The Department of Public Works advises that road paving will begin in Solomons on or about Monday, April 25, 2022. Paving will begin at the causeway and extend to the roundabout at the end of Charles Street. Work will continue, weather permitting, until paving and permanent striping are complete. Work includes paving of multiple...
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The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a public hearing Tuesday, April 26, 2022, to receive and consider public input regarding a $434,861.50 budget adjustment to forward fund a FEMA acquisition project. The hearing will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Commissioners’ Hearing Room in the Calvert County Circuit Courthouse, located...
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4/14/2022: The Maryland State Police has released the identity of the victim recovered near the Thomas Johnson Bridge on April 12, 2022, as Derek Paiz, age 24. Paiz is listed as an active member of the U.S. Navy. Paiz has been missing since Tuesday, March 15, 2022, when at approximately 3:35 a.m., a Maryland...
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03/01/22- John Christopher Miedzinski, age 36 of Lexington Park- Theft and Theft Scheme by Dep. Fleenor# 388. 03/02/22- Antonio George Queen, age 28 of Lexington Park- Animal Cruelty: Fail to Provide ( four counts) by Dep. Gardiner# 369. 03/02/22- John Wesley Lonkert, age 42 of Scotland- Failure to Appear/Defense Witness by Dep. Salas# 358....
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On Thursday, April 14, 2022, at approximately 2:10 a.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 21220 block of Lexwood Court in Lexington Park, for the active disturbance. The 911 caller reported a 26-year-old female was assaulted and stabbed. Police arrived on the scene to find nothing showing in the area. Officers checked...
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On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at approximately 11:00 a.m. there was a walk-in report of an assault with a motor vehicle/road-rage incident at the Northern District Station in Brooklyn. The victim stated they were driving on Dorsey Road near Aviation Boulevard when a Fire Engine with their emergency lights and siren drove passed them....
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On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at approximately 3:30 a.m., officers responded to Worth A Shot (a firearm retailer) on Veterans Highway for a side glass burglary alarm. The first officer arrived on the scene in under 2 minutes from dispatch and reported he had one suspect at gunpoint with two other suspects inside the business....
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On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 12:54 p.m., a school resource officer and school personnel at Thomas Stone High School were made aware of a 12th grade student who ingested edibles suspected of containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The student became sick and was transported to a hospital as a precaution....
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Homicide Unit detectives charged a man in connection with the murder of his girlfriend. The suspect is 50-year-old Marc Deangelo Evans of Waldorf. He is charged with fatally shooting 45-year-old Rema Gibson of Fort Washington. On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at approximately 9:20 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 1000 block of Palmer Road...
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U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Rodney Mondell Coby, a/k/a “Cuz,” age 33, of Waldorf, Maryland, to 40 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute...
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April Fools’ Day is the perfect occasion for some light-hearted pranks or jokes, but maybe not such a good day to share the news that you just won a large Lottery prize. Convincing others that she truly won $124,630 on April 1 became an issue for a Pasadena player who purchased a winning FAST...
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On Tuesday, April 5 at 9:30 a.m., a school resource officer was made aware by a staff member at Billingsley Elementary School that two students were in possession of box cutters. The staff member observed a group of students congregating and noticed one of the students holding a box cutter. Subsequently, a second student...
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On Monday, April 11, 2022, at 2:28 p.m., school resource officers were made aware of a student who was possibly in possession of a knife. The officers made contact with the student, who was in a classroom, and recovered a pocket knife with a three-inch blade. Upon further investigation, the officers located another knife...
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UPDATE 4/12/2022: On April 8, 2022, at 11:52 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46100 block of Westbury Boulevard in Lexington Park for the reported shooting. Deputies arrived on scene and located a male victim, age 21 of Lexington Park, suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was...
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Gov. Larry Hogan broke ground on the first-ever comprehensive cancer center in Prince George’s County, which is part of a new Maryland Cancer Moonshot Initiative to expand and accelerate cancer detection, screening, prevention, treatment, and research in the state. Expected to open in 2024, the center will be located at the site of the newly-opened University of...
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A District Heights resident who decided to try a Mega 7s “scratch ‘em” is still thanking her scratch-off loving uncle for “sprinkling a little luck” over her. She just won a $100,000 top prize on the $10 oversized game. The anonymous winner, who is calling herself “La Femme” for Lottery publicity, said that her...
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On Friday, April 8, 2022, at 2:18 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood responded to the 26000 block of Mar-A-Lee Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported fire out. Engine 73 responded with 6 volunteers at dispatch and arrived on the scene to find nothing evident from a one story single family home. After initial investigation, crews...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit recently conducted a succession of alcohol compliance checks within St. Mary’s County at ten local businesses. Seven of the businesses were found to be compliant, while three businesses failed to ask for identification. The covert compliance checks were conducted on March 31, 2022, using an...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office advises our commercial business community and their employees to be aware of a scam being perpetrated near closing times. Several businesses in the community were recently victimized by a scam where callers advised the employee answering the phone that they were “federal law enforcement” requesting money. The scam...
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that Cristian Pleitez-Tejada, 23, of Edgewater was sentenced to 30 years of active incarceration for the second degree murder of Jose Salvador Mancia Aguilar. The defendant entered a guilty plea on October 14, 2021. “The defendant had an ongoing disagreement with the victim and...
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UPDATE 4/11/2022: On Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 11:00 p.m., firefighters from Charles and St. Mary’s County responded to 26076 Sycamore Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a one-story single family residence with fire throughout. The owner is identified as Kyle Swann, with the...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a possible road rage incident that allegedly resulted in shots fired, sending one man to the hospital with injuries in Anne Arundel County, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. The injured victim’s identification is being withheld due to the ongoing investigation. He was transported from the scene by the Maryland...
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On Friday, April 1, 2022, at approximately 5:07 a.m., firefighters were alerted to 3315 Leonardtown Road in Waldorf, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene and found a 1-story commercial building with smoke showing from the BP Gas Station. Incident command requested the working fire upgrade. Additional crews from Charles and Prince...
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On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Patient First Primary and Urgent Care located at 2855 Crain Highway in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. The 911 caller reported a 19-year-old male walked into the facility with a stab wound. Crews arrived on the scene...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a theft that occurred on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the CVS Pharmacy located at 10095 Ward Road in Dunkirk. Surveillance video shows three subjects entering the store and then concealing cosmetic items on their persons. They were seen entering a white 2015 Dodge Charger...
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