On Sunday, January 27, 2019, at approximately 5:10 p.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park, for the reported traumatic injuries involving an ATV. Dispatchers advised responding units that an adult female stated she had a 10 year-old male with her, and that she was stuck under the...
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UPDATE: On Sunday, January 27, 2019 at approximately 4:20 pm, Master Trooper J. Preston from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, was sitting stationary in his marked agency vehicle on the southbound side of Maryland Route 5 in the parking lot of the Napa Auto Parts in Charlotte Hall, conducting speed enforcement. The business was...
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On Saturday, January 26, 2019 at approximately 10:00 p.m., Deputy B. Foor, from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Walmart in California, Maryland for the report of an assault. Police were told a black male was caught recording a 19-year-old male in the bathroom, and when confronted he assaulted the victim...
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On Friday, December 28, 2018, Cpl. D. Reppel of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a theft at the Leonardtown Rescue Squad on Lawrence Avenue in Leonardtown. A Chief Medic told police that a paramedic with the Rescue Squad made contact with him about the seal on one of...
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On Friday, January 25, 2019, at approximately 9:45 a.m., firefighters from NAS Patuxent River and Bay District responded to building 1452, on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station for the reported electrical odor. Units on scene reported a working fire on the first floor of the barracks, and were searching for extensions. Firefighters quickly...
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On Friday, January 25, 2019 at approximately 8:30 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to 45201 Clarkes Landing Road, in Hollywood, for the Hazardous Materials Emergency. Crews arrived on scene to find a commercial oil truck overturned in the roadway leaking fluids, with the operator out of the vehicle. SMECO was requested to...
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On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at approximately 12:15 p.m., firefighters from Ridge, Bay District, Second District and Seventh District responded to 13311 Point Lookout Road in Ridge, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a single family residence with nothing evident from all four sides of the structure. After further investigation,...
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On Friday, January 25, 2019 at approximately 11:50 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road, Indian Bridge Road in Great Mills, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find 3 vehicles in the roadway with no entrapment, in front...
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In April of 2018, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division began an investigation into Charles Kevin Niles,’ 46 of Lexington Park, involvement in the distribution of controlled dangerous substances. As a result of the investigation, a search and seizure warrant was obtained for Niles’ person and vehicle. On January 23, 2019,...
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On January 23, 2019 at approximately 9:20 p.m., Trooper First Class B. Ditoto from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to the 21000 block of Saratoga Drive, Lexington Park, for a report of a disturbance with shots fired. A witness provided a suspect description and direction of travel. Upon TFC B. Ditoto’s arrival...
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On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at approximately 10:20 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Point Lookout Road and St. Andrews Church Road in Leonardtown for the report of a vehicle fire. Units arrived on scene to find a motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles with one on fire. Witnesses told SMNEWSNET that a...
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UPDATE 1/23/2019: On January 22, 2019 at 12:40 p.m., firefighters responded to 20915 Olympia Court, in Lexington Park for the reported structure fire. The owner is identified as Federal National Mortgage Association, and the occupant Latoya Mason. The estimated loss is valued at $350,000. Smoke alarms were present and activated. 26 firefighters responded and...
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On Saturday, January 19, 2019, Cpl. Stone of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21300 block of South Essex Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported disturbance. Upon arrival Stone saw Tyrell Marquice Birdine, 18, of Lexington Park, was on top of the brother, actively assaulting him. Deputies removed Birdine from...
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On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at approximately 9:20 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were in the 45500 block of Coronado Drive in Great Mills, actively searching for a burglary suspect who had stolen two firearms from a residence. Corporal Brandon Foor observed a vehicle with a passenger that resembled the...
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On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at approximately 2:05 p.m., firefighters from Prince Frederick and surrounding companies responded to 6015 Bandit Al Lane in Saint Leonard, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a 2-story Cape Cod residence with fire showing from the back deck. The fire had spread to the...
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On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at approximately 4:00 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, and Second District responded to 21482 Forest Run Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find fire showing from the front of the house. Firefighters made entry and extinguished the fire in...
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On Friday, January 11, 2019, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff Office responded to Olympia Court in Lexington Park for the report of a black male, later identified as Edgar C. Watts, 19 of Fort Washington, operating a silver Hyundai Elantra at a high rate of speed in the area where the child...
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On Saturday, January 12, 2019, Cpl. C. Beyer of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Korner Karryout on Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville, after a witness reported what looked like a woman smoking crack in the parking lot. When police arrived, they found the driver of a Silver Hyundai Sonata slumped...
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UPDATE 1/22/2019 @ 9:00 a.m.: On January 18, 2019 at approximately 2:07 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood and surrounding companies responded to Sandy Bottom Road in Hollywood, for the single family home structure fire. The owner and occupants have been identified as John and Tracey Russell, Sr., John Russell, Jr., and Heather Payton. The estimated loss...
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On Monday, January 21, 2019 at approximately 8:10 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to First Colony Boulevard and FDR Boulevard in California, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles involved in a t-bone style collision with one vehicle in the roadway, and one vehicle...
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On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at approximately 2:25 a.m., fire and rescue personnel from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the Thomas Johnson Bridge, for a water rescue investigation. At approximately 2:15 a.m., police requested a boat to investigate under the bridge after finding an unoccupied vehicle still running on the bridge. Shortly...
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On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at approximately 1:45 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Wildewood Parkway and Cherry Laurel Parkway in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the roadway in a rear-end style collision. One patient was transported to an area hospital...
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Senator Jack Bailey released the following statement today after the Governor’s inclusion of $11,953,000 in Maryland’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget to complete the design and begin construction of the University of Maryland Academic and Research Center at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, also known as the ‘Third Building’ at the Regional Higher Education...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department and the Seat Pleasant Police Department have both issued press releases on the investigation of an officer-involved shooting involving on-duty City of Seat Pleasant police officer, and St. Mary’s County Commissioner, John E. O’Connor. Prince George’s County Police, Press Release: Prince George’s County Police Detectives with our Criminal Investigation Division along...
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The St. Mary’s County Animal Control Division has many faces. One area they work on which traditionally goes unnoticed is animal rescue. On January 18, 2019, Animal Control Officer Christy Hoover rescued an injured owl after responding to a location in Wildewood. Upon arrival she found a Barred Owl which appeared to be unable...
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