The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that took place Friday evening involving a dirt bike and an SUV. The dirt bike operator, 18-year-old Peter Joven of Capitol Heights, died of his injuries the next day. On Friday, March 25, 2022, at approximately 6:20 p.m., officers responded to Pennsylvania Avenue...
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On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at approximately 10:20 p.m., firefighters from North Beach, Prince Frederick, Dunkirk, St. Leonard, Huntingtown, and surrounding departments responded to 140 West Mt. Harmony Road in Owings, for the reported building on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a commercial building with multiple exposures including...
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On March 27,2022, at 3:45 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 8500 block of Kingsway Drive in White Plains for the report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, officers observed the suspects exiting the house and fleeing on foot, and three suspects were apprehended. Officers observed the glass...
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On Monday, March 28, 2022, at approximately 6:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Old Rolling Road in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with live power lines on a vehicle with one occupant trapped. SMECO was requested to expedite a response to...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is looking to identify the male subject in these photos in reference to a package being removed from a residence in Lusby, MD. Anyone with information is asked to contact DFC. Wilder at [email protected]. Please refer to case 22-16077.
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office continues to celebrate Women’s History Month in March. Meet Corrections Corporal Dannette Barrow and her daughter Andrea Barrow, who is currently a cadet with the agency. Cpl. Barrow joined the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office in 2011, relocating here with her family from Maine. Coming from a military family,...
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The St. Mary’s County Office of the Sheriff is seeking the whereabouts of two individuals, both wanted on warrants for Sex Offender Registry violations. Israel Holmes, age 22 of Great Mills, is wanted for Failure to Register as Sex Offender and Violation of Probation. Frank James Fenwick, age 46 of no fixed address, is...
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The IRS-Criminal Investigation Washington, D.C. Field Office investigated 84 of the agency’s more than 660 tax and money laundering cases related to alleged COVID fraud, totaling $1.8 billion since the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law nearly two years ago. These cases involved a broad range of criminal...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a passing of counterfeit money that occurred on Wednesday, March 23, and Thursday, March 24, 2022, at two 7-Eleven locations in Calvert County. ▪️ 3855 Old Town Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639 ▪️ 15 N Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 The suspect pictured below passed...
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Governor Larry Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan made several stops at local businesses throughout Calvert and St. Mary’s County on Friday, March 25, 2022, as part of a two-day swing through Southern Maryland in celebration of Maryland Day. Calvert County Public Library. Governor Hogan and the First Lady toured the Calvert County Public...
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UPDATE 3/25/2022: James Eric Baugher, 56, of Lusby, was sentenced on March 25, 2022, to 30 years imprisonment for sex offenses that he committed over a 7-year period with a minor child. The sentence was imposed by the Honorable Mark S. Chandlee of the Calvert County Circuit Court. Baugher will not be eligible for...
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UPDATE 12/1/2022: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of Attorney General today released its investigative report of the March 11 fatal police pursuit in Charles County. On March 11, 2022, at 4:06 a.m., officers with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a hit-and-run crash in the 3900 block...
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On Friday, March 25, 2022, at approximately 6:17 p.m., police responded to the 4700 block of Shady Hill Lane in Waldorf, for the reported assault in progress. The 911 caller reported his friend was actively assaulting him and that he had struck the caller in the head with a chair before fleeing the scene...
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On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Charles County Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Raequan Traymond Reaves, 26, of Waldorf, in connection with an armed robbery of a citizen that occurred earlier this month. On March 7, officers responded to a tavern in the Waldorf area for the report of a robbery. The...
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UPDATE: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office has corrected their initial press release and have released the following information – Please be advised the press release has been updated as the photos disseminated were not the correct vehicle. The photos previously disseminated are of the GMC which is not stolen but is identical in...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County seek applicants interested to serve on the St. Mary’s County Police Accountability Board and St. Mary’s County Administrative Charging Committee. Pursuant to Maryland Annotated Code, Public Safety Art. § 3-102 and § 3-104, respectively, there shall be a St. Mary’s County Police Accountability Board and a St. Mary’s...
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The Homicide Unit charged a suspect in connection with a homicide on Wednesday inside of a College Park apartment. The suspect is 30-year-old Junior Bernard, Jr. of College Park. He’s charged with the murder of his mother, 61-year-old Marlene Sloley. They lived together in the apartment where the crime occurred. On Wednesday, March 23,...
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On March 23, 2022, at 3:03 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Continental Drive and Sandestin Place in White Plains, for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a 17-year-old male with a gunshot wound to his arm. An officer rendered first aid to...
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Detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have charged Daylin Roy Davis, 27, of Waldorf, with sexual solicitation of a minor, sex offenses, and assault. In early March 2022, a school administrator at Westlake High School observed what appeared to be an inappropriate relationship between Davis and a student. At...
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UPDATE 3/24/2022: On Thursday, March 10, 2022, at approximately 9:28 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 45700 block of Oregon Way in Lexington Park, for the reported shooting. Crews arrived on the scene and found James Brian Thompson, age 55 of Lexington Park, in the bedroom laying on a bed suffering...
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On Thursday, March 24, 2022, at approximately 7:50 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Fairground’s Road in Leonardtown, for the motor vehicle collision involving a school bus with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle and bus #541 involved. Firefighters from Leonardtown...
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On March 23, a school resource officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office at Milton Somers Middle School was made aware that a student told another student not to come to school because he was going to “shoot it up.” Officers identified the student who made the threat and contacted the student’s parent. The...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, March 22, 2022, with the invocation and pledge followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners recognized National Agricultural Day with a Proclamation. The County Attorney’s request for a resolution establishing the St. Mary’s County Police Accountability...
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“First and foremost, my continued prayers and condolences go out to the family of Leah Clark, who was struck and killed on Oct. 29, 2019. This case involved an off-duty deputy sheriff who was allegedly drinking and driving. A trial concluded on March 18, 2022 and in my opinion, justice was NOT served. I...
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On Monday, March 21, 2022, at approximately 12:05 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, and Hollywood responded to 45834 North Poteat Court in California, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a small travel trailers completely engulfed in flames threatening two residences. Firefighters arrived on the scene...
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