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Lusby Man Faces Multiple Charges Following Assault at Calvert County Detention Center and Separate Arrest for Repeated 911 Calls

Lusby Man Faces Multiple Charges Following Assault at Calvert County Detention Center and Separate Arrest for Repeated 911 Calls

Gary Scott Arbaugh, 43, of Lusby, is facing multiple criminal charges in two related cases filed on September 23, 2025, following a string of incidents that occurred both at his residence and the Calvert County Detention Center. According to court documents, Arbaugh was charged in two separate but connected cases. The first incident led...
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Lexington Park Man Charged with Assault Following Domestic Dispute

Lexington Park Man Charged with Assault Following Domestic Dispute

Juan Antonio Lobo-Diaz, 33, of Lexington Park, has been charged with second-degree assault following a reported domestic incident that took place on September 26, 2025, according to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County. Deputy Richard Stillwell of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for a...
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Waldorf Man Arrested in Charles County with Loaded Gun, PCP, Cocaine, Fentanyl, and Cannabis During Arrest

Waldorf Man Arrested in Charles County with Loaded Gun, PCP, Cocaine, Fentanyl, and Cannabis During Arrest

Trevon Deshawn Chisley, 30, of Waldorf, has been arrested and charged with more than 20 criminal counts related to drug trafficking and firearms possession after detectives with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on September 24, 2025. According to court documents, investigators with the Narcotics Enforcement Section had been conducting an...
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Hyattsville Man Indicted in Charles County Gun Store Burglary Case – Accused of Stealing Firearms, Suppressors from

Hyattsville Man Indicted in Charles County Gun Store Burglary Case – Accused of Stealing Firearms, Suppressors from

Malcolm Olatokunbo Oshin, 24, of Hyattsville, has been indicted in the Circuit Court for Charles County on multiple charges related to the alleged burglary of a firearms store and the theft of weapons valued at tens of thousands of dollars. According to the indictment, on November 20, 2024, Oshin allegedly broke into Gun Monkey’s...
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Prince George’s Man Charged After Stealing Ambulance from Charles County Hospital

Prince George’s Man Charged After Stealing Ambulance from Charles County Hospital

Kevin Lewis Miller, 43, of Upper Marlboro, has been charged with felony theft and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing a ambulance valued at approximately $250,000 from the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center on the night of September 13, 2025. According to court documents, the Charles County Department of...
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Port Tobacco Man Indicted on 101 Child Pornography Counts in Charles County

Port Tobacco Man Indicted on 101 Child Pornography Counts in Charles County

UPDATE: Judicial Services received the indictment and began looking for the suspect, who had since moved to Mechanicsville. On October 1, members of the CCSO’s Warrant Unit located Fullerton and arrested him. He was transported to the Charles County Detention Center. Less than 24 hours later on October 2nd, 2025, a judge ordered that...
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Mechanicsville Mother Charged with Child Neglect After Children Call 911 from Trash-Filled Home

Mechanicsville Mother Charged with Child Neglect After Children Call 911 from Trash-Filled Home

Irene Elizabeth Hammond, 33, of Mechanicsville, has been formally charged with two counts of misdemeanor child neglect following an incident on August 21, 2025, in which her two children called 911 after she allegedly passed out from drinking inside their home. According to charging documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County,...
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Mechanicsville Man on Federal Probation Arrested in St. Mary’s County on Drug Charges

Mechanicsville Man on Federal Probation Arrested in St. Mary’s County on Drug Charges

Cliffton Cornelious Pickeral, 43, of Mechanicsville, was arrested on September 26, 2025, and faces multiple drug-related charges after St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s deputies reported finding cocaine packaged for distribution during a traffic stop. According to charging documents, Pickeral has been charged with: Possession with intent to distribute narcotics (felony), Possession of equipment for the...
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Gun Theft Suspect Charged in Jail Assault That Sent Inmate to Hospital in St. Mary’s County

Gun Theft Suspect Charged in Jail Assault That Sent Inmate to Hospital in St. Mary’s County

  Maliq Rasheed McGill, 23, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple criminal charges in St. Mary’s County stemming from two separate incidents — one involving the alleged theft of a firearm from a family member’s home, and another involving an alleged assault while in custody at the county detention center. McGill has been indicted...
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UPDATE: Sheriff’s Deputy Injured After Drunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser; Suspect Also Faces Drug Charges

UPDATE: Sheriff’s Deputy Injured After Drunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser; Suspect Also Faces Drug Charges

Newly obtained court documents provide additional information about the September 26, 2025, crash in Mechanicsville that left a St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s deputy injured and led to multiple charges against Juwaun Tirek Queen, 22, of Hollywood. According to the statement of probable cause, Queen was driving a silver Toyota Corolla when he ran a...
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Honoring Loved Ones with Handcrafted Urns Made Close to Home

Honoring Loved Ones with Handcrafted Urns Made Close to Home

In a quiet corner of Southern Maryland, a new business is giving families a deeply personal way to honor their loved ones. Stinson Urns, founded by master woodworker Jimmy Stinson, creates handcrafted urns designed not just to hold ashes, but to tell a story. Stinson brings nearly four decades of woodworking experience to his...
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Community Invited to Meeting on Proposed Solar Energy Facility in St. Mary’s County

Community Invited to Meeting on Proposed Solar Energy Facility in St. Mary’s County

Reactivate, a mission-driven company focused on renewable energy projects that benefit working-class neighborhoods across the country, is inviting the public to a community meeting about a proposed solar energy initiative in St. Mary’s County. The RDC MD Point Lookout & Sunnyside Solar Energy Facility would include two solar photovoltaic projects, one rated at 1.75...
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Texas Man Held in St. Mary’s County on Fugitive Warrant for Child Pornography Charges

Texas Man Held in St. Mary’s County on Fugitive Warrant for Child Pornography Charges

Luke T. Langston, 22, of Willis, Texas, is being held without bond in St. Mary’s County after authorities executed a fugitive warrant alleging he fled Texas while facing charges related to child pornography. According to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, Langston was taken into custody on September 24,...
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Charles County Man Held Without Bond After Gun Displayed in Drug Deal at Waldorf Shopping Center

Charles County Man Held Without Bond After Gun Displayed in Drug Deal at Waldorf Shopping Center

Taisian Marquet Owens, 28, of Waldorf, has been formally charged with armed robbery and attempted theft following an alleged incident involving cannabis at a local shopping center, according to court documents filed in Charles County District Court. Owens is accused of attempting to rob an adult male victim while displaying a handgun during a...
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Hollywood Woman Charged in Stabbing, Released on Recognizance After Bail Review

Hollywood Woman Charged in Stabbing, Released on Recognizance After Bail Review

Dayarria Faxon, 20, of Hollywood, has been charged with first- and second-degree assault following an alleged stabbing incident on September 24, 2025 According to charging documents, deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded after an adult female victim sought help at SMECO on Hollywood Road. The victim told police she had been...
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Leonardtown Man Held Without Bond After Shovel Attack

Leonardtown Man Held Without Bond After Shovel Attack

Walter Jay Brown Jr., 47, of Leonardtown, is being held without bond following his arrest on September 24, 2025, for allegedly assaulting a man with a shovel in a residential driveway. Brown has been charged with first-degree assault and second-degree assault in connection with the early morning incident on Blacksmith Shop Road. According to...
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69-Year-Old Scotland Woman Charged with Arson and Property Destruction in St. Mary’s County After Bar Room Confession

69-Year-Old Scotland Woman Charged with Arson and Property Destruction in St. Mary’s County After Bar Room Confession

Elizabeth Susan Leighton, 69, of Scotland, has been charged with arson and property damage following an incident on September 6, 2025, according to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County. Leighton is facing two charges: malicious burning in the first degree, a felony, and malicious destruction of property valued under...
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Mechanicsville Man Facing Drug, Ammunition, and Child Neglect Charges Following Search Warrant Execution

Mechanicsville Man Facing Drug, Ammunition, and Child Neglect Charges Following Search Warrant Execution

James Roy Chase II, 38, of Mechanicsville, has been charged with multiple drug-related offenses, illegal possession of ammunition, and child neglect following the execution of a residential and body search warrant by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office earlier this month. According to court documents, deputies executed the search on September 5, 2025, at...
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Sheriff’s Office Arrests Waldorf Man at St. Mary’s Square for Trespassing and Drug Offenses

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Waldorf Man at St. Mary’s Square for Trespassing and Drug Offenses

Charles Edward Taylor, 39, of Waldorf, has been charged following an arrest in St. Mary’s County, according to court documents. Taylor faces three misdemeanor charges: trespassing on private property, possession of a controlled dangerous substance not identified as cannabis, and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded...
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Saint Inigoes Man Lies About Identity to Avoid Arrest, Charged with Fraud and Drug Paraphernalia

Saint Inigoes Man Lies About Identity to Avoid Arrest, Charged with Fraud and Drug Paraphernalia

Keith Arlington Yates, 38, of Saint Inigoes, is facing multiple misdemeanor charges following his arrest on September 7, 2025, in California, Maryland. According to court documents, Yates is accused of attempting to avoid arrest by falsely identifying himself and was later found in possession of suspected drug paraphernalia. Deputy Zachary Jerew of the St....
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Court Ruling Ends Vape and Smoke Shop Sales of Hemp Products That Get You High

Court Ruling Ends Vape and Smoke Shop Sales of Hemp Products That Get You High

Maryland’s courts and cannabis regulators have shut down what many people saw as a “hemp loophole.” The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled on September 9 that the state’s cannabis law is valid, that Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC were never legal in Maryland, and that only licensed cannabis dispensaries can sell intoxicating THC products. Days...
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Warrant Issued for Ted William Taylor Jr. in Connection with Assault, Attempted Murder and Theft Cases in Southern Maryland

Warrant Issued for Ted William Taylor Jr. in Connection with Assault, Attempted Murder and Theft Cases in Southern Maryland

Ted William Taylor Jr., 35, of Solomons, is currently wanted by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on charges of first-degree assault and second-degree attempted murder. In addition to these serious allegations, Taylor is facing active theft charges in both St. Mary’s and Calvert counties related to two separate incidents that occurred in late...
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Chesapeake Beach Man Charged in Lexington Park Home-Invasion

Chesapeake Beach Man Charged in Lexington Park Home-Invasion

Michael Bronson Andrade, 48, of Chesapeake Beach, was taken into custody and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center after an arrest warrant was issued in connection with an incident on Longfields Village Drive in Lexington Park on September 7, 2025. He is charged with home invasion; two counts of first-degree assault; two...
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Waldorf Man Charged with Animal Cruelty and Illegal Possession of Firearms

Waldorf Man Charged with Animal Cruelty and Illegal Possession of Firearms

Michael Haywood, 47, of Waldorf, has been formally charged in Charles County District Court with multiple misdemeanors, including animal cruelty and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, following the execution of a search warrant at his residence. According to court documents, the investigation began after Charles County Animal Control officers received a complaint about...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested on Assault and Firearm Charges

Lexington Park Man Arrested on Assault and Firearm Charges

On Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at approximately 3:20 a.m., police responded to the 46000 block of Wineberry Lane in Lexington Park, for a reported assault. The victim told deputies a verbal argument escalated into a physical assault and that the suspect left the residence on foot. Deputies canvassed the area and located a subject...
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