Serinity Faith Byrd, 32, of Hollywood, was arrested on January 10, 2025, following a welfare check that revealed impaired driving and the discovery of suspected cocaine in her possession. According to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to the Pegg Road Food Mart, located at 22141 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park,...
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The Maryland State Police Crash Team is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian in Prince George’s County. The deceased is identified as Gwendolyn Mack, 60, of Upper Marlboro. Mack was transported from the scene to Capital Regional Hospital where she was later pronounced deceased. The preliminary investigation indicates that shortly before 11:45 a.m.,...
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On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 6:36 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to Three Notch Road and Old Village Road in Mechanicsville, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment and ejection. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a T-bone style collision with two patients in...
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In early January, laboratory testing provided preliminary confirmation of Highly Pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza (HPAI) in seven dead snow geese found in Worcester and Dorchester counties, and subsequently in a Caroline County poultry facility. Avian influenza, often called “bird flu,” is an airborne respiratory virus that spreads quickly among birds, and its presence should be considered...
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In September of 2023, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received a Cyber tip, which was reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) by a cloud storage provider. The tip outlined a user who was storing child pornographic files in their cloud storage account. Detectives initiated an investigation. Soon after, the...
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On January 14, 2025, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Thomas A. Goldring, 44, of Great Mills, and Toney L. Daye, 58, of Lexington Park, who now face multiple drug-related charges. The arrests occurred following an investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Unit, which had received information linking Goldring, known as “Junk,” to narcotics...
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(January 13, 2025) – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear a challenge of Maryland’s law requiring most residents to obtain a license before purchasing a handgun. In Maryland, most applicants for handgun qualification licenses are required to submit fingerprints, undergo...
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Vance Harrison Deniston, 67, of Mechanicsville, was arrested on January 10, 2025, following an incident involving the theft of cash from a local business and a subsequent investigation that led to multiple driving under the influence (DUI) charges. The arrest, detailed in court documents and statements from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, also...
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The La Plata Police Department is investigating several complaints about an individual described as a light skinned male in his early 20’s driving a blue Nissan with Maryland plates who attempted to solicit females in the parking lot of the Target located on Shining Willow Way. The agency has developed a person of interest...
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On January 13, 2025, Brandon Lee Holdaway, 29, of Lothian, was sentenced in St. Mary’s County District Court after pleading guilty to theft of items valued under $100. The charge stemmed from an incident on October 9, 2024, at a Weis grocery store located at 21600 Great Mills Road in Lexington Park. According to...
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Demetrius Antoine McKinney, 32, of Newburg, was arrested on January 9, 2025, in connection with an ongoing drug trafficking investigation by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Division. The arrest followed a search warrant executed at McKinney’s residence on Oak Ridge Court, where authorities reportedly recovered a substantial amount of illegal drugs, firearms,...
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UPDATE 1/13/2025: The victim of last week’s fatal house fire in Hughesville has been positively identified as 94-year-old Dora Lee Douglas, the homeowner. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the cause of death was attributed to thermal burn injuries and smoke inhalation. The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the...
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On Friday, January 10, 2025, following a 2-day trial, Mark Roosevelt Fields was convicted by a Calvert County jury of aggravated animal cruelty and dangerous weapons charges. At trial, the evidence revealed that Fields, 39, of Prince Frederick, stabbed and killed his cousin’s dog following a family dispute. Fields will be sentenced on March...
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U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Erbeth Gomez-Delgado, 48, of Hyattsville in Prince George’s County, Maryland, to 24 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the country after he was deported. In November 2024, after a three-day trial, a federal jury found Gomez-Delgado, a convicted child sexual abuse offender, guilty of a sole...
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On Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6:05 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 42000 block of Fairgrounds Road in Leonardtown, for the reported gunshot victim. Police arrived on the scene to find the adult male patient was conscious alert and breathing. Fire and medical services proceeded into the scene to...
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UPDATE 1/9/2024: Thomas Patrick Raley has accepted a plea deal in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court after facing multiple charges. He entered an Alford plea to second-degree burglary, meaning he does not admit guilt but acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him. Raley also pled guilty to two counts of rogue and...
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UPDATE 1/12/2025: Kenjewel McCullough, 45, of Hollywood, pleaded guilty on January 10, 2025, to six counts of animal cruelty in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court. McCullough was charged with the misdemeanor offenses, stemming from incidents that occurred on June 16, 2024. At a sentencing hearing presided over by Judge Amy Lorenzini, McCullough entered guilty...
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On Sunday, January 12, 2025, at approximately 3:44 a.m., police responded to 4515 Camp Roosevelt Drive in Chesapeake Beach, for multiple alarms going off. Around 3:54 a.m., officers began travelling down the driveway and at the same time, one of the home owners called stating the house was on fire. Under a minute later,...
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On Saturday, January 11, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m., firefighters from La Plata Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding departments responded to 503 Scarlet Oak Road in La Plata, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story split foyer residence with fire showing. A working fire dispatch was...
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On Saturday, January 11, 2025, at approximately 6:03 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 3600 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf, for the reported pedestrian struck by a vehicle. 911 callers reported an unknown aged adult male was struck by a vehicle when crossing the roadway, they reported the man...
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UPDATE 1/12/2025 @ 9:00 a.m.: Montgomery County Fire Chief Corey A. Smedley announced the 47-year-old member sadly passed away last night after collapsing on the scene of a house fire in Prince George’s County. The 22 year veteran was later identified as Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins, who leaves behind his wife and two children. Our...
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On Saturday, January 11, 2025, at approximately 5:45 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Winters Lane in Leonardtown, for a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Firefighters from Bay District, Leonardtown, and Second District responded with first arriving units finding a two vehicle rear-end...
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UPDATE 1/12/2025: The La Plata Volunteer Fire Department provided mutual aid in response to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment in the Bennsville area Upon arrival, first-responding companies encountered an overturned armored vehicle with two individuals trapped inside. Rescue Engine 1 from the La Plata Volunteer Fire Department played a pivotal role in assisting...
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Chaude Amore Chase, 32, of Mechanicsville, is facing multiple charges following a January 4, 2025, traffic stop and subsequent investigation. Chase was charged with identity fraud, possession of controlled dangerous substances (CDS), and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to court records. The incident occurred at approximately 6:03 a.m. when Deputy Bradley Kirscht of the...
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On Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 11:45 a.m., firefighters from Huntingtown and surrounding departments from Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties responded to the 6200 block of Federal Oak Drive in Sunderland, for the reported vehicle fire threatening a residence. 911 callers reported a vehicle on fire next to a structure. Firefighters arrived on the scene...
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