A school resource officer is investigating a non-fatal overdose that occurred at St. Charles High School. On March 22, 2023, at 10:45 a.m., a student was found semi-conscious on a bathroom floor inside the school. A school nurse responded and the student was subsequently transported by ambulance to an area hospital. Today, it was...
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UPDATE 3/24/2023: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the parking lot of the Big Dogs in Paradise Bar at the 28700 block of Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville at 1:15 am on Friday morning for the report of shots fired. Deputies located one male victim near the scene deceased from gunshot wounds,...
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UPDATE 3/22/2023: The victims of an early Monday morning house fire in Lexington Park have been positively identified as 59-year-old Jerome Garcia Barnes and 61-year-old Mary Jacqueline Queen. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, both died due to smoke inhalation. Deputy State Fire Marshals have concluded the fire originated within the...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the man pictured in a vehicle theft investigation. On Monday, March 20, 2023, at 5 am, the suspect broke into and stole a Ford F-350 truck from an auto repair lot in Hollywood. The suspect was dropped off, and likely picked back up...
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U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Eric Fru Nji, age 42, of Fort Washington, Maryland, to 63 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy, for transporting firearms with obliterated serial numbers, and for smuggling firearms and ammunition from the United States to Nigeria. Judge Bennett also...
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at approximately 9:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel from Charles and Prince George’s County responded to the area of Crain Highway and Mattawoman Drive, for the reported pedestrian struck. Dispatchers advised they received multiple 911 calls reporting a pedestrian was struck. Crews arrived on the scene to find...
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at approximately 10:55 p.m., police responded to the 21000 block of Rodine Way in Lexington Park, for the reported home invasion. The 911 caller reported multiple armed suspects were outside of a residence attempting to get inside. Police arrived on the scene to find multiple home occupants injured after...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Robbery Unit arrested a man linked to the armed robberies of two hotels. He’s 31-year-old Rodney Knight of Upper Marlboro. The preliminary investigation revealed Knight robbed a hotel in the 9400 block of Largo Drive West in Upper Marlboro on September 24, 2022. He’s also charged with robbing...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Robbery Unit identified and arrested a man in connection with four recent armed robberies and attempted armed robberies at county businesses. He is 40-year-old James Kareen Day of Jessup, MD. Day is charged with four cases dating back to December of 2022: December 23, 2022: armed robbery of...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in an attempted burglary investigation. On Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 7:12 am, the suspect attempted to gain entry to an unoccupied residence in the Suburban Estates neighborhood in Lexington Park. While the suspect was attempting to open the door,...
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UPDATE 3/19/2023: Charles Sutherland age 31 of Takoma Park was arrested in June of 2022, for spray painting the word “Groomer” on the front door of the Greenbelt Library, and the New Carrolton Library during Capitol Pride Week. At the time of his arrest, Sutherland worked as a school librarian at the Northview Elementary...
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3/19/2023 (LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD) – The Maryland State Police Crash Team is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian last night in Anne Arundel County. The deceased is identified as Deja Sharvon May, 26, of Baltimore. May was transported from the scene to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center where she was later...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit charged a man in connection with a fatal shooting in Temple Hills in February. The suspect is 27-year-old Omar Delonte Smith of Washington, DC. He’s charged with fatally shooting 31-year-old Eugene Smith of Washington, D.C. On February 23, 2023, at approximately 11:45 pm, officers responded to...
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On Sunday, March 5, 2023, at approximately 8:45 p.m., the suspects entered a tobacco shop in Bryans Road, MD, and stole items. The suspects left the store and entered a silver Toyota Prius. As they were leaving the parking lot, someone inside the car fired several shots from a firearm toward the business. Fortunately,...
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The Westphalia Division VIII Investigative Section released video of the suspect who stole a dog recently from outside of a District Heights home. The dog is a five-year-old female Dachshund breed named Canela. This theft occurred on March 6, 2023, at approximately 5:35 a.m., in the 6200 block of Foster Street in the unincorporated...
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The U.S. Marshals Service has initiated an interstate fugitive investigation. It is now seeking to apprehend the former Maryland governor’s top aide after he failed to appear in court on Monday, March 13, 2023. A federal judge issued an arrest warrant for Roy McGrath, the aide to former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, due to...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred this morning in Prince George’s County involving three vehicles. The deceased is identified as Delando Woody, 56, of New Jersey. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency medical service personnel. He was the driver and sole occupant of a tractor trailer involved...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Karen Anne Granville, age 34 of Mechanicsville, for absconding from an authorized residential treatment facility on March 10, 2023. Prior to treatment, Granville was being held in the custody of the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center on a no-bond status for...
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On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at approximately 5:10 a.m., police responded to the CVS Pharmacy located at 28948 Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville, for a burglary alarm. The 911 caller reported alarms were activated with two suspects being viewed on security cameras causing property destruction. Police arrived on the scene to find both suspects...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office continues seeking the whereabouts of Jermaine Cornelius Dorsey, age 41, who is wanted for Second-Degree Escape. Dorsey failed to maintain a charge on his GPS ankle monitor and left his residence in Waldorf where he was sentenced to home detention. Dorsey was originally charged with Driving/Attempting to Drive...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the two women pictured in a theft investigation. On Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, the victim reported a wallet missing from the victim’s place of employment in California. Contents of the wallet included several gift cards to local businesses and other basic items. On...
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On March 12, 2023, at approximately 12:15 a.m., officers responded to the area of southbound Crain Highway at westbound Maryland Route 32 for a crash involving a tow truck and a sedan. The investigation revealed a 2013 Freightliner tow truck was traveling southbound on Crain Highway near westbound Maryland Route 32 when it rear-ended...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement (WAVE) team arrested three suspects who were in a stolen vehicle. Officers recovered five firearms, including one that was reported stolen. The suspects are 22-year-old Marquise Jackson, 22-year-old Marquette Jackson and 23-year-old Darrell Byrd. The three suspects are from Washington, DC. On March 10, 2023,...
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On March 8, administrators at St. Charles High School recovered a bag of edibles containing suspected marijuana from a 15-year-old student. The School Resource Officer was notified and began an investigation. The State’s Attorney’s Office is being consulted regarding charges and the student faces disciplinary action by CCPS. Parents are asked to talk with...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team arrested two suspects who were in a stolen Hyundai. The suspects are two 17-year-old juvenile males of Upper Marlboro. On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at approximately 11:30 a.m., WAVE members observed a Hyundai Elantra that had recently been reported stolen in Prince George’s...
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