On Friday, June 11, 2021, at approximately 3:43 p.m., firefighters responded to 2400 Old Washington Road in Waldorf, for the reported commercial structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a 2-story commercial building. 50 firefighters responded and controlled the fire in under an hour. No injuries were reported. The...
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On Friday, June 11, 2021, at approximately 3:50 p.m., firefighters from Charles and St. Mary’s County responded to 13370 Ryceville Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported structure on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a detached shed fully engulfed in flames with multiple propane tanks on fire. Firefighters operated on the scene...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Unit has announced the dates for the 2021 youth summer sports camps: Ladies Leadership Soccer Camp will take place at Laurel Springs Regional Park in La Plata on June 22 – 24 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The program is being offered to young ladies in grades 3 through...
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UPDATE 6/10/2021: The deceased victim is identified as 19-year-old Latrell McCants of Temple Hills, MD. On Sunday, June 6, 2021, at approximately 5:40 p.m., First Responders responded to the area of the 9400 block of Surratts Road and Frank Tippet Road in Cheltenham, for the reported motor vehicle collision with a car on fire,...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal industrial incident that occurred earlier today in Anne Arundel County. The deceased is identified as Michael T. Spencer, Sr., 54, of Baltimore, Maryland, who was transported from the scene to the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center and pronounced deceased at 12:50 p.m. Around noon on...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to recover a stolen scooter, taken from the 45700 block of Lord Baltimore Way in Lexington Park on Friday, May 14, 2021 at around noon. Anyone with information about the location of the scooter, the identity of the suspects who took the scooter or this incident...
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The La Plata Police Department is sponsoring a community walk/clean up day through the Kent Avenue Corridor this Saturday, June 12, 2021, from 9:30 a.m., to 11:30 a.m. During the walk residents can meet elected officials, local law enforcement, faith-based leaders, representatives from local businesses, and non-profits. The Charles County Department of Health will...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested and charged three suspects with the attempted murder of an officer on Wednesday in Temple Hills. The first suspect is 18-year-old Paul Canarte of the 1100 block of 3rd Street in Northwest, Washington, DC. The two additional suspects are juveniles who are charged as adults. On Wednesday...
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On Friday, June 11, 2021, at approximately 10:18 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 21831 Ronald Drive and Watt Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and halfway into the basement of an...
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On Friday, June 11, 2021, at approximately 7:30 p.m., an unidentified white male broke into a shed located in the 44700 block of St Andrews Church Road in California, before fleeing the area of foot. The suspect stole a lock to the shed and then entered the shed before fleeing the area on foot....
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UPDATE: On June 10, 2021, Deputy First Class Budd, from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 22500 block of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported wanted individual. Contact was made with Bryan Allen Roberts, 33 of no fixed address, who was wanted on numerous warrants. Roberts refused to...
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The La Plata Police Department has recently received several complaints about door-to-door solicitors. Door-to-door solicitation is not permitted in the La Plata without a permit from Town Hall. If you notice door-to-door solicitors in your neighborhood, please give LPPD a call (non-emergency) 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (M-F) call 301-934-1500, all other hours please call –...
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This past weekend, several members of the Tenth District Volunteer Fire Department traveled to South Bend, Indiana to receive recognition for rescuing two civilians trapped in Swift water during Tropical Storm Isaias last summer. The members in attendance that were part of the response were Wayne Klinger Sr., John Comer, Robert Mott, Wayne Klinger...
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UPDATE: Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Calvert County. At about 1:20 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack responded to a report of a motorcycle crash on Hallowing Point Road in the area of Jibsail Drive. According to a...
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6/9/2021: U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Christopher Dubry, age 25, of La Plata, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Judge Hazel also ordered that, upon his release from prison, Dubry must continue to register as a sex offender in the places...
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Maryland State Police arrested a man Monday on charges he solicited sex from an undercover trooper who was posing as a child over the Internet in Anne Arundel County. Catalino Lopez Cordova, 42, of Gambrills, Maryland, is charged with one count of sexual solicitation of a minor. He was transported to the Anne Arundel...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred overnight in Prince George’s County. On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at approximately 3:30 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack responded to a report of a collision involving a tractor trailer and a pedestrian on eastbound Rt. 50 east of...
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UPDATE 6/8/2021: Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey today announced that Anthony Wayne Crusoe, II, 26, of Prince Frederick, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first degree assault. The charge carries a maximum punishment of 25 years imprisonment. The incident occurred on November 1, 2020, at the Park and Ride located on Fairgrounds Road...
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On Friday, June 4, 2021, members of the Youth Gun Violence Task Force conducted a vehicle stop in the 21600 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park. The vehicle was approached by Task Force members and the odor of marijuana was detected emitting from the vehicle. A passenger in the vehicle, Tyquan Samuel...
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On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at approximately 10:38 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Leesa Court and Suburban Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Dispatchers advised a Honda operated by a heavy-set black male struck an adult female victim before fleeing the...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a counterfeit money investigation. On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., the suspect passed four counterfeit $100 bills to the cashier at the Tractor Supply Company in Charlotte Hall. When the clerk tested the bills for authenticity with...
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that a jury found suspended Prince George’s County police officer Steven Davis, 32, of Laurel guilty of all charges including one count of first degree assault, one count of handgun use in commission of a felony, three counts of second degree assault and three...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a double fatal shooting on Saturday in the Edmonston area. The victims are 20-year-old Jose Velasquez Lemos and 20-year-old Hilber Martinez Velasquez both of the Edmonston area. On Saturday, June 5, 2021, at approximately 8:40 a.m., patrol officers responded to the 5300 block of...
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U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Ricco Darnell Taylor, age 32, of Capital Heights, Maryland to 41 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to pass counterfeit currency and making counterfeit currency. Judge Chuang has also ordered Taylor to pay $98,000 in restitution. The sentence was announced...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit recently conducted random undercover compliance checks on 14 local businesses with 11 of them successfully passing. On Saturday, May 29, 2021, the Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted covert compliance checks utilizing an underage 19-year-old Sheriff’s Office Cadet. The cadet carried no identification and entered each business...
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