Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

John Wayne Adkins

Name: John Wayne Adkins
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 11/13/2005
Location: MD-85 and Paprika Court
Buckeystown, Maryland, 21710
County: Frederick
Agency: Frederick County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: James Joseph Mervinsky, 40, was charged with manslaughter, negligent driving, two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident with injuries, fleeing and eluding police, attempting to elude police and driving while impaired, police said. Mervinsky was fleeing from police when he drove his vehicle into John Wayne Adkins, who was riding a motorcycle, killing him.
Unique ID: 21551

News article: Link






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