Since the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic school year, the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homeland Security Division has investigated 47 school-related threats. Investigators have charged 10 students in connection with these cases. The 10 students who are facing criminal charges are between the ages of 13-16 years old. Detectives also identified four additional...
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Arlon Charles Menchion, 61, of Lexington Park, has been charged with theft following an incident at a Walmart in California, Maryland, where he stole items worth approximately $354. According to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred on August 23, 2024. Court documents detail that Menchion was observed placing the following items...
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Sergio D. Flores-Trujillo, 27, of Lexington Park, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of burglary and theft after two separate incidents in St. Mary’s County. Flores-Trujillo is facing serious charges, including first-degree burglary, theft, and possession of drug paraphernalia, following reports of break-ins on September 26 and September 28, 2024. The first...
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Maryland State Police will join faith-based organizations and law enforcement agencies across the state to celebrate National Faith & Blue Weekend, set for October 11-14, 2024. National Faith & Blue is a collaborative initiative that builds bridges and breaks down biases through activities and outreach amongst law enforcement professionals and the communities they serve....
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UPDATE 10/2/2024: Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown on Monday, Sept. 30, following a report of a concealed makeshift weapon found inside a cell. Upon investigation, deputies recovered a wooden knife, and incarcerated individual Demetrius Rashud Puifory, 46, was arrested and charged with...
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Members from the Maryland Car Rally Task Force, working in collaboration with the Maryland State Police Special Operations Division, and allied police agencies disrupted twelve unlawful exhibition driving events throughout multiple Maryland counties, including Prince George’s, Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore, Saturday night. Police responded to several locations where up to 500 participants gathered...
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The Justice Department announced today that it is awarding $4 billion to support public safety and community justice activities in the states and territories and in local and Tribal communities. The grants, from the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), will fund efforts across the country to reduce violence, expand services for crime victims and...
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During the St. Mary’s County Commissioners meeting on October 1, 2024, Jamie Sterling, the State’s Attorney for St. Mary’s County, presented a proposal for a reorganization of the State’s Attorney’s Office. The reorganization was aimed at improving the office’s efficiency and effectiveness in handling its workload, particularly in terms of prosecuting cases and managing...
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St. Mary’s County Government (SMCG) is announcing changes to bow hunting access on county-leased acreage at the Elms Beach property. Effective immediately, hunting is no longer permitted on the 85 acres of land leased by St. Mary’s County from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), located at 19350 Back Door Road in Lexington Park,...
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On Thursday, September 26, 2024, at approximately 9:53 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Chancellor Run Road and Pegg Road for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find single motorcycle into the rear end of Subaru with the operator of...
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On September 18, 2024, Calvert County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three individuals in Prince Frederick after discovering evidence of drug distribution and possession during traffic stops. The individuals, identified as Barbara Ann Magruder, 46, of Prince Frederick, Kimberly Marie Hamm, 44, of Chesapeake Beach, and William O’Brian Kennedy, 45, also of Chesapeake Beach, now face...
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), a part of the Department of Justice, has announced a public hearing regarding a significant change in how marijuana is classified under federal law. The proposal seeks to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This move, which has...
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Devin Eric Webb, 38, of Mechanicsville, was arrested on September 29, 2024, following a break-in at Our Lady of the Wayside Church on Chaptico Road in Mechanicsville. According to court documents, Webb is accused of entering the church, damaging property, and stealing items including approximately $700 in cash and nine foldable chairs. The St....
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The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) recently recognized Hannah Neel, an outstanding animal control officer from the Department of Public Safety, as the August 2024 Employee of the Month. Known for her dedication, quick thinking, and compassion, Hannah has made a significant impact on both the department and the community. Earlier this...
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On September 28, 2024, Sadiyah Mone Vaughan, 27, of Great Mills, was arrested and charged with second-degree child abuse and second-degree assault after an altercation with her 11-year-old daughter. According to court documents, the incident occurred at their apartment on Foxchase Drive and was reported as a domestic disturbance. St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s deputies...
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A Lexington Park woman is facing second-degree assault charges following an altercation with an IHOP employee earlier this month. According to court documents, Sabrina Lynn Mawson, 39, of Lexington Park, allegedly assaulted a female employee during a dispute over a meal at the restaurant located on First Colony Blvd in California. The incident took...
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Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an animal cruelty complaint at approximately 8:09 a.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the intersection of northbound Route 5 and Route 242 in Morganza. A caller reported seeing an individual in a silver SUV, possibly a Toyota, throwing several kittens—eight or nine—from the...
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UPDATE 9/30/2024: The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash on on Friday, September 27, 2024, has been identified as Samuel William Vargo, 28, of La Plata. According to court records, upon arrival at the scene, police found Vargo sitting on the damaged staircase of the building, speaking on the phone with his...
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Nicole Ashleigh Bowman, 35, of Chesapeake Beach, is facing 30 charges of animal cruelty after authorities found multiple animals in distress at her home on 15th Street. Bowman was charged following an investigation by Animal Control Officer King from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, which began after a report was made on June 23,...
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Three individuals were arrested on September 26, 2024, after an investigation led by the Calvert County Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) resulted in a drug bust at the Solomons Landing Apartments in Solomons, Maryland. The arrests followed several weeks of surveillance and intelligence gathering, targeting suspected drug activity in the area. The DEU had received...
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UPDATE 9/29/2024: On Saturday, September 28, 2024, at approximately 4:33 p.m., Maryland State Police (MSP) Troopers from the La Plata Barrack responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Maryland Route 488 at Grant Chapman Road. Due to the nature of the incident, the MSP CRASH Team was called to assume the investigation. Preliminary...
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On Friday, September 27, 2024, at approximately 9:32 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road and New Market Turner Road in Mechanicsville, for a serious motor vehicle collision with injuries and entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a three vehicle collision involving a Dodge...
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UPDATE 9/27/2024: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, September 27, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 10-day trial, convicted Vincent Anthony Fisher, II, 49, of two counts of First-Degree Arson and two counts of Second-Degree Murder of Rashawn Cline and Dashawn Cline. On March 31, 2022, officers and...
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Tamonie Chambliss, 28, of Capitol Heights, Maryland was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 46 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a handgun and for distributing marijuana that he mass-marketed using social media and packaged with a label that included a photo of his face. The announcement was...
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On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted vehicle theft in the 21000 block of South Essex Drive in Lexington Park. The incident occurred around 10:44 a.m., when an adult female victim left her vehicle running and locked while she entered a nearby business. Moments...
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