UPDATE: On Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, a 16-year-old female was arrested in connection with the shooting that occurred on Sept. 15, 2021. Further investigation determined prior to the shooting, the juvenile suspect was arguing with a group of individuals and was observed walking to the vehicle where the victim and passenger were later injured...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating the circumstances of a fatal crash in Brandywine. The deceased driver when be identified once his family is notified. On Friday, September 17, 2021, at approximately 01:23 a.m., patrol officers responded to Floral Park Road near Arya Drive for a single-vehicle crash. The driver was pronounced...
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On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at approximately 12:25 p.m., police responded to 21000 block of Hancock Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported gunshot victim. One 911 caller reported hearing at least four gunshots in the area of Hancock Drive and Midway Drive. A short time later, a second 911 caller reported a 17-year-old...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2021 in Prince George’s County. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to a two-vehicle crash in the area of northbound Route 301 at Trumps Hill Road. According to a preliminary investigation, a...
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MDOT SHA will perform routine maintenance along the MD 4 Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge over the Patuxent River at the Calvert/St. Mary’s County line on Sunday, September 19, 2021. Beginning at 6 a.m. Sunday, one of the bridge’s two lanes will be closed to allow crews to safely replace a weather sensor. Crews will...
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On Thursday, September 16, 2021, at approximately 6:36 p.m., police responded to the 20000 block of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the report of shots fired. 12 minutes later, at 6:48 p.m., emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the area of Point Lookout Road and St. Andrew’s Church Road in Leonardtown, for...
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UPDATE: On September 16, 2021, at approximately 4:15 pm., patrol officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 6300 block of Grant Chapman Drive in La Plata for the report of a motor vehicle collision involving a child. Upon arrival, officers located a child who had been struck by a vehicle, driven...
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9/17/2021: Avery Leslie Stokes, 20, of Indian Head, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on September 10, 2021. Judge Joe Stanalonis sentenced Stokes and he was given credit for the 393 days he had served prior to the sentencing. 8/16/2021: Avery Leslie Stokes, 20, of Indian Head, was found guilty of Negligent Vehicular...
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UPDATE 9/16/2021: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has charged an arrested three suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old in August. They are 21-year-old Desmond Nkwocha of the 9800 block of Good Luck Road, 23-year-old Mark Nkwocha also of the 9800 block of Good Luck Road and 23-year-old...
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On Monday, September 13, 2021, at approximately 12:35 a.m., an officer operating a marked Police Cruiser in the area of Crain Highway and Heritage Green Parkway activated his emergency equipment an attempted to pull over a Hyundai passenger vehicle for traffic violations. The officer initiated a traffic stop, but the driver refused to pull...
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On Sunday, September 12, 2021, at approximately 4:00 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Ridge, Hollywood, and Valley Lee responded to the 45000 block of Langley Park Way in Lexington Park, for the reported structure on fire. Engine 32 arrived on the scene with four personnel and found the fire was extinguished...
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UPDATE: On Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at 6:45 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the report of a single motor-vehicle crash in the area of Hollywood Road and Tin Top Hill Lane in Hollywood. Upon arrival, deputies found a single motorcycle had left the roadway. The male rider was located near...
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UPDATE: 9/11/2021: Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced that Thomas Stemen, 52, of Churchton was sentenced to 10 years of active incarceration and five years of supervised probation in the stabbing of a woman with a semen-filled syringe outside of a local grocery store. The defendant entered an Alford plea to...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division is leading the investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting on Friday in Oxon Hill. The decedent is identified as 29-year-old Cedric Williams with no fixed address. The incident took place on Friday, September 10, 2021, at approximately 12:45 p.m., in the 1100 block of Owens...
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Members from the Mt. Airy Volunteer Fire Department came to Potomac Heights VFD to award the 2021 MSFA Past President C. Oscar Baker ROOKIE OF THE YEAR to Firefighter Brenden Donais. Firefighter Donais is a graduate of the Charles County High School Fire Rescue Program Class #24 in 2019 and was nominated by Potomac...
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On Monday, September 6, 2021, at 7:02 p.m., officers responded to a wooded area in the 7900 block of Gilroy Road in Nanjemoy for what appeared to be an unconscious male. Upon arrival, officers discovered the male was deceased. On Thursday, September 9, 2021, an autopsy was performed and the manner of death was...
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, that Alonta Johnson, 28, of Baltimore was sentenced to 30 years of active incarceration for the attempted second degree murder of Anthony Jeppi in the parking garage at Maryland Live Casino. A jury found the defendant guilty of attempted second...
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On Thursday, September 7, 2021, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the 42300 block of Allison Drive for a possible animal rescue. Rescue Squad 7 responded shortly after dispatch with 6 Volunteers, and crews arrived to find a small dog that fell approximately 20 feet down a steep hill...
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On Monday, September 6, 2021, at approximately 1:05 a.m., 75 firefighters from Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary’s County responded to 2824 Ridge Road in Huntingtown, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 1 & a 1/2 story single family dwelling with fire showing from all floors. The...
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On Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at approximately 4:18 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Hermanville Road and Point Lookout 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 into a tree. The...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Clinton in late August. The driver and passenger were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries. The passenger, 10-year-old Pedro Gutierrez Gonzales of Clinton, died on September 3, 2021. The adult driver remains hospitalized and...
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On Sunday, September 5, 2021, at approximately 3:35 p.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to Potts Point Road in Huntingtown, for a dog down a cliff and in the water. Rescue Squad 6 arrived and found a black dog at the bottom of a 30 foot cliff partially submerged in the water about 500...
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On Sunday, September 5, 2021, at approximately 4:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Potomac River in the area of Swan Point near Matthews Manor Road in Charles County, for the reported drowning. Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 7 was requested to respond for aerial reconnaissance and possible patient transportation. Crews...
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On Sunday, September 5, 2021, at approximately 7:56 p.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to a residence located in the 40000 block of Leeland Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported traumatic injuries. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller reported a deck collapsed with multiple subjects injured. No entrapment was reported. Crews arrived on the scene...
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On Sunday, September 5, 2021, at 1:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and Patuxent Beach Road in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles involved in a rear-end style collision and reported...
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