Children ages 4-12 years are invited to earn their junior firefighter status by completing our training course and ringing the bell with pride at our Junior Firefighter Training on Thursday, May 12 from 10-11 a.m. This event will be held in each district, please register for your preferred location: Section A – North Beach...
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U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced El Salvadorian national Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, a/k/a “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland to life in federal prison, for conspiring to participate in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise also known as MS-13, and for three counts each of murder in aid of racketeering and...
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On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at approximately 7:05 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Willows Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles involved with two off the roadway. Witnesses reported the...
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On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 6:32 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Chaptico Park located at 26600 Budds Creek Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision involved a commercial vehicle and school bus. Crews from Mechanicsville, Seventh District and Leonardtown responded to the scene and found...
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On Monday, April 25, 2022, at approximately 1450 hours, Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision on Maryland Route 6 (Port Tobacco Road) in the area of Valley Road in La Plata. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the Maryland State...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating the circumstances of a double fatal crash on Friday in the city of Seat Pleasant. The deceased driver is 20-year-old Giselle Hernandez of Capitol Heights. A passenger in her car also died. She is identified as 20-year-old Joy Nija Naomi Brown...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man with a murder that occurred in Landover in February. The suspect is 27-year-old David Hunter Jr. of Landover. He’s charged with the murder of 26- year-old Ernesto Gomez of Landover. On February 18, 2022, at approximately 8:00 pm, patrol officers were...
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Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred on Monday, April 4, 2022, in the area of Lambeth Hill Drive and Wakefield Circle. The suspect, a 17-year-old male, was arrested on April 20. In the shooting case, an off-duty officer was in the area of Wakefield...
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On Thursday, April 21, 2022, at approximately 8:05 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 14298 Oaks Road in Hughesville, for the reported motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller reported a single vehicle struck a fence with the female operator being impaled by the fence. Crews...
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On Monday, April 18, 2022, at 9:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel from Anne Arundel, Annapolis, and Fort Meade responded to 891 Holly Drive W, in Annapolis for the reported structure collapse with multiple subjects trapped. Firefighters responded to a report of a tree that had fallen into a home with occupants trapped....
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced that Guarav “Sonny” Rawal, 38, the owner of Champs Pizza in Glen Burnie, was sentenced to 20 years of active incarceration for negligent manslaughter and failing to remain at the scene of a collision involving in the death of Anthony Jean-Louis, 37. Rawal was sentenced...
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On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at approximately 1:25 p.m., police responded to the Chesapeake Rail Trail, for the check the welfare. The 911 caller reported an unknown aged male was walking in the marsh and then sat down, causing the 911 caller to lose sight of the subject. Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s...
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By Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Lieutenant Scot Best, April 20, 2022. “Every year, wildfires burn across the United States, and a growing number of people are living where wildfires are a real risk. In 2018, more than 58,000 fires burned nearly nine million acres across the U.S. More than 25,000 structures were destroyed, including...
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On Friday, April 15, 2022, at 10:55 pm, Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a shooting complaint at the 45300 block of Columbus Drive in Lexington Park. Upon investigation, an apartment’s storm door was struck by a projectile, but no injuries were reported. On Sunday, April 17, 2022, at 5:09 am, deputies responded to a...
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Charles County Sheriff’s detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division have arrested Delvonte Elmore, 27, of Washington, D.C., in connection with a shooting where an 8-month-old boy was injured on Gallery Place in Waldorf. During the investigation, detectives developed Elmore as a suspect and obtained an arrest warrant. Elmore was located and arrested on...
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April brings a special Member Spotlight! Join us in Congratulating two Lifetime Members, Past Chief/Past President John Pardoe and Past Rescue Chief Karen Pardoe. Past Chief/Past President J. Pardoe started in August of 1974 with SVRSFD as a Firefighter. Past Rescue Chief K. Pardoe joined in February 1991 as an EMT. With John having...
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It is with a heavy heart that the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department announces the passing of Board of Director George Earl Newton. Obituary, funeral and service information will be provided when they become available. All photos are thanks to the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department. Please keep the Newton family in your thoughts and prayers.
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, April 12, 2022, with the invocation and pledge followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners presented four Proclamations raising awareness of and celebrating National Healthcare Decisions Day, National Animal Care and Control Association Week, National Public...
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On Friday, April 15, 2022, firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to 47452 Sewell Road in Lexington Park, for the reported small brush fire. Bay District Tanker 34 and Brush 3 arrived on the scene and found approximately 1 acre on fire and requested additional brush trucks, tankers and the tanker...
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On Friday, April 15, 2022, at approximately 9:27 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Park Pines Drive in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned and one trapped. 20 firefighters from NAS Webster Field, Bay District and Ridge responded...
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UPDATE: On April 14, at 12:05 a.m., officers responded to an apartment in the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation showed two males forced their way inside the apartment where they confronted a woman who was inside holding her 8-month-old son. For reasons that...
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UPDATE 4/14/2022: On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, a spokesperson from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiners confirmed “the cause of death is snake envenomation and the manner of death is an accident.” The World Health Organization decribes Snake Envenomation as – Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by toxins in the...
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4/14/2022: The Maryland State Police has released the identity of the victim recovered near the Thomas Johnson Bridge on April 12, 2022, as Derek Paiz, age 24. Paiz is listed as an active member of the U.S. Navy. Paiz has been missing since Tuesday, March 15, 2022, when at approximately 3:35 a.m., a Maryland...
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On Thursday, April 14, 2022, at approximately 2:10 a.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 21220 block of Lexwood Court in Lexington Park, for the active disturbance. The 911 caller reported a 26-year-old female was assaulted and stabbed. Police arrived on the scene to find nothing showing in the area. Officers checked...
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On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at approximately 11:00 a.m. there was a walk-in report of an assault with a motor vehicle/road-rage incident at the Northern District Station in Brooklyn. The victim stated they were driving on Dorsey Road near Aviation Boulevard when a Fire Engine with their emergency lights and siren drove passed them....
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