A high-speed chase in Calvert County resulted in the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of multiple controlled dangerous substances (CDS), according to law enforcement officials. On March 2, 2025, at approximately 12:49 a.m., Sgt. Mark Robshaw of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office was stationed in the median of Maryland Route 4 near...
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On March 3, 2025, patrol officers responded to the 11400 block of Leland Place in Waldorf for the report of a burglary in progress. Two juveniles who were in an upstairs room called 9-1-1 to report that someone had shattered the rear glass door and entered the house. Patrol officers arrived on the scene,...
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UPDATE 3/7/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, March 7, 2025, a Charles County jury, after a 5-day trial, convicted Elijah Bernard Barnes, 20, of the Second-Degree Murder of Rajon Lateef Jackson, III, as well as related charges. On January 13, 2023, officers responded to Harvest Fish Place in...
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La Plata Police Department’s Lifesaving Project Lifesaver Program The La Plata Police Department has launched a groundbreaking initiative to support individuals with cognitive disorders, such as autism, Alzheimer’s disease, or dementia, who may be at risk of wandering. Thanks to funding from a Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant—The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury...
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In the early hours of Wednesday, March 5, 2025, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting in the area of Marshall Boulevard, in Lexington Park. At approximately 1:10 a.m., multiple 911 callers reported hearing around 20 gunshots. Firefighters and emergency medical personnel arrived at the scene and...
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Marc Roderic Long, 41, of Indian Head, is facing multiple charges following a violent domestic incident that occurred in the early hours of February 24, 2025. Long has been charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and false imprisonment after allegedly attacking a woman at a residence in Indian Head. According to court documents, deputies...
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The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a fatal pedestrian collision following an attempted traffic stop that occurred in Chillum, Prince George’s County, Maryland on Friday night. The preliminary investigation revealed on Friday, February 28, 2025, at approximately 10:15 pm, an officer with the Hyattsville City...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit charged a man in connection to the fatal shooting on Saturday night. The suspect is 54-year-old Murwanashyaka Francois of Gaithersburg. He is charged with the murder of 45-year-old Ricardo Clemons Jr. with no current address. On March 1, 2025, at approximately 8:25 pm, officers responded to...
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Danielyn Marshall Winder, 44, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple drug-related charges after a traffic stop led to his arrest on February 27, 2025. According to court documents, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Unit had been conducting an ongoing investigation into the alleged drug-related activities of Winder. As part of...
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James Levi Curtis, 59, of Waldorf, is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly attacking his teenage son in their home and making violent threats, according to court documents. Curtis was arrested on February 22, 2025, and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and second-degree child abuse. According to the charging documents, deputies responded to...
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Lisa Maria Genao, 41, of Indian Head, has been charged with first-degree assault following an alleged stabbing incident at a motel in Charles County. Genao was arrested on February 24, 2025, after deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an assault with a weapon at the Indian Head Inn,...
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Troy Rinaldo Cannegieter, 28, of Lusby, is facing multiple traffic-related charges after allegedly driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in St. Mary’s County on February 25, 2025. According to court documents, Cannegieter was cited for driving while under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving, negligent driving, and failure to control vehicle speed...
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On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 9:40 p.m., officers responded to the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf for the report of the sound of multiple gunshots. When officers arrived, they canvassed the area but did not locate anyone with injuries. Upon further investigation, officers discovered six vehicles had been damaged by the...
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A Waldorf man has been arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault first degree, assault second degree, and reckless endangerment, following a shooting incident in Charles County on February 26, 2025. James Wendell Andrews, 54, of Waldorf, was taken into custody after allegedly shooting a man with a high-powered air rifle during...
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On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, officers assigned to the COPS Unit charged a 15-year-old juvenile in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on January 30th, 2025, on Reeves Place in Waldorf. During the robbery, two juveniles approached the victim, displayed a handgun, and hit the victim several times with the gun. The suspects...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit charged a suspect in connection with the domestic-related murder of her boyfriend. The suspect is 59-year-old Shelia Robinson of Temple Hills. She is charged with the murder of 67-year-old Antonio Dillard of Temple Hills. On February 19, 2025, at approximately 11:05 pm, officers responded to a...
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UPDATE 2/27/2025: Authorities in St. Mary’s County have arrested Daiquan Malik Barnett, 28, of Great Mills, on multiple felony drug and firearm-related charges following a police investigation that led to the execution of search warrants at his residence and associated vehicles. Barnett was taken into custody on February 26, 2025, after detectives from the...
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After a seven-day trial, a federal jury returned a verdict against OJ Rashad Green, also known as “Ice” age 36, of Accokeek, finding him guilty of knowingly and intentionally distributing fentanyl, a controlled substance, on multiple occasions. The guilty verdict was announced by Phil Selden, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland;...
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Maryland State Police investigators are continuing an investigation into the death of a state prison inmate in Anne Arundel County. The inmate is identified as Warren Michael Griffin, 61. Griffin was declared deceased by medical personnel at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center. He was a state prison inmate serving time at...
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On Friday, February 14, 2025, officers assigned to the Neighborhood Enforcement Team and the Criminal Investigations Division served a search warrant at a residence in the 11600 block of Medinah Street in Waldorf and another search warrant at a home on Olympia Place in Waldorf. The search warrants were related to a strong-armed robbery...
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UPDATE 2/24/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, February 7, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, 25, of Waldorf, to 40 years in prison for four counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Vercher will be on supervised probation for five years upon...
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On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at approximately 7:38 p.m., police responded to 2004 Amber Leaf Place in Waldorf, for the reports of shots fired. 911 Dispatchers then advised a male was shot in the leg with callers being uncooperative and a loud disturbance heard in the background of the call. Officers arrived on the...
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Maryland State Police arrested a man and seized two loaded handguns following an alleged armed road rage incident that occurred Saturday afternoon in Prince George’s County. The accused is identified as Kenyatta Von Williams Jr., 34, of Suitland, Maryland. Following consultation with the Office of the State’s Attorney in Prince George’s County, Williams was...
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UPDATE: On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at approximately 4:10 a.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called to a residence in the 28000 block of Livingston Road in Mechanicsville for the report of two subjects not breathing. Upon arrival, patrol deputies entered the home and located the bodies of two unresponsive...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged two suspects in connection with a fatal shooting in District Heights earlier this month. The suspects are 24-year-old Keyondre Joyner of Washington, DC and 18-year-old Jamiel Collins of Oxon Hill. They are charged with the murder of 20-year-old Tyler Fludd of Hyattsville. On...
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