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Elderly Dog Found Stuck in Marsh Rescued, Treated for Hypothermia, Reunited with Owners

Elderly Dog Found Stuck in Marsh Rescued, Treated for Hypothermia, Reunited with Owners

A coordinated effort between a local resident, animal control officers, and emergency responders led to the successful rescue and reunification of a 13-year-old dog in Calvert County. According to the Calvert County Animal Shelter, Animal Control responded to a report of a dog trapped deep in marsh mud. Before responders arrived, a quick-thinking citizen...
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Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Drug Possession After Shopping Center Incident in Prince Frederick

Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Drug Possession After Shopping Center Incident in Prince Frederick

Tiffany Erin Lewis, 48, of York, Pennsylvania, is facing multiple drug-related charges following an incident in Prince Frederick on March 24, 2026, according to court documents. Lewis has been charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance not cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges stem from an investigation conducted by the Calvert...
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Police Say Argument Over Toilet Paper Leads to Assault Charge in Saint Leonard

Police Say Argument Over Toilet Paper Leads to Assault Charge in Saint Leonard

Tasco C Plater, 57, of Saint Leonard, is facing a second-degree assault charge following a domestic disturbance that occurred on April 2, 2026, according to court documents. Charging documents state that Maryland State Police responded to a residence in Saint Leonard for a reported domestic disturbance. According to the statement of probable cause, On...
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VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Series of Vehicle Break-Ins in Great Mills Area

VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Series of Vehicle Break-Ins in Great Mills Area

Deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to more than two dozen reports of vehicle break-ins and thefts on April 7, 2026, impacting neighborhoods surrounding Chancellors Run Road. According to authorities, home surveillance footage captured several of the incidents. The videos appear to show four individuals wearing dark clothing and masks moving...
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Great Mills Man Charged After Assault on Correctional Officer in Leonardtown Jail

Great Mills Man Charged After Assault on Correctional Officer in Leonardtown Jail

Kwasi N. Agyeman, 37, of Great Mills, has been charged with second-degree assault involving a correctional employee following an incident at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center, according to court documents. Agyeman faces one misdemeanor charge of second-degree assault on a Department of Corrections employee, stemming from an incident reported on March...
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Prince Frederick Woman Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash in Southern Anne Arundel County

Prince Frederick Woman Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash in Southern Anne Arundel County

A three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in southern Anne Arundel County left one woman dead and two others injured, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. On April 7, 2026, at approximately 7:20 a.m., officers from the Southern District responded to a serious collision on Solomons Island Road (MD Route 2), just south of...
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Hollywood Woman Arrested for Trespassing, Disorderly Conduct, and Resisting Arrest in St. Mary’s County

Hollywood Woman Arrested for Trespassing, Disorderly Conduct, and Resisting Arrest in St. Mary’s County

Christina Lynn Rivas, 52, of Hollywood, is facing multiple misdemeanor charges including trespass on private property, disorderly conduct, and resisting or interfering with arrest following an incident on March 20, 2026, according to court documents. According to charging documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, Maryland State Police responded around 4:19...
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Charlotte Hall Man Arrested After Vehicle Break-In, and Multiple Thefts Reported

Charlotte Hall Man Arrested After Vehicle Break-In, and Multiple Thefts Reported

Maurice Delaney Davis, 59, of no fixed address, is facing multiple theft-related charges after an alleged series of incidents in Charlotte Hall on March 18, 2026. Davis is charged with theft of $100 to under $1,500, theft of less than $100, and rogue and vagabond. The charges stem from an investigation conducted by the...
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St. Mary’s County Drug Bust: Lexington Park Man Accused of Distributing Fentanyl and Cocaine

St. Mary’s County Drug Bust: Lexington Park Man Accused of Distributing Fentanyl and Cocaine

Tavoy Kelly Summerville, 47, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, including firearm possession by a prohibited person, firearm use in connection with a drug trafficking crime, distribution of controlled substances with a firearm, possession with intent to distribute narcotics, possession of a large amount of narcotics, maintaining a drug-related nuisance,...
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Charlotte Hall Man Charged With First and Second-Degree Assault in St. Mary’s County

Charlotte Hall Man Charged With First and Second-Degree Assault in St. Mary’s County

Charles Dallas Biagi Jr., 39, of Charlotte Hall, is facing felony and misdemeanor assault charges following an alleged incident on March 24, 2026, according to court documents filed in St. Mary’s County District Court. Biagi is charged with first-degree assault and second-degree assault in connection with the reported incident. Both charges stem from the...
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California Man Charged With First-Degree Assault and Firearm Offense in St. Mary’s County

California Man Charged With First-Degree Assault and Firearm Offense in St. Mary’s County

Travis B Merritt, 46, of California, Maryland, is facing multiple charges including first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and use of a firearm in a violent crime, according to court documents filed in St. Mary’s County. Court records show that Merritt was arrested on April 4, 2026, following an alleged incident that occurred on April 2,...
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UPDATE: Witness Describes California Man Firing Into Crowded Beach at Myrtle Point Park in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE: Witness Describes California Man Firing Into Crowded Beach at Myrtle Point Park in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE 4/4/2026: Armonie Josiah Jordan, 18, of California, is facing multiple firearm-related charges after an alleged shooting incident at Myrtle Point Park, according to court documents. Jordan is charged with illegal possession of a regulated firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, carrying a handgun on his person, carrying a loaded handgun on his person, and...
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Calvert County Couple Charged With Child Neglect After Baby Left Unattended Inside Prince Frederick Salon

Calvert County Couple Charged With Child Neglect After Baby Left Unattended Inside Prince Frederick Salon

Makayla Leeann Brehm, 20, and Dominique Matthew Williams, 23, both of Prince Frederick, are facing charges of neglect of a minor and desertion of a minor child following an incident on March 26, 2026, according to court documents. According to charging documents filed in the District Court for Calvert County, deputies with the Calvert...
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Temporary Closure of Myrtle Point Park After Shooting on 4/1/2026

Temporary Closure of Myrtle Point Park After Shooting on 4/1/2026

St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Recreation & Parks (R&P) is announcing the temporary closure of Myrtle Point Park, located at 24050 Patuxent Boulevard in California, Maryland. Myrtle Point Park is closed today, April 2, 2026, due to an active law enforcement investigation following an incident that occurred overnight. The park will remain closed...
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UPDATE: Court Documents Detail Disturbing Allegations in Indecent Exposure and Peeping Tom Case Involving Two Children

UPDATE: Court Documents Detail Disturbing Allegations in Indecent Exposure and Peeping Tom Case Involving Two Children

UPDATE 4/1/2026: Phillip Keyes, 63, of Waldorf, is facing charges of second-degree assault, indecent exposure, and peeping tom offenses following an incident reported in Charles County, according to court documents. According to charging documents, the alleged incident occurred on March 30, 2026, in Waldorf. Authorities state that Keyes is accused of conducting visual surveillance...
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Vulnerable Adult Abuse Case in Lusby Results in Criminal Charges Against Caregiver

Vulnerable Adult Abuse Case in Lusby Results in Criminal Charges Against Caregiver

Brian Matthew Zurmuhlen, 61, of Lusby, is facing charges of second-degree assault and two counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult following an investigation by the Maryland State Police into conditions at a residence in Calvert County. According to court documents, the charges stem from incidents alleged to have occurred between March 14, 2026...
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Hollywood Man Charged After Alleged $200 Trading Card Theft at California Store

Hollywood Man Charged After Alleged $200 Trading Card Theft at California Store

James Robert Anderson Jr., 44, of Hollywood, is facing a misdemeanor theft charge following an alleged incident at a retail store in California, Maryland, according to court documents. Anderson is charged with theft between $100 and under $1,500 stemming from an incident reported on March 21, 2026, on First Colony Way in California. According...
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Loveville Man Pleads in Circuit Court After Leonardtown Assault Case

Loveville Man Pleads in Circuit Court After Leonardtown Assault Case

Dameatric Malique Scott, 35, of Loveville, entered an Alford plea to second-degree assault in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court on March 18, 2026, in connection with an April 26, 2025 incident in Leonardtown, according to court records. The case originated in the District Court for St. Mary’s County after charges were filed on May...
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Police Say Suspect Abandoned Vehicle With Handgun Before Attempting to Hide at an Apartment Complex in Charles County

Police Say Suspect Abandoned Vehicle With Handgun Before Attempting to Hide at an Apartment Complex in Charles County

Anthony Lionel Wills, 43, of Upper Marlboro, is facing multiple charges including illegal possession of a regulated firearm, possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, handgun in a vehicle, resisting arrest, failure to obey a lawful order, attempting to elude police, driving without a license, and several traffic violations following an incident in...
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USPS Worker Arrested After Dumping Mail Into Woods in Charles County, Charged With Littering

USPS Worker Arrested After Dumping Mail Into Woods in Charles County, Charged With Littering

David Jarvis Hughes Jr., 26, of Waldorf, has been charged with littering and illegal dumping under 100 pounds following an incident in Bel Alton on March 28, 2026, according to court documents. According to charging documents filed by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred along Bel Alton Newtown Road in Bel Alton,...
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Police in St. Mary’s County Arrest Woman After Stabbing Boyfriend With Screwdriver During Argument

Police in St. Mary’s County Arrest Woman After Stabbing Boyfriend With Screwdriver During Argument

Madeline Grace Goldsborough, 19, of Lexington Park, is facing felony and misdemeanor assault charges following an incident on March 29, 2026, according to court documents. Goldsborough is charged with first-degree assault and second-degree assault stemming from an alleged altercation at an apartment on Columbus Drive in Lexington Park. According to charging documents filed by...
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St. Mary’s County Inmate Accused of Throwing Food, Spitting on Correctional Officers in Separate Incidents

St. Mary’s County Inmate Accused of Throwing Food, Spitting on Correctional Officers in Separate Incidents

Sabrina Brianna Thompson, 26, of Leonardtown, is facing multiple charges of second-degree assault on correctional officers following two separate incidents at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center, according to court documents. Court records show that Thompson, whose date of birth is listed as December 30, 1998, was charged in two cases stemming...
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

UPDATE 3/30/2026: A St. Mary’s County, Maryland, man is headed to federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Jerod Adam Taylor, 40, of Lexington Park, Maryland, to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release in connection with the...
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Lexington Park Man Gets 10-Year Sentence, With 4 Years to Serve, in Sexual Solicitation of a Minor Case

Lexington Park Man Gets 10-Year Sentence, With 4 Years to Serve, in Sexual Solicitation of a Minor Case

Tyler Gage Wathen, 19, of Lexington Park, pleaded guilty in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court to sexual solicitation of a minor and was later sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but four years suspended, according to court records. The charge was filed as a felony criminal indictment in the Circuit Court for...
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Update: Credit Card Skimming Device Case Moves to Circuit Court in Calvert County

Update: Credit Card Skimming Device Case Moves to Circuit Court in Calvert County

UPDATE 3/26/2026: Becam Ciuciu, 20, of Baltimore, is now facing additional charges in Circuit Court following a formal indictment stemming from an ongoing investigation by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office into the installation of illegal skimming devices at 7-Eleven stores across Maryland. According to newly filed court records, Ciuciu has been charged in the...
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