them sheds.  The sheds were never delivered and the victims were not able to get their money back.

Prior to sentencing, the State’s Attorney’s Office was able to obtain restitution for each of Decesaris’ victims.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney, Benjamin G. Lerner.

In 2020, 56 Marylanders lost their lives to domestic violence, according to a report published by the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence.  This is the highest number of fatalities recorded since 2007.

Fortunately, Calvert County had zero domestic violence-related deaths in 2020.  Nevertheless, domestic violence remains a serious problem in our County.  In 2019, the State’s Attorney’s Office handled 343 DV cases.  From July 1, 2020 to September 14, 2021, we handled 382 cases.

The Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office has a Domestic Violence Unit assigned to prosecute these kinds of cases.  It is currently staffed by one attorney, one victim advocate and one investigator.  In addition, an attorney in the District Court Division has been designated to handle a DV docket once per month (there are two dedicated DV dockets in District Court each month).  The Unit may be contacted at 410-535-1600 x2369.

Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey has requested funding for another full-time domestic violence prosecutor in his 2023 budget submission to the Board of County Commissioners.