On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, Deputy Dixon conducted a traffic stop in the 29500 block of Three Notch Road in Charlotte Hall. The vehicle’s operator was identified as Juwan Matthew Favors, age 24 of Frederick. A probable cause search was conducted and located in the driver’s side door was a loaded handgun, and several...
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Meet Calvert Middle School (CMS) School Resource Officer (SRO) Deputy First Class (DFC) Ryan Spalding The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and Calvert County Public Schools – CCPS welcome back Det. Spalding as this is his 4th year as an SRO. This year Det. Spalding will be supporting students at Calvert Middle School and Calvert...
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On Thursday, October 13, 2022, at 8:17 a.m., officers responded to a school bus stop for students at Davis Middle School in the area of Silent Creek Road and Stewards Chance Lane after a witness called to report a juvenile pointing what appeared to be a handgun at other students. At the same time,...
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On Tuesday, October 4 at 2:14 p.m., a 14-year-old student was fighting with another student in the parking lot during dismissal at St. Charles High School. During the altercation, the student ran to a school bus and obtained a stun gun, which another student held for her. The student activated the stun gun several...
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Alphonso Owens, 42, formerly of Washington, D.C., has been indicted by grand juries in the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Maryland for two separate home invasion sexual assaults of children that occurred in September and October of 2011. The indictments were announced by Matthew M. Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of...
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The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) is pleased to announce that Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron has been selected as its new Colonel. Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron, Sheriff of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, has been selected as the next Colonel and Administrator of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, effective early January 2023. Cameron’s appointment was announced today...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian collision in Fort Washington. The victim is 56-year-old Huerta Melendez of Montgomery Village, MD. On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at approximately 10:55 p.m., officers responded to the area of northbound Indian Head Highway and Kerby Hill Road. The preliminary investigation revealed Melendez was...
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On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at approximately 9:45 a.m., firefighters responded to 704 Oser Drive in Crownsville, for the reported residential structure fire with entrapment. The resident reported that the house was on fire and a family member was still inside the home. First arriving fire department crews reported fire showing from the front...
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On Thursday, October 6, 2022, several students at Mattawoman Middle School told school staff about another student who was overheard making a threat to commit mass violence. The school resource officer (SRO) was notified and initiated an investigation. The SRO made contact with the student’s parents, followed up with a home safety check, and...
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On Saturday, October 8, 2022, at approximately 7:50 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the Tiki Bar located at 85 Charles Street in Solomons, for the reported structure fire. Calvert County 911 Center received multiple 911 calls with one employee reporting a heater caught fire. Crews arrived on the scene...
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On Friday, October 7, 2022, police responded to the 21000 block of Suburban Drive in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 callers reporting shots fired. TFC J. Powis responded and initial investigation revealed that a juvenile male fired a gun from a vehicle numerous times and struck several occupied houses. The juvenile was able to...
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Luis Flores-Reyes, a/k/a “Maloso,” “Lobo,”’ and “Viejo Lovvon,” age 41, of Arlington, Virginia Jairo Jacome, a/k/a “Abuelo,” age 40, of Langley Park, Maryland Brayan Contreras-Avalos, a/k/a “Anonimo,” and “Humilde,” age 27, of Langley Park, Maryland A federal jury convicted the three on federal charges related to a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha,...
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Charles Clark, 65, of La Plata, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division, and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Clark pleaded...
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Mark Bowser, 42, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for fatally stabbing a woman with 47 sharp force injuries in an attack that took place inside the victim’s home in Southeast Washington. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief...
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The Calvert County Administrative Charging Committee (ACC) will host the state’s first Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission (MPTSC) ACC and Trial Board training programs. MPTSC training is required for ACC and Trial Board members throughout the state of Maryland. The training will take place during the second and third weeks of October in...
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Congratulations to Cindy Loveless, the 2022 recipient of the Optimist Club Respect for Law Enforcement Telecommunicator of the Year award! Cindy has been part of the Calvert County Emergency Communications team for four years, most recently as a public safety dispatcher. She was nominated for this year’s award after her situational awareness, vigilant communication...
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On October 7, 2022, Deputy First Class H. Anderson graduated from the Prince George’s County Police Department Basic SWAT School Session 36. This multi-week school is one of the most physically taxing and mentally challenging schools in the region that prepares deputies/officers for high-risk operations. Sheriff Mike Evans and the men and women of...
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On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at approximately 8:01 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Renner Road and Leonardtown Road in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller reported a motorcycle rear-ended a vehicle with the operator of the motorcycle being unconscious...
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Governor Larry Hogan will lead a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) for the new Governor Harry W. Nice/Senator Thomas “Mac” Middleton Bridge (US 301) in Charles County on Wednesday October 12th. The new span will open to traffic on Thursday morning, October 13. Hogan stated today is a historic...
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UPDATE 10/11/2022: Detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division identified a suspect in a shooting case that occurred on March 6, 2022 in the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf. In the case, two groups of suspects were shooting at each other in the parking lot of an apartment...
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Charles Clark, 65, of La Plata, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division, and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Clark pleaded...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a burglary and theft that occurred in the 5300 block of Williams Wharf Road in St. Leonard. Investigation revealed sometime between 11 a.m. on Oct. 4 and 7:15 a.m. on Oct. 5, an unknown suspect (s) burglarized a shed on the property and stole a four-wheeler....
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the first segment of Maryland’s muzzleloader deer season runs from October 20th to 22nd statewide. Hunters in Region B — the state’s central, southern, and eastern regions — can also use muzzleloaders from October 24-29 for antlerless deer only. The popular season typically coincides with pleasant fall...
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On October 4, 2022, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Team (SOT) conducted an all-hands-on training scenario with our drone team and members of our Conflict Management Team (CMT) at the Island Creek Training facility in Port Republic. SOT and CMT members practiced de-escalation tactics, officer rescue methods, and communications using drones. The...
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On October 7, 2022, Deputy Blake Haas graduated from the Prince George’s County Police Department Basic SWAT School Session 36. The three-week school is physically and mentally demanding, and tests the officer’s ability to adapt and overcome intense situations. Sheriff Tim Cameron and the men and women of the SMCSO congratulate Dep. Haas on...
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