Kyle Dylan Dishner, 30, of Mechanicsville
UPDATE 6/28/2023: Kyle Dylan Dishner, 30, of Mechanicsville, was sentenced Wednesday, June 21, 2023, to 20 years, suspend all but eight years of active incarceration in the Division of Corrections for his involvement with possession with intent to distribute 296 capsules of fentanyl. The capsules were analyzed by the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division and tested positive for fentanyl and xylazine.
While addressing the Court, State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling requested Mr. Dishner be sentenced to the maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for his involvement in trafficking such an “alarming” quantity of “the deadly drug fentanyl” from Baltimore into St. Mary’s County.
“In 2020, fentanyl caused more deaths in Maryland than the total number of motor vehicle fatalities, in addition to the total number of homicides, combined and doubled,” State’s Attorney Sterling said, as she labeled fentanyl “the number one killer” and referred to the drugs Mr. Dishner possessed as “296 doses of poison.”
During the sentencing hearing, State’s Attorney Sterling commended the Vice Narcotics Unit of the Criminal Investigations Division for the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office for their dedication to getting drugs off the streets, saying, “Not all heroes wear capes; some wear badges.”
Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Donna Pettersen prosecuted the case on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County.
The Honorable Amy D. Lorenzini presided over the case.
UPDATE 3/7/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Kyle Dylan Dishner, 30, of Mechanicsville, entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
On June 3, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office executed a search and seizure warrant pursuant to an ongoing narcotics investigation on Dishner and the vehicle he was driving. Detectives discovered several plastic bags with hundreds of capsules in the car. Dishner and the passenger were taken into custody, and forensic testing later determined that the capsules contained a mixture, including fentanyl.
State’s Attorney Sterling said, “I’d like to acknowledge the excellence of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Unit. The comprehensive investigation and tremendous police work prevented this supply of the deadly drug, fentanyl, from being available for purchase and consumption in St. Mary’s County.”
The maximum penalty for the charge is 20 years of incarceration. The defendant is being held without bond pending sentencing, which has been postponed to a later date.
Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Donna Pettersen prosecuted the case on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County.
The Honorable Amy D. Lorenzini presided over the case.
6/6/2022: On Friday, June 3, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Division executed a search and seizure warrant pursuant to an ongoing narcotics investigation on Kyle Dylan Dishner, age 29 of Mechanicsville, as well as the vehicle he was operating.
A passenger in the vehicle was identified as Larissa Grace Cataneo, age 31 of Mechanicsville.
Recovered during the execution of the search warrant was over 126 grams of fentanyl in capsules packaged to indicate distribution, with a street value of $9,000.
Dishner and Cataneo were arrested and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown, and charged with the following:
- CDS: Possession With Intent to Distribute Narcotic
- CDS: Possession-Large Amount
- CDS: Possession-Not Marijuana
