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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Suspects Who Burglarized St. Mary’s Caring Soup Kitchen

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Suspects Who Burglarized St. Mary’s Caring Soup Kitchen

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the suspects pictured in a burglary investigation. On Friday, March 12, 2022 at 12:45 am, the suspects broke into the St. Mary’s Caring Soup Kitchen in Great Mills and carried off property. Anyone with information about the identities of the suspects or this...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death in Prince Frederick

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death in Prince Frederick

On Saturday, May 14, 2022, at approximately 5:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the rear of the Super 8 Hotel located at 40 Commerce Lane in Prince Frederick, for the reported subject not breathing. Crews arrived on the scene to find the victim in the nearby wooded area in a homeless...
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Sykesville Man Charged with Manslaughter and Impaired Driving After Killing Woman in Glen Burnie Crash

Sykesville Man Charged with Manslaughter and Impaired Driving After Killing Woman in Glen Burnie Crash

On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 1:09 p.m., Northern District officers responded to MD Route 10 southbound between I-695 and Ordnance Rd for a multi-vehicle crash. The investigation revealed that a gray Hyundai Elantra was stopped completely on the right shoulder of Route 10 with a reported flat tire. In front of the Hyundai...
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Police Investigating Shooting in Lexington Park, One Vehicle and One Residence Struck 5-11-2022

Police Investigating Shooting in Lexington Park, One Vehicle and One Residence Struck 5-11-2022

On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at approximately 10:50 p.m., police responded to the area of Yorktown Road and Kearsarge Place in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired. Police arrived on the scene in under one minute. Deputies located at least one vehicle and one residence that was struck and damaged. No...
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Anne Arundel County Police Arrest 15-Year-Old for Stealing Vehicle and Attempting to Steal Second Vehicle

Anne Arundel County Police Arrest 15-Year-Old for Stealing Vehicle and Attempting to Steal Second Vehicle

On Sunday, May 8, 2022, at approximately 4:15 p.m., officers responded to the 8200 block of Brushyridge Road in Laurel for a report of two males tampering with a motor vehicle. Two suspects fled from officers who pursued the suspects on foot. One of the suspects was apprehended on Laurel Fort Meade Road near...
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St. Mary’s County Detectives Arrest 19-Year-Old Lexington Park Drug Dealer After Executing Search Warrant

St. Mary’s County Detectives Arrest 19-Year-Old Lexington Park Drug Dealer After Executing Search Warrant

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division along with members of the Emergency Services Team (EST) served a search and seizure warrant at the residence of Joseph Daren Brooks Jr., age 19, in the 21700 block of Kearsarge Place in Lexington Park. As a result,...
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Police Investigating Drive-by Shooting in Lexington Park, No Injuries Reported, One Residence Struck 5/10/2022

Police Investigating Drive-by Shooting in Lexington Park, No Injuries Reported, One Residence Struck 5/10/2022

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at approximately 3:00 a.m., police responded to the area of Yorktown Road and Kearsarge Place in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired. One 911 caller reported hearing at least 3 gunshots and reported a white sedan was fleeing the area at a high rate of speed....
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest for 2021 Drive-by Shooting in Lexington Park, No Injuries Reported

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest for 2021 Drive-by Shooting in Lexington Park, No Injuries Reported

UPDATE 5/9/2022: On May 5, 2022, members of the Lexington Park COPs Unit located and arrested Zeolaunte Monticello Hilliard, age 36 of Lexington Park, on an outstanding warrant for a shooting in March of 2021. On March 17, 2021, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21000 block of Pegg...
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UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Murder at Smallwood Village Center

UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Murder at Smallwood Village Center

UPDATE 5/9/2022: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, May 6, 2022, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Fred Odell Scott, 58, of Waldorf, to 20 years in prison for the Second-Degree Murder of John Staton and the Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a...
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19-Year-Old Lexington Park Teen Arrested for Illegal Possession of Firearm and Sale of Firearms to Minor

19-Year-Old Lexington Park Teen Arrested for Illegal Possession of Firearm and Sale of Firearms to Minor

In February 2022, members from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Division began an investigation into the distribution, transferring, manufacturing, and purchasing of firearms to minors. During the investigation Keyshawn NMN Green, age 19 of Lexington Park, was identified as a distributer of firearms to a minor. On April 7, 2022, a search...
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Prince George’s County MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison After Selling 13 Firearms to Undercover Washington D.C. Police Officers

Prince George’s County MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison After Selling 13 Firearms to Undercover Washington D.C. Police Officers

Wilber Vigil-Benitez, 26, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawfully possessing and trafficking firearms, including an assault rifle and a semi-automatic handgun with a large capacity magazine. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI...
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UPDATE: Fugitive with Four Open Warrants in Charles County Located and Arrested

UPDATE: Fugitive with Four Open Warrants in Charles County Located and Arrested

UPDATE: Harvey was located and is being held at the Charles County Detention Center. 5/5/2022: The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of George Harvey, 43, of Waldorf, who has four open warrants including unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, failure to appear in court for two burglary charges and failure to...
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Police Release Update for Murder Arrest on May 5, 2022, Police Searching for Second Suspect

Police Release Update for Murder Arrest on May 5, 2022, Police Searching for Second Suspect

UPDATE on 5/7/2022: On Wednesday, Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit detectives opened an investigation into the murder of 34-year-old Benjamin Ampong of Lorton. Ampong was fatally shot at approximately 1:00 pm on Corning Avenue in Fort Washington. A description of the suspect’s vehicle was immediately broadcast to officers. One of the responding officers observed...
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Police Searching for at Least Five Gunmen and Two Vehicles Involved in Drive-by Shooting, Two Children Shot and One Dog Killed

Police Searching for at Least Five Gunmen and Two Vehicles Involved in Drive-by Shooting, Two Children Shot and One Dog Killed

Westphalia Division VIII investigators released video of a shooting that occurred Wednesday evening in the City of District Heights. A young boy and a teenager were struck by the gunfire. Their injuries do not appear life-threatening. The video shows a Dodge minivan with at least four occupants, and Nissan Altima or Nissan Maxima 4-door...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shots Fired in Patuxent Homes, No Injuries Reported

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shots Fired in Patuxent Homes, No Injuries Reported

On Thursday, May 5, 2022, at approximately 12:14 p.m., police responded to the area of North Essex Drive and Saratoga Drive in Lexington Park, for the reports of shots fired. Witnesses reported seeing at least four black males running from the area after the shots were heard. Police arrived on the scene and found...
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Washington D.C., Man Arrested for Stabbing Man to Death After Fight on Metrobus in Oxon Hill

Washington D.C., Man Arrested for Stabbing Man to Death After Fight on Metrobus in Oxon Hill

Homicide Unit detectives charged a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred last Friday in Oxon Hill. The suspect is 25 year-old Norman Bethea, Jr. of Washington, DC. He is charged with fatally stabbing 28-year-old Steven Artkale Davis of Oxon Hill. On April 29, 2022, at approximately 2:45 pm, patrol officers responded...
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Police Recover Food Containing Suspected Marijuana from Matthew Henson Middle School Student

Police Recover Food Containing Suspected Marijuana from Matthew Henson Middle School Student

On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 2:45 p.m., school staff at Matthew Henson Middle School found cookies that possibly contained marijuana and a store-bought bag of “marijuana candy” inside a student’s lunchbox. The bag and cookies were recovered by a school resource officer and will be forwarded to the Maryland State Police Crime Lab...
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63-Year-Old Glen Burnie Man Dies After Dump Truck Overturns off of Bridge in Annapolis

63-Year-Old Glen Burnie Man Dies After Dump Truck Overturns off of Bridge in Annapolis

On Monday, May 2, 2022, at 12:56 p.m., officers from Southern District responded to Maryland Route 665 (Aris T. Allen Boulevard) just after Route 2 (Solomons Island Road) for a single-vehicle crash involving a commercial dump truck. Preliminary investigation suggests the 2013 Peterbilt dump truck was traveling eastbound on Route 665 when for unknown...
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St. Mary’s County Deputies Make One Arrest in Connection of Burglary and Theft at Vape Planet, Police Searching for Second Suspect

St. Mary’s County Deputies Make One Arrest in Connection of Burglary and Theft at Vape Planet, Police Searching for Second Suspect

On April 27, 2022, at 3:12 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Vape Planet located at 21632 Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the burglar alarm activation. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered the glass door to the business shattered, and various items stolen from the business....
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Charge 14-Year Old and 16-Year-Old in Connection to Multiple Burglaries in Lexington Park

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Charge 14-Year Old and 16-Year-Old in Connection to Multiple Burglaries in Lexington Park

UPDATE 5/2/2022: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division arrested and charged two male juveniles with multiple commercial burglaries and vandalisms made over the Easter weekend. Deputies performing proactive community enforcement on the night of the burglaries were able to match specific clothing seen in security video with juveniles they had contact with...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Drive-by Shooting in Great Mills, Police Searching for Suspect Vehicle

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Drive-by Shooting in Great Mills, Police Searching for Suspect Vehicle

On Sunday, May 1, 2022, at approximately 1:20 a.m., police responded to Coronado Drive in Great Mills, for multiple reports of shots fired. Deputies arrived on the scene in under 2 minutes and located multiple shell casings in the roadway. Police collected multiple pieces of evidence from the scene and recovered multiple videos of...
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17-Year-Old Accokeek Teen Killed in Single Vehicle Collision

17-Year-Old Accokeek Teen Killed in Single Vehicle Collision

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Wednesday morning. The deceased driver is 17-year-old Christopher Sosa of Accokeek. On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at approximately 7:10 a.m., PGPD officers responded to a single-car crash on Accokeek Road near Gardner Road. The driver and...
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Police Recover Bag Containing Morphine at Milton Somers Middle School

Police Recover Bag Containing Morphine at Milton Somers Middle School

On Thursday, April 28 at 2:30 p.m., a student found a plastic bag containing a suspicious substance inside a classroom at Milton Somers Middle School. The student notified a teacher who then notified a school resource officer. A preliminary investigation revealed the substance tested positive for morphine. It is not yet known who brought...
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Police Recover Suspected Marijuana from Westlake High School Student

Police Recover Suspected Marijuana from Westlake High School Student

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 8:00 a.m., a school administrator at Westlake High School became aware of a possible drug transaction involving a student. Further investigation showed the student was in possession of nine individually packaged baggies of suspected marijuana. The school resource officer recovered the suspected marijuana. The case is under review...
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Great Mills Man is One of Nine Arrested As Police Task Force Dismantles Eastern Shore Drug Trafficking Organization

Great Mills Man is One of Nine Arrested As Police Task Force Dismantles Eastern Shore Drug Trafficking Organization

A combined law enforcement multi-month investigation has led to the indictment of nine people alleged to be part of a significant drug trafficking organization in two Eastern Shore counties. The investigation, initiated by the Caroline County Drug Task Force, looked into information concerning the operation of a drug trafficking organization believed to be distributing...
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