Month: December 2023

On December 15, 2023, Cedric Fonta Moore, of Washington, DC, was sentenced in Calvert County Circuit Court to 23 years incarceration, with 9 years active, for his role in the May 2023 robbery of the M&T Bank in Dunkirk.  The sentence was imposed by Judge Mark S. Chandlee.

Because robbery is a crime of violence, Moore will have to serve at least half of his sentence before becoming parole eligible.

Two other individuals who participated in the robbery received active sentences of 8 and 15 years, respectively.  One individual, Jemel Anthony Brown, is scheduled for sentencing on January 18, 2024.  Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Christopher J. Monte prosecuted these cases.

On December 15, 2023, Terance Albert Tracy, received a sentence of 90 days incarceration from Judge Mark S. Chandlee of the Calvert County Circuit Court. Tracy was convicted in November of criminal trespass at the Calvert County Health Department. As a condition of supervised probation, Judge Chandlee ordered Tracy not to return to the Health Department unless he has a medical condition that could not be treated elsewhere in the State of Maryland.

On November 27, 2023, Christopher Thomas Chaillet, 36, of Nanjemoy, pleaded guilty in Calvert
County Circuit Court to reckless endangerment and permitting a child to have access to a
firearm.

The evidence showed that Chaillet, who possessed a valid Maryland handgun permit, knowingly
left a loaded handgun in his truck while his 2-year old son was sitting, unsupervised, in the
passenger seat. The child gained access to the gun and shot himself in the arm.

Judge Mark S. Chandlee required Mr. Chaillet to serve 1 year of home confinement followed by
3 years of probation. Chaillet was required to forfeit the weapon and he will be prohibited
from owning or possessing firearms in the future.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney April N. Brown.