On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Patient First Primary and Urgent Care located at 2855 Crain Highway in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. The 911 caller reported a 19-year-old male walked into the facility with a stab wound. Crews arrived on the scene...
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On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 11:08 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Great Mills Road and South Shangri-La Drive, in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. A short time after dispatch, the call was upgraded to a motor vehicle collision with entrapment....
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On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 1:15 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Hermanville Road and Green Leaf Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and in the front yard...
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On Friday, April 8, 2022, at approximately 8:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel from Charles and St. Mary’s County responded to 7464 Sugar Cane Court in Charlotte Hall, for the reported overturned fuel truck that was leaking. The 911 caller advised a gas truck overturned in front of her residence and was leaking...
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On Friday, April 8, 2022, at approximately 2:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Clarke Road in Piney Point, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway with the single...
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UPDATE 4/7/2022: Officials from Medstar Washington Hospital Center reported that Barbara Sue Thompson, 75, succumbed to the injuries she had received during a fire inside her home yesterday, April 6, 2022, in Hughesville. The Office of the State Fire Marshal and Charles County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire...
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On Thursday, April 7, 2022, at approximately 12:52 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hollywood, and Hughesville responded to the 29000 block of Grant Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a small 10×10 shed fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters extinguished the fire in under 15 minutes. No...
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On Thursday, April 7, 2022, at approximately 7:35 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Patuxent Beach Road and South Patuxent Beach Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. As firefighters from Bay District responded to the scene, 911 Dispatchers upgraded the assignment to a motor...
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UPDATE 4/6/2022: The victim of Sunday’s afternoon house fire in Lusby has been positively identified as 58-year-old Paul Alan Pinkowski. At around 3:00 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the 12100 block of DoubleTree Lane for a reported house fire with possible entrapment. 911 dispatchers reported the subject was able to...
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On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at approximately 11:05 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood, Leonardtown, and Valley Lee responded to the 46000 block of Dean Court in California, for the reported smoke coming from a residence. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story residence with smoke showing. After further...
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On Friday, April 1, 2022, at approximately 9:15 p.m., an officer was on patrol in Severn-Danza Park when he heard a crash in his immediate vicinity. He discovered a vehicle had lost control on Donaldson Avenue and went off the road through trees and a fence before becoming half-submerged in a drainage pond in...
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Have you struggled with your child’s car seat? Learn tips for car seat success when you meet one-on-one with a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician, including St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies, on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Register today for a free appointment by clicking HERE! Registration is required to participate. Installation will take...
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UPDATE 4/4/2022: St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that on March 30, 2022, Nikko Mason-Coates, 21, was found guilty by a St. Mary’s County jury of First Degree Assault, Second Degree Assault, and Use of a Firearm during the commission of a Felony/Crime of Violence. Mr. Fritz would like to thank Assistant...
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On Sunday, April 3, 2022, at approximately 12:15 a.m., firefighters from Bel Alton, Leonardtown, Hollywood, Seventh District, Bay District and Mechanicsville responded to 21800 Paw Point Way in Leonardtown, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 2-story single family residence with nothing evident. Upon further investigation, firefighters found...
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On Friday, April 1, 2022, at approximately 7:23 a.m., firefighters in Charles County were alerted to the 700 block of Clarks Run Road in La Plata for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene within 3 minutes of dispatch and found a 2-story residence with smoke showing from all four sides....
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On Thursday, March 31, 2022, at approximately 9:05 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the McDonalds located at 3300 Leonardtown Road in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find one victim laying in the roadway with police officers performing...
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On Thursday, March 31, 2022, at approximately 5:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hollywood Road in Hollywood, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned with entrapment. 15 firefighters from Hollywood responded and arrived on the scene in under 3 minutes...
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UPDATE 3/31/2022: Kashif Delouis Dyson, age 37 of Lexington Park, ran a red light in an attempt to commit suicide, ultimately striking two vehicles (one being a school bus occupied by 4 children) and he then slid into a 3rd vehicle. Dyson has been charged with 7 counts of Assault 1st and 2nd Degree....
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged two teenagers for a recent fatal shooting in the city of Hyattsville. The suspects are both 16 year old males from Washington, DC. They are charged as adults. The teens are charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Daquan Dockery of...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, March 29, 2022, with the invocation and pledge followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners recognized five retirements, including Major Michael Merican, Captain Richard Gray, Sergeant Mark Porter, Corporal Earl Young, and Corporal Ralph Butler. The...
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On Monday, March 25, 2022, at approximately 3:00 p.m., while in the Chesapeake Bay near Gibson Island, Fireboat 19 advised their boat was taking on water and requested assistance. Anne Arundel County Firefighters from Cape St. Claire were conducting marine operations training on the Chesapeake Bay (near Gibson Island) on Tuesday afternoon. Anne Arundel...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that took place Friday evening involving a dirt bike and an SUV. The dirt bike operator, 18-year-old Peter Joven of Capitol Heights, died of his injuries the next day. On Friday, March 25, 2022, at approximately 6:20 p.m., officers responded to Pennsylvania Avenue...
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On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at approximately 10:20 p.m., firefighters from North Beach, Prince Frederick, Dunkirk, St. Leonard, Huntingtown, and surrounding departments responded to 140 West Mt. Harmony Road in Owings, for the reported building on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a commercial building with multiple exposures including...
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On Monday, March 28, 2022, at approximately 6:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Old Rolling Road in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with live power lines on a vehicle with one occupant trapped. SMECO was requested to expedite a response to...
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Governor Larry Hogan submitted a $291.7 million supplemental budget to the General Assembly with substantial provider rate increases for health care and disability services providers, and additional resources to support child care providers and facilities. “Every day, we are inspired by the commitment of our health care and child care providers, and these investments will...
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