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Police Arrest One Man, Currently Searching for Two Other Suspects After Attempted Armed Robbery and Shooting

Police Arrest One Man, Currently Searching for Two Other Suspects After Attempted Armed Robbery and Shooting

UPDATE – 8/27/2020: After conducting an investigation that included gathering statements and evidence, Northern District Detectives identified Kevin Michael McNally as a suspect in this shooting. On August 21, 2020 detectives conducted a search warrant at a residence in the 4300 block of Alan Drive in Baltimore where they located McNally. He was placed...
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Drunk Driver Receives Maximum Sentence of 14-Years in Prison After Death of Passenger in 2018 Crash

Drunk Driver Receives Maximum Sentence of 14-Years in Prison After Death of Passenger in 2018 Crash

Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that the Honorable Mark Crooks sentenced Tashya Johnson, 34, of Glen Burnie to 14 years in prison for one count of negligent manslaughter for the death of 16-year-old Tyrese Glenn and for driving while intoxicated and endangering the lives of two other teenagers, including...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motorcycle Collision in Leonardtown

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motorcycle Collision in Leonardtown

UPDATE: On Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 at 12:16 am, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and emergency medical personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Budds Creek Road in Leonardtown for the report of a motorcycle crash. When patrol units arrived on the scene, deputies found the operator of the motorcycle...
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Tuesday, August 25th Commissioner Meeting Review – Food Services, Early Childhood Education, Coronavirus Relief Grants Passed

Tuesday, August 25th Commissioner Meeting Review – Food Services, Early Childhood Education, Coronavirus Relief Grants Passed

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting Tuesday, Aug. 25. During their regular work session, the Commissioners delivered two proclamations, recognized county employees, met with the Board of Education to approve multiple grants, received a briefing from the St. Mary’s County Library, and approved multiple requests from the Department of...
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Self Service Sandbags Available for Citizens Starting Friday, August 28, 2020, to Prepare for Hurricane Laura

Self Service Sandbags Available for Citizens Starting Friday, August 28, 2020, to Prepare for Hurricane Laura

Self-service sandbags will be available Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, for citizens wishing to prepare for next week’s possible flooding conditions due to Hurricane Laura. Sandbags will be available Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the following convenience center locations: Charlotte Hall – 37766 New Market Turner Road Oakville – 26630 North Sandgates...
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WANTED WEDNESDAY: Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Scotwyn Baine Plater Sr.

WANTED WEDNESDAY: Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Scotwyn Baine Plater Sr.

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking there whereabouts of Scotwyn Baine Plater Sr. The subject is wanted for VOP: Drug Distribution. Anyone with information in regards to the whereabouts of Plater is asked to please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at (410) 535-2800 and or DFC Chip Ward at (443) 532-0603, Sgt...
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Calvert Woman Who Robbed Two Banks in St. Mary’s Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

Calvert Woman Who Robbed Two Banks in St. Mary’s Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

UPDATE 8/26/2020: Defendant Angela Marie Roselee Fitzhugh-Hill, 41, of St. Leonard, was found guilty of two counts of armed robbery for her participation in two separate February 2020 bank robberies in Charlotte Hall, and California. Fitzhugh-Hill was sentenced to serve twelve (12) years of active incarceration in prison for her involvement in the bank...
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Family of Murder Suspect Malachi Aaron Banks Speaks Out to SMNEWSNET.COM

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Family of Murder Suspect Malachi Aaron Banks Speaks Out to SMNEWSNET.COM

Malachi Aaron Banks, 18, of Lexington Park, was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder. Banks is currently incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown, on a no bond status. He is accused of murdering Dyante Lee Battle, 32, of Capitol Heights. Read the full article HERE After...
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Great Mills Drug Dealer Arrested After Search Warrant, Police Find Fentanyl and Stolen Gun in Residence

Great Mills Drug Dealer Arrested After Search Warrant, Police Find Fentanyl and Stolen Gun in Residence

On August 22, 2020, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division, with the assistance of the Emergency Services Team (EST), K-9 Unit, and Patrol Division, executed a search and seizure warrant on a residence in the 20200 block of Flat Iron Road in Great Mills. Terrance Marquis Savoy, age 28...
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Maryland Lottery Winners from August 17 to August 23, Multiple Unclaimed Large Winning Tickets Sold in Southern Maryland

Maryland Lottery Winners from August 17 to August 23, Multiple Unclaimed Large Winning Tickets Sold in Southern Maryland

A $103,182 Racetrax win in Germantown and four scratch-off wins of $100,000 each in Capitol Heights, District Heights, Gaithersburg and Hyattsville were the biggest Maryland Lottery prizes of the week in the seven days ending Aug. 23. In all, Lottery players won or claimed more than $26.4 million in the seven days ending Aug....
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Thanks Fire and Rescue Crews, Charles County Emergency Services for Large Donations

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Thanks Fire and Rescue Crews, Charles County Emergency Services for Large Donations

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office would like to extend a huge thank you to the IAFF Local 4658 Professional Paramedics and EMT’s Charles County, MD and the Charles County Department of Emergency Services, which donated 355 goody bags to our officers. The bags contained drinks, snacks, hand sanitizer, notebooks, pens, and other items. Special...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motorcycle Collision in Chesapeake Beach

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motorcycle Collision in Chesapeake Beach

On Monday, August 24, 2020 at approximately 8:12 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to report of a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on Bayside Road in the area of Camp Roosevelt Dr. in Chesapeake Beach, MD. Upon arrival units located a 2004 Lexus...
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UPDATE: One Arrested After Poker Game Argument Leads to Machete Attack in Lexington Park

UPDATE: One Arrested After Poker Game Argument Leads to Machete Attack in Lexington Park

UPDATE: On Sunday, August 23, 2020, at 12:20 a.m., Officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to Ritz Drive in Lexington Park, for a reported assault. Upon arrival, police observed a male victim in front of the address with large amounts of blood on his chest and a laceration to his neck....
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VIDEO: Two Men Charged with Attempted Murder After Three Prince George’s County Officers Are Shot

VIDEO: Two Men Charged with Attempted Murder After Three Prince George’s County Officers Are Shot

The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested and charged two men for opening fire on patrol officers, shooting three of those officers. The patrol officers were attacked while responding to a call for a residential robbery in progress at a home in the 1300 block of Capital View Terrace in Landover on Sunday at...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Prince George’s County Involving a Pedestrian

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Prince George’s County Involving a Pedestrian

Maryland State Police are investigating an overnight traffic fatality in Prince George’s County that occurred when a pedestrian walked into the travel portion of Rt. 301 and was struck by a vehicle. The victim is identified as Amy Howard, 26, of Brandywine. She was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical services personnel...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating 19-Year-Old Waldorf Teen Struck and Killed in Sunderland

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating 19-Year-Old Waldorf Teen Struck and Killed in Sunderland

On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at approximately 5:30 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the intersection of Maryland Route 2 and Kent Road in Sunderland, MD for a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. Preliminary investigation determined that a 2019 Chevrolet...
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Letter from Student Affairs at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Addresses Off-Campus Party

Letter from Student Affairs at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Addresses Off-Campus Party

The following letter was sent to parents and students of  St. Mary’s College of Maryland: Dear Seahawks, We have learned that a significant number of students attended an off-campus party the weekend of August 15, where expected pandemic mitigation protocols may not have been followed. Students must understand that these perceived actions have consequences....
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Accident in Sunderland

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Accident in Sunderland

On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at approximately 5:30 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the intersection of Maryland Route 2 and Kent Road in Sunderland, MD for a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. Preliminary investigation determined that a 2019 Chevrolet...
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UPDATE: Police Release Name of Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Police Release Name of Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Lexington Park

UPDATE 8/22/2020 @ 10:50 a.m.: On Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, at approximately 11:46 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Copeland Lane in Lexington Park for the report of a serious motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. Officers arrived on scene and due to the...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Makes Quick Arrest After Attempted Armed Robbery in Prince Frederick

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Makes Quick Arrest After Attempted Armed Robbery in Prince Frederick

On Friday, August 21, 2020 at 6:36 a.m., Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies responded to the 7-Eleven store located at 685 N. Prince Frederick Blvd. in Prince Frederick, MD for the report of a robbery. Preliminary investigation revealed, a male suspect entered the 7-Eleven store on Aug. 20, 2020 and attempted to purchase...
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Doctor Johnson Road in Mechanicsville Reopened Following Storm Damage

Doctor Johnson Road in Mechanicsville Reopened Following Storm Damage

The Department of Public Works and Transportation has completed construction on and reopened Doctor Johnson Road between Buggy Trail Way and Mt. Sterling Court in Mechanicsville. Repair on the road, damaged during Tropical Storm Isaias, was finished nearly a week ahead of schedule. Busy Corner Road at Colton Point Road, and Manor Road between...
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Leonardtown Awarded $100,000 Grant by Maryland Heritage Area Authority, Leonardtown Now Seeking Our Citizens Help!

Leonardtown Awarded $100,000 Grant by Maryland Heritage Area Authority, Leonardtown Now Seeking Our Citizens Help!

The Town of Leonardtown was awarded a $100,000 grant (the maximum ever given) by the Maryland Heritage Area Authority to use for the purchase of the Black-Eyed Susan, an authentic paddlewheel riverboat (one of only 6 remaining in the country) to help bring more activity and spur smart development of Leonardtown’s waterfront. This grant...
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Hollywood, Hughesville, and Valley Lee Volunteer Fire Departments Receive Vital Grants from FEMA

Hollywood, Hughesville, and Valley Lee Volunteer Fire Departments Receive Vital Grants from FEMA

The Officers and Members of the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department are pleased to announce that we have been awarded an Assistance to Firefighter Grant from FEMA. This Grant will be used to replace our current Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for new NFPA 2019 Compliant SCBA. We will be purchasing approximately 45 complete Scott 5.5...
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VIDEO: Police Release Name of 21-Year-Old Lexington Park Man Shot and Killed on Ronald Drive

VIDEO: Police Release Name of 21-Year-Old Lexington Park Man Shot and Killed on Ronald Drive

UPDATE 8/22/2020 @ 10:50 a.m.: On August 22, 2020, at approximately 12:30 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21800 block of Ronald Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported shooting. Upon arrival a male victim was located suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was identified as Antione...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate missing person Nichole Corine Underwood

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate missing person Nichole Corine Underwood

The St Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate missing person Nichole Corine Underwood (W-F-11-12-90). She is 5-08, 180lbs with green eyes and brown hair. She was last seen on 08-06-20 in the area of Leonardtown wearing gray pants and red & white tennis shoes.
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