Michael David Hussey

Prince Frederick, MD – An Anne Arundel County man, who was served an 11-count indictment in Calvert County Circuit Court last month on charges stemming from a high speed chase last year, appeared before Judge Marjorie Clagett Monday morning, June 27 for a pre-trial hearing.

On Sept. 11 of last year, Michael David Hussey, 59 of Odenton, led police on a chase that began in St. Mary’s County, resumed in Calvert and continued northbound on Route 2/4. According to court documents, the hot pursuit came to a crashing halt in the Port Republic area when local cops employed a precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver, causing Hussey’s Hyundai Santa Fe to cross the median, across the southbound lane and into a wooded area where the vehicle crashed into several trees. During the chase, Hussey, who investigators reported was seen “smoking a cigarette and talking on his phone” ignored police orders to stop, ran a red light and rammed four police vehicles, according to police.
Among the counts listed in Hussey’s indictments are four felony charges, each for first-degree assault.

According to court records, Hussey faces charges of attempted first-degree murder stemming from a domestic incident in Anne Arundel County. That incident also occurred Sept. 11. Hussey underwent a mental evaluation at Spring Grove Hospital Center in Catonsville. A report from the facility was filed June 23. On Friday, June 24, an Anne Arundel County court deemed Hussey competent to stand trial.

During the June 27 hearing, Calvert County Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Andrew Rappaport requested that Hussey remain at the Calvert County Detention Center until his trial in September.

Hussey asked Clagett if he could be released “on personal recognizance. I have no ill-will toward anyone, including my wife, even after what she did to me.”
Clagett stated that Hussey would remain in the local detention center. After the defendant told the judge that “they [police] took all my clothes and possessions, including my phone and my eyeglasses away from me,” Clagett told Hussey that his attorney, public defender Alison O’Connell, would help him get is eyeglasses returned.

According to court records, Hussey’s trial on the charges he faces in Anne Arundel is tentatively scheduled for late August.

Contact Marty Madden at marty.madden@thebaynet.com