Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Service, have arrested Dequan Marquis Spicer, 24, of Great Mills, in connection with a shooting on May 3, 2025.
In the early morning of May 3, 2025, patrol deputies conducting proactive patrols near Chancellors Run Road and Pegg Road heard gunfire and immediately responded. At the scene, they located a vehicle with four male occupants. Three of the individuals had sustained gunshot wounds. The fourth occupant was unharmed.
Through investigative efforts, detectives determined the shooting stemmed from an altercation that had occurred the previous evening. On May 6, Cameron David Louis Curtis, 22, of Valley Lee, and Peyton James Robert Curtis, 20, of Callaway, were arrested in connection with the incident. Jayshawn Maurice Bartless, 21, of Lexington Park, was arrested on August 1, 2025. The three suspects remain incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center, awaiting trial.
As the investigation continued, detectives identified a fourth suspect, Dequan Marquis Spicer, 24, of Great Mills, as also being involved in the shooting. Spicer was located in North Carolina and extradited to St. Mary’s County on July 3, 2025.
Spicer was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center and served with an Indictment warrant on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, for the following charges:
• Four counts of attempted first-degree murder
• Four counts of attempted second-degree murder
• Four counts of assault first-degree
• Four counts of assault second-degree
• Loaded handgun on person
• Handgun in vehicle
• Loaded handgun in vehicle
The investigation remains open, and anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Keith Moritz at 301-475-4200, ext. 8093, or by email at Keith.Moritz@stmaryscountymd.gov.
