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Police Investigating Reported Shooting in Lexington Park

Police Investigating Reported Shooting in Lexington Park

On Sunday, November 10, 2024, at approximately 7:01 p.m., police responded to the Blimpies located at 21141 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported shooting. The 911 caller advised he was shot in the foot approximately 20 minutes ago at the gas station and then walked home. First Responders responded to the...
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Man Transported to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Stabbing in Lexington Park

Man Transported to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Stabbing in Lexington Park

On Sunday, November 10, 2024, at approximately 6:37 p.m., police responded to the area of North Essex Drive and Hancock Road in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 calls reporting a large fight. Prior to police arrival, additional callers then stated one subject was suffering from stab wounds. Officers and emergency medical services responded to...
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5-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center for Precautionary Reasons After Being Struck by Vehicle in Mechanicsville

5-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center for Precautionary Reasons After Being Struck by Vehicle in Mechanicsville

On Saturday, November 9, 2024, at approximately 6:50 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 29000 block of Trent Hall Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported child struck by a vehicle. A helicopter was pre-launched to land nearby. Crews arrived on the scene to find the 5-year-old male was run over by a...
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VIDEO: Firefighters Quickly Contain Large Woods Fire Threatening Structures in Lexington Park

VIDEO: Firefighters Quickly Contain Large Woods Fire Threatening Structures in Lexington Park

On Saturday, November 9, 2024, at approximately 3:49 a.m., firefighters from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to the area of 46485 Sell Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported brush fire. Less than 2 minutes later, the incident was upgraded to a large outside fire threatening a structure after multiple 911...
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School Resource Officer Investigating Student Who Made Threat of Mass Violence at Maurice McDonough High School

School Resource Officer Investigating Student Who Made Threat of Mass Violence at Maurice McDonough High School

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, a school staff member at Maurice McDonough High School overheard a student make a threat to commit violence at the school. The school resource officer was notified and conducted an investigation, which included a home visit and meeting with the student’s parents. The student faces disciplinary action in accordance...
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Prince Frederick Man Arrested for Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct

Prince Frederick Man Arrested for Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct

On the evening of October 21, 2024, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were called to investigate reports of a man behaving erratically at the intersection of Sea Gull Beach Road and Dawn Road in Prince Frederick. Responding to the complaint of a male stumbling in the roadway, Deputy First Class Tunnell arrived...
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Prince Frederick Man Found Passed Out at Gas Pump Arrested on Drug-Related Charges

Prince Frederick Man Found Passed Out at Gas Pump Arrested on Drug-Related Charges

On October 27, 2024, Deputy Campbell responded to the Wawa located at 305 Market Square Drive in Prince Frederick, for a person asleep behind the wheel of a running vehicle at the gas pumps. Upon arrival, contact was made with Joshua Alan Dalrymple, 30, of Prince Frederick. Deputies observed a glass smoking device with...
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Maryland’s Junior Deer Hunt Opens November 16, 2024

Maryland’s Junior Deer Hunt Opens November 16, 2024

Maryland’s 2024 Junior Deer Hunt will be open November 16 statewide and in certain counties on Sunday, November 17th, 2024. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources encourages experienced deer hunters to take advantage of these days to introduce young people to the time-honored tradition of hunting. The Junior Deer Hunt is open on private...
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Multiple Agencies and Firefighters from Four Counties Respond to Large Brush Fire in Waldorf

Multiple Agencies and Firefighters from Four Counties Respond to Large Brush Fire in Waldorf

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at approximately 2:30 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 was dispatched to the area of Slater Lane, off Poplar Hill Road, for a smoke investigation. Upon arrival, firefighters located a large brush fire and requested a Brush Fire Task Force and Water Supply Task Forces. A...
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One Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Serious Crash in Mechanicsville

One Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Serious Crash in Mechanicsville

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at approximately 5:05 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 38280 New Market Turner Road in Mechanicsville, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. 911 callers reported a two vehicle head-on collision with subjects trapped. Firefighters quickly arrived on the scene to find...
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Wanted Man Arrested in St. Mary’s County, Troopers Recover Large Amount of Suspected Heroin

Wanted Man Arrested in St. Mary’s County, Troopers Recover Large Amount of Suspected Heroin

On November 5, 2024, Korey Tyrell Moore, 44, of Leonardtown, was taken into custody by Trooper Michael Posch of the Maryland State Police, Leonardtown Barrack, following a traffic stop that led to drug-related charges. The arrest occurred after the trooper observed Moore’s vehicle, a white Honda Pilot, with a non-functioning headlight while driving northbound...
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Citizens and First Responders Revive Man Found Not Breathing Alongside Road in Lexington Park

Citizens and First Responders Revive Man Found Not Breathing Alongside Road in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, October 29, at approximately 12:52 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of FDR Boulevard and Buck Hewitt Road in Lexington Park, for the reported unconscious male. Prior to the arrival of all responding crews, 911 callers further advised the unknown aged man was not breathing with citizens...
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Contract Worker Flown to Trauma Center After Propane Tank is Struck, Resulting in Explosion and Fire at La Plata Residence

Contract Worker Flown to Trauma Center After Propane Tank is Struck, Resulting in Explosion and Fire at La Plata Residence

On Friday, October 25, 2024, at approximately 9:12 a.m., firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 5300 block of Bennett Brae Place in La Plata, for the reported structure fire involving HAZMAT. As First Responders were enroute to the scene, dispatchers advised they received multiple 911 calls reporting a large explosion with a...
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Animal Cruelty and Wildlife Violations Bring Over 100 Charges to Hollywood Man

Animal Cruelty and Wildlife Violations Bring Over 100 Charges to Hollywood Man

On November 5, 2024, Thomas Newton Ferrall, 71, of Hollywood, Maryland, was formally charged with 56 counts related to illegal wildlife possession, following an investigation tied to a significant multi-agency probe initiated after a shed fire on November 3, 2024. The fire, extinguished with the help of the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department and other...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Arrested in Connection with Three Unprovoked Assaults in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Arrested in Connection with Three Unprovoked Assaults in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Following an investigation into three seemingly unprovoked assaults on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office have arrested and charged Malachi Alexander Steele, 22, of Lexington Park. The incidents left one victim with injuries, requiring hospitalization. The Sheriff’s Office received the first report at 10:32 a.m., with two...
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Police Investigating Possible Hit and Run Involving Bicyclist in Mechanicsville

Police Investigating Possible Hit and Run Involving Bicyclist in Mechanicsville

On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at approximately 4:32 p.m., emergency medical services responded to the area of Golden Beach Road and Donna Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported traumatic injuries. Dispatchers advised to the responding units, multiple 911 callers reported an unknown aged male on a bicycle was found laying on the side of...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Serious Crash with Ejection in Mechanicsville

Maryland State Police Investigating Serious Crash with Ejection in Mechanicsville

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at approximately 5:53 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road and North Sandgates Road in Mechanicsville, for a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment, ejection, and one unresponsive. 911 callers reported a three vehicle collision with one victim trapped and one...
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St. Clement’s Island Museum & Piney Point Lighthouse Museum to Join in Nationwide “Bells of Peace” Tolling in Remembrance of World War I Armistice

St. Clement’s Island Museum & Piney Point Lighthouse Museum to Join in Nationwide “Bells of Peace” Tolling in Remembrance of World War I Armistice

The bells at St. Clement’s Island Museum and Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, two historic sites overseen by St. Mary’s County Government’s Museum Division, will toll on November 11, 2024, at 11 a.m. to honor the 116,516 Americans, including the 27 St. Mary’s County natives, who died in World War I. BELLS OF PEACE: A...
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School Resource Officer Investigating Threat of Violence at Milton Somers Middle School

School Resource Officer Investigating Threat of Violence at Milton Somers Middle School

On October 31 at 1:14 p.m., a school resource officer at Milton Somers Middle School was notified about comments a student made threatening violence toward the school. A home visit was conducted, and officers were told that the student does not have access to weapons. In accordance with Maryland law, the student cannot be...
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Charles County Woman Humbled After Winning $150,000 With Powerball Ticket

Charles County Woman Humbled After Winning $150,000 With Powerball Ticket

UPDATE 11/6/2024: A Southern Maryland woman told Lottery officials last week that she deals with six-digit even seven-digit dollar amounts nearly every day. One would think, then, that the $150,000 Powerball prize she had just claimed wouldn’t phase her a bit. One would be wrong. “It’s one thing when I see all those zeroes...
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Firefighters Quickly Contain Large Brush Fire in Abell

Firefighters Quickly Contain Large Brush Fire in Abell

On Monday, November 4, 2024 at 10:15 p.m., firefighters from Seventh District and Leonardtown were dispatched to the 21000 block of Abell Road in Abell, for the reported large brush fire. 911 callers reported a large fire in the woods along side Abell Road. Firefighters arrived in the area and made access into the...
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18-Year-Old Arrested After Leaving Unsecured Gun in Home, Leading to Child Accidentally Shooting Herself

18-Year-Old Arrested After Leaving Unsecured Gun in Home, Leading to Child Accidentally Shooting Herself

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Gun Crimes Unit identified and obtained charges against the suspect who left a firearm unsecure which led to a young child shooting herself on Sunday. The child remains in the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery. PGPD’s Fugitive Unit located and arrested 18-year-old Elijah Fauntleroy...
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VIDEO: Impaired Woman Released One Day After Her Arrest Following Single Vehicle Rollover in Lexington Park

VIDEO: Impaired Woman Released One Day After Her Arrest Following Single Vehicle Rollover in Lexington Park

UPDATE 11/4/2024: A mugshot has been requested as Arnett was released the day after her arrest on an unsecured personal bond of $5,000 Hakietta Danise Arnett age 49 of Glen Burnie, has been charged with the following below. (DRIVING, ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE) VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL (DRIVING, ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE) VEH....
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UPDATE: Felony Charge Dropped for Bushwood Man Following Shooting of 19-Year-Old Male in Hollywood

UPDATE: Felony Charge Dropped for Bushwood Man Following Shooting of 19-Year-Old Male in Hollywood

11/4/2024: The felony charge of accessory after the fact against John Curtis Reeves IV, initially filed in St. Mary’s County District Court, has been removed from case search records, along with the related court documents. However, multiple traffic charges connected to the high-speed chase remain active in District Court. According to court documents obtained...
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UPDATE: Convicted Murderer on Parole Sentenced to 20-Years After 2024 Shooting in Charles County

UPDATE: Convicted Murderer on Parole Sentenced to 20-Years After 2024 Shooting in Charles County

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, November 1, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Damion Anqwan Wilson, 42, of La Plata, to 20 years in prison for First-Degree Assault, Possession of a Firearm with a Felony Conviction, and Possession of Cocaine. On August 21, 2024,...
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