“Your NBVFD has been busy this weekend with rescues on the water.” On Saturday, June 22, 2024, North Beach VFD Fireboat 1 responded to a mutual aid call to Herring Bay, near the Sanctuary, with units from Anne Arundel County for a water craft taking on water. A Good Samaritan was on scene monitoring...
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On Saturday, June 22, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Prince George’s County Paramedic Ambulance 806 was involved in a motor vehicle collision while responding to an emergency call. Crews arrived on the scene to find an ambulance on its roof with a second vehicle involved in the roadway at the intersection of Landover Road...
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UPDATE 6/23/2024: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has identified and charged a suspect in connection with a recent murder at a football event in Oxon Hill. The suspect is 29-year-old Dajuon Meniefield of Bowie. He is charged with fatally shooting 33-year-old Christopher Mozee of District Heights. On June 15, 2024, at...
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On Saturday, June 22, 2024, at approximately 1:33 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville were dispatched to the 27000 block of Melrose Lane in Country Lakes, Mechanicsville, for the reported brush fire. Crews arrived on the scene to reported a 20 x 20 brush fire and shortly later requested additional brush trucks and tankers for water...
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UPDATE 6/21/2024: Video added. Police did not release any information for the road closure until 7:25 p.m., advised citizens to stay indoors if you live in the area and stated the incident was contained to the area with no immediate threat to the public. Citizens were not allowed to get to their residences or...
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On Friday, June 21, 2024, at approximately 12:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 22000 block of Bluebird Court in Leonardtown, for the reported gunshot wound. 911 caller reported a 41-year-old male had an accidental discharge and shot himself in the lower body with a handgun. Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper...
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The Annual Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department’s Carnival is back!!! With dates set for Thursday July 11th to Sunday July 14th, and then Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 21st! Carnival is open from 7:00 p.m., until 10:00 p.m. Mark you calendars and bring your family out for some great food, fun games and exciting...
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The Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Department is proud to announce that Firefighter Chris Windsor, was this year’s recipient of the ‘George W. Colburn, Jr. Award’ presented by the Maryland State Firemen’s Association, for an outstanding act of heroism. On Saturday, June 10, 2023, off-duty volunteer Firefighter Chris Windsor came upon a serious motor vehicle accident...
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UPDATE 6/20/2024: According to court documents, Tessa Marie Mathis, 28, of Leonardtown, told police that she and Jordan Taylor Poetzman, 29, of Leonardtown did not want to live anymore, and she admitted to taking Fentanyl with Poetzman, while their 7-month-old infant was in the back seat and not properly restrained. Located inside the front seat...
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On June 10, 2024, at approximately 7:30 p.m., we received a 911 call from the Whittier Community Pool in Severna Park, MD, advising that a juvenile female had been pulled out of the pool by on-duty lifeguards and was not breathing. The lifeguards immediately began providing medical care, including CPR, to the patient and...
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It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Founding Member William “Bill” Clayton Schooley of the St. Leonard Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Bill joined the department in 1984 and was instrumental in its establishment. Over the years, he served on the Board of Directors and also held the position of Boat...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving an ATV. The deceased rider is 29-year-old Ronald Hayes, Jr. of Upper Marlboro. On June 17, 2024, at approximately 10:00 pm, officers responded to the 7500 block of Walker Mill Road in the unincorporated section of Capitol Heights. Hayes was located at...
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On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Vista Road and Whiskey Creek Road in Hollywood, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 17-year-old male suffering non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a...
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On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at approximately 4:02 a.m., firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Bay District, Seventh District, and Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the 23000 block of North Montague Drive in Leonardtown, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story residence with fire showing from the...
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On Monday, June 17, 2024, at approximately 10:02 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Flora Corner Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision involving a motorcyclist with one reportedly unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a motorcyclist off the roadway after striking...
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On Saturday, June 15, 2024, at approximately 3:47 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Pegg Road and West Westbury Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious. 911 callers reported a single vehicle over a guardrail with one possibly unconscious and trapped. Crews arrived on the...
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On Saturday, June 15, 2024, at approximately 12:08 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and St. James Church Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find a BMW sedan was travelling on Mattapany Road when the operator...
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On Friday, June 14, 2024, at approximately 7:20 p.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to the 46000 block of Yorktown Road in Lexington Park, for the reported burns/explosion. The 911 caller reported a 14-year-old female had significant burns to her face and was having trouble breathing. A helicopter was placed on standby. Firefighters arrived...
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On Sunday, June 16, 2024, at approximately 4:03 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the Morningside Apartments located at 70 Village Street in Waldorf, for the reported commercial structure fire with multiple subjects trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 4-story apartment complex with nothing evident from multiple sides. Upon entering the structure,...
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On Sunday, June 16, 2024, at approximately 9:50 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Captain Sam’s located at 22664 Colton Point Road in Bushwood, for the reported vehicle into the building. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle into the unoccupied building next to Captain Sam’s with the single...
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On Friday, June 14, 2024, at approximately 1:03 a.m., Troopers from Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to United States Route 301 in the area of Billingsley Road for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision. Due to the circumstances, the Maryland State Police CRASH Team was requested to assume the investigation....
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On Thursday, June 13, 2023, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and Old Rolling Road in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find an SUV and dump truck involved in a T-bone style...
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On Thursday, June 13, 2024, at approximately 2:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Friendship School Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. 911 callers reported a motorcycle ran into the back of a Ford Mustang vehicle at a high...
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UPDATE 6/14/2024: On Thursday, June 13, 2024, police responded to a 911 report of a subject not breathing. Upon arriving at the scene at the 21000 block of FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park, the deceased body of a woman, identified as Erica Christina Drinks, 52, was found in a shed on the property. Detectives...
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On June 12, 2024, at approximately 7:50 pm, a vehicle fire was reported on Chancellors Run Road in the area of Buck Hewitt Road. An employee from Southern Maryland News Net arrived on scene a few minutes after dispatch and located a Hyundai Tucson on the side of the road with a fire in...
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