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Police Investigating Hit and Run in Calvert County After Driver Strikes Downed Tree and Snaps Utility Pole

Police Investigating Hit and Run in Calvert County After Driver Strikes Downed Tree and Snaps Utility Pole

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 9:46 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 1660 Grays Road in Port Republic, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. 911 callers reported a vehicle struck a downed tree, with unknown injuries reported. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm...
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Man Flown to Trauma Center After Stabbing in North Beach; Police Investigating

Man Flown to Trauma Center After Stabbing in North Beach; Police Investigating

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 11:15 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 3rd Street and Erie Avenue in North Beach, for the reported stabbing. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 46-year-old male suffering from multiple stab wounds to the chest and back. The patient was...
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One Transported to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Golf Cart Accident in Calvert County

One Transported to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Golf Cart Accident in Calvert County

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 6:57 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Peppertree Lane and Barberry Drive in Huntingtown, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a golf cart. 911 callers reported a golf cart rolled over, with one victim being unconscious. Crews arrived on the...
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Hollywood Man Arrested Again After Foot Chase While Awaiting Court Dates in Other Cases

Hollywood Man Arrested Again After Foot Chase While Awaiting Court Dates in Other Cases

James Robert Anderson Jr., 44, of Hollywood, faces several St. Mary’s County District Court cases involving misdemeanor drug possession, drug paraphernalia and theft charges, including three open cases from 2026 and one closed case from late 2025. The most recent case stems from a June 25, 2026, arrest in Lexington Park. Anderson is charged...
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Northern St. Mary’s County Suffers Damage After Severe Storms; Firefighters Respond to Over 60 Calls of Service

Northern St. Mary’s County Suffers Damage After Severe Storms; Firefighters Respond to Over 60 Calls of Service

On Saturday, July 4th, 2026, firefighters, SMECO, County Roads and State Highway crews worked tirelessly through the high winds, heavy downpours, and constant lightning strikes in the tri-county area. In St. Mary’s County, firefighters responded to over 60 calls of service between 7:00 p.m., and 2:00 a.m., with the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department handling...
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St. Mary’s County Man Released After June Oxycodone Arrest, Earlier Assault Case Closed

St. Mary’s County Man Released After June Oxycodone Arrest, Earlier Assault Case Closed

Walter Jay Brown Jr., 47, of Leonardtown, was charged in two separate 2026 St. Mary’s County arrests, including a March second-degree assault case that has since been closed and a June controlled substance possession case that remains open. The first arrest followed a reported disturbance on March 15, 2026, at the Island Inn and...
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No Injuries Reported After Large House Fire in Mechanicsville

No Injuries Reported After Large House Fire in Mechanicsville

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 11:46 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hollywood, Leonardtown, Newburg, Dentsville, Hughesville, Bay District, Seventh District and Solomons were dispatched to 25955 Timothy Court in Mechanicsville, for the reported house on fire. 911 callers reported the home was struck by lightning, with the occupants evacuating. Crews arrived on the scene...
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No Injuries Reported After Discarded Fireworks Causes Fourth of July House Fire in Lexington Park

No Injuries Reported After Discarded Fireworks Causes Fourth of July House Fire in Lexington Park

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 8:40 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood, Leonardtown, Second District, and Ridge were dispatched to 48798 Wentworth Court in Lexington Park, for the reported structure on fire. Dispatchers advised they were receiving multiple 911 calls advising the houses garage was on fire, with all...
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Charles County Detention Center Inmate Transported to Trauma Center After Assault

Charles County Detention Center Inmate Transported to Trauma Center After Assault

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 9:09 p.m., emergency medical services were dispatched to the Charles County Detention Center located at 6905 Crain Highway in La Plata, for the reported injuries after an assault. The correction officers advised an adult inmate was assaulted with confirmed loss of consciousness. EMS arrived on the scene and...
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Woman Flown to Trauma Center After Crash With Entrapment in La Plata

Woman Flown to Trauma Center After Crash With Entrapment in La Plata

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 3:40 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Marshalls Corner Road and Middletown Road in La Plata, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-vehicle T-bone style collision with one adult female trapped....
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Board of Public Works Approves $1.18 Million for Sports Fields, Recreational Courts, and Playgrounds in Six Maryland Counties

Board of Public Works Approves $1.18 Million for Sports Fields, Recreational Courts, and Playgrounds in Six Maryland Counties

The Board of Public Works approved more than $1.18 million in grants from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to local governments for sports fields and courts and playgrounds in Allegany, Calvert, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties. About $455,000 in Program Open Space – Local funding was approved for projects in Dorchester and Frederick Counties....
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Lexington Park Woman Arrested After Valley Estates Drive Disturbance; Previously Charged in Wawa Fight

Lexington Park Woman Arrested After Valley Estates Drive Disturbance; Previously Charged in Wawa Fight

Shaniya Curshawn Mason, 25, of Lexington Park, has been charged with disorderly conduct and resisting/interfering with arrest following a June 17, 2026, incident in Lexington Park, according to charging documents. She was released on her own recognizance following an initial appearance and is scheduled for trial in St. Mary’s County District Court on July...
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Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Arrests of Lusby Woman and Wanted Valley Lee Man in St. Mary’s County

Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Arrests of Lusby Woman and Wanted Valley Lee Man in St. Mary’s County

Rose A. Jones, 44, of Lusby, is facing misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance other than cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop in St. Mary’s County on June 23, 2026. According to charging documents, a deputy with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was patrolling near Norris...
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UPDATE: Prince Frederick Man Gets 12 Months to Serve After Guilty Plea in ‘Ghost Gun’ Case

UPDATE: Prince Frederick Man Gets 12 Months to Serve After Guilty Plea in ‘Ghost Gun’ Case

UPDATE 7/4/2026: Zamahri Lydell Talley, 22, of Prince Frederick, pleaded guilty on June 1, 2026, in the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County to one count of loaded handgun in a vehicle before Judge Amy Lorenzini. As part of the disposition, Talley was sentenced to five years in prison, with all but 12 months...
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Calvert County Man Arrested In Harford County for Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor

Calvert County Man Arrested In Harford County for Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor

Investigators from the Maryland State Police Child Exploitation Unit charged a Calvert County man with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. The accused is identified as Jurel Daquone Leo Bowman, 32, of Lusby, Maryland. He is charged with six counts of sexual solicitation of a minor. He was arrested by Maryland State...
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From Robbery Conviction to Resisting Arrest: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to Nine Months, All But 34 Days Suspended

From Robbery Conviction to Resisting Arrest: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to Nine Months, All But 34 Days Suspended

Victor John-Lee Scotland, 37, of Lexington Park, has accumulated multiple criminal convictions in St. Mary’s County over the past several years, including a felony robbery conviction, a second-degree escape conviction, and, most recently, a conviction for resisting arrest. His latest conviction stems from a March 19, 2026, encounter with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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Attorney General Brown and Multistate Coalition Secure More Than 50 Million Eggs and $3.3 Million After Uncovering Unlawful Scheme to Manipulate Egg Prices

Attorney General Brown and Multistate Coalition Secure More Than 50 Million Eggs and $3.3 Million After Uncovering Unlawful Scheme to Manipulate Egg Prices

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a multistate coalition secured 53 million eggs for consumers nationwide and $3.3 million from some of the nation’s largest egg producers for colluding behind the scenes to raise prices. A bipartisan multistate investigation with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that Cal-Maine Foods (Cal-Maine), Versova/Centrum (Versova), and...
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Governor Moore Announces Energy Assistance Programs to Lower Utility Bills for 200,000 Maryland Households

Governor Moore Announces Energy Assistance Programs to Lower Utility Bills for 200,000 Maryland Households

Governor Wes Moore today announced approximately 200,000 Maryland households will receive increased help with their energy bills this year under a major expansion of the state’s energy assistance programs administered by the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS). “In our region and across the country, the rising cost of energy has gotten out of...
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Waldorf Retiree Wins $110,000 On The Big Spin Scratch Off Ticket

Waldorf Retiree Wins $110,000 On The Big Spin Scratch Off Ticket

“Mr. Fat Pockets,” a retiree from Charles County, lived up to his nickname June 30 when he took a spin on The Big Spin Wheel and won a $110,000 prize on the $5 THE BIG SPIN scratch-off game. The retired D.C. metro worker is a regular Lottery player who enjoys draw games and likes...
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Living Fossils and Symbols of Resilience: DNR Scientists Monitor Horseshoe Crabs After Population Recovery in the Region

Living Fossils and Symbols of Resilience: DNR Scientists Monitor Horseshoe Crabs After Population Recovery in the Region

Under the vibrant lights of the Ocean City boardwalk Ferris wheel and Slingshot ride, prehistoric animals scuttled onto the shore of a quiet beach by the thousands. While the setting has changed, horseshoe crabs and their close relatives have been making this same journey to the world’s coastlines for hundreds of millions of years,...
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UPDATE: Attorney General Brown Secures $8.7 Million Judgment Against Lead Paint Inspector for Fraud

UPDATE: Attorney General Brown Secures $8.7 Million Judgment Against Lead Paint Inspector for Fraud

UPDATE 7/3/2026: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that a Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge has ordered a lead paint inspector to pay $8.7 million and permanently banned him from the industry for fraud. The ruling against Green Environmental, LLC and its principal operator, Rodney Bryan Barkley, follows Barkley’s criminal conviction and sentencing earlier...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Felon Indicted in Connection With Sales of Firearms and Fentanyl

UPDATE: Lexington Park Felon Indicted in Connection With Sales of Firearms and Fentanyl

UPDATE 7/2/2026: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced, today, that a grand jury issued a 13-count indictment against a Lexington Park drug trafficker, stemming from a federal drug-and-firearms investigation. Paul Dewayne Dorsey, 46, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and felon in...
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Indecent Exposure Arrest for Mechanicsville Woman After Welfare Check in California

Indecent Exposure Arrest for Mechanicsville Woman After Welfare Check in California

Amber Louise Prusha, 38, of Mechanicsville, is facing multiple misdemeanor charges in St. Mary’s County after three separate incidents in June 2026, including two trespassing allegations, theft of lodging services, and indecent exposure. The earliest incident happened June 17, 2026, at a home on Woodridge Drive in Mechanicsville. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office...
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Wanted Mechanicsville Woman Faces Cocaine Possession, Paraphernalia Charges After Lexington Park Traffic Stop

Wanted Mechanicsville Woman Faces Cocaine Possession, Paraphernalia Charges After Lexington Park Traffic Stop

Whitney Anne Arnold, 39, of Mechanicsville, is facing misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance other than cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in Lexington Park on July 1, 2026. According to allegations filed in District Court for St. Mary’s County, a deputy with the St. Mary’s County...
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5-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Copperhead Bite in Calvert County

5-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Copperhead Bite in Calvert County

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 7:27 p.m., emergency medical services responded to the Patriot Urgent Care located at 14090 H G Trueman Rd Suite 1300 in Solomons, for the reported snake bite. 911 callers reported a 5-year-old male was bit by a copperhead snake on the left hand. Upon arrival, crews consulted with the...
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