Fire & Rescue

AUDIO: Two Injured After Dog Attack in Lexington Park, One Transported to Trauma Center

AUDIO: Two Injured After Dog Attack in Lexington Park, One Transported to Trauma Center

On Saturday, May 22, 2021, at approximately 8:17 a.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 46400 block of Rosewood Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported animal attack involving multiple victims. Emergency medical personnel were told to stage until police arrived on the scene, as the animal attack was still active. Police...
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One Transported to Trauma Center After Dirt Bike Collision in Lexington Park

One Transported to Trauma Center After Dirt Bike Collision in Lexington Park

On Saturday, May 22, 2021, at approximately 9:32 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Great Mills Road and South Coral Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a dirt bike. Crews arrived on the scene to find a dirt bike and the single occupant in...
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Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Leonardtown

Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Leonardtown

On Saturday, May 22, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and St. Andrew’s Church Road in Leonardtown, for the head-on collision reported serious with one subject possibly trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involved in...
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AUDIO: Police Investigating One Shot in Leonardtown, Victim Flown to Area Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries

AUDIO: Police Investigating One Shot in Leonardtown, Victim Flown to Area Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries

On Saturday, May 22, 2021, at approximately 6:30 p.m., police, fire, and rescue personnel responded to the 42500 block of Fairgrounds Road in Leonardtown, for the reported gunshot victim. First Responders arrived on the scene to find an adult male with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Maryland State Police Helicopter...
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Leonardtown Man Succumbs to Injuries Sustained After Single Vehicle Collision in Leonardtown, Police Investigating

Leonardtown Man Succumbs to Injuries Sustained After Single Vehicle Collision in Leonardtown, Police Investigating

On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at approximately 8:10 am, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a single motor vehicle collision in the area of Medley’s Neck Road and Bird Haven Drive in Leonardtown. Due to the severity of the crash, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to assume...
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Firefighters from St. Mary’s, Calvert, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s County Respond to 2-Alarm Commercial Structure Fire in Deale

Firefighters from St. Mary’s, Calvert, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s County Respond to 2-Alarm Commercial Structure Fire in Deale

5/28/2021: On Saturday, May 22, 2021, at approximately 8:15 a.m., firefighters from Calvert, Annapolis, St. Mary’s, Anne Arundel, and Prince George’s County responded to 441 East Bayfront Road in Deale, for the reported commercial building fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find an approximately 150×100 feet one-story warehouse with fire showing. No injuries...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Motorcycle Collision in Lexington Park, Single Occupant Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries

Maryland State Police Investigating Motorcycle Collision in Lexington Park, Single Occupant Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries

On Thursday, May 20, 2021, at 10:16 p.m., an employee of Southern Maryland News Net was responding to a crime scene in Lexington Park when they came across a single motorcycle off the roadway in the area of Sewell Road on Hermanville Road in Lexington Park. Upon walking up to the scene, an adult...
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One Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in California

One Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in California

On Thursday, May 20, 2021, at approximately 9:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Old Rolling Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with one vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a t-bone style collision...
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Lusby House Fire Deemed Accidental, No Injuries Reported

Lusby House Fire Deemed Accidental, No Injuries Reported

On Monday, May 17, 2021, at approximately 1:18 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to 12596 Childress Road in Lusby, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 2-story residence with smoke showing. The owner/occupants is identified as Nicholas Allen, with the estimated loss of structure...
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Huntingtown House Fire Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported, Over $300,000 in Damage

Huntingtown House Fire Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported, Over $300,000 in Damage

On Saturday, May 15, 2021, at approximately 6:00 p.m., firefighters from Huntingtown, St. Leonard, Dunkirk, Prince Frederick, and Solomons responded to 221 Carriage Lane in Huntingtown, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 2-story residence with fire showing from the first and second floor. The owner is...
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Firefighters Respond to Vehicle Fire Threatening Structure in Piney Point, No Injuries Reported and Cause Under Investigation

Firefighters Respond to Vehicle Fire Threatening Structure in Piney Point, No Injuries Reported and Cause Under Investigation

On Thursday, May 20, 2021, at approximately 2:40 a.m., firefighters from Valley Lee, Bay District, Leonardtown and NAS Patuxent River responded to 17476 Piney Point Road in Piney Point, for the reported vehicle on fire threatening a structure. Crews from Valley Lee responded to the scene with 8 personnel and arrived on the scene...
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CSM Pinning Ceremony Celebrates 67 Nursing Graduates as Part of 2021 Commencement Activities

CSM Pinning Ceremony Celebrates 67 Nursing Graduates as Part of 2021 Commencement Activities

The Spring 2021 College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) 67 nursing candidates for graduation celebrated their achievements May 12 when they attended their nursing recognition and pinning ceremony. It is a time-honored ceremony that has CSM faculty welcoming their students as peers and colleagues in the field of nursing. Like much of their last year...
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Maryland Natural Resources Police Rescue Two Teens After Jet Ski Overturns at Sandy Point State Park

Maryland Natural Resources Police Rescue Two Teens After Jet Ski Overturns at Sandy Point State Park

On Sunday, May 9, 2021, at approximately 3:30 p.m., park staff reported that two individuals were clinging to an overturned SeaDoo, a personal watercraft. Corporal Robinson kept a lookout on land while Officer Gukanovich responded with his patrol boat on water. While racing to the victims, Officer Gukanovich was met with 20+ mph south...
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State Fire Marshal Investigating Structure Fire in Coltons Point, No Injuries Reported

State Fire Marshal Investigating Structure Fire in Coltons Point, No Injuries Reported

On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at approximately 10:45 a.m., firefighters from Seventh District, Leonardtown, Hollywood, Mechanicsville, Bay District, and Valley Lee responded to 20411 Bowles Road in Coltons Point, for the reported large barn on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 30×30 building fully engulfed in flames including a Ford pickup...
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Police Investigating 3-Year-Old Boy Shot and Killed Inside Bowie Apartment

Police Investigating 3-Year-Old Boy Shot and Killed Inside Bowie Apartment

Detectives are actively working to determine the circumstances of the fatal shooting of a three-year-old boy inside of a Bowie apartment on Monday. On Monday, May 17, 2021, at approximately 5:45 pm, City of Bowie police officers responded to an apartment in the 16400 block of Governors Bridge Road. Once they arrived, they located...
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UPDATE: Detectives Investigating Attempted Murder of Police Officers and Officer Involved Shooting

UPDATE: Detectives Investigating Attempted Murder of Police Officers and Officer Involved Shooting

UPDATE 5/18/21 @ 6:45 p.m.: On May 17 at 3:47 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 6300 block of Josephine Road in Waldorf to serve an arrest warrant for a man who had violated his probation related to a prior assault conviction. A family member of the man had recently contacted the Charles County State’s...
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Police Investigating Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Pomfret

Police Investigating Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Pomfret

On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at approximately 1:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 7530 Marshall Corner Road in Pomfret, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. A short time later, Dispatchers upgraded the assignment to a motor vehicle collision with one vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on...
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Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Rollover Collision in Charlotte Hall

Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Rollover Collision in Charlotte Hall

On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at approximately 6:55 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Charlotte Hall School Road in Charlotte Hall, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned and one patient trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Huntingtown

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Huntingtown

On May 17, 2021 at approximately 12:15 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to a serious motor vehicle accident on Rt. 4/Southern Maryland Blvd. at Lower Marlboro Road in Huntingtown, MD. Upon arrival, units located a blue Suzuki XL7 SUV on its side and a...
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Man Assaulted Twice in Under Three Hours at Lexington Park Motel, Flown to Trauma Center with Serious Injuries

Man Assaulted Twice in Under Three Hours at Lexington Park Motel, Flown to Trauma Center with Serious Injuries

On Friday, May 14, 2021, at approximately 1:48 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the Pax River Inn (formerly the Motel 6) located at 21847 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the possible stabbing victim. First Responders arrived on the scene to find an adult male victim covered in blood stating...
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UPDATE: La Plata Man Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in Single Vehicle Collision in La Plata

UPDATE: La Plata Man Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in Single Vehicle Collision in La Plata

UPDATE 5/17/2021: On May 9, 2021, at 2:30 a.m., officers responded to a single car motor vehicle crash in the 6500 block of Port Tobacco Road in La Plata. A preliminary investigation showed the victim, Steven Travis Kerig, 50, of La Plata, was traveling on Port Tobacco Road when he lost control of his...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision on Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision on Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police are investigating a two vehicle crash that resulted in a fatality early Saturday night on I-495 in Prince George’s County. Just after 6:30 p.m., on Saturday, May 15, 2021, troopers from the College Park Barrack were dispatched in response to call for a crash with injuries on I-495 north in the...
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Victim Transported to Hospital After Step-Father Attacks Him with Machete in Lexington Park

Victim Transported to Hospital After Step-Father Attacks Him with Machete in Lexington Park

On Saturday, May 15, 2021, at approximately 9:05 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Willows Road in Lexington Park, for the report of a male subject covered in blood that had possibly been struck by a vehicle. Before the arrival of First Responders, dispatchers then...
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Woman Charged After Setting Piney Point Residence on Fire and Breaking Every Window of Residence

Woman Charged After Setting Piney Point Residence on Fire and Breaking Every Window of Residence

Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged Jesse Marie Russell, 37, after determining she was responsible for intentionally setting curtains on fire in the living room of her Piney Point home on Sunday, May 16, 2021. At approximately 3:30 p.m., deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were driving by the residence in the...
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating 41-Year-Old Male Shot at Pax River Inn

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating 41-Year-Old Male Shot at Pax River Inn

UPDATE 5/17/2021: On May 16, 2021, at 12:35 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21800 block of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported shots fired. A male victim, age 41 of Lexington Park, was located suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The victim...
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