GLEN BURNIE, MD (January 10, 2025) – The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office is accepting applications from organizations seeking grant funding for traffic safety programs and projects that help reduce crashes, deaths and injuries on Maryland roadways. The grants will support initiatives addressing actions, decisions, and habits of drivers,...
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UPDATE 1/10/2025: January 9th, 2025, at 12:22 p.m., firefighters responded to 4099 Cortona Drive in Port Republic, Calvert County, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a Two-story, single family residence engulfed in flames. Investigation into the cause and origin of the fire is still ongoing. Smoke alarms were present,...
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On Thursday, January 9, 2025, at approximately 1:16 p.m., firefighters and emergency medical services from Second District, Leonardtown, Bay District, and NAS Patuxent River responded to the 21000 block of Hunting Quarter Drive in Callaway, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 2-story residence with an already...
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On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at approximately 2:24 p.m., Maryland State Police troopers from the La Plata Barrack and deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Maryland Route 344 near Maryland Route 224. Due to the severity of the incident, the Maryland State Police CRASH Team...
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On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at approximately 2:22 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 7175 Chicamuxen Road in Indian Head, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. 911 callers reported a single vehicle appeared to hit black ice or a slick spot in the roadway, left the...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will host a public informational workshop, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, January 16, to provide information and gather community input to improve pedestrian access and safety along MD 235 (Three Notch Road) in St. Mary’s County. The workshop will be held at Great Mills High School, 21130 Great...
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On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at approximately 10:23 a.m., firefighters responded to The Charles Restaurant & Bar, located at 417 Charles Street in La Plata, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 1-story commercial building with smoke showing. Upon further investigation, firefighters located a fire in the kitchen and...
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On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at approximately 3:04 p.m., firefighters and emergency medical services responded to a wooded area off of Joy Chapel Road and Spriggs Court in Hollywood, for the reported traumatic injuries. 911 callers reported a 16-year-old female was conscious alert and breathing, with the patient being located in the woods and...
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On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at approximately 12:05 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Crain Highway and Shepherds Creek Place in White Plains, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one vehicle on fire. 911 callers reported an SUV attempted to go around a salt/plow truck, when the...
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On Sunday, January 5, 2025, at approximately 6:15 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hughesville, Hollywood and additional Charles County departments responded to the area of Chelsea Place and Laurel Ridge Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported large outside fire threatening a fence with injuries. While firefighters responded to the scene, 911 dispatchers advised multiple callers...
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On Sunday, January 5, 2025, at approximately 10:13 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 6500 block of Marion Adams Place in Bryan’s Road, for the reported shooting. Prior to the arrival of First Responders, the 911 callers then clarified this incident was NOT a shooting, it was a firework related...
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UPDATE 1/5/2025: Estimates for total snow accumulation have now increased! St. Mary’s County is now anticipated to get 8-12” of snowfall, with the potential for 13” Snowfall will begin tonight (Sunday 1/5/2025) around 9:00 PM and continue through the early hours Tuesday (1/7/2025) morning. Winter Storm Warning beginning at 6:00 PM tonight (1/5/2025) and...
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On Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 9:45 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 20510 Poplar Ridge Road in Lexington Park, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one overturned and entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway on its side after...
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UPDATE 1/03/2025: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General today released body-worn camera footage from the fatal collision that occurred Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland. The decedent has not been identified in accordance with juvenile privacy laws. UPDATE 12/16/2024: The involved officers have...
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UPDATE 1/3/2025 – Maryland State Police Press Release: On Thursday, January 2, 2025, at approximately 11:48 am, Troopers assigned to the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Three Notch Road at Corporate Drive, Lexington Park. Preliminary investigation revealed a collision involving three vehicles. The driver of the...
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After serving the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the citizens of Maryland for just over eight years, Acceleration Detection Canine Zorro retired on December 31, 2024. During his career, K-9 Zorro and his handler, Deputy Chief Fire Marshal and OSFM K9 Commander John Nelson, have responded to and assisted investigators on countless...
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UPDATE 1/2/2024: Timothy Ignatius Gatton, 22, of Lexington Park, was arrested on January 1, 2025, for domestic assault, child abuse, and firearm-related violations. According to the police report, a deputy from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Oxford Court in Lexington Park after receiving a report of an assault...
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On Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at approximately 3:19 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and Pegg Road, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Ambulance 389 located the collision, and requested the Motor Vehicle Collision assignment. Firefighters arrived on...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office invites the community to a town hall to gain firsthand, fact-based insights into gun violence in our area. The event will take place at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department’s Braddock Hall, 46900 S. Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park, at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2025. The...
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On Thursday, December 26, 2024, at approximately 6:49 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Olivers Shop Road and Burnt Store Road in Hughesville, for the reported motor vehicle collision with one vehicle on fire. Hughesville Volunteers responded with Chief 2B, Squad 2, Engine Tanker 2, EMS Chief 2A,...
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On Friday, December 27, 2024, at approximately 5:21 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Willows Road and South Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene within minutes of dispatch to find a white Dodge Charger had...
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On the morning of Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2024, at 10:13, Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department Engine 71 was placed In-Service, ready to serve St. Mary’s County! The designation “Engine 71” has been taken out of retirement, and bestowed upon our newest engine as a dedication to our Charter Members. Two of our operational Charter...
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UPDATE 12/27/2024: A fourth individual, identified as Deondre Maceo Straughn, 18, of Saint Inigoes, has been arrested following an incident on November 28, 2024, involving multiple firearms violations and a high-speed police chase that ended in a crash. Deondre Maceo Straughn joins his brothers, Tireke Allen Straughn, 21, Tywon Deontae Straughn, 23, both of...
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UPDATE 12/27/2024: The Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD), along with surrounding companies, responded to a devastating structure fire in their first-due response area on Monday, December 23rd. This tragedy struck the home of their Past Fire Chief and current Board of Director Bobby Johnson. The fire not only displaced the family during the holiday...
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UPDATE June 10, 2025: The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is releasing video footage related to an officer-involved shooting that occurred on December 20, 2024, on Tottenham Drive in White Plains. Under Maryland law, investigative authority in these cases rests with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (IID); therefore, the...
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