June 14, 2013: Wendy Tyler Press Release

For Immediate Release                                                                     June 14, 2013

FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION, FOP LODGE #112, PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY THEFT

State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that Wendy Lynn Tyler, the former President of the Prince George’s County Deputy Sheriffs Association, entered a guilty plea to one count of felony theft in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Ms. Tyler, age 46, of Stevensville, Maryland was the President of the Deputy Sheriffs Association, from October 2005 to September 2007.

The Honorable Graydon S. McKee, liT sentenced Tyler to Probation before Judgment, one year of supervised probation and ordered her to pay $9,100 in restitution to the Deputy Sheriff’s Association.  A copy of the statement of facts submitted to the court is available at www.ospmd.org.

State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt stated: “Every law enforcement officer has a preeminent duty of honesty. It is my hope that prosecutions such as this one will deter others who would abuse the public trust.”