This year, Little Flower School will be hosting the 8th Annual LFS Patriot Day 5K on September 9, 2023. Each year, this event is held on the Saturday preceding Patriot Day, September 11, to honor our local “patriots” to include military, firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians. Participants in the 5K can run...
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On Sunday, September 3, 2023, around 5:00 a.m., smoke alarms alerted firefighters inside of the Upper Marlboro Fire/EMS Station 820 to a fire in their own firehouse. A working fire dispatch was requested by members on scene which alerted nearby stations to respond to the firehouse located at 14815 Pratt Street in Upper Marlboro....
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UPDATE 9/5/2023: On September 3, 2023, at approximately 4:48 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the area of Bayside Road and Research Lane in Chesapeake Beach, for the report of a serious motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Due to the circumstances, the Crash Reconstruction Team responded to...
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Maryland State Police arrested a man Wednesday on charges he solicited sex from an undercover law enforcement officer who was posing as a child over a smartphone app in Anne Arundel County. Luis Esteban Borunda, 65, of Essex, Maryland, is charged with one count of sexual solicitation of a minor. He is being held...
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Following an extensive investigation, the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has identified and charged a suspect with the murder of 59-year-old Mariame Sylla of Greenbelt. Ms. Sylla was reported missing in the city of Greenbelt in late July. The suspect is 33-year-old Harold Francis Landon III of University Park. At this time,...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit charged a man in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife and son at their Fort Washington home. The suspect is 62-year-old Michael Kevin Burch. The victims are 52-year-old Rori Burch and 25-year-old Michael Burch, Jr. The suspect also shot another victim, an adult male,...
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UPDATE 9/1/2023: Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Prince George’s County. At about 12:10 p.m. on Thursday, troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack responded to a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 North at Powder Mill Road. According to a preliminary investigation, a...
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U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Randolph Stanley, age 44, of Lexington Park, Maryland, yesterday to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Judge Chuang also ordered that Stanley must pay restitution in the full amount of the victims’ losses, which is...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving a dirt bike on Monday in Lanham. The deceased passenger on the dirt bike is 22-year-old George Jackson of Greenbelt. On August 28, 2023, at approximately 8:45 pm, officers responded to the area of Lanham Severn Road...
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UPDATE: “School officials released the following information. August 30, 2023. Dear parents and guardians: Today, during out afternoon dismissal, we had an incident in which a student reportedly walked in the path of a moving bus and was struck. School administrators called 911 for police and medical support for the student. Charles County Public...
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The Maryland State Police urge motorists to stay safe during the Labor Day weekend and avoid impaired, distracted and aggressive driving. State troopers from all 23 barracks will conduct saturation patrols throughout the holiday weekend as part of the “No DUI Friday” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiative. Enforcement is bolstered by funds from...
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(SAINT LEONARD, MD) – Maryland State Police recovered two loaded handguns and arrested a man and a woman following a traffic stop on Sunday in Calvert County. Troopers from the Prince Frederick Barrack at about 12:20 a.m. Sunday pulled over a Chrysler that was seen swerving and moving erratically in the area of Route...
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UPDATE 8/29/2023: On August 28, 2023, Michael Ian Harts, 31, of St. Leonard, received a sentence of 10 years incarceration, suspended to 3 years of active time, for illegal possession of a short-barreled rifle and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The sentence was imposed by Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Mark...
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On August 27, 2023, at approximately 1:00 am, the PGPD was requested to provide assistance to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Aviation Unit which was following a suspect vehicle heading toward the county line. A PGPD patrol officer observed the vehicle at Suitland Parkway and Naylor Road in Temple Hills. The officer activated his emergency...
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8/29/2023: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announce an arrest has been made in a homicide that occurred on Sunday, August 27, 2023, in the 1900 block of 14th Street, Northwest. At approximately 2:10 am, Third District officers responded to a local hospital for the report of a juvenile female seeking treatment...
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On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at approximately 4:05 a.m., police responded to the CVS Pharmacy located at 24288 Three Notch Road in Hollywood, for the reported burglary in progress. Police received multiple 911 calls reporting a grey Ford pickup truck rammed the entrance to the building and was attempting to steal the ATM. Police...
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On Monday, August 28, 2023, at approximately 2:47 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a St. Mary’s County School bus and a Ford SUV involved in a...
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UPDATE 8/23/2028: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Austin Dylan Winbush, 24, of Capitol Heights, was sentenced to life suspend all but 25 years of active incarceration in prison for attempted first-degree murder. Following a three-day jury trial, a St. Mary’s County jury convicted Mr. Winbush on March 23, 2023, of attempted first-degree...
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On Sunday, August 27, 2023, at approximately 5:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of English Oak Lane and Silverwood Lane in Prince Frederick, for the motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. 911 Dispatchers advised the victim is a 12-year-old child who was riding a scooter, Maryland State Police Helicopter...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department is conducting an investigation to determine who brought a gun to Sonia Sotomayor Middle School in Adelphi. At approximately 10:20 am, the PGPD was notified a loaded gun was discovered in a teachers’ lounge restroom. It is unclear who brought the gun and how long it had been...
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update 8/28/2023: On Sunday, August 27th, 2023, at approximately 6:00 p.m., police responded to a residence on Willows Road after receiving a 911 call advising a male subject sent a photo of a handgun with a suicidal message to the 911 caller, who further advised they did not know where the male was at....
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On Sunday, August 27, 2023, at approximately 11:18 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Benedict Bridge and the Bridge Drivein store located at 6654 Hallowing Point Road in Prince Frederick, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with two subjects unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find...
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On Friday evening, a Corrections Officer was seriously assaulted by an inmate at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center. While standing her post, Corrections Officer Hannah Suite was approached by inmate Kamisha Raquel Thomas who threw a cup of liquid at C/O Suite and then suddenly and violently attacked the Corrections Officer....
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On Saturday, August 26, 2023, at approximately 11:56 p.m., police, fire and emergency medical personnel responded to the 46000 block of Frostburg Plains Road in Lexington Park, for the reported overdose involving multiple patients. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find two patients beyond help and pronounced them deceased on the scene. All other...
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Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Scott Anthony Williams, age 45, of Laurel, Maryland and Taeyan Raymond Williams, age 26, of Morgantown, West Virginia to 23 years and 12.5 years in federal prison, respectively, each followed by five years of supervised release, for a drug trafficking conspiracy and for possession...
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