On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at approximately 1:55 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the intersection of Leonardtown Road and Mattawoman Beantown Road in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a school bus with possible entrapment. 911 callers reported a sedan rear-ended a school bus, with unknown occupancy and...
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UPDATE 3/10/2026: Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a stabbing that occurred Tuesday at Great Mills High School. At approximately 12:15 p.m., School Resource Officer Corporal Gerard Muschette requested an ambulance for a 19-year-old male suffering from a single stab wound to the torso. The victim was flown from the...
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UPDATE 3/10/2026: Kendall Deshong Young age 34 of Avenue, has been formally indicted and charged via criminal summons with the following charges below. NEG MANSL-AUTO/BOAT, ETC. CR NEG MANSLGHTR VEH/VESS RECKLESS DRIVING Negligent driving veh. in careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life and person Driving motor veh. while lic. suspended under TR (17-106,...
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On Monday, March 9, 2026, at approximately 11:52 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the intersection of Crain Highway and Gillespie Circle in Waldorf, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one overturned. Crews arrived on the scene within 3 minutes of dispatch to find multiple vehicles involved, and confirmed three...
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On Sunday, March 8, 2026, at approximately 1:00 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Living Hope First United Pentecostal Church located on Chancellors Run Road in Great Mills, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. 911 callers reported a 4-year-old female was run over by a church van...
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On Saturday, March 7, 2026, at approximately 9:45 p.m., police attempted to pull over a white Mercedes-Benz C43 sedan for a traffic violation on Middletown Road at Ethridge Drive in Waldorf. When the deputy attempted to pull the vehicle over, the suspect vehicle immediately fled at a high rate of speed, with the deputy...
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The St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce has announced the 2026 Bubby Knott Philanthropist of the Year Award and the 2026 Bubby Knott Non-Profit of the Year Award, recognizing individuals and organizations making a meaningful impact in the community. Both awards will be presented during the Chamber’s annual gala scheduled for May 14, 2026....
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A drive-thru car wash fundraiser will be held on Sunday, March 8, beginning at 12 p.m., to 2:00 p.m., at 28165 Hills Club Road in Mechanicsville. The event is donation-only, with no set price, allowing visitors to give what they can while supporting local volunteers. Each vehicle will receive a full hand wash, with...
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Warning: This video contains violent and graphic material that may be disturbing and is not suitable for all viewers. Please proceed with caution. UPDATE 3/8/2026: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has released the body-worn camera footage from the fatal police-involved shooting involving the Charles County Sheriff’s...
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On Saturday, March 7, 2026, at approximately 1:43 a.m., police responded to the Rucci’s located at 22685 Washington Street in Leonardtown, for the automated motion detection alarm. Deputies arrived on the scene at 2:09 a.m., to find nothing evident and waited for a keyholder to arrive on the scene to access the interior of...
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On Friday, March 6, 2026, at approximately 2:40 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Hampton Inn Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 48-year-old female suffering from a serious laceration to the thigh, and applied two tourniquets to the victim. EMS transported the victim...
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On Thursday, March 5, 2026, at approximately 3:03 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Manor Road and Knotts Farm Lane in Chaptico, for the serious motor vehicle collision. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle overturned with citizens having removed the single trapped occupant. EMS...
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On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m., police responded to Split Oak Lane in Owings, for the reported domestic disturbance. Dispatchers advised to all responding units that the 911 caller reported coming home to find blood all over the residence with the female unconscious and said “it looked like a homicide” While...
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On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at approximately 3:20 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Nice/Middleton Bridge, for the reported rollover motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle rear-end style collision and confirmed one vehicle overturned with no entrapment, and two patients for...
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UPDATE 3/4/2026: Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office are continuing the crash investigation, however, it is currently believed to be accidental, and caused by a suspected medical emergency. The operator of the pickup truck was transported to an area hospital in Calvert County with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening. The operator and one...
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3/3/3026: The State Fire Marshal responded to the scene to investigate. The 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck was a complete loss and valued at $3,000.00 The fire was discovered by a passerby with the area of origin being deemed the engine compartment. Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to contact...
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On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 11:18 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Budds Creek Road and Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment and rollover. Multiple 911 callers reported a Jeep rolled multiple times with one victim laying on the ground....
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UPDATE 6/8/2026: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Joseph Daren Brooks, Jr., 23, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was sentenced to LIFE in prison for the 2024 murder of a 23-year-old man. On February 26, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of shots fired near Fox Ridge Road...
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UPDATE @ 5:30 p.m.: Smoke in the business has been found to be caused by a faulty HVAC unit on the roof. The incident is being scaled back with units going in service. The operator of the vehicle was transported by ambulance to the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center with serious injuries....
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UPDATE 3/1/2026: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling is set to testify in support of House Bill 0873 — known as “Jamari’s Law” — before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, March 4 at 1 p.m. The proposed legislation would double the maximum penalty for vehicular manslaughter in Maryland, increasing it from 10 years to 20...
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On Sunday, March 1, 2026, at approximately 10:20 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Smallwood Drive and Lancaster Circle in Waldorf, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-vehicle collision and confirmed one victim was trapped and unresponsive. Due...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred early Friday morning in Oxon Hill. The deceased driver is 24-year-old Alex Rodriquez Hines of Bryans Road. On February 27, 2026, at approximately 4:30 am, officers responded to a two-vehicle collision in the area of Indian Head Highway and the Capital...
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UPDATE 3/2/2026: The Maryland State Police has identified the pilot and victim of the February 28th, 2026 plane crash in Hollywood, Maryland as Andrew Mechling, age 74 of Tall Timbers, Maryland. Mechling was the single occupant of the Hummel Bird Ultralight Experimental aircraft which crashed into a wooded area under 1.5 miles away from...
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On Friday, February 27, 2026, at approximately 10:45 a.m., police and firefighters responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported vehicle on fire. While dispatching the call, the incident was upgraded to a vehicle fire with entrapment, after multiple 911 callers reported the vehicle was...
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On Thursday, February 27, 2026, at approximately 7:07 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road and St. John’s Road in Hollywood for a serious motor vehicle collision with one vehicle overturned and one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm a single Toyota pickup truck off...
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