Fire & Rescue

NAVSUP Pax Fuels Sailor Provides Life Saving Assistance in Lexington Park

NAVSUP Pax Fuels Sailor Provides Life Saving Assistance in Lexington Park

A member of Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Pax River Fuels Division assisted in the saving of a life Jan. 3 in Lexington Park when a library patron suddenly lost consciousness. Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 1st Class Charles Osei Yeboah was in the St. Mary’s County Library Lexington Park Branch...
Read More »

MedStar Health Welcomes Two New Cardiology Specialists to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

MedStar Health Welcomes Two New Cardiology Specialists to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

Clinton, MD (January 12, 2023) – MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center recently welcomed two new MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute specialists to enhance cardiac services and care to patients throughout the southern Maryland region: Rania Kaoukis, MD, advanced heart failure specialist, and Nardos Temesgen, MD, interventional cardiologist. Access to Advanced Heart Failure Management Rania...
Read More »

St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services Announces Strategic Restructure

St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services Announces Strategic Restructure

St. Mary’s County Government (SMCG) has announced a strategic reorganization of the Department of Emergency Services, to include key leadership changes. “The Department of Emergency Services has seen tremendous growth in the past year,” said David Weiskopf, Interim County Administrator at SMCG. “The expansion of this department to include career emergency medical service (EMS)...
Read More »

MDOT MVA Announce Grant Applications Now Being Accepted to Help Reduce Injuries and Fatalities on Maryland Highways

MDOT MVA Announce Grant Applications Now Being Accepted to Help Reduce Injuries and Fatalities on Maryland Highways

GLEN BURNIE, MD (January 9, 2023) – The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s (MDOT MVA) Highway Safety Office is accepting grant applications for traffic safety programs and projects that can help reduce crashes, deaths and injuries on Maryland roadways. Now through February 24, applicants are invited to submit grant requests for programs...
Read More »

Delays Expected in Leonardtown After Cement Truck Overturns, Minor Injuries Reported

Delays Expected in Leonardtown After Cement Truck Overturns, Minor Injuries Reported

On Monday, January 9, 2023, at approximately 7:25 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Dollar General located at 21907 Budds Creek Road and Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving an overturned cement truck. Crews arrived on the scene to find the vehicle...
Read More »

No Injuries Reported After Fire Destroys Home in Abell, State Fire Marshal Investigating

No Injuries Reported After Fire Destroys Home in Abell, State Fire Marshal Investigating

On Sunday, January 8, 2023, at approximately 9:39 a.m., firefighters from Seventh District, Leonardtown, Mechanicsville, Hollywood, Bay District and Valley Lee responded to 38730 Dickerson Road in Abell, for the reported house on fire. Seventh District VFD Chief 5 arrived and located a single story home with fire showing from multiple sides of the...
Read More »

UPDATE: Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Life After Shooting Calvert Deputy Following High Speed Chase

UPDATE: Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Life After Shooting Calvert Deputy Following High Speed Chase

UPDATE 10/11/2024: Brandon Alexander Turner, 23, of Greenbelt, was sentenced on October 11, 2024, to life imprisonment, with 40 years of active time, for the attempted first degree murder of Calvert County Master Deputy Sheriff James Flynt. Turner also received consecutive sentences for first degree assaults on Deputy Anthony Aranda and Deputy Tyler Bowen....
Read More »

Minor Injuries Reported After Two Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Minor Injuries Reported After Two Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Thursday, January 5, 2023, at approximately 2:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 18783 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a rear-end style collision with one injured. EMS transported...
Read More »

Huntingtown Man Charged with Impaired Driving After Causing Six Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville

Huntingtown Man Charged with Impaired Driving After Causing Six Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville

On Monday, January 2, 2023, at approximately 5:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Golden Beach Road and Dogwood Circle in Mechanicsville, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped. 911 callers reported at least five or six vehicles involved and found the operator of a Chevrolet...
Read More »

UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to Life for First-Degree Murder of 17-Year-Old in Bryans Road

UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to Life for First-Degree Murder of 17-Year-Old in Bryans Road

UPDATE 1/4/2022: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Mikayle Tahed Qawwee, 21, to life in prison for the First-Degree Murder and Armed Robbery of Bradley Brown, as well as related charges. On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, a...
Read More »

Police Investigating Domestic Related Shooting and Stabbing That Leaves Two Dead and Two Injured

Police Investigating Domestic Related Shooting and Stabbing That Leaves Two Dead and Two Injured

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit continues to actively investigate a fatal domestic-related incident at a home Sunday morning. Two adults in the home suffered fatal injuries. They are identified as 42-year-old Monique Duncan and 42-year-old Maurice Moore. Both decedents lived in the home and were in a relationship. On January 1,...
Read More »

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Nurse Receives Daisy Award

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Nurse Receives Daisy Award

Join us in congratulating nurse Meghan R., Intensive Care Center, who was recently honored with a DAISY! Organized nationally through the DAISY Foundation, the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses celebrates nurses’ compassionate, skillful care and dedication to patients and families. Dawn Yeitrakis, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital’s chief nursing officer and vice president, and the...
Read More »

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating New Year’s Day Vehicle Fire in Scotland

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating New Year’s Day Vehicle Fire in Scotland

On Sunday, January 1, 2022, at approximately 9:40 a.m., firefighters from Ridge and NAS Webster Field responded to the area of 49962 Cornfield Harbor Road in Scotland, for the reported vehicle fire. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist. Crews arrived on the scene to find a vehicle fully engulfed...
Read More »

Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department Receives Federal Grant for New Battery Hydraulic Rescue Tools

Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department Receives Federal Grant for New Battery Hydraulic Rescue Tools

On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department was notified that we had been selected by the Assistance to Firefighters Federal Grant program of selection of our 2021 application for award. MVFD will be receiving approximately $75,000 for 6 new hydraulic battery tools. Two cutters, two spreaders, and two rams as well...
Read More »

St. Mary’s County Firefighters Respond to House Fire in Callaway for the First Call of 2023

St. Mary’s County Firefighters Respond to House Fire in Callaway for the First Call of 2023

On Sunday, January 1, 2023, at approximately 12:48 a.m., firefighters from Valley Lee, Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Leonardtown, Hollywood, and Seventh District responded to the 44000 block of Widgeon Place in Callaway, for the reported attached garage on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story residence with smoke showing from...
Read More »

One Injured After Single Vehicle Collision with Entrapment in Mechanicsville

One Injured After Single Vehicle Collision with Entrapment in Mechanicsville

On Friday, December 30, 2022, at approximately 7:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Ben Oaks Drive in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped and semi-conscious. Crews arrived and confirmed one trapped and semi-conscious. Firefighters extricated the single occupant in...
Read More »

Maryland State Police Increase Patrols for New Year’s Eve

Maryland State Police Increase Patrols for New Year’s Eve

With New Year’s Eve here, Maryland State Police are urging those who plan to celebrate with alcohol to be safe and smart and avoid impaired, distracted and aggressive driving. With an increase in impaired drivers expected throughout the state this weekend, state police will be conducting saturation patrols at each of the 23 barracks...
Read More »

UPDATE: Police Continue Investigation Into Murder of 30-Year-Old La Plata Man, Suspect in Custody

UPDATE: Police Continue Investigation Into Murder of 30-Year-Old La Plata Man, Suspect in Custody

UPDATE 1/1/2023: On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 4:06 p.m., officers responded to the area of Crain Highway and Port Tobacco Road in La Plata for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located the victim, Donnell Henry Hawkins, 30 of La Plata, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Hawkins was pronounced deceased at...
Read More »

Occupants and Two Pets Displaced After Camper Fire at Solomons Navy Annex, No Injuries Reported

Occupants and Two Pets Displaced After Camper Fire at Solomons Navy Annex, No Injuries Reported

On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at approximately 7:05 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the Navy Recreational Center located at 13855 South Solomons Island Road in Solomons, for the reported commercial vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene and found fire showing from a 18 foot pull behind camper....
Read More »

Child Suffers Graze Wound After Playing with Firearm in Apartment, Police Investigating

Child Suffers Graze Wound After Playing with Firearm in Apartment, Police Investigating

The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating how a child accessed a gun inside of an apartment in Temple Hills this afternoon. While playing with the gun, it went off causing a slight graze wound. No one else in the apartment was injured. On December 29, 2022, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Prince George’s...
Read More »

Explosion and Fire at North Beach Public Works Building Reportedly Caused by Electric Vehicle

Explosion and Fire at North Beach Public Works Building Reportedly Caused by Electric Vehicle

On Thursday, December 29, 2022, at approximately 7:05 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and Anne Arundel County responded to the North Beach Public Works Building, 4030 11th Street in North Beach, for the reported commercial building fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene in just 2 minutes and found fire showing from a 40 x 75...
Read More »

Maryland State Police Investigating Critically Missing St. Mary’s County Man – James Volodimir Nalborcyk, age 50, of Great Mills

Maryland State Police Investigating Critically Missing St. Mary’s County Man – James Volodimir Nalborcyk, age 50, of Great Mills

December 29, 2022, (GREAT MILLS, MD) – Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Criminal Enforcement Division are currently attempting to locate a man reported missing earlier this month from St. Mary’s County. James Volodimir Nalborcyk, 50, of Great Mills, Maryland, was reported missing by family members to the Maryland State Police on Dec. 21,...
Read More »

Maryland State Police Searching for Suspect Vehicle In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash in Anne Arundel County

Maryland State Police Searching for Suspect Vehicle In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash in Anne Arundel County

December 28, 2022 (GLEN BURNIE, MD) Maryland State Police are searching for the suspect vehicle and driver believed to be connected to a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred this morning in Anne Arundel County. Shortly before 1:55 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack responded to the area of southbound I-97...
Read More »

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Crash in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Crash in Prince George’s County

Wednesday, December 28, 2022: Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred this evening in Prince George’s County. Shortly before 5:50 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to Central Avenue at Enterprise Road in Bowie, Maryland for a report of a pedestrian struck in the road. According...
Read More »

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Hosting Free Child Seat Installation on Thursday, January 12, 2023

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Hosting Free Child Seat Installation on Thursday, January 12, 2023

Is your child safety seat installed correctly? Not Sure? Are you about to become a parent? Let a National Certified Child Safety Seat technician teach you how to install your seat correctly and safely. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and its community partners are hosting another free child safety seat installation event. Deputies...
Read More »