Crime Solvers

Missing Van from Waldorf Cab Service Found in Baltimore Harbor with Dead Body Inside

Missing Van from Waldorf Cab Service Found in Baltimore Harbor with Dead Body Inside

On Thursday, July 24, 2025, around 9:30 a.m., the Baltimore Police Department received a call requesting assistance in extracting a vehicle from the Inner Harbor. Once Baltimore City Police and Firefighters responded with underwater recovery teams, crews located the vehicle approximately 22 feet underwater and discovered human remains inside of the vehicle. The van...
Read More »

17-Year-Old Dead, Adult Injured, Police Seeking Any Information Into Double Shooting

17-Year-Old Dead, Adult Injured, Police Seeking Any Information Into Double Shooting

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday morning in Clinton. The victim is 17-year-old Camron Anthony Adams of Clinton. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On July 20, 2025, at approximately...
Read More »

UPDATE: Man Sentenced to 50-Years for Home Invasion and Double Stabbing in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE: Man Sentenced to 50-Years for Home Invasion and Double Stabbing in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE 7/20/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Terek Demaury Ross, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to life in prison, with 50 years of active incarceration for two counts of attempted first-degree murder. On August 3, 2024, Ross forcibly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s residence and attacked her and her houseguest with...
Read More »

Driver Located by Police After Fatally Striking Bicyclist and Leaving Scene

Driver Located by Police After Fatally Striking Bicyclist and Leaving Scene

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving a bicyclist that occurred Thursday evening in the city of New Carrollton. The deceased bicyclist is 55-year-old Tara Carter of Lanham. On July 17, 2025, at approximately 7:55 pm, City of New Carrollton police officers responded to...
Read More »

21-Year-Old Arrested for Landover Murder After Dispute

21-Year-Old Arrested for Landover Murder After Dispute

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man in connection with a fatal shooting early Sunday morning. The suspect is 21-year-old Damarion Jones of Largo. He is charged with the murder of 21-year-old J’len Livingston of Clinton. On Sunday, July 6, 2025, at approximately 1:00 am, officers responded to...
Read More »

Police Investigating Hughesville Man Killed in Fourth of July Crash

Police Investigating Hughesville Man Killed in Fourth of July Crash

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that took place in Brandywine Friday evening. The deceased driver is 48-year-old Gregory Wilson of Hughesville. On July 4, 2025, at approximately 7:00 pm, officers responded to the 15500 block of Brandywine Road for a single-vehicle crash. Gregory...
Read More »

Police Investigating Fraudulent QR Code Scheme at Regency Furniture Stadium Parking Lot

Police Investigating Fraudulent QR Code Scheme at Regency Furniture Stadium Parking Lot

On Tuesday, July 1, 2025 the Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and staff from the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs received a report from a citizen regarding suspected fraudulent activity involving parking payments at Regency Furniture Stadium, located at 11765 St. Linus Drive in Waldorf, MD. A preliminary investigation revealed that the QR codes affixed...
Read More »

Waldorf Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Commit First-Degree Murder Resulting in the Death of Teenager

Waldorf Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Commit First-Degree Murder Resulting in the Death of Teenager

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, June 27, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Ricardo Kevon Colbert-Lyles, age 24, of Waldorf, to 25 years in prison for Conspiracy to Commit the First-Degree Murder of Aden Christopher Garcia. Upon release, Colbert-Lyles will be on probation...
Read More »

Maryland State Police Investigating 45-Year-Old Bryans Road Man Struck and Killed in Charles County

Maryland State Police Investigating 45-Year-Old Bryans Road Man Struck and Killed in Charles County

July 2, 2025 – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred early this morning, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Charles County. The deceased pedestrian is identified as Kory Branson, 45, of Bryans Road, Maryland. He was pronounced deceased on the scene by Charles County emergency medical services personnel. The driver...
Read More »

Police Investigating Auto Theft Cases; Multiple Juveniles Charged, Stolen Vehicles Recovered in Separate Cases

Police Investigating Auto Theft Cases; Multiple Juveniles Charged, Stolen Vehicles Recovered in Separate Cases

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating three vehicle-related crimes that occurred on June 23 in the Bannister and Wakefield neighborhoods. Charles County Crime Solvers is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects in these cases. The three recent incidents are as follows: Vehicle Theft – 2200...
Read More »

UPDATE: Attorney General Announces No Charges Will Be Filed in Fatal Officer-Involved Pedestrian Collison in Prince George’s County

UPDATE: Attorney General Announces No Charges Will Be Filed in Fatal Officer-Involved Pedestrian Collison in Prince George’s County

UPDATE 6/25/2025: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision not to seek charges in the Saturday, February 1, 2025 fatal officer-involved pedestrian collision in Oxon Hill, Prince George’s County, Maryland. On Saturday, February 1, 2025, at approximately 7:58 p.m., officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD), Forest Heights Police Department (FHPD),...
Read More »

CRIME SOLVERS: Decades-Long Mystery Solved: Jane Doe, Homicide Victim, Identified 25 Years Later Following News Report

CRIME SOLVERS: Decades-Long Mystery Solved: Jane Doe, Homicide Victim, Identified 25 Years Later Following News Report

Charles County Sheriff’s Detectives and Forensic Science Investigators have identified the body of a woman who was found murdered almost 25 years ago. Jane Doe was her name for investigators for 25 years, but her true identity has now been learned – LaQuanda Denise “Niecey” Williams who was just 31 years old when her...
Read More »

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a theft that occurred at Walmart, located at 150 N. Solomons Island Road in Prince Frederick. The incident took place on Friday, June 13, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m. The complainant advised the male subject pictured below had removed several items from the store without payment, including...
Read More »

Two WMATA Train Operators Arrested in Health Care Fraud Scheme

Two WMATA Train Operators Arrested in Health Care Fraud Scheme

Michelle Shropshire, 54, of Waldorf, Maryland, and Harlisha Jones, 49, of Clinton, Maryland, and Washington, DC, were arrested this weekend on health care fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy charges filed in U.S. District Court. The arrests were announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Assistant Director in Charge Steven...
Read More »

Police Investigating Hit-and-Run Involving Stolen Hyundai with 5 Juveniles

Police Investigating Hit-and-Run Involving Stolen Hyundai with 5 Juveniles

Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported motor vehicle collision with a possible disturbance on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at approximately 4:38 p.m. around MacArthur Boulevard and South Poteat Court in California, MD. While enroute, a deputy observed a group of five juveniles walking away from the vicinity of...
Read More »

UPDATE: Police Seeking Identity of Armed Robbery Suspect Who Stole Candy Bar and Cash from California Sheetz

UPDATE: Police Seeking Identity of Armed Robbery Suspect Who Stole Candy Bar and Cash from California Sheetz

UPDATE 5/27/2025: On Sunday, May 25, 2025, at approximately 1:07am, Troopers from the Leonardtown Barrack responded to the Sheetz gas station located 22711 Three Notch Road, California, MD 20619 for the report of an armed robbery. A black male, wearing a gray shirt, camouflage bandana (covering his face) and jeans, entered the Sheetz and...
Read More »

Two Victims Shot and One Suspect Fatally Shot After Alleged Attempted Car Break-Ins

Two Victims Shot and One Suspect Fatally Shot After Alleged Attempted Car Break-Ins

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit assumed the investigation into a fatal shooting that occurred in the town of Fairmount Heights this weekend. The decedent is identified as 30-year-old Edward Coates III of Temple Hills. On May 18, 2025, at approximately 4:00 am, officers responded to the 5700 block of J Street...
Read More »

Teen Charged with Manslaughter After Killing 16-Year-Old While Playing with Firearm

Teen Charged with Manslaughter After Killing 16-Year-Old While Playing with Firearm

The Homicide Unit arrested and charged a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of his friend on Saturday in Beltsville. The suspect is 18-year-old Kimaury Kamara of Mt. Holly Spring, PA. He’s charged with manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Derrick Palmer of Beltsville. On May 10, 2025, at approximately...
Read More »

Five Suspects Plead Guilty After 2023 Burglary to Pawn Shop With 34 Firearms Stolen

Five Suspects Plead Guilty After 2023 Burglary to Pawn Shop With 34 Firearms Stolen

CyJuan Hemsley, 18, of District Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with the December 2023 break-in and burglary of 34 firearms from a Maryland pawn shop. The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr., ATF Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Washington Field Division of...
Read More »

Driver Dies After Striking Parked Vehicle in Prince George’s County

Driver Dies After Striking Parked Vehicle in Prince George’s County

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that occurred early Monday morning. The deceased driver’s name will be released once his family is located and notified. On May 5, 2025, at approximately 12:50 am, officers responded to a collision in the 8600 block of Riggs...
Read More »

PG County Homicide Unit Releases Video & Images of Homicide Suspect and Car

PG County Homicide Unit Releases Video & Images of Homicide Suspect and Car

The PGPD’s Homicide Unit released video and images from a murder that recently occurred in Riverdale. Detectives are asking the community to call with any information on the suspect who killed 58-year-old Adeyemi Martin of New Carrollton. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment...
Read More »

Two Arrested After High Speed Chase and Crime Spree Throughout Calvert County, Two Stolen Cars Recovered

Two Arrested After High Speed Chase and Crime Spree Throughout Calvert County, Two Stolen Cars Recovered

On May 4, 2025, at approximately 7 a.m., Calvert County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 9700 block of Wildfire Lane in Owings for the report of a motor vehicle theft. Upon arrival, it was discovered that unknown suspect(s) had stolen a 2016 white Dodge Journey from the victim’s driveway and stole a wallet...
Read More »

PG County Maryland Man Sentenced to 8 Year for Traveling to the Washington D.C. for Sex with Child

PG County Maryland Man Sentenced to 8 Year for Traveling to the Washington D.C. for Sex with Child

Nathaniel Lamar Nelson Scott, 36, of Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 96-months in federal prison in connection with traveling to sexually abuse a six-year-old girl in the District of Columbia. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ryan of the...
Read More »

UPDATE: Jury Convicts Great Mills Man for 1st Degree Murder of 26-Year-Old Man at Sheetz

UPDATE: Jury Convicts Great Mills Man for 1st Degree Murder of 26-Year-Old Man at Sheetz

UPDATE 5/5/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that a St. Mary’s County jury found James Jerome Adams, Jr., 20, of Great Mills, Maryland, guilty of first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence for his role in a shooting homicide in Great Mills, Maryland. On April...
Read More »

UPDATE: PG County Man Who Fled to Jamaica After Shooting and Killing His Friend Found Guilty

UPDATE: PG County Man Who Fled to Jamaica After Shooting and Killing His Friend Found Guilty

UPDATE 5/5/2025: Ranje Reynolds, 28, of Beltsville, Maryland, was found guilty today by a jury of first-degree murder while armed and other charges related to a shooting that took place on a January evening on M Street in Georgetown, announced U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department...
Read More »