SUSPECT OF HIGH SPEED PURSUIT ARRESTED ON WARRANT
On February 29, 2024 at approximately 12:30pm, Cambridge Police Department Officers arrested Lamont William Davis, a 34 year old man from Cambridge, MD. Davis was arrest on an active Dorchester County District Court Arrest Warrant.
Davis was transported to Cambridge Police Department for processing and his initial appearance. Davis was later turned over to the Dorchester County Detention Center on $7,500.00 bond.
Davis was charged with the following:
- Driving Without a License
- Failure of Vehicle Driver to Stop After Unattended Damage Accident
- Attempt by Driver to Elude Uniformed Police by Failing to Stop
- Attempt by Driver to Elude Uniformed Police by Fleeing on Foot
- Attempt by Driver to Elude Police in Official Police Vehicle by Failing to Stop
- Failure to Obey Properly Place Traffic Control Device (4 counts)
- Driving Vehicle in Excess of Reasonable and Prudent Speed
- Failure to Control Vehicle Speed on Highway to Avoid Collision
- Reckless Driving
- Failure of Driver to Stop Upon Approach by Emergency Vehicle Using Signals
- Abandoning Vehicle on Public Property
Charges stem from an incident that occurred on October 4, 2023 in the 500 block of Greenwood Ave in Cambridge, Maryland. At approximately 10:47 pm, Cambridge Police Department Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle for traffic violations in the 500 block of Greenwood Ave.
As the officers attempted to conduct the traffic stop, the operator of the vehicle accelerated and refused to stop, and an extreme rate of speed estimated to be approximately 100 mph in a 25-mph zone.
The vehicle fled down Willis St failing to stop at multiple stop signs. The vehicle attempted to make a right hand turn on Oakley St at a high rate of speed and could not negotiate the turn and ended up striking the curb and a unoccupied parked vehicle.
The operator then fled from the scene. Officers were able to identify the driver as Davis. Davis was found to not possess a drivers license. Cambridge Police Officers applied for charges on Davis with the Dorchester County Court Commissioner where an Arrest Warrant was issued.