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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 52 Years in Prison for Two Shootings, One at Workplace

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 52 Years in Prison for Two Shootings, One at Workplace

UPDATE 2/3/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Sidney Joseph Spry, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was sentenced to 75 years in prison with 52 years of active incarceration for attempted second degree murder, first degree assault, and firearm charges. In September 2022, Spry armed himself with two firearms and drove to his former...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Two Subjects Wanted for FTA Child Support Hearings

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Two Subjects Wanted for FTA Child Support Hearings

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of these two individuals, who are each wanted on a Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for a Child Support Hearing. If you have any information, please contact Cpl. Chad Hartzell at 240-309-5227 or Cpl. Kristi Nelson at 240-538-6104. You can also report tips...
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17-Year-Old Murder Suspect Apprehended in Calvert County

17-Year-Old Murder Suspect Apprehended in Calvert County

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a 17-year-old male from Temple Hills in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in late December. The suspect is charged with fatally shooting 29-year-old Harvey Jones Jr. of Temple Hills. The suspect is charged as an adult. On December 27, 2024, at...
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Police Investigating Burglary to JMJ Firearms, No Firearms Stolen

Police Investigating Burglary to JMJ Firearms, No Firearms Stolen

On Thursday, January 23, 2025, at approximately 6:55 a.m., police responded to a reported burglary at JMJ Firearms, located in the 29000 block of Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville. Upon arrival, deputies observed significant damage to the front door and windows of the business, which appeared to have been intentionally smashed. A preliminary investigation...
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Three Teens Charged for Armed Robbery, Theft of Vape Cartridges in Waldorf

Three Teens Charged for Armed Robbery, Theft of Vape Cartridges in Waldorf

On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 7:44 p.m., two suspects entered a business in the 3500 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf, and a third suspect remained at the door as a lookout. The suspects displayed a handgun and demanded tobacco products. The employees complied and the suspects fled after stealing a large quantity...
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Charles County Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery of Citizen in Waldorf

Charles County Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery of Citizen in Waldorf

On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 1100 block of Cornell Lane in Waldorf for the call of a citizen armed robbery. The victim reported he was walking to his vehicle when he was approached by three males who displayed firearms and demanded his wallet, phone, and expensive designer-brand...
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Charles County Detectives Seeking Whereabouts of Cliffton Eugene Greenfield, Wanted for Stabbing Relative Over Argument Involving TV Remote

Charles County Detectives Seeking Whereabouts of Cliffton Eugene Greenfield, Wanted for Stabbing Relative Over Argument Involving TV Remote

Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the whereabouts of Cliffton Eugene Greenfield, 50, of Bryans Road, MD, who has an active warrant charging him with first-degree assault. On Friday, January 10, 2025, Greenfield stabbed a relative in the head and neck after an argument – reportedly over the use of a television remote control....
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Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery at R&J Liquors in Dunkirk

Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery at R&J Liquors in Dunkirk

On Thursday, January 9, 2025, at approximately 8:53 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to R&J Liquors located at 2797 W. Chesapeake Beach Road in Dunkirk, for the report of an armed robbery. The complainant advised two suspects robbed the store at gunpoint and fled from the area. Calvert...
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UPDATE: White Plains Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison After Stabbing Victim 59 Times

UPDATE: White Plains Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison After Stabbing Victim 59 Times

UPDATE 1/21/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, January 16, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Marvin Ernesto Funez-Martinez, 23, of White Plains, to 38 years in prison for the Second-Degree Murder of Marco Alexander Pulido-Castro and the Wear and Carry of a Dangerous Weapon...
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Charles County Detectives Charge Juvenile with Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

Charles County Detectives Charge Juvenile with Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

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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La Plata Police Investigating Suspicious Incident Involving Man at Target

La Plata Police Investigating Suspicious Incident Involving Man at Target

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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Convicted Child Sexual Abuse Offender Sentenced to Federal Prison After Illegally Reentering the U.S.

Convicted Child Sexual Abuse Offender Sentenced to Federal Prison After Illegally Reentering the U.S.

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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Police Investigating Fatal Hit and Run That Killed 21-Year-Old Waldorf Woman

Police Investigating Fatal Hit and Run That Killed 21-Year-Old Waldorf Woman

UPDATE 1/10/2025: On January 10, 2025, at approximately 7:17 a.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s patrol officer was traveling on Smallwood Drive West near St. Patrick’s Drive in Waldorf when he observed a body in the road on the eastbound side of the roadway. The officer arrived on scene at the same time as a...
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Pursuit of Justice: Charles County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Homicide – Jack Moore, age 63 of Georgia

Pursuit of Justice: Charles County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Homicide – Jack Moore, age 63 of Georgia

Today is the 22nd anniversary of the homicide of Jack Moore, a 63-year old resident of Georgia, who was visiting the area at the time of his death. His case remains unsolved. Your assistance can help us bring justice to Jack and his family. On January 8th, 2003 at approximately 10pm, officers with the...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Hit and Run Collision at Roland’s of Chesapeake Station

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Hit and Run Collision at Roland’s of Chesapeake Station

On Monday, January 6, 2025, at approximately 10:10 p.m., a white 4-door Jeep struck a delivery van which was in the rear parking lot of the Roland’s of Chesapeake Station. If anyone has information, they are asked to contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. No known injuries were reported and the damage was contained...
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VIDEO RELEASED: Teen Dies from Injuries After Crash in Charles County While Fleeing in Stolen Car

VIDEO RELEASED: Teen Dies from Injuries After Crash in Charles County While Fleeing in Stolen Car

UPDATE 1/03/2025: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General today released body-worn camera footage from the fatal collision that occurred Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland. The decedent has not been identified in accordance with juvenile privacy laws. UPDATE 12/16/2024: The involved officers have...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Accused of Assaulting 8-Year-Old Girl and Pointing Firearm at Relative

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Accused of Assaulting 8-Year-Old Girl and Pointing Firearm at Relative

UPDATE 1/2/2024: Timothy Ignatius Gatton, 22, of Lexington Park, was arrested on January 1, 2025, for domestic assault, child abuse, and firearm-related violations. According to the police report, a deputy from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Oxford Court in Lexington Park after receiving a report of an assault...
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Police Investigating Burglary and Theft of Firearms from St. Mary’s County Business

Police Investigating Burglary and Theft of Firearms from St. Mary’s County Business

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to a Charlotte Hall location for an alarm call at a business that sells guns at approximately 11:53 p.m. Friday, December 27, 2024. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the front window of GLR Enterprise shattered. A search of the premises determined no suspects were inside the store....
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UPDATE: Suspect and Officers Identified in Fatal Officer Involved Shooting in Charles County

UPDATE: Suspect and Officers Identified in Fatal Officer Involved Shooting in Charles County

UPDATE June 10, 2025: The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is releasing video footage related to an officer-involved shooting that occurred on December 20, 2024, on Tottenham Drive in White Plains. Under Maryland law, investigative authority in these cases rests with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (IID); therefore, the...
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UPDATE: DETAILS RELEASED After Bryans Road Woman Arrested for Abduction of 8-Year-Old Boy

UPDATE: DETAILS RELEASED After Bryans Road Woman Arrested for Abduction of 8-Year-Old Boy

On December 19, 2024, Krystal Ninette Clay, age 64, of Indian Head, Maryland, was arrested in Charles County on charges of abducting a child under the age of 12. According to court documents, officers responded at approximately 8:59 a.m. to a welfare check in Bryans Road. A witness reported seeing a white Chevrolet Malibu...
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Police Investigating Murder of Hughesville Man Found in Charles County Field

Police Investigating Murder of Hughesville Man Found in Charles County Field

On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 10:40 a.m., officers responded to the 6800 block of Swann Gate Place in Hughesville for the report of a body in a field. When officers arrived, they found a male who was deceased. The male was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore where...
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Rewards Offered, Police Seeking Information in Two Separate Murders of Teens in Prince George’s County

Rewards Offered, Police Seeking Information in Two Separate Murders of Teens in Prince George’s County

December 13th, 2024: Homicide Unit detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Friday in Suitland. The victim is 17-year-old James Fitzgerald of Suitland. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On December 13, 2024, at approximately 4:00 pm, officers responded...
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Police Recover Handgun from 17-Year-Old at Lackey High School

Police Recover Handgun from 17-Year-Old at Lackey High School

On Friday, December 6, 2024, at 8:30 p.m., officers were working security at an afterschool indoor event at Henry E. Lackey High School when they were made aware of a male in the gymnasium who was armed with a handgun. The officers observed the subject and as they approached the male fled. After a...
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Maryland State Police Arrest Man for Sexual Solicitation of Minor In Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Arrest Man for Sexual Solicitation of Minor In Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police arrested a man Wednesday, December 11, 2024, on charges he solicited sex from an undercover law enforcement officer who was posing as a child over a smartphone app in Prince George’s County. Santos Carranza, 47, of Fort Washington, Maryland, is charged with one count of sexual solicitation of a minor and...
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Police Investigating 7 Burglaries Make Arrest After High Speed Chase, Recover Gun and Stolen Vehicle

Police Investigating 7 Burglaries Make Arrest After High Speed Chase, Recover Gun and Stolen Vehicle

On Monday, December 9, 2024, at approximately 1:30 a.m., officers responded to a commercial burglary at Kings Cleaners at 8101 Jumpers Hole Road, Pasadena. Upon arrival, officers discovered that the neighboring business had also been burglarized. Kings Cleaners 8101 Jumpers Hole Rd. 24-744353 Beauty Nails 8103 Jumpers Hole Rd. 24-744355 Pizza Hut 8149C Ritchie...
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