Boat Crash Arrest Made After Fatal Hit-And-Run In Anne Arundel County: Police

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Police said they on Friday arrested the suspect of a fatal hit-and-run boat crash in Anne Arundel County.

Officers identified the arrestee as 48-year-old Brownell Edds Jr. of Cape St. Claire. Authorities said they charged Edds with negligent manslaughter by vessel and criminally negligent manslaughter by vessel.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police said the crash claimed the life of 63-year-old Laura Slattery of Pasadena, who died soon after the wreck.

"Our investigators and the state's attorney's office worked meticulously and diligently to make this arrest," Natural Resources Police Superintendent Col. Adrian Baker said Saturday in a press release. "This is a tragic case, and we send our deepest sympathies to Laura Slattery's family. We hope this arrest brings them closure as they navigate this difficult time."

The collision happened on the Magothy River on July 3 around 10 p.m. Slattery was on a Wellcraft boat with a man. Another vessel hit them while entering the river's 6-knot channel, officers said.

Authorities described the striking vessel as a white center-console boat that is about 25 feet long. Police said the suspect fled into Deep Creek in Cape St. Claire.

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