UPDATE 12/19/2024: Nahvarj Mills, 31, of Brandywine, Maryland, was found guilty today of 24 counts related to cyberstalking, disseminating sexually explicit photos, and multiple shootings involving two victims. The jury verdict, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge...
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Released December 18, 2024 – “Dear Parents, Guardians, and Staff: Administrators received a report today that a student reportedly had a gun at school and was showing it to others. As part of our investigation, we spoke with several students and viewed school surveillance camera footage. With support of our school resource officer (SRO), we...
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On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 10:40 a.m., officers responded to the 6800 block of Swann Gate Place in Hughesville for the report of a body in a field. When officers arrived, they found a male who was deceased. The male was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore where...
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The Maryland Department of Agriculture has released new guidance urging Maryland dairy cattle and poultry farmers to remain vigilant and practice enhanced biosecurity on their farms due to the continued circulation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detections in wild birds in the Atlantic Flyway. First detected in poultry in early 2022, HPAI has...
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Maryland State Police will be increasing highway safety patrols over the next two weeks as millions of Marylanders hit the roads for holiday travel. State Troopers from all 23 barracks will conduct saturation patrols and checkpoints focused on impaired, aggressive and distracted driving. The State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort (SPIDRE) team, a specialized...
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Maryland’s Atlantic Population Canada goose hunting season opens Friday, Dec. 20. The season contains two segments, Dec. 20 through Jan. 4, 2025, and again from Jan. 15 through Feb. 1, 2025. The daily bag limit is two geese per day in Maryland’s AP Canada Goose Hunting Zone. The possession limit for all migratory game birds...
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A man was arrested in connection with a violent domestic-related assault after an incident that unfolded at the Smallwood Village Center on December 11, 2024. The suspect, identified as Clarence Antonio Bennett, 41, of Waldorf, threatened a woman with a handgun during a verbal altercation. According to court documents and police reports, officers from the...
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On Monday, December 16, 2024, at 12:09 p.m., a school administrator at Thomas Stone High School received numerous reports of a student selling marijuana in a school bathroom. Upon further investigation by the school resource officer and the administrator, the student was found to be in possession of 28 grams of cannabis. The student,...
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In the midst of an emergency, every second counts. Firefighters rushing to extinguish fires or respond to emergencies rely heavily on their equipment, including fire hoses, to carry out their duties effectively and safely. However, a dangerous and illegal act has been posing serious risks to firefighters and their operations: vehicles running over fire...
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Naval Support Activity South Potomac (NSASP) recognized its outstanding employees serving Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head on Dec. 16 during an award ceremony at the Mix House. Brittany Bodnar, supervisory security specialist with responsibility for Visitor Control Centers at both NSF Indian Head and NSF Dahlgren, was selected as the command’s Senior Civilian...
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NANJEMOY, Md. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams today joined partners and community members to celebrate the establishment of Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge as the 573rd and newest unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System. A newly acquired 31-acre parcel is the first of...
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Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) administrative offices are closed for winter break, Monday, Dec. 23-25 and Wednesday, Jan. 1. Schools are closed Monday, Dec. 23, through Wednesday, Jan. 1, for winter break. Schools, offices and buildings reopen on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, as noted in the CCPS Parent Handbook/Calendar. During winter break, some CCPS...
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On Friday, December 6, 2024, at 8:30 p.m., officers were working security at an afterschool indoor event at Henry E. Lackey High School when they were made aware of a male in the gymnasium who was armed with a handgun. The officers observed the subject and as they approached the male fled. After a...
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On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, two students at Westlake High School were arguing when a school administrator tried to intervene. At that time, a third student walked by and struck one of the students involved in the argument. Two additional students engaged in the altercation, which turned physical. School administrators were able to separate...
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On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division arrested a 16-year-old male who was observed getting into a car that had been reported stolen. As they approached, the juvenile attempted to flee but was apprehended. Through investigation, detectives linked the juvenile to a citizen robbery that occurred in October during...
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UPDATE 12/12/2024: On Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 9:04 a.m., emergency personnel from Calvert, Charles, Anne Arundel and St. Mary’s County, along with NAS Patuxent River responded to a possible Hazmat situation at the St. Leonard Post Office. An employee opened a package containing a suspicious powder, which was later determined to be non-hazardous....
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On Tuesday, December 11, 2024, at approximately 3:29 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of La Plata Road and Bath Drive in La Plata, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment and ejection. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision and advised no patients...
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Maryland hunters reported harvesting 10,889 deer on the opening weekend of the 2024 firearm season from Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, according to data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The overall deer harvest was nearly identical to last year’s official opening weekend harvest of 10,905 deer. The harvest total included 4,947 antlered and...
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For the second year in a row, the “It’s Academic” team of La Plata High School team clenched first place in the county’s annual competition. Held Dec. 3 at St. Charles High School, the “It’s Academic” event challenges high school students to correctly answer questions on various subjects in a quiz show format. The Warriors...
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A Voice that We Have Ignored: Works by Miyuki Akai Cook. Through Dec. 13. Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery, La Plata Campus at 8730 Mitchell Road in La Plata. Textile artist Miyuki Akai Cook uses weaving, knitting, and crochet to explore themes of generational well-being and environmental awareness. A unique, illustrative pedagogy pairs earlier work...
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The second part of Maryland’s split muzzleloader deer hunting season will open Dec. 21 and run through Jan. 4. The first half of the split season was held in October. Hunters may use muzzleloading firearms to harvest sika and white-tailed deer during this time. “The late muzzleloader season provides hunters with another opportunity to...
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Joseph Robert Willet III, 31, of Hughesville, was arrested on December 8, 2024, following an alleged domestic assault at a residence in California, Maryland. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident, which resulted in multiple charges against Willett, including assault and firearm-related offenses. According to court documents, Deputy Ocasio-Rivera responded to...
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UPDATE: Michael Darnell Lassiter, 59, of La Plata, was arrested on December 7, 2024, following an incident at a residence on Hemlock Court, in La Plata. According to court documents, Lassiter faces multiple charges, including resisting arrest, second-degree assault, property damage, failure to obey a lawful order, endangerment due to intoxication, and making arson...
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UPDATE 12/7/2024: La Plata Police Department investigators have identified the individual killed as Robert Martin Pope, 66-years old, of Glen Burnie, Maryland. On December 6, 2024, at approximately 8:18 p.m., officers were in route to a carry out/restaurant, located in the 6500 block of Crain Highway, to check the welfare of an individual. While...
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Shuree Sinese Weems, 43, of Lusby, was arrested on November 14, 2024, at Mimi’s Station, a liquor store located at on Rousby Hall Road, in Lusby. Weems faces multiple charges, including trespassing, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and court records. Deputy...
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