On Saturday, December 11, 2021, at approximately 12:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Willows Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped and unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway with...
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A total of 97 participants braved the cold water on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at Point Lookout State Park and over $36,000 was raised for Special Olympics Maryland. Our individual team members have combined digital forces to create this awesome fundraising team. Together we will raise more money for Special Olympics Maryland than we...
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that Erickson Recinos, 36, of Lanham was sentenced to five years suspend all but 18 months for one count of second degree assault on Anne Arundel County Police Officer Erica Magnuson and one count of driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol....
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“On Thursday, December 2, 2021, Calvert County Sheriff’s Deputy and School Resource Officer (SRO) Kam Parks walked into the cafeteria at Windy Hill Middle School for routine lunch duty with his 8th grade students. It was business as usual, until Deputy Parks observed what appeared to be a child in distress out of the...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Tuesday evening in Cheltenham. The deceased driver is 27-year-old Marcell Johnson of Brandywine. On December 7, 2021, at approximately 7:15 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 9800 block of Surratts Road for a single-car crash. Johnson was pronounced dead on the...
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On Monday, December 6, 2021, at approximately 7:47 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 45800 block of South Springsteen Court in California, for a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find an adult female victim crying on the porch with obvious injuries to the lower...
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On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at approximately 5:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hills Club Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped and unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles involved and confirmed one victim...
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The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of Life Member Joseph “JP” Ridgell. JP started with the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department on April 4, 1968 to May 5, 1986. He returned on February 2, 2007 and continued his service in the Department. During his first 18 years, he was a very...
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On Saturday, December 4, 2021, at approximately 5:53 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 16561 Three Notch Road and Portneys Overlook Road in Ridge, for a reported motor vehicle accident with multiple trapped. Crews arrived on the scene in under 4 minutes and found four vehicles in the roadway...
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On November 29, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service located Ezra Charles Calloway, Jr., 41, of Suitland who had a warrant for his arrest in connection with an attempted murder and assault case that occurred in La Plata. Calloway was located in Washington, D.C. and is being detained...
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On Thursday, December 2, 2021, at approximately 12:25 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Golden Beach Road and Oak Acres Drive in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a utility pole with...
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On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at approximately 3:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a van and motorcycle involved. Firefighters requested a helicopter for the...
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12/2/2021 UPDATE: Charging documents added. 12/1/2021: On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at approximately 5:40 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop in the area of Rt. 260 and Limerick Lane in Owings. As a Deputy was parked in his marked agency issued patrol vehicle in the area of Rt.260 and Wesley Stinnett Blvd., he observed...
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On Monday, November 29, 2021, at approximately 11:20 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Gum Landing Road and Beachville Road in St. Inigoes, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. 911 callers reported that a vehicle had went through the security fence that surrounds the NAS Webster Field Annex....
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Michael Sheldon Cahall, 62, of Lexington Park, MD, formerly of Annapolis, MD, passed away on November 18, 2021 in Koh Samui, Thailand. He was born on Christmas Eve, 1958 to the late Richard Sewell Cahall and Mary Lorna Borsodi Cahall at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. He grew up in Beltsville...
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On Monday, November 29, 2021, at approximately 11:15 a.m., firefighters from Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department were alerted to the area of Three Notch Road and Ricky Drive in Hollywood, for the smoke investigation. Engine 73 responded with 4 volunteers and arrived in the area a short time later to find a large brush fire...
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that Kanicsha Leona Johnson, 35, of District Heights was sentenced to nine years of active incarceration and five years of supervised probation for two counts of causing life threatening injuries while under the influence of alcohol for injuring Andrew Oles and his wife, Amanda...
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The Homicide Unit identified and arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting in District Heights in May of 2020. The suspect is 25-year-old Javon Hines of no fixed address. He’s charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Deniro Monts of District Heights. On May 17, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m.,...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision in Capitol Heights on early Sunday morning. The victims are 28-year-old Tijuan Shaw of District Heights and 25-year-old Devon Cook also of District Heights. On Sunday, November 28. 2021, at approximately 2:00 a.m., officers responded to the 1400 block of Ritchie Road for...
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The funeral service for Chief Michael Cahall will be held at the Bay District Fire Department (BDVFD) on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.; the family will be receiving guests from 12:00 p.m., to 1:00 p.m. A funeral procession to Charles Memorial Gardens, in Leonardtown, will follow for the committal and burial. Following...
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On Friday, November 26, 2021, at approximately 3:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Barreda Blvd. and Chestnut Drive in Lusby, for the reported motor vehicle collision with entrapment. An off-duty firefighter called 911 and reported a single vehicle off the roadway into a tree, and requested a helicopter...
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On November 23, 2021, at approximately 11:25 a.m., a school resource officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office at the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center in Pomfret, was notified of a possible overdose of a controlled substance involving an 18-year-old student. While school staff was helping the student, a replica Glock 19 handgun fell...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday evening in Prince George’s County. At approximately 7:35 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash on northbound Maryland Route 5 north of Coventry Way in Clinton, Maryland. According to a preliminary investigation,...
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This is to advise that Commissioner President Randy Guy has ordered the Maryland and St. Mary’s County flags immediately lowered to half-staff in honor of Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Chief Michael Cahall, who passed away Saturday, Nov. 18, 2021. The flags will be lowered until the date of internment, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021....
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UPDATE: On November 21, 2021, at 3:37 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of St. Charles Parkway and St. Ignatius Drive for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a vehicle was making a left turn from St. Ignatius Drive onto...
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