Assistance Sought in Locating Wanted Man

“The Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Antoine Dontay Padilla (20) with a last known address of 105 Powell Street, Centreville, Maryland.

Padilla has been charged with the September 26th Armed Robbery of The Court Yard Inn located on Church Hill Road near Chestertown, Maryland. The charges state that Padilla was wearing a jacket with the hood partially covering his face and entered the Inn’s Office at about 2230 hours and displayed a black ice scrapper and pointed it at the clerk as a weapon, then jumped the counter and removed an estimated $1,400 in cash and fled possibly in a white Camaro. The car was later located and the passengers identified Padilla as wearing similar clothing, however he had been dropped off in Grasonville. Additional investigation by Detective Steve Stouffer confirmed Padilla’s identity.

Padilla is wanted on Armed Robbery, Robbery, and Theft over $500 charges. He is described as an African American male, 5’7″” in height and weighing 130 pounds.”