Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred early Friday morning in Prince George’s County. The victim is identified as Kenneth Bowie Jr., 46, of La Plata, Maryland. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department personnel. Shortly after 3:20 a.m. on July 25, 2025, troopers...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a homicide in Beltsville late Thursday night. The decedent is 67-year-old Neville Robinson of Beltsville. On July 24, 2025, at approximately 10:40 pm, officers responded to the report of a shooting in the 11400 block of Rhode Island Avenue. The decedent was located outside...
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On Friday, July 25, 2025, at approximately 10:48 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Solomons Island Road (Route 4) and Dowell Road in Lusby, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving multiple motorcycles. As First Responders were enroute to the scene, multiple 911 callers were advising multiple motorcycles...
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UPDATE @ 7:30 P.M.: 7 patients were evaluated, with Incident Command reporting 4 pediatric patients involved. One child was transported by ambulance to an area Children’s Center for precautionary reasons. A second child was transported by ambulance to the MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. Two additional unknown aged patients were transported to the MedStar St....
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On Thursday, July 24, 2025, around 9:30 a.m., the Baltimore Police Department received a call requesting assistance in extracting a vehicle from the Inner Harbor. Once Baltimore City Police and Firefighters responded with underwater recovery teams, crews located the vehicle approximately 22 feet underwater and discovered human remains inside of the vehicle. The van...
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On Friday, July 25, 2025, at approximately 11:45 a.m., emergency medical services and firefighters responded to the 16000 block of Bay Drive in Dameron, for the reported injuries after a long fall. 911 callers reported 34-year-old female had fallen from the attic approximately 30 feet. Dispatchers placed a helicopter on standby incase needed. Ridge...
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On Thursday, July 24, 2025, at approximately 3:00 p.m., while Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department was responding to a structure fire in Ridge, they came across a motor vehicle collision at Three Notch Road and Chancellors Run Road. Firefighters reported their were injuries and that they will be remaining on the scene and not responding...
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On Thursday, July 24, 2025, at approximately 2:50 p.m., firefighters from Ridge, NAS Webster Field, NAS Patuxent River, Bay District, Leonardtown, Second District, Seventh District, and Hollywood responded to the 48600 block of Fox Harbor Road in Ridge, for the reported house on fire. Captain 4 quickly arrived on scene within 2 minutes of...
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From local farmers to your plate! The annual Farmers Feeding St. Mary’s program will offer farm fresh produce free to the community. There will be two food distribution dates and locations for this program: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at Bay District Volunteer Fire Department, 46900 S. Shangri-La Dr, Lexington Park, MD held from 2 p.m. – 6...
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UPDATE 7/21/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Ashley Nicole Nolan, 28, of Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to prison for multiple charges stemming from a single-vehicle drunk driving collision, where she killed one of her children and seriously injured two of her other children. “Drunk driving is a completely preventable crime,”...
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UPDATE 7/20/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Terek Demaury Ross, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to life in prison, with 50 years of active incarceration for two counts of attempted first-degree murder. On August 3, 2024, Ross forcibly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s residence and attacked her and her houseguest with...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 11:27 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Prince Frederick Road and Orchard View Lane in Hughesville, for the motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. Hughesville Squad 2 was returning to the firehouse from another call when this incident was dispatched. Squad...
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UPDATE 7/21/2025: On July 21, 2025, at 3:58 a.m., officers responded to the area of Post Office Road near Leonardtown Road for the report of a two-vehicle crash. Preliminary investigation shows that a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro and a 2020 Chevrolet Traverse were both traveling North on Post Office Road approaching Leonardtown Road, when for...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving a bicyclist that occurred Thursday evening in the city of New Carrollton. The deceased bicyclist is 55-year-old Tara Carter of Lanham. On July 17, 2025, at approximately 7:55 pm, City of New Carrollton police officers responded to...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 4:54 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to 20000 block of Far Cry Road in Lexington Park, for the reported open water rescue with an overturned boat. 911 callers reported a jon boat had overturned with three subjects currently in the water clinging to fishing...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office came across a motor vehicle collision on Route 4 in the area of the Walmart in Prince Frederick. Deputies located one trapped and reported multiple children in the vehicle. Firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the scene...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 2:40 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the St. Inigoes Post Office located at 15066 Point Lookout Road in St. Inigoes, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries involving the structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle into the...
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UPDATE 7/18/2025: A local girl named Lilly is continuing her recovery after a devastating accident, and thanks to overwhelming support from the community, she’s finding the strength to push through both physical and emotional challenges. Lilly was severely injured in the fatal head-on collision in Mechanicsville on May 31, 2025, and is continuing her...
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On Friday, July 18, 2025, at approximately 4:00 p.m., while driving in the area of Old Village Road and Cedar Grove Street in Mechanicsville, Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department Chief 2 came upon a serious motor vehicle collision with one trapped and unconscious. Firefighters and emergency medical services from St. Mary’s and Charles County responded...
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On Friday, July 18, 2025, at approximately 12 :11 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the MedStar East Run Medical Center located at 45870 East Run Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving the structure with possible entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm a single...
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BEAR BEWARE! 🐻 The St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services is alerting residents, particularly those living in and around the Piney Point and Mechanicsville areas, of a recent black bear sighting reported in the community. While black bears are generally not aggressive, they can pose a threat if they feel cornered, startled, or...
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On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at approximately 1:35 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Second District, Hollywood and Solomons responded to the Lexington Park Senior Apartments at 21895 Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported structure fire in a commercial building with entrapment/injuries. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller, calling from the...
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On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at approximately 5:50 p.m., police responded to a reported assault in the 42000 block of Patuxent Drive in Mechanicsville. When police arrived in the area, a male subject matching the description of the suspect provided by dispatchers was in the yard of the reported incident location. Deputies confirmed the...
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UPDATE 7/16/2025: On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at approximately 2:43 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack along with Charles County Sheriff Deputies responded to United States Route 301 south of Maryland Route 257 for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision. Due to the circumstances, a Collision Reconstruction Specialist...
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On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Animal Control received a call about a senior Anatolian shepherd named Layla who had gone missing the night before — only to be found the next morning at the bottom of a steep ravine. Her owners had searched high and low, not realizing their beloved 140-pound girl had taken...
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