Salisbury Man Sentenced to 63 Years for Burglary, Ten Assaults on Correctional Officers

SALISBURY, Md. – A Salisbury man has been sentenced to more than six decades in prison after pleading guilty to assault and burglary charges.

On Oct. 14, Administrative Judge S. James Sarbanes sentenced 37-year-old Stephon Holloway-Smith to 63 years of incarceration in the Division of Corrections. His sentencing followed a guilty plea to one count of second degree burglary and ten separate counts of assault on a correctional officer.

On Jan. 8, pursuant to an ongoing criminal investigation, officers of the Salisbury Police Department responded to an abandoned commercial building on West Salisbury Parkway. Officers discovered that Holloway-Smith had broken into the building and set up residence there for an extended period of time without the owner’s permission. Holloway-Smith was located within the
building at that time and arrested on charges of first degree assault, second degree burglary, and multiple counts of rape.

According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s (SA) Office, officers further determined that Holloway-Smith had illegally accessed the building’s electrical supply and caused physical damage to the property during his stay. Further, during Holloway-Smith’s pretrial incarceration on the original charges, he assaulted Wicomico County Detention Center correctional staff on ten separate occasions, physically assaulting officers and throwing liquids and human feces on them.

“This Defendant is clearly a violently aggressive individual without respect for the property and well-being of others who poses an extreme public safety risk to the community,” SA Jamie L. Dykes said. “These convictions and sentences will serve to protect the citizens and public servants of Wicomico County from his harmful behavior.”