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Chesapeake Beach Pair Charged In Calvert Oxycodone Distribution Case

Chesapeake Beach Pair Charged In Calvert Oxycodone Distribution Case

Shelly Marie Buzard, 60, of Chesapeake Beach, and Paul Marcello Holland, 66, of Chesapeake Beach, are facing charges in Calvert County after investigators say they distributed oxycodone as part of a months-long drug investigation. Court records list the same four charges for each defendant: distribution of a narcotic controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent...
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FULL DETAILS RELEASED in Charles County Road-Rage Case: Oxon Hill Man Fired Shots, Pointed Gun At Woman’s Head

FULL DETAILS RELEASED in Charles County Road-Rage Case: Oxon Hill Man Fired Shots, Pointed Gun At Woman’s Head

Parren Eric Swann, 61, of Oxon Hill, is facing charges in Charles County that include two counts of first-degree assault, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, use of a firearm in a felony or violent crime, carrying a handgun, transporting a loaded handgun in a vehicle, two counts of second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment...
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Search Warrants Lead to Drugs and Cash Seizure in Chesapeake Beach Cannabis Distribution Case

Search Warrants Lead to Drugs and Cash Seizure in Chesapeake Beach Cannabis Distribution Case

Keith Montgomery Lucombe, 37, of Chesapeake Beach, is facing seven drug-related charges in Calvert County District Court after investigators with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office alleged he sold cannabis during a spring 2026 investigation. Lucombe is charged with three counts of distributing a controlled dangerous substance other than narcotics and four counts of possession...
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Prince Frederick Woman Arrested After Grocery Store Theft and Assault on Deputy

Prince Frederick Woman Arrested After Grocery Store Theft and Assault on Deputy

Sommer Lee West, 40, of Prince Frederick, has been charged in Calvert County with theft less than $100, theft of $100 to under $1,500, second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, malicious destruction of property valued under $1,000, and making a false statement to an officer, according to District Court records. The case, filed...
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UPDATE: Jury Convicts Lexington Park Man of Armed Robbery After Stabbing Volunteer Firefighter

UPDATE: Jury Convicts Lexington Park Man of Armed Robbery After Stabbing Volunteer Firefighter

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that D’Montre Montez Bush, 26, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was convicted of armed robbery and related crimes following a three-day jury trial. On November 16, 2025, deputies responded to a reported robbery in Lexington Park, Maryland, where they located an adult male victim seeking medical aid at the...
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Great Mills Woman Charged After Deputies Report Struggle During Domestic Disturbance Call

Great Mills Woman Charged After Deputies Report Struggle During Domestic Disturbance Call

Chalon N. Miles, 22, of Great Mills, is charged with resisting or interfering with arrest and two counts of second-degree assault after St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported domestic disturbance on Oriole Drive in Great Mills on May 21, 2026, according to District Court documents. Court records list the charges...
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Lexington Park Man Faces Protective Order, Theft and Trespassing Charges in St. Mary’s County

Lexington Park Man Faces Protective Order, Theft and Trespassing Charges in St. Mary’s County

Joel Harold Notman, 32, of Lexington Park, is facing charges in two open St. Mary’s County District Court criminal cases, including one count of violating a protective order and separate misdemeanor counts of theft less than $100 and trespassing on private property, according to court documents. In the most recent case, Notman is charged...
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Dameron Man Charged With Cocaine Possession After Lexington Park Traffic Stop

Dameron Man Charged With Cocaine Possession After Lexington Park Traffic Stop

Benjamin James Gill, 41, of Dameron, has been charged in St. Mary’s County District Court with possession of a controlled dangerous substance that was not cannabis after a May 21, 2026 traffic stop in Lexington Park, according to court documents. The charge is listed as a misdemeanor under Maryland criminal law, with the statement...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Woman Faces New Drug Charges After Prior Bond Release A Few Days Earlier

UPDATE: Lexington Park Woman Faces New Drug Charges After Prior Bond Release A Few Days Earlier

UPDATE 5/26/2026: Erin Neveal Stokes, 34, of Lexington Park, is facing a new drug case in St. Mary’s County District Court after being arrested again less than a week after an earlier case involving suspected fentanyl, crack cocaine, and drug paraphernalia. The latest case, filed May 20, 2026, charges Stokes with one count of...
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Chesapeake Beach Woman Charged with Stealing From Calvert County Detention Center After Prior Charity Theft Conviction

Chesapeake Beach Woman Charged with Stealing From Calvert County Detention Center After Prior Charity Theft Conviction

Paige Johnna Eldred, 31, of Chesapeake Beach, has been charged in Calvert County District Court with one count of embezzlement or fraudulent misappropriation, 10 counts of stealing another person’s credit card, and three counts of using another person’s credit card for charges under $100, according to court documents. The case was filed on May...
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Lexington Park Woman Charged With Assault in Domestic Incident

Lexington Park Woman Charged With Assault in Domestic Incident

Aja Nicole Somerville, 35, of Lexington Park, is charged with second-degree assault following an alleged domestic incident on May 17, 2026, according to District Court records filed in St. Mary’s County. Somerville is accused of assaulting a minor female victim during an incident at a residence on Lexwood Court in Lexington Park. The charge...
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North Beach Woman Arrested After Assaulting Family Member

North Beach Woman Arrested After Assaulting Family Member

Iilayah Nyja Hillary, 25, of North Beach, has been charged in Calvert County District Court with second-degree assault and malicious destruction of property valued under $1,000 after a reported domestic incident on May 21, 2026, according to court documents. Deputy First Class Morrison, listed as the complainant with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, alleged...
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Prince Frederick Man Faces Two Open Drug Cases After May Arrest

Prince Frederick Man Faces Two Open Drug Cases After May Arrest

Corey C Thomas, 45, of Prince Frederick, is facing two open misdemeanor drug cases in Calvert County District Court after two recent arrests tied to alleged cocaine possession and drug paraphernalia, according to court records. The most recent case was filed May 13, 2026, after a Calvert County Sheriff’s Office deputy went to a...
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Annapolis Man Charged In Three Calvert County Detention Center Property Damage Cases

Annapolis Man Charged In Three Calvert County Detention Center Property Damage Cases

Jarrett James Mitchell, 23, of Annapolis, with separate court filings listing no fixed address, is facing charges in three open Calvert County District Court criminal cases involving alleged incidents at the Calvert County Detention Center. Across the four Three cases, Mitchell is charged with three counts of malicious destruction of property valued under $1,000...
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Chesapeake Beach Woman Accused of Violating Peace Order, Threatening Witness

Chesapeake Beach Woman Accused of Violating Peace Order, Threatening Witness

Marie Ann Lamb, 60, of Chesapeake Beach, has been charged in Calvert County District Court with failing to comply with a peace order and intimidating or influencing a juror or witness after an alleged incident on May 20, 2026, according to court documents. The criminal case was filed on May 22, 2026, and remains...
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Juvenile and Hollywood Man Charged Following Investigation Into Stolen Gun And Burglaries

Juvenile and Hollywood Man Charged Following Investigation Into Stolen Gun And Burglaries

Nathaniel Warren Shaklee, 19, of Hollywood, has been charged with 13 counts connected to an alleged burglary at Brudergarten in Leonardtown and a series of reported vehicle break-ins in the Leonardtown area, according to District Court documents filed in St. Mary’s County. Shaklee is charged with second-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary of a store, eight...
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Huntingtown Man Charged With Two Counts of Assault in Calvert County Case

Huntingtown Man Charged With Two Counts of Assault in Calvert County Case

Joshua Chazz Brown, 30, of Huntingtown, has been charged in Calvert County District Court with two misdemeanor counts of second-degree assault after an alleged May 17, 2026, altercation at a home in Prince Frederick, according to court documents. The case, filed May 18, 2026, remains open in District Court for Calvert County. According to...
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Saint Leonard Man Charged With Assault After Reported Domestic Incident

Saint Leonard Man Charged With Assault After Reported Domestic Incident

Darien Marquell Chase, 28, of Saint Leonard, has been charged with second-degree assault after Calvert County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported domestic incident on Garrison Street in Saint Leonard on May 20, 2026, according to District Court of Maryland records. Court documents state that Cpl. R. Shrawder responded at about 8:32 p.m....
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Lexington Park Man Sentenced After Spitting on Deputy During Lexington Park Arrest

Lexington Park Man Sentenced After Spitting on Deputy During Lexington Park Arrest

Ty-Kane Shi-Heim Briscoe, 30, of Lexington Park, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in St. Mary’s County District Court after an arrest tied to a February 5, 2026 incident in Lexington Park. Court records show Briscoe was also charged with disorderly conduct, resisting or interfering with arrest, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while...
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Avenue Man Charged With Obstructing Police During Hit-and-Run Investigation

Avenue Man Charged With Obstructing Police During Hit-and-Run Investigation

Jeremiah Robert Jameson, 19, of Avenue, has been charged in St. Mary’s County District Court with one misdemeanor count of obstructing and hindering after a deputy reported that he interfered with a hit-and-run investigation in Charlotte Hall, according to court documents. The charging document states that the alleged incident happened on May 20, 2026,...
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Fugitive Wanted in Connection with Sexual Assault of a Minor Located and Arrested

Fugitive Wanted in Connection with Sexual Assault of a Minor Located and Arrested

On May 21, members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office’s Judicial Services Section assigned to the United States Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) and detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Jose Mercedes Pineda-Callejas, age 45, of Riverdale, MD, in connection with multiple sexual offenses involving a minor. Pineda-Callejas had...
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Student Armed With Knife Charged After Threatening to Stab Teacher at Great Mills High School

Student Armed With Knife Charged After Threatening to Stab Teacher at Great Mills High School

On Thursday, May 21, 2026, the school resource officer assigned to Great Mills High School was notified by school administrators that a student had threatened to stab a teacher. Following the verbal threat, school administrators searched the student and located a pocketknife in the student’s pants pocket. The knife was immediately confiscated. The 15-year-old...
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Waldorf Woman Arrested Twice in Less Than a Week on Multiple Fraud and Theft Charges in Charles County

Waldorf Woman Arrested Twice in Less Than a Week on Multiple Fraud and Theft Charges in Charles County

UPDATE 5/22/2026: Annaya Lisette Hines, 26, of Waldorf, is facing multiple fraud, identity theft, and theft-related charges after detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division said she used stolen personal information to lease an apartment on Talbert Place in Waldorf. Court records show Hines was arrested on May 20, 2026, and...
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UPDATE: Fraud Suspect Arrested for Second Time in Under a Week After Additional Cases of Theft and Fraud is Discovered

UPDATE: Fraud Suspect Arrested for Second Time in Under a Week After Additional Cases of Theft and Fraud is Discovered

UPDATE 5/22/2026: On May 20, 2026, detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Annaya Lisette Hines, age 26, shortly after she was released from the Charles County Detention Center on electronic monitoring. Hines had initially been arrested on May 14 on an active warrant. While she was in custody, detectives served her with a...
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Traffic Stop in Indian Head Leads to Drugs and Firearm Arrest of Waldorf Man

Traffic Stop in Indian Head Leads to Drugs and Firearm Arrest of Waldorf Man

On May 18, 2026, at approximately 3:39 a.m., an officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on Chicamuxen Road near High Ground Farm Place in Indian Head. The driver slowed but continued traveling for a short distance. During that time, the driver was observed placing items into the back seat...
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