UPDATE 4/14/2020: On April 12, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21600 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported assault. A male victim, age 61 of no fixed address, was located on scene suffering from multiple stab wounds. The victim was...
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4/14/2020 – Charles County Sheriff’s Office Press Release: On April 12 at 2:44 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Brookside Place in Waldorf for the report of the sound of gunshots. When officers arrived, they learned a male, age 22, had been shot multiple times and was driven to the hospital by...
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On April 9, 2020, The Officer of the Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitives Division reported the arrest of Derrick James Bass, after an investigation by deputies assigned to the United States Marshal Service Capital Area Regional Task Force led them to a Federal Probation Office in Manassas, Virginia. Upon arrival, deputies identified Bass, served the arrest warrant...
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UPDATE 4-14-2020: The Prince George’s County Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for the man wanted in connection with fatally shooting a woman inside of the suspect’s Chillum apartment on Friday night. The suspect then set a fire in the home before fleeing the scene. The victim is 23-year-old Zena Nichols of Washington, D.C. The...
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On Monday, April 13, 2020, at approximately 8:45 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of White Marsh Court and Huntingtown Road in Huntingtown, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a propane truck with an active leak. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find an overturned propane truck in the...
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Commissioner President Randy Guy has ordered the Maryland state flag and the St. Mary’s County flag immediately lowered to half-staff. This action is in honor of Bay District Volunteer firefighter Marcus Paxton, who died April 10, 2020. The flags are to remain lowered until sunset the day of his interment on a date to...
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On Saturday, April 11, 2020, at approximately 5:45 p.m., four firefighters from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded to the area of Pegg Lane and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Dodge sedan with fire showing from the engine compartment....
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High Wind Warning in effect until Monday, April 13, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., for Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties. Impacts expected from Southwinds 20 to 30 mph with wind gusts up to 60 mph expected, damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially...
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On Sunday, April 12, 2020, at approximately 12:35 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and surrounding departments were dispatched to 10504 Lynnewood Court in Waldorf, for the reported garage fire. Dispatchers advised they received multiple 911 calls, reporting a house with a garage on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene of the 10600 block of Arron...
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The Maryland State Police are investigating the cause of a crash involving a stolen motorcycle in Prince George’s County on Saturday, April 11, 2020, shortly after 5:30 p.m., this evening on the Capital Beltway. The driver of the stolen motorcycle involved is identified as Gerber Antonio Orellana, 18, of Riverdale. He was operating a...
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On Saturday, April 11, 2020, at approximately 5:35 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, and Hollywood responded to 45529 Shannon Street in California, for the reported structure fire. Dispatchers advised all units the 911 called reported a furnace on fire in the basement. Firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Company 3...
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On Friday, April 10, 2020, at approximately 5:14 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Ridge, Valley Lee, and Hollywood responded to 19801 Sam’s Way and Leachburg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported trailer on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a single wide trailer. Firefighters made...
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UPDATE 4/10/2020: On Thursday, April 9th, at approximately 12:50 p.m., the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department responded to the 6400 block of Milburn Drive near Seat Pleasant for a reported house fire. As units were en route, 911 calls indicated that people might be trapped in the house. Upon arrival, units...
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UPDATE: The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a collision that killed two drivers in Brandywine early this morning. The deceased drivers are identified as a career firefighter and emergency medical technician Marcus Paxton, who was a member of the Baltimore City Fire Department, and many other departments and 52-year-old Tammy Linkous of...
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On Thursday, April 9, 2020, at approximately 3:05 p.m., firefighters from Bay District and NAS Patuxent River responded to 46416 Chapman Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported structure on fire. Crews arrive on the scene to find a small shed fully engulfed in flames threatening two trailers, with the surrounding woods on fire....
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UPDATE 4/9/2020: on February 28, 2020, at approximately 9:45 a.m., police responded to the 44000 block of Pasture View Way in Valley Lee, for the reported assault and violation of protection. Deputies arrived on the scene to find the female victim was assaulted by the suspect, identified as Jamel Tiant Mitchell, 35 of no fixed...
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UPDATE: On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, The Maryland Natural Resources Police Underwater Operations Team found Gideon McKean’s body at approximately 1:40 p.m., this afternoon nearly 2.3 miles south of his grandmother’s residence in Shady Side, and approximately 2,000 feet from where his mother’s body was found two days ago, on Monday evening. The Maryland...
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Governor Larry Hogan held a press conference Tuesday, April 7, 2020, discussing the ongoing issues, plans and actions to combat COVID-19 in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. Hogan said in the conference, “over the past two weeks I have been sounding the alarm with the President, the Vice President, members of the President’s Task Force...
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Due to diminished need, as evidenced by reduced call volume, the St. Mary’s County Coronavirus (COVID-19) Call Center will eliminate Saturday hours beginning Saturday, April 11. Additionally, the call center will have reduced hours Friday, April 10, due to the Good Friday holiday – the call center will be open from 8 a.m. –...
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Don and Nam Nguyen from County Liquors and Adam and Kim Dennis of Pawnit both made donations recently to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department. Don and his wife Nam who own County Liquors in St. Mary’s Square moved to Southern Maryland in 1996 from Virginia, they...
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On Monday, April 6, 2020, at approximately 8:50 a.m., firefighters from Charles and St. Mary’s County responded to 13705 Edelen Drive in Bryantown, for the reported house on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a two story residence with fire showing from the chimney and side of the house. 52 volunteers responded...
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Maryland COVID-19 Cases as of Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. Number of Confirmed Cases: 3,609 Number of negative test results: 24,728 Number of Deaths: 67 Hospitalizations: 936 ever hospitalized Released From Isolation: 159 These are the only confirmed cases that the Maryland Department of Health has reported. There is a delay for...
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Sheriff Troy D. Berry is proud to announce the implementation of a new initiative aimed at helping victims of crime in Charles County: the Comfort K9 Program. This program, which has been in the planning phase for several months, will be aimed at providing emotional support to victims of crime, particularly children. The Comfort...
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UPDATE: On Friday, April 3, 2020, at approximately 11:12 a.m., firefighters from Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding departments responded to 6006 New Forest Court in Waldorf, for the reported apartment fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two story wood framed apartment complex with fire showing from the first and second...
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On Thursday, April 2, 2020, at approximately 5:47 p.m., firefighters from Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding departments responded to 3875 Oak Grove Place in Nanjemoy, for the reported structure fire. 30 firefighters responded to the scene an found a two-story single family residence on the ground with the remaining structure and content smoldering....
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