Vincent Perry Brooks, 34, of Accokeek, is facing three misdemeanor counts of possessing a controlled dangerous substance other than cannabis and one misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia after a May 4, 2026, traffic stop in Calvert County, according to court documents. According to charging documents filed by Cpl. Plant of the Calvert County...
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Sheriff Ricky Cox and the men and women of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office are proud to announce that DFC Hendrickson and his K9 partner, Atlas, earned 1st place out of 20 K9 teams at the 2026 Capital K9 Trials. The competition, hosted at Joint Base Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George’s County,...
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Corey Coniel Contee, 55, of Lexington Park, is facing misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance other than cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia after an arrest on May 2, 2026, in Lexington Park, according to District Court documents filed in St. Mary’s County. According to the statement of charges, Deputy Tyler...
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Zakiyra Imarie Minor, 23, of Indian Head, has been charged in Charles County District Court with second-degree escape for allegedly violating the conditions of her pretrial release while on home detention, according to court documents. Court records state that the case began after A1 Trusted Monitoring LLC contacted the Charles County Sheriff’s Office at...
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Hope Eunice Bush, 54, of Lusby, has been charged in Calvert County District Court with misdemeanor animal cruelty and misdemeanor animal cruelty for failing to provide necessary care after authorities said a cream-colored Poodle mix-type dog was found in severely neglected condition at a Solomons veterinary office on May 2, 2026. The case remains...
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James Daniel Seifert, 33, of Lexington Park, is facing charges across five separate St. Mary’s County District Court cases, including drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on a suspended license, and two counts of theft under $100, according to court documents. The documents, filed between March 2026 and May 2026, stem from two...
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Stoney Louis Buckler, 40, of Mechanicsville, has been charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance that was not cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia after a May 3, 2026, arrest in St. Mary’s County, according to District Court documents. According to the statement of charges, a deputy with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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Laroi James Burch, 35, of Lexington Park, is facing nine drug and firearm-related charges after authorities said a search of his Radford Lane home led to the discovery of crack cocaine, packaging materials, a digital scale, cash, ammunition and a Polymer80 handgun without a serial number, according to District Court documents filed in St....
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Donald Leo Parks, 32, of Lexington Park, is facing criminal and traffic charges after court documents say he allegedly drove a red moped away from a St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputy during an attempted traffic stop and later attempted to conceal suspected synthetic cannabinoid under the vehicle. According to court documents, Deputy Joseph...
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On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at approximately 4:25 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the intersection of Chancellors Run Road and Military Lane in Great Mills, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one overturned. Crews arrived on the scene within minutes of dispatch to find a three vehicle collision with...
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UPDATE 5/13/2026: A Maryland man learned his fate in federal court, today, in connection with drug trafficking and weapons crimes. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Dominick Mackall, 37, of Lexington Park, to 110 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing firearms and ammunition as a felon and...
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Dana Elizabeth Briscoe, 63, of Hollywood, is facing charges of second-degree assault, obstructing and hindering, failure to obey a reasonable and lawful order, and resisting or interfering with arrest after a May 7, 2026 traffic stop in Hollywood, according to District Court of Maryland records. A related traffic citation also accuses Briscoe of driving...
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James Donelle Pinkney, 53, of Great Mills, has been charged with fraudulently assuming another person’s identity to avoid prosecution, obstructing and hindering, two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance that was not cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting or interfering with arrest, and possession of contraband in a place of confinement, according...
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Ruby Nicole Mason, 23, of Leonardtown, has been charged with second-degree assault after police responded to a reported assault in progress at the Deluxe Inn on Crain Highway in La Plata on May 6, 2026, according to charging documents filed in the District Court for Charles County. According to the statement of probable cause,...
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Michael G. Pernell, 37, of Saint Leonard, is facing two felony counts of possession with intent to distribute narcotics, two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance that was not cannabis, and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia after an April 29, 2026 traffic stop in Lexington Park, according to...
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William Lamar Herndon, 37, of Hollywood, is facing three misdemeanor charges after Maryland State Police said a traffic stop in Hollywood led to the discovery of suspected cocaine and drug paraphernalia, according to District Court documents filed in St. Mary’s County. Herndon is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, not cannabis, and...
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On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at approximately 5:55 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services from Calvert and Charles County responded to the Benedict Bridge, for a motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle head-on style collision with one patient reporting chest pains. Upon evaluating the...
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Joelle Anicia Brown, 20, of Waldorf, has been charged in Charles County District Court with one felony count of theft scheme involving at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 after court documents say she stole $1,605 from a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Waldorf. According to charging documents filed by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office,...
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5/13/2026: Maryland Delegate Todd B. Morgan announced that “MDOT/SHA listened to concerns raised by local officials and residents regarding the proposed Route 235 roadway project. Morgan said. “Thanks to everyone who showed up to speak up.” In a May 7, 2026, letter to Delegate Morgan, Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary Kathryn Thomson said the Maryland...
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UPDATE 5/12/2026: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that the State of Maryland has reached a final settlement of $2.25 billion with Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., the owner and operator of the M/V Dali, resolving the State’s claims against those parties arising from the cargo ship’s March 26,...
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Cameron Briley Nolan, 34, of Mechanicsville, is facing charges of theft less than $100, second-degree assault, intoxicated public disturbance and disorderly conduct after an alleged incident at Holiday Liquors on Leonardtown Road in Waldorf on May 5, 2026, according to District Court of Maryland records for Charles County. Court documents state that a Charles...
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UPDATE 5/12/2026: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Leroy Christopher Neal, 50, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, has been sentenced to LIFE plus 20 years in prison, with LIFE plus 5 years of active incarceration for first-degree murder and related firearm charges. On December 5, 2025, after a 5-day jury trial, a St. Mary’s County...
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Tiffany Michelle Eckloff, 36, of Great Mills, is facing four charges in St. Mary’s County District Court, including possession of a controlled dangerous substance other than cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of contraband in a place of confinement, and possession or receipt of a controlled dangerous substance while confined or detained, according to...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the passing of K9 Reaper, a German Shepherd who served the agency and the community from 2019 to 2025. K9 Reaper was born on October 24, 2016, and served alongside his handler, Cpl. Curtis Callison. During his years of service, Reaper was certified in narcotics detection, criminal...
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Michael Fitzgerald Dobbins Jr., 38, of Lexington Park, is facing four drug-related charges in St. Mary’s County, including felony possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, after a February 26, 2026 traffic stop on Great Mills Road, according to District Court records. Dobbins is charged with one count of possession of a controlled dangerous...
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