Law Enforcement

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Wanted Lusby Man – David Todd Dennison

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Wanted Lusby Man – David Todd Dennison

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of David Todd Dennison, age 46 of Lusby. Dennison is wanted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and Negligent Manslaughter-Auto/Boat/Other Vehicle. Anyone with information in regards to Dennison, is asked to please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at (410) 535-2800, Cpl. J....
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One Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision Sends Vehicle Into Occupied Business in Indian Head

One Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision Sends Vehicle Into Occupied Business in Indian Head

On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at approximately 2:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Glymont Road and Indian Head Highway in Indian Head, for a reported motor vehicle collision with one vehicle into a structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles collided in the intersection which...
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The Living Sheriffs of St. Mary’s County

The Living Sheriffs of St. Mary’s County

Sheriff Steven A. Hall stands with Sheriff David Zylak (2002-2006), Sheriff Tim Cameron (2006-2022) and Sheriff Richard Voorhaar (1994-2002). The three previous St. Mary’s County sheriffs joined Sheriff Hall at St. Mary’s City earlier this month at a private ceremony for friends and family. Sheriff Hall noted that all of his promotions within the...
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UPDATE! MDOT Doubling Lyft Rideshare Credits to $10 to Give Marylanders a Safe Ride Home After 500 DUI Arrests Made in First 2 Weeks of December

UPDATE! MDOT Doubling Lyft Rideshare Credits to $10 to Give Marylanders a Safe Ride Home After 500 DUI Arrests Made in First 2 Weeks of December

The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s (MDOT MVA) Highway Safety Office announced today that it has doubled the Lyft rideshare credit to $10 to encourage more Marylanders to take advantage of the safe ride option this holiday season. The rideshare credits are available through a grant from the Governors Highway Safety Association,...
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16-Year-Old Wanted for Shooting at Suitland High School in Custody, Victim Remains in Hospital with Non-life-threatening Injuries

16-Year-Old Wanted for Shooting at Suitland High School in Custody, Victim Remains in Hospital with Non-life-threatening Injuries

UPDATE 12/15/2022: The Prince George’s County Police Department charged a 16-year-old student in connection with a non-fatal shooting outside of Suitland High School last Thursday. The suspect turned himself in on Tuesday. He is charged as an adult. The 14-year-old victim remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. On December 8, 2022, at approximately 10:00 am,...
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Montgomery County Teen Arrested for Stealing Grease from Lexington Park Restaurant Dumpsters

Montgomery County Teen Arrested for Stealing Grease from Lexington Park Restaurant Dumpsters

K-9 Deputy First Class Phillip Henry was conducting a premise check at the Lexington Village shopping center in Lexington Park early Wednesday morning when he came upon a suspicious vehicle and individual behind the Golden Chicken restaurant at the 46400 block of Lexington Village Way. Defendant Hamsel Lugo Peralta, age 19 of Silver Spring,...
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Impaired Waldorf Man Arrested for Attempted Kidnapping of 12-Year-Old Female, Detectives Seeking Information and Other Possible Victims

Impaired Waldorf Man Arrested for Attempted Kidnapping of 12-Year-Old Female, Detectives Seeking Information and Other Possible Victims

On Tuesday, December 12, 2022, at 12:53 p.m., a twelve year old victim was walking home in the Meadows at White Oak neighborhood in Waldorf when a man began to follow her in his vehicle and yell out of the window for her to get into his car. After the victim ignored the suspect,...
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Calvert County 911 Center Launches Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

Calvert County 911 Center Launches Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

As part of continuing efforts to enhance 911 system technology, the Calvert County Emergency Communications Center (ECC) recently implemented the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). ASAP provides direct communication between the ECC’s computer-aided dispatch system and the alarm system monitoring company. This connection automates 911 notification during an alarm activation and reduces the time...
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No Injuries Reported, State Fire Marshal investigating Basement Fire in St. Inigoes

No Injuries Reported, State Fire Marshal investigating Basement Fire in St. Inigoes

On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at approximately 11:55 a.m., firefighters from NAS Webster Field, Ridge, Bay District, Valley Lee, Leonardtown and Seventh District responded to 17710 St. Inigoes Road in St. Inigoes, for the reported structure on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a single story residence with smoke and fire showing...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – December 13, 2022

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – December 13, 2022

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, December 13, 2022, with the invocation and pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda The Commissioners began by presenting two commendations celebrating the dedicated service of two retiring county employees, Clifford Fuller and James Lacey. The Commissioners...
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Police Arrests Two 14-Year-Olds for Armed Carjacking of Rideshare Driver

Police Arrests Two 14-Year-Olds for Armed Carjacking of Rideshare Driver

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged two 14-year-old males with the armed carjacking of a rideshare driver over the weekend. On Saturday, December 10, 2022, at approximately 12:20 p.m., the victim called 911 after being carjacked at gunpoint in the 6400 block of Gifford Drive in Temple Hills. The victim...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Holds 21st Annual Silent Angel Memorial

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Holds 21st Annual Silent Angel Memorial

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office held its 21st Annual Silent Angel Memorial on Sunday, December 11, 2022, to remember and memorialize those who have lost their lives to the hands of another. The memorial was founded in 2002 by Eileen Bildman after the tragic loss of her own son to honor victims of...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity Two Men Involved in Theft Investigation

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity Two Men Involved in Theft Investigation

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the two men pictured in a theft investigation. On Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at 5 pm, the two suspects took an Axis mini bike from the Lowe’s store in California without paying and left in a white GMC SUV. Anyone with information about...
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UPDATE: 1st Annual Holly Days Set to Light Up St. Mary’s Square on Saturday, December 17, 2022

UPDATE: 1st Annual Holly Days Set to Light Up St. Mary’s Square on Saturday, December 17, 2022

UPDATE 12/13/2022: The Lexington Park Business Association is excited to announce Lexington Park Holly Days on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in St. Mary’s Square in Lexington Park. After the original date was postponed due to inclement weather, the weather this time around looks perfect. The organizers of Lexington Park Holly Days would like to...
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Jury Convicts Man for Murder in 2022 Shooting

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Jury Convicts Man for Murder in 2022 Shooting

UPDATE 12/12/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that following a four-day jury trial, a St. Mary’s County jury convicted Demetrius Rashud Puifory, 45, of California, Maryland, of second-degree murder and related firearm charges. On April 28, 2022, at approximately 4:57 p.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the area of the 46700...
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UPDATE: Operator of At-Fault Vehicle Arrested at Crash Scene for Assault, Crash Sends Mother and Child to Trauma Centers

UPDATE: Operator of At-Fault Vehicle Arrested at Crash Scene for Assault, Crash Sends Mother and Child to Trauma Centers

UPDATE 12/12/2022: On December 8, 2022, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Deputy Deinert responded to the accident scene to assist with traffic control. While on scene, the operator of the red Ford pickup truck Andrew James Briggs, age 36 of Solomons, began arguing with the tow truck operator. The victim began arguing with Briggs because...
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Virginia Man Charged with Attempted Murder After Assaulting and Attempting to Drown Victim at Construction Site

Virginia Man Charged with Attempted Murder After Assaulting and Attempting to Drown Victim at Construction Site

On Thursday, December 8, 2022, at approximately 7:45 a.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to Point Lookout State Park located at 11175 Point Lookout Road in Scotland, for the reported assault. Police made contact with the victim who stated they were in a verbal altercation with suspect, identified as Brama Bussell. The victim...
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UPDATE: Great Mills Arrested Again, State Fire Marshal Investigating Arson in Great Mills

UPDATE: Great Mills Arrested Again, State Fire Marshal Investigating Arson in Great Mills

UPDATE 12/12/2022: Michael Tyree Mitchell, 40, of Great Mills has been charged with Arson: 1st Degree, Malicious Burning 1st Degree, and Malicious Destruction of Property Over $1,000 Mitchell continues to be released again and again after multiple arrests the past two years. Police responded to the residence multiple times for domestic incidents the previous...
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Bryans Road Man Arrested for Burglary and Attempted Theft of Dirt Bike, Released by Judge Under 48 Hours Later

Bryans Road Man Arrested for Burglary and Attempted Theft of Dirt Bike, Released by Judge Under 48 Hours Later

On December 6 at 11:43 p.m., officers responded to the 2900 block of Edgewood Road in Bryans Road for the report of a burglary in progress. The victim advised that she observed a man on her home surveillance system tampering with one of the cameras which was pointed toward her shed in the backyard....
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Waldorf Business Burglarized, Charles County Officers Apprehend Suspect and is Released by Judge 24 Hours Later

Waldorf Business Burglarized, Charles County Officers Apprehend Suspect and is Released by Judge 24 Hours Later

On December 3, a business owner in the 11700 block of Vernon Road in Waldorf observed a man using tools to break into the fenced rear storage lot of the business. The suspect fled on foot prior to officers’ arrival but was located nearby a short time later. Deshawn Grant, 34, was found to...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested for Drug Distribution, Police Recovered Large Amount of Cocaine and a Loaded Firearm

Lexington Park Man Arrested for Drug Distribution, Police Recovered Large Amount of Cocaine and a Loaded Firearm

On December 9, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division/Vice Narcotics Unit, along with assistance from the Emergency Services Team, the Criminal Intelligence Unit, the K-9 Unit, and the Patrol Division, executed a search and seizure warrant in the 20700 block of Hermanville Road in Lexington Park. Located at...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Chaptico That Sends Four to Trauma Centers

UPDATE: Police Investigating Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Chaptico That Sends Four to Trauma Centers

UPDATE 12/12/2022: On Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at 12:29 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involving a SUV and a tow truck with serious, life-threatening bodily injury at the area of Budds Creek Road and Mechanicsville Road in Chaptico. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office...
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St. Mary’s County Shop with a Cop 2022

St. Mary’s County Shop with a Cop 2022

On Saturday, December 10, 2022, the Optimist Club partnered with the St. Mary’s County Fraternal Order of Police and hosted the annual “Shop With a Cop” program. Children who participated in the program were  picked up at their homes by local, state, and federal law enforcement officers and taken to Walmart to purchase Christmas...
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VIDEO: Trailer Fire in Great Mills Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

VIDEO: Trailer Fire in Great Mills Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

On Saturday, December 10, 2022, at approximately 12:15 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Valley Lee, Hollywood and Leonardtown responded to 45889 Charles Way in Great Mills, for the reported trailer fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single wide trailer with smoke and fire showing. Firefighters made entry into...
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UPDATE: Hollywood Man Arrested After Leading Police on Chase in Stolen Car, Suspect and Deputy Injured After Foot Pursuit

UPDATE: Hollywood Man Arrested After Leading Police on Chase in Stolen Car, Suspect and Deputy Injured After Foot Pursuit

UPDATE 12/10/2022: On December 9, 2022, at 8:13 a.m. Dep. Campbell responded to the 21400 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported stolen vehicle. Investigation determined an unknown suspect entered several vehicles parked in the secured lot, and ultimately stole a 2012 Ford F-250. The suspect then drove through a...
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