On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at approximately 1:40 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Willows Road, and Point Lookout Road in Park Hall, for the reported serious motor vehicle with a subject trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles involved in a motor vehicle collision with the female occupant of...
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On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at approximately 5:30 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Sunnyside Road, and Point Lookout Road, in Loveville for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles involved in a rear-end style collision, with one vehicle still in the roadway....
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On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at approximately 7:50 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 41010 Bishop Road, and Loveville Road, in Mechanicsville, for the reported unconscious subject in the roadway. Dispatch advised responding units the 911 caller reported finding an unknown aged female unconscious in the roadway on Bishop Road,...
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Southern Maryland News Net received several emails, Facebook messages and phone calls asking us why we were not reporting the fire. We did not report it because there was no fire, it was a training exercise held at the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department. Most fire departments have training drills on Monday nights.
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On Monday, September 24, 2018, at approximately 11:46 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the area of Bowie shop Road and Reserve Drive in Huntingtown, for the report of a Vehicle Collision with injury. The preliminary investigation of the collision revealed a 1998 Ford...
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UPDATE 9/23/2018@ 2:00 p.m.: On September 23, 2018, at approximately 1:45 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 28000 block of Point Lookout Road in the area of Loveville Road, in Loveville, for the reported motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival deputies located a single motorcycle involved in the collision with...
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Regarding Proposed Amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Official Zoning Maps NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County will conduct a public hearing, in the Commissioners Meeting Room in the St. Mary’s County Chesapeake Building, located at 41770 Baldridge Street, Leonardtown, Md. on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 beginning at 11:00...
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UPDATE: On Thursday, September 20, 2018, at approximately 0502 hours, Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on southbound Maryland Route 5 south of Renner Road in Waldorf. Due to the circumstances, the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack requested...
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UPDATE 9/19/2018 @ 10:35 a.m.: On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at approximately 1846 hours, Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on southbound United States Route 301 south of Maryland Route 227 in White Plains. Due to the circumstances, the Maryland...
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On Friday, September 14, 2018, at approximately 10:45 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Solomons Island Road, and Ward Road, in Dunkirk, for the reported vehicle fire. A passer-by traveling along Ward Road discovered the vehicle, abandoned and on fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a 2014 Honda Accord...
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On September 15th 2018 at approximately 1:15 a.m officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to a crash on Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard (MD-648) at Lower Magothy Beach Road in Severna Park. A GMC 2500 Sierra pickup truck driven by Kyle Heck, 32, of, Severna Park, was traveling southbound on Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard...
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On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at approximately 2:30 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Willows Road and Abberly Crest Lane for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles off the roadway, in a rear-end style collision Three patients were transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in which one person died and another was injured Wednesday morning in Prince George’s County. On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at approximately 5:30 a.m., troopers from the Forestville barrack responded on a report of a two-vehicle crash on MD Route 4 north of Ritchie Marlboro Road...
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As a third grader on Sept. 11, 2001, Kenny Levy of the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department watched the firefighters running into the twin towers on television. Their courage inspired him and changed his life. Watch Kenny’s story here:
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Official Press Release: At approximately 8:26 p.m., La Plata police officers and other rescue personnel responded to 6300 block of Crain Highway for the report of a vehicle into a building. Upon arrival officers located several injured individuals. Three individuals inside of the restaurant were injured. A 17-year-old female employee and a 55-year-old patron were...
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Governor Larry Hogan today signed Executive Order 01.01.2018.22 declaring a state of emergency beginning Monday, September 10, 2018 ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Florence. The executive order will allow the state to more efficiently coordinate support and provide assistance to local jurisdictions within Maryland and neighboring states. “At this time, there is still some uncertainty about the...
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On Sunday, September 9, 2018, at approximately 7:50 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Dares Beach Road, and Wilson Road, in Prince Frederick, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with subjects trapped. Shortly after dispatch, Calvert County Sheriffs Deputy’s arrived on scene reporting one vehicle was on fire...
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On Thursday, September 6, 2018, at approximately 4:25 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Mt Zion Marlboro Road, and Farmhouse Lane, in Lothian, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with subjects trapped. Units arrived on scene to find a 2011 Ford Focus, and a 2002 Ford F-350 pickup truck,...
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On Friday, September 7, 2018, at approximately 4:00 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of La Plata Road, and Radio Station Road, in La Plata, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with subjects trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find a Toyota Mini-van off the roadway with one trapped,...
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UPDATE: On Sunday, September 9, 2018, at approximately 3:35 p.m., the St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services received a call from a citizen on 24786 Half Pone Point Road about a body floating in the Patuxent River. Police and emergency personnel arrived on scene and recovered the body of 20-year-old, Manuel DeJesus Portillo Romero, of Alexandria, Virginia. The...
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On Friday, September 7, 2018, at approximately 2:55 p.m., police fire and rescue responded to the area of Port Tobacco Road, and Spike Virginia Place, in Nanjemoy for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle. Upon arrival, Troopers observed the driver, Dedric Kenya Ross, 46, from Upper Marlboro, being treated by EMS personnel....
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On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at approximately 10:05 p.m., firefighters and EMS personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident with two subjects trapped on Bond Street, in St. Leonard. Crews arrived on scene to find a Volkswagen Sedan off the roadway and into a tree. After approximately 15 minutes of extrication, both patients were...
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On Sunday, September 2, 2018, at approximately 6:40 p.m., firefighters and emergency personnel responded to 39210 Syringa Court and Birch Manor Circle, in Mechanicsville fore the reported vehicle fire. Firefighters from Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department arrived on scene to find a mini-van in the driveway with fire showing from the engine compartment. Crews operated...
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On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at approximately 10:10 a.m., emergency personnel responded to the Baldwin Design Group at 23306 Three Notch Road, in California for a reported semi-truck crash into a telephone pole. Crews arrived on scene to find a tractor trailer delivering furniture had struck a utility line. One utility pole was snapped...
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Maryland State Police are continuing their investigation into a Prince George’s County crash early this morning that took the life of a pedestrian. The victim is identified as Jordan C. Barber, 26, of Upper Marlboro, Md. He was pronounced dead at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center where he was taken after being struck. The...
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