St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics detectives identified Gregory Trmyne Shingles AKA “6-9”, 31 of Mechanicsville, as a distributor of cocaine in the King Kennedy Estates neighborhood.
Undercover purchases of cocaine were conducted by detectives and suspect Shingles was indicted.
Detectives observed suspect Shingles conducting a drug transaction on Independence Drive in Mechanicsville, before being stopped by a uniformed patrol deputy.
Suspect Shingles discarded a plastic bag under a parked vehicle and, when recovered, it was found to contain 45 individual baggies of “crack” cocaine.
The cocaine was valued at nearly $1,000. Also recovered were 2 cellular phones, over $300 in cash and a 2013 Hyundai Sonata.
Additional charges are pending a review with State’s Attorney Richard D. Fritz.