Homicide Unit detectives from the Prince George’s County Police Department charged two suspects in connection with a fatal shooting in Fort Washington on Sunday. The suspects are 25-year-old Irving Silva of the 1700 block of Euclid Street in Northwest Washington and 17-year-old Jelani Edwards of the 4300 block of 40th Street in Brentwood. Edwards is charged...
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The St. Mary’s County Health Department reports two foxes collected from the Lexington Park area have tested positive for rabies. On June 27, 2018, a fox was collected from Great Mills Road and on July 28, 2018, a second fox was collected on Buena Vista Lane. The test results were confirmed by the State’s...
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Wednesday’s Pet for 8-1-18 is FANCY Featured Pet: Fancy Rescue Group: Calvert Animal Welfare League (CAWL) Breed: Rat/Fox Terrier Mix Sex: Female Size: Small Vetted: Spayed and Up-to-date with routine shots Adoption Fee: $250.00 Fancy is a 1-year-old rat/fox terrier mixed girl. She is 200% ball of energy. She will need a fenced in...
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The following is a sample of recent arrests, crimes and investigations handled by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. On June 26, 2018 Deputy Gott conducted a traffic stop in the area of Grays Road and Cypress Swamp. He made contact with the driver, Matthew Adam Ward (31), and the passenger, Julia Dee Ward (32)....
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On Monday, July 30, 2018, at approximately 10:15 p.m., firefighters from the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and the surrounding area responded to 6150 Nubian Place, in Hughesville for the report of a house fire. Firefighters arrived on scene and discovered heavy fire and smoke coming from the one story single family home with attached covered...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office will present a briefing to the Lexington Park Business Association on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, about recent burglaries and robberies in the Lexington Park area. The public is also invited to attend to hear about the ongoing investigations. The meeting will be held at the Bay District Volunteer...
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On July 24, 2018 Deputy Bowlan received a complaint at the Rod N Reel, Chesapeake Beach for a female stumbling in the parking lot. Deputy Bowlan made contact with the subject, identified as Carol Lyn Ortman, 52, of Chesapeake Beach, who was sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with an open beer...
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A single boat accident occurred on Sunday, July 29, 2018, during the Summer Regatta at Leonardtown Wharf. Boat 5 from the Seventh District Volunteer Fire Department immediately responded to the accident scene and one crew member entered the water. The crew utilized the floating stokes basket and hoisted the patient into Boat 5. CPR was...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County announced that on Friday, July 27, 2018, Judge William R. Greer, Jr., sentenced Bryan Javier Aquice, 25, to a sentence of Life plus 50 years for the murder of Michael Beers and other related charges. The Court imposed a sentence of Life for the murder of Mr....
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UPDATE 7/30/2018 @ 6:00 a.m.: On July 29, 2018, at approximately 6:50 p.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21000 block of Three Notch Road, in the area of FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Responding deputies found a sport utility vehicle...
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UPDATE 7/27/2018: On July 20, 2018, at approximately 3:30 a.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46000 block of Columbus Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of shots fired. Preliminary investigation determined a vehicle and residence had been shot with an unknown firearm. No injuries were reported, and...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of William Justin Gray, age 38, with no fixed address. Gray currently has an open warrant for unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and is wanted by the Maryland Parole Commission for parole violations. Gray is also wanted for questioning by the St. Mary’s...
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, have announced a combined reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the theft of firearms from The...
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UPDATE 7/27/2018: On July 23, 2018, Corporal Michael Worrey was patrolling the area of Nicolet Park in Lexington Park at 4:27 a.m. when he found a subject underneath the park’s pavilion. Willie Sheldon Miller, 51, of no fixed address was found to be deceased on a park bench. The St. Mary’s County Criminal Investigations...
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UPDATE: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured for theft. On Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 1:35 a.m. the suspect stole the cash drawer from the Sheetz store in Great Mills at Old Great Mills Road. The suspect is a white male with a chin-strap beard, wearing a...
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Wednesday’s Pet for 7-25-18 ABBY Featured Pet: Abby Rescue Group: Humane Society of Calvert County Breed: Lab/Hound Mix Sex: Female Size: Medium Vetted: Spayed and Up-to-date with routine shots Adoption Fee: Contact group for donation fee Abby is a beautiful 5-year-old girl. She is new at HSCC, but everyone can already tell she has...
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On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at approximately 2:35 p.m., police fire and rescue responded to Chancellors Run Road and Norris Road, for the report of a motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a Ford Expedition off the roadway and a Chevy Pick-up truck in the road involved in a rear-end style...
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On Thursday, July 26, 2018, at approximately 5:10 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and Millstone Landing Road, in Lexington Park, for the report of a motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway that had struck a pole and...
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On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at approximately 2:07 p.m., the Calvert Control Center was notified of a robbery at the Discount Liquor Store located at 5005 Solomons Island Road, in Huntingtown. The caller advised the store was robbed at gunpoint by two suspects. The first suspect was described as a black male wearing a...
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U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Caleb Andrew Bailey, 31, of Waldorf, to 200 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for illegal possession of unregistered machine guns, unregistered short-barreled rifles, and unregistered destructive devices, and for possession of child pornography. Judge Grimm also ordered that Bailey must register as a sex...
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On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at approximately 2:15 p.m., the Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, firefighters from the Mechanicsville and Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Departments and Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad responded to 26005 Point Lookout Road, in Leonardtown, to assist two citizens at the Craft Guild Shop reported to be stuck in...
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On Thursday, July 19, 2018, at approximately 6:50 a.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland State Police responded to Subway, on Great Mills Road and North Shangri-La Drive, in Lexington Park, for the reported burglary. Police arrived on scene to find the front door of the business broken, it is unknown what time the...
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On Saturday, July 21, 2018, at approximately 8:50 p.m., police fire and rescue responded to the PNC Bank on Point Lookout Road, in Leonardtown, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with the single vehicle overturned with people trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find a single SUV overturned in the roadway with one...
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On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, police responded to Ledo’s Pizza, on Three Notch Road and Corporate Drive, in Lexington Park, for the reported vandalism. Upon arrival of police it was discovered unknown suspect(s) had entered the business by breaking the front door and side window. It is unknown what items were stolen, however SMNEWSNET was on...
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On Monday, July 23, 2018, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Deputies St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Troopers from the Maryland State Police responded to the WaWa Convenience Store on Three Notch Road, in Lexington Park, for the reported armed robbery. The suspects are reported to be two black males wearing masks and black clothing with...
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