Fire & Rescue

Police Investigating Crash in Cheltenham That Claims Life of 27-Year-Old Brandywine Man

Police Investigating Crash in Cheltenham That Claims Life of 27-Year-Old Brandywine Man

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Tuesday evening in Cheltenham. The deceased driver is 27-year-old Marcell Johnson of Brandywine. On December 7, 2021, at approximately 7:15 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 9800 block of Surratts Road for a single-car crash. Johnson was pronounced dead on the...
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Police Arrest Lexington Park Man After He Runs Woman Over Twice with Vehicle in California

Police Arrest Lexington Park Man After He Runs Woman Over Twice with Vehicle in California

On Monday, December 6, 2021, at approximately 7:47 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 45800 block of South Springsteen Court in California, for a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find an adult female victim crying on the porch with obvious injuries to the lower...
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Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Accident on Three Notch Road In Mechanicsville

Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Accident on Three Notch Road In Mechanicsville

On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at approximately 5:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hills Club Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped and unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles involved and confirmed one victim...
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The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Regrets to Announce the Passing of Life Member Joseph “JP” Ridgell.

The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Regrets to Announce the Passing of Life Member Joseph “JP” Ridgell.

The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of Life Member Joseph “JP” Ridgell. JP started with the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department on April 4, 1968 to May 5, 1986. He returned on February 2, 2007 and continued his service in the Department. During his first 18 years, he was a very...
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Three Flown to Area Trauma Centers After Motor Vehicle Collision in Ridge, Police Investigating

Three Flown to Area Trauma Centers After Motor Vehicle Collision in Ridge, Police Investigating

On Saturday, December 4, 2021, at approximately 5:53 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 16561 Three Notch Road and Portneys Overlook Road in Ridge, for a reported motor vehicle accident with multiple trapped. Crews arrived on the scene in under 4 minutes and found four vehicles in the roadway...
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Detectives Arrest Man Wanted for Attempted Second-Degree Murder and First-Degree Assault in La Plata

Detectives Arrest Man Wanted for Attempted Second-Degree Murder and First-Degree Assault in La Plata

On November 29, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service located Ezra Charles Calloway, Jr., 41, of Suitland who had a warrant for his arrest in connection with an attempted murder and assault case that occurred in La Plata. Calloway was located in Washington, D.C. and is being detained...
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Police Investigating Serious Single Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville, One Flown to Trauma Center

Police Investigating Serious Single Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville, One Flown to Trauma Center

On Thursday, December 2, 2021, at approximately 12:25 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Golden Beach Road and Oak Acres Drive in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a utility pole with...
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Motorcyclist Flown to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Motorcyclist Flown to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at approximately 3:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a van and motorcycle involved. Firefighters requested a helicopter for the...
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AUDIO: Wanted Man Struck by Vehicle Seconds After Fleeing Traffic Stop in Calvert County

AUDIO: Wanted Man Struck by Vehicle Seconds After Fleeing Traffic Stop in Calvert County

12/2/2021 UPDATE: Charging documents added. 12/1/2021: On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at approximately 5:40 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop in the area of Rt. 260 and Limerick Lane in Owings. As a Deputy was parked in his marked agency issued patrol vehicle in the area of Rt.260 and Wesley Stinnett Blvd., he observed...
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One Injured After Vehicle Strikes Utility Pole and NAS Webster Field Security Fence

One Injured After Vehicle Strikes Utility Pole and NAS Webster Field Security Fence

On Monday, November 29, 2021, at approximately 11:20 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Gum Landing Road and Beachville Road in St. Inigoes, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. 911 callers reported that a vehicle had went through the security fence that surrounds the NAS Webster Field Annex....
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Michael Sheldon Cahall, 62

Michael Sheldon Cahall, 62

Michael Sheldon Cahall, 62, of Lexington Park, MD, formerly of Annapolis, MD, passed away on November 18, 2021 in Koh Samui, Thailand. He was born on Christmas Eve, 1958 to the late Richard Sewell Cahall and Mary Lorna Borsodi Cahall at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. He grew up in Beltsville...
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Firefighters Responding to Smoke Investigation Find Large Outside Fire in Hollywood, No Injuries Reported

Firefighters Responding to Smoke Investigation Find Large Outside Fire in Hollywood, No Injuries Reported

On Monday, November 29, 2021, at approximately 11:15 a.m., firefighters from Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department were alerted to the area of Three Notch Road and Ricky Drive in Hollywood, for the smoke investigation. Engine 73 responded with 4 volunteers and arrived in the area a short time later to find a large brush fire...
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District Heights Woman Sentenced to 9-Years After Causing Serious Crash While Driving Impaired with Her 2-Year-Old Daughter in the Vehicle

District Heights Woman Sentenced to 9-Years After Causing Serious Crash While Driving Impaired with Her 2-Year-Old Daughter in the Vehicle

Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that Kanicsha Leona Johnson, 35, of District Heights was sentenced to nine years of active incarceration and five years of supervised probation for two counts of causing life threatening injuries while under the influence of alcohol for injuring Andrew Oles and his wife, Amanda...
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Police Make Arrest After a Triple Shooting and Murder of 18-Year-Old That Occurred in 2020

Police Make Arrest After a Triple Shooting and Murder of 18-Year-Old That Occurred in 2020

The Homicide Unit identified and arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting in District Heights in May of 2020. The suspect is 25-year-old Javon Hines of no fixed address. He’s charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Deniro Monts of District Heights. On May 17, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m.,...
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Police Investigating Double Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Capitol Heights

Police Investigating Double Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Capitol Heights

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision in Capitol Heights on early Sunday morning. The victims are 28-year-old Tijuan Shaw of District Heights and 25-year-old Devon Cook also of District Heights. On Sunday, November 28. 2021, at approximately 2:00 a.m., officers responded to the 1400 block of Ritchie Road for...
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Funeral Services for Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Chief Michael Cahall

Funeral Services for Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Chief Michael Cahall

The funeral service for Chief Michael Cahall will be held at the Bay District Fire Department (BDVFD) on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.; the family will be receiving guests from 12:00 p.m., to 1:00 p.m. A funeral procession to Charles Memorial Gardens, in Leonardtown, will follow for the committal and burial. Following...
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Police Investigating 18-Year-Old Killed in Motor Vehicle Collision in Lusby

Police Investigating 18-Year-Old Killed in Motor Vehicle Collision in Lusby

On Friday, November 26, 2021, at approximately 3:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Barreda Blvd. and Chestnut Drive in Lusby, for the reported motor vehicle collision with entrapment. An off-duty firefighter called 911 and reported a single vehicle off the roadway into a tree, and requested a helicopter...
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Replica Handgun Found in Student’s Possession on Charles County School Property During Investigation of Overdose

Replica Handgun Found in Student’s Possession on Charles County School Property During Investigation of Overdose

On November 23, 2021, at approximately 11:25 a.m., a school resource officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office at the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center in Pomfret, was notified of a possible overdose of a controlled substance involving an 18-year-old student. While school staff was helping the student, a replica Glock 19 handgun fell...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Three-Vehicle Crash That Killed 25-Year-Old Lanham Man

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Three-Vehicle Crash That Killed 25-Year-Old Lanham Man

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday evening in Prince George’s County. At approximately 7:35 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash on northbound Maryland Route 5 north of Coventry Way in Clinton, Maryland. According to a preliminary investigation,...
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Flags Lowered in Honor of Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Chief Michael Cahall

Flags Lowered in Honor of Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Chief Michael Cahall

This is to advise that Commissioner President Randy Guy has ordered the Maryland and St. Mary’s County flags immediately lowered to half-staff in honor of Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Chief Michael Cahall, who passed away Saturday, Nov. 18, 2021. The flags will be lowered until the date of internment, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021....
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UPDATE: 51-Year-Old Waldorf Man Succumbs to Injuries After Motor Vehicle Crash on St. Charles Parkway

UPDATE: 51-Year-Old Waldorf Man Succumbs to Injuries After Motor Vehicle Crash on St. Charles Parkway

UPDATE: On November 21, 2021, at 3:37 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of St. Charles Parkway and St. Ignatius Drive for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a vehicle was making a left turn from St. Ignatius Drive onto...
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No Injuries Reported After Rollover Collision in California

No Injuries Reported After Rollover Collision in California

On Sunday, November 21, 2021, at approximately 9:15 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. Andrews Church Road and FDR Boulevard in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported as serious with one vehicle overturned and one subject trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved...
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UPDATE: Woman and 13-Year-Old Boy Flown to Area Trauma Centers After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Woman and 13-Year-Old Boy Flown to Area Trauma Centers After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park

UPDATE: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motor vehicle collision with two pedestrians in Lexington Park that resulted in injuries. On Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 at 5:35 pm, Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision in the area of Great Mills Road and Darcy Lane involving two...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Crash After Erratic Driver Flees Attempted Traffic Stop

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Crash After Erratic Driver Flees Attempted Traffic Stop

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division is investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash late Sunday night. The crash occurred at Michigan Avenue and Bunker Hill Road in Northeast, Washington, DC. The driver, an adult male, who was killed in the crash had just fled an attempted traffic stop in the...
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Parking, Road Access and Time Details for Leonardtown Christmas Tree Lighting and Christmas on the Square

Parking, Road Access and Time Details for Leonardtown Christmas Tree Lighting and Christmas on the Square

The Town of Leonardtown is ringing in the holiday season on Friday, November 26th from 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM with the traditional Christmas on the Square & Annual Tree Lighting. Event activities start at 4:30 PM and include live entertainment, rides, airbrush tattoos, balloon art, a living nativity, food and much more! Come...
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