On June 13, 2023, Steven Tuttle experienced a life-threatening medical emergency in which he called 911 for help. St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services and Maryland State Police Aviation Command responded. Paramedic James Cawley, EMT Thomas Jamison, EMT Kelley Bean and EMT Alexandra Barnaby provided life-saving care for Mr. Tuttle and the Maryland...
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On July 7, 2023, at 1:29 a.m., patrol officers were in the 11500 block of Berry Road when they observed a car parked at a business. All four doors to the vehicle were open and loud music was playing. Officers investigated and learned the car was reported stolen from Washington, D.C. The driver, Eric...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) began their business meeting with an invocation and the pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners then presented proclamations for National Parks & Recreation Month and Maryland Buy Local Week. The Commissioners then heard the St Mary’s County Library’s semi-annual brief. The Commissioners then...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the Grants Gateway application is open for local governments and organizations for Fiscal Year 2025, which begins July 1, 2024. Through this process, funding is available for projects that restore local waterways, increase communities’ resilience to climate change and storm impacts, strengthen local economies, develop the next generation of environmental stewards,...
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Charles County Parks & Recreation released the following. “On Thursday, July 13, a patron was found unresponsive in the Thomas Stone Outdoor Pool. Lifeguards called 9-1-1 and immediately began administering CPR. Emergency services arrived soon after and transported the patient to the hospital, where the individual was officially pronounced deceased. We extend our condolences...
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UPDATE 7/17/2023: The Maryland Office of the Attorney General Independent Investigations Division Released the following statement: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General is investigating a fatal crash that occurred following a police pursuit in Charles County on Thursday afternoon. On June 29, at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers with...
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UPDATE 7/17/2023: On July 16, 2023, at 2:54 PM police and emergency services were dispatched to a reported head- on motor vehicle collision with injuries in the area of the twenty-two thousand block of Newtowne Neck Road in Leonardtown. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office arrived on scene and observed a 2013...
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Former Prince George’s County Department of Corrections correctional officer Danielle Dominique Smith, age 34, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in connection with her smuggling drugs to a prisoner with whom she had an intimate relationship. The guilty plea was announced by...
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On July 7, 2023, Madison G. Wagaman, 35, of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, entered a guilty plea in Calvert County Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter. The plea stemmed from a March 22, 2022, incident in which Wagaman got involved in an argument with her 74-year old mother-in-law. Wagaman ultimately struck the victim in the face,...
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On July 13, 2023, at approximately 1:40 p.m., officers responded for a report of a shooting that just occurred in the 100 block of Southbridge Drive in Glen Burnie. The complainant indicated that they heard a female yelling for help and that someone was shooting. The complainant went on to say that they observed...
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On Sunday, July 16, 2023, at approximately 2:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Lincoln Avenue in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles in the roadway with one patient with injuries. The operator of...
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On Friday, July 14, 2023, at approximately 12:20 a.m., police responded to the Tackle Box located at 22035 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported burglary and glass break alarms. Police arrived on the scene within minutes to find the front door glass shattered with a large brick nearby. Upon further investigation,...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering an online process for Maryland hunters to apply for a 2023-2024 waterfowl blind site license, which reserves a location for a landowner or authorized individual to place a hunting blind. From July 12 through July 25 at 11:59 p.m., hunters may enter the annual lottery for the opening days...
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Donald Fortune, Jr., age 19, of Greenbelt, Maryland, pleaded guilty to federal charges for illegal possession of a machinegun, possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the subject pictured, regarding a theft investigation. On Thursday, May 4, 2023, between the hours of 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM, the subject pictured entered Michael’s store in California. While in the store, the suspect entered the closed employee lounge, pried open a...
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Following an extensive investigation, Prince George’s County Police Department Financial Crimes Unit detectives identified and arrested a man who is linked to two “pigeon drop” scams. The suspect is 59-year-old Keith Twiggs of Temple Hills. A pigeon drop scam involves convincing a victim to give the suspect(s) a large amount of cash as collateral...
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On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at approximately 1:42 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 37000 block of Mohawk Drive in Charlotte Hall, for the reported golf cart crash with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a golfcart in the roadway with one pediatric female trapped underneath of the...
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Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Funds. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterways, emergency vessels and equipment for local first responders, and other important infrastructure and initiatives. “Investing in infrastructure is integral...
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U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Jerry Phillips, a/k/a “Tian Juzo,” age 25, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and illegal possession of a machine gun, related to a scheme to fraudulently obtain more...
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UPDATE: On July 9, 2023, at 8:24 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Patrol Bureau responded to report of a serious motor vehicle crash with injuries in the area of MD Rt. 4 and White Sands Drive in Lusby. Upon arrival, deputies determined the one of the operators of the vehicles succumbed to...
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On Sunday, July 9, 2023, police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 9122 Maytide Street and Linden Grove Drive in Waldorf, for the report of a small aircraft down. 911 callers reported a small helicopter conducted a emergency landing and was currently in their backyard. Crews arrived on the scene to...
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In May of 2023, the Anne Arundel County Police Department became aware of multiple sexual allegations against an Anne Arundel County Public School (AACPS) teacher. During the investigation, two students came forward advising Karl Houston Walls, a teacher at Northeast High School, had allegedly been sending sexually explicit text messages and photographs/videos. The suspect...
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A Brooklyn Park man pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Murder and Use of a Handgun in a Crime of Violence on Friday in connection to the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Darius Davon Matthews outside a Glen Burnie liquor store, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced. Gregory Lydell Siscoe, 70, entered the plea in Anne Arundel...
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The Homicide Unit released video of an SUV wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in the city of Seat Pleasant in late May. The victim in this case is 32-year-old Joe Louis Washington of Brandywine. On May 31, 2023, at approximately 8:45 pm, officers with the Seat Pleasant Police Department responded to the...
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A state prison inmate has been indicted by the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Grand Jury in the homicide of a fellow inmate at the Jessup Correctional Institute in Jessup, Maryland earlier this year. The suspect, Daniel Myers, 26, is charged with first-degree murder and related charges. He is in custody at the North...
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