The descendants of Joseph Ralph Holland are being unfairly harassed by Kyle Greenwell who purchased land from one of the family members who originally sold land to another owner in Calvert County, MD.  Greenwell has harassed the Holland family by placing a metal gate along Dorothy Drive in two locations and has installed surveillance cameras to spy on residents and family members while riding or walking along Dorothy Drive.  

The Calvert County Commissioners Office has sent forceful letters requesting full use through an easement without compensation and harassing homeowners residing on Dorothy Drive to sign over an easement to him so he can build a farm.  Since the homeowners have repeatedly stated to him they will not sign and approve an easement he has used the Calvert County Commissioners Office to promote his efforts who sent all of the homeowners letters asking them to approve an easement.

When this attempt did not work Greenwell contacted the Calvert County Office of Planning and Zoning Enforcement who sent an Inspector Richard Stottler to "investigate" claims Greenwell made that the land of three family members who own land on Dorothy Drive and Trouble Lane and accused them of running a salvage business.  These Holland descendant and landowners were sent letters and threatened they would be subjected to a $500.00 fine by the Office of Planning and Zoning. 

When one of the landowners, a direct Holland descendant (Joe Hollands great grandson) contacted the Office of Planning and Zoning he was told, Greenwell had been repeatedly contacting the office requesting they inspect the land.  When that was unsuccessful Greenwell had the Calvert County Police Department, a Detective Justin Livingston call his sister at home on May 4, 2021, in what he stated was his "personally investigating a criminal complaint from Kyle Greenwell".   When did police officers start calling citizens on the phone to investigate complaints? Livingston stated to Ms. Mackall over the phone if she was found on 7050 Dorothy Drive she would be arrested for trespassing.  When she asked him why was he calling her home on a civil issue he stated he was investigating a criminal complaint.  However, Ms. Mackall has never received a criminal complaint or order from the court.

Greenwell had previously told Katina Mackall, sister of Toby Mackall on December 19, 2020, when she encountered Greenwell on the Dorothy Drive that he was gonna take all of you "niggas" land one way or the other and that he had the police and county officials in his pocket.  He stated to her that he was in "good " with the county police and county officials.  

The family is seeking full enjoyment and use of their family road without being harassed by the police and county officials each time they go to visit family who live on the road, or when visiting the fishing creek.  Kyle Greenwell repeatedly harassed the previous home owners (Vickie Curtain) and who lived at 7050 Dorothy Drive so much they sold their home to a Holland family member because she wanted the land to be returned back to the family.  Greenwell harassed Mrs. Curtain to the extent she filed for a peace order in 2021 as he repeatedly trespassed on her property and place stakes in the middle of Dorothy Drive which prohibited her from turning into her driveway. She had to physically drive off of the road to go around the stakes to do so.  He began having people hunt the land in the immediate vicinity of her home which frightened her and added to her anxiety of deers coming into her yard while he was hunting the property of the Francis Haskins (Joe Holland's daughter( who is deceased and had numerous people entering the property of Sheryl Gorman and Louise Holland to hunt which was not authorized by the Holland family.  

Greenwell has continued to harass the new owner (family member) who purchased the Curtains home since her purchasing the lot to the extent she has since filed criminal charges against him.  He has walked around her home and trespass on her property and our family property and he has placed fences when have restricted the full use of the grandfathered right of way we all have to use Dorothy Drive and has placed surveillance cameras in trees and on fences to watch all of the family members who drive on the road.

He uses these cameras to also aid in his use to drive along the road once he sees someone on their property or driving visit another family member. The Calvert County Sheriffs Office has aided him in these efforts by responding to these frivolous calls and have now begun calling a family member as a form of harassment and intimidation. Yet when a recent incident occurred on June 4th, Greenwell locked the gate preventing the homeowner from getting to her home the CCSO told her they were not going to respond to her called. The family was instructed to begin calling the State Police who arrived and later arrested Greenwell for violation of the court order.  The family member was told by the CCSO they would not be responded however when Greenwell called them that day they came on his behalf.  He has called the police on several family in their driving on the road which is for their full use and now the police are aiding him in this harassment by now calling family members homes directly. In all instances, the CCSO responded to Greenwell calls and even questions the black family members asking for their name and address to run a search yet Greenwell was the one breaking the law.

In our plight as black owners, we have also learned this type of harassment and "aggressive possession" has been going in Calvert County for years. Black land owners have been tricked through crooked lawyers to entities posing to extent of tree cutting services having land owners sign off on paperwork for tree cutting services when actually they were signing away their land.  Well known banks and lawyers in the county have also worked collaboratively to seized lands and contest wills of black landowners and the County Planning and Zoning has also aided in the capacity by implementing a so called "50 foot right of way" and other barriers that make it difficult for black land owners to build on their property.  These acts are worked to place hardships and seizure of black farm lands and are land disenfranchisement.

The purpose of this petition is to bring awareness in the county of what many already know is going on and to mobilize residents to be aware and not sign any documents or entertain anyone posing as a vendor or representative that is seeking or have questions about your land.  We also seek policies in the county to change that place an unfair burden on landowners who try to build on their family lands but are met with resistance. We also want to bring to light the use of big developers who work with county politicians such as those on the County Commissioner Board that have a history of doing the pay for play schemes leading to use of Transfer Development Rights (TDR's) for swapping of land rights and development in low density areas. These TDR's are being used for builder development and but places black land owner's at a disadvantage as they can never build on their land once they sell the rights. What good is land if you cannot build on it but it benefits those who sell the rights and even the BIG DEVELOPERS and the county in obtaining land.

We thank you for your support!