UPDATE 3/1/2026: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling is set to testify in support of House Bill 0873 — known as “Jamari’s Law” — before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, March 4 at 1 p.m. The proposed legislation would double the maximum penalty for vehicular manslaughter in Maryland, increasing it from 10 years to 20 years in prison. For a second or subsequent conviction, the maximum penalty would rise from 15 years to 30 years. The bill is named for...
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On Sunday, March 1, 2026, at approximately 10:20 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Smallwood Drive and Lancaster Circle in Waldorf, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-vehicle collision and confirmed one victim was trapped and unresponsive. Due to the trapped patients injuries, a helicopter was requested to land nearby. Firefighters from Waldorf extricated the adult female in under 10 minutes and transferred...
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Deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lexington Park man on Sunday, March 1, 2026, following a traffic stop that led to the recovery of suspected heroin, drug paraphernalia, and cash. While operating on Great Mills Road, deputies observed a vehicle fail to stop properly at a traffic light and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle accelerated away, and during the brief pursuit, a deputy observed the driver discard a plastic bag from the vehicle. The...
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Governor Wes Moore, Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman, and Treasurer Dereck E. Davis, sent a joint letter to President Donald J. Trump formally demanding reimbursement of tariff revenues imposed by the Trump Administration on Maryland consumers and businesses, which were ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. Because of President Trump’s illegal tariffs, Maryland businesses and consumers paid an estimated $4 billion in direct and indirect costs—approximately $1,744 per household. Governor Moore, Comptroller Lierman, and Treasurer Davis called on the...
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On Friday, February 27, 2026, at approximately 10:45 a.m., police and firefighters responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported vehicle on fire. While dispatching the call, the incident was upgraded to a vehicle fire with entrapment, after multiple 911 callers reported the vehicle was on fire with a male possibly still inside the vehicle. Bay District VFD Safety 9 and police arrived on the scene within minutes to find...
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A Charles County grand jury has indicted two Waldorf women on multiple felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges stemming from a December 2025 investigation. April Nicole Ware, 51, and Jade Mahogany George, 20, were indicted on Jan. 30 on eight counts of aggravated animal cruelty and more than three dozen animal cruelty-related misdemeanors. According to charging documents, during the overnight hours of Dec. 1, 2025, six dogs were placed in the night drop-off cage at the Charles County Animal...
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UPDATE 2/27/2026: On Thursday, February 26, 2026, at approximately 6:00 a.m., Troopers from Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack along with deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Maryland Route 234 (Budds Creek Rd) at Stines Store Road for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision. Due to the circumstances, the Maryland State Police CRASH Team responded to assume the investigation. A preliminary investigation conducted by Troopers from the MSP La Plata Barrack and the MSP...
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On Monday, February 23, 2026, at approximately 5:36 p.m., firefighters from Leonardtown were dispatched to the area of Maypole Road and Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown, for the reported brush fire. Leonardtown VFD Engine 11 arrived on location to find multiple large piles of cut timber on fire off the road way. Engine 11 requested the brush fire task force to be started and 2 additional tankers. This brought additional firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood and Seventh District to the...
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Kevin Benjamin Berry, 38, of Mechanicsville, has been charged with multiple drug offenses after deputies reportedly found crack cocaine and related paraphernalia during the execution of a search warrant in Lexington Park. According to court documents, Berry is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance not cannabis, possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug, and possession of production equipment for manufacturing controlled dangerous substances. The charges stem from an incident on February 20, 2026. Charging documents state...
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On Tuesday, February 25, 2026, at approximately 11:55 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Church of Christ located at 30 Village Street in Waldorf, for the serious motor vehicle collision involving the structure with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm a vehicle completely into the building with the adult female operator trapped in the vehicle. The La Plata Volunteer Fire Department proudly serves as the county’s designated Structural and Trench Collapse Rescue Team,...
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UPDATE 2/26/2026: A GoFundMe has been launched to support the family of those involved in a tragic crash that occurred on February 22, 2026, in Sunderland. Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to North Solomons Island Road (MD Route 2) near Aspen Wood Drive for a serious motor vehicle collision. According to the preliminary investigation, a vehicle traveling northbound was struck by a falling tree that entered the roadway. The vehicle was occupied by Michael Lee Simpson, 60, of Deale; Virginia...
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UPDATE: Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred Wednesday morning in Lexington Park. At about 8:20 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a residence on Colby Road for the report of a male victim suffering from multiple stab wounds. When deputies arrived, they immediately rendered aid to the victim. Witnesses reported that the suspect, who was related to the victim, had fled the scene. Deputies quickly located the suspect in the area...
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UPDATE – Court documents emerge with shocking and horrible details – Reader discretion advised. Rosa Iyonna Williams, 48, and Brandon Angelo Williams, 50, both of Waldorf, Maryland, are each charged with eight counts of burying or disposing of a body in an unauthorized place after investigators reported finding decomposing infant and fetal remains inside their Bensville home garage, including the body of a two-month-old infant who was found dressed for funeral services. According to charging documents filed in the...
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The Department of Public Safety’s Career Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division and Calvert Advanced Life Support, in partnership with the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners, announced the launch of its Low-Titer Type O Positive (LTO+) Whole Blood Field Transfusion Program. Development of the program was accelerated following a critical incident in which Deputy James Flynt of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office sustained a gunshot wound while pursuing a suspect. Flynt received whole blood after arriving at CalvertHealth Medical...
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Julan Byrd, 18, of Temple Hills, MD, was sentenced Friday in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, stemming from an armed carjacking in September 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Byrd, who was seventeen years old at the time of the offense and who was charged pursuant to Title 16, pleaded...
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When it comes to seafood sanitation and public health, the National Shellfish Sanitation Program has for 100 years ensured shellfish sold in the United States meets standards for human consumption. Maryland plays a key role in the compliance and enforcement of the program’s principles as one of the leaders of commercially-exported seafood among coastal states. The...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Recreation & Parks (R&P) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Will Smith Leadership Awards. These awards recognize 8th grade players in the R&P Youth Basketball League who participate from 6th–8th grade and demonstrate sportsmanship, passion for the game, and leadership both on and off the court. Nearly 30...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T) will be making roadway improvements on Wildewood Parkway beginning from Smoke Hill Road extending to White Elm Court. This project will include storm drain culvert replacement across the intersection of Smoke Hill Road and across Wildewood Parkway. The project is scheduled to begin...
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A new Maryland Department of Natural Resources study revealed that bowfishing and gigging – using a pronged spear – are the most common ways Chesapeake Channa (also known as northern snakehead) are harvested in Maryland. These methods eclipse hook-and-line, commercial, and departmental management harvest of the invasive fish. The study, published in Integrated and...
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The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) unveiled the newly named Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians (MAAPC) Nursing Lab on February 12 recognizing the organization’s support of CSM nursing students. In October 2025, the CSM Foundation announced MAAPC’s $57,500 gift to establish the Future Nightingales Endowed Scholarship to support the next generation of health...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred early Friday morning in Oxon Hill. The deceased driver is 24-year-old Alex Rodriquez Hines of Bryans Road. On February 27, 2026, at approximately 4:30 am, officers responded to a two-vehicle collision in the area of Indian Head Highway and the Capital...
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On February 25, 2026, the La Plata Police Department received a report that a juvenile male had been contacted online by an adult male. During the exchange, the conversation became sexual in nature and explicit photographs were sent to the juvenile. The suspect later arranged to meet the juvenile at a predetermined location in...
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On Friday, February 27, 2026, police responded to the 13000 block of Burnt Store Road in Hughesville, for the reported vehicle fire with no active fire. Police arrived on the scene to find a 2015 Nissan Altima completely burned. Investigation determined the vehicle was previously reported stolen earlier this month. The estimated loss is...
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A Sanitary Sewer Overflow was reported to the Calvert County Department of Public Works, Water & Sewerage Division on Feb. 22, 2026, at approximately 8:30 p.m. The overflow occurred in the roadway near the 330 block of North Chesapeake Avenue in the Dares Beach community in Prince Frederick. Approximately 100 gallons of untreated wastewater...
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Do you have an exemplary woman or young woman in your life? In honor of Women’s History Month, the St. Mary’s County Commission for Women (SMC CFW), in an effort to recognize as many phenomenal women in the community as possible, will virtually recognize all nominees for Tomorrow’s Woman and Woman of the Year...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Recreation & Parks (R&P) is pleased to announce that registration for 2026 Summer Fun Camps, Sports Camps, Sport Academies and Therapeutic Camps will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026. Various camp programs are available this summer between June 22 – August 13, 2026, with options...
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Emily Leedy, a third-grade teacher at J.C. Parks Elementary School, was named the 2026 Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Teacher of the Year during a Feb. 19 ceremony celebrating this year’s nominees. She began her career in Pennsylvania before moving to Maryland and teaching at the Accokeek Academy in Prince George’s County. After earning...
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On Thursday, February 27, 2026, at approximately 7:07 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road and St. John’s Road in Hollywood for a serious motor vehicle collision with one vehicle overturned and one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm a single Toyota pickup truck off...
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Prince George’s County now allows Pit Bull–type terriers to be legally owned and adopted following the passage of County Bill CB-097-2025, provided all registration and ownership requirements are met. Under the new law, individuals who own or wish to adopt Pit Bull–type terriers must comply with specific County requirements designed to promote responsible pet...
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UPDATE 2/26/2026: Bobby J. Brown age 62, has been identified as the victim located in the barn in Chaptico after an accidental fire. Brown’s agent, Albert Bramante, confirmed the news and reflected on the actor’s legacy. “Bobby J. Brown was an actor of immense talent and even greater integrity,” Bramante said in a statement...
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A bald eagle was rescued Thursday morning after a Calvert County Sheriff’s deputy spotted the bird standing motionless near a wooded area at Dunkirk Town Center. At approximately 11:49 a.m. on Feb. 26, Lt. Basham observed the eagle on the ground along the wood line. Because bald eagles are rarely seen lingering on the...
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