On Monday, May 8 at 11:15 a.m., two Westlake High School students were involved in a physical altercation during lunchtime. The School Resource Officer and school administrators responded to the cafeteria and separated the students. At that time several other students began acting disorderly, causing further disturbance, however officers and school administrators were able...
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UPDATE 5/8/2023: On May 7, 2023. at 4:10 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to numerous calls for the sound of gunshots inside the St. Charles Town Center located at 11130 Mall Circle in Waldorf. When officers arrived, they established a perimeter and entered the mall to try to locate potential...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office honored 81 officers from 24 agencies across the state as Traffic Safety Specialists. This recognition honors the officers’ commitment and contributions to traffic safety in 2022. In total, 72 officers received a Level I Traffic Safety Specialist designation, eight officers received a Level II designation,...
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Danisha Thomas, age 39, of Bladensburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, related to a scheme to receive and sell cell phones that were fraudulently obtained using the identifying information of at least 24 victims. The guilty plea was announced by Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney...
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On May 4 at 9:30 a.m., a student informed a school staff member that another student brought a possible gun to school and was showing it to other students. The gun was discovered to be a Splatrball gel gun, which has an orange tip, but could be mistaken for a real gun. The student...
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On Sunday, May 7, 2023, at approximately 3:05 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 46000 block of Abberly Crest Lane in Lexington Park, for the reported stabbing. Police arrived on the scene to find an adult male victim with a stab wound to the arm. The victim was able to have...
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UPDATE 12:40 P.M.: Incident Command reporting all HAZMAT testing resulted in negative results. All units in service. Medical personnel obtained a care refusal form on scene from the employee. No injuries, no threat. 12:00 P.M.: On Sunday, May 7, 2023, at approximately 11:48 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Fairgrounds located...
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State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Jamar Daron Moss, 42, of Calvert County, was sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree rape of a victim in St. Mary’s County, that occurred on November 8, 2021. During the sentencing hearing held on May 5, 2023, the victim addressed the Court and expressed that while...
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Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader named Judy Rupp as the next state court administrator for the Maryland Judiciary effective May 17, 2023. Ms. Rupp will succeed Pamela Harris, who is set to retire May 30, and will assist with the transition after serving in that role for the past ten years. The state court...
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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 7:45 pm, the pictured suspect accessed the employee break room at the Dollar General store in Leonardtown and stole a debit card from an employee’s purse. Anyone with information about the identity of the suspect or this incident is asked to contact Deputy Elijsha Munn at 301-475-4200, ext....
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, St. Mary’s Department of Aging and Human Services and Triad/SALT Council held their annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at The White Rose facility in Callaway. The Officers of the Year for several agencies were recognized including Cpl. Daniel Holdsworth — the St. Mary’s...
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This week, 17 students in the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center Criminal Justice Program completed their nine-week session interning with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. The 11th- and 12th-grade students spent time at Sheriff’s Office headquarters, with the Criminal Investigations Division and Crime Lab, the St. Mary’s County Detention and...
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A suspect wanted in multiple armed robberies at businesses in Prince George’s County is in custody. He’s identified as 35-year-old Shamell Joyner of Washington, DC. Joyner is currently charged in connection with three commercial robberies. Prince George’s County Police Robbery Unit detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Joyner after working collaboratively with law enforcement...
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UPDATE 5/5/2023: On Thursday, May 4, 2023, at approximately 4:58 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding companies were dispatched to Baptist Church Road in the area of Stanton Way for a garage on fire threatening a home. Mechanicsville Volunteers responded with 16 personnel and arrived on scene to find a 40...
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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at approximately 8:00 p.m., officers responded to Anne Arundel Medical Center for a firearms violation and a trespassing. Security confiscated two firearms from a subject that had been arrested from the location on May 1, 2023. According to security, the subject told them that he was there to shoot...
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 12:00 p.m., a male student at St. Charles High School was in possession of a female student’s cell phone and refused to give it back. Later, the female tried to recover her phone while outside of the school building, at which time the male grasped her throat, choked...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a homicide that occurred Wednesday in the city of Hyattsville. The victim is 56-year-old Roger Neal of Hyattsville. On May 3, 2023, at approximately 2:05 p.m., officers with the Hyattsville Police Department responded to the 6100 block of 42nd Avenue to assist Prince George’s...
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On May 2, 2023, at 4:19 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2700 block of Hadley Drive for the report of a burglary in progress; the residence is close to another residence which was broken into a few days prior. Officers arrived on the scene and established a perimeter....
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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office executed a search and seizure warrant on a Lexington Park man resulting in cocaine distribution charges. Criminal Investigations Division detectives located Deyonta Terrell Gross, age 29 of Lexington Park, driving a 2021 Hyundai Palisade at a restaurant in California. Gross was...
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On April 17, 2023, at 3:40 a.m., deputies with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to a commercial burglary at the King Smoke Tobacco Shop located at 4955 St. Leonard Road in St. Leonard. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered the front window shattered and various items stolen from the business. During...
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The Hollywood-Leonardtown Optimist Club hopes to instill a strong respect for law in local children during the Respect for Law Banquet on May 2nd, 2023. Through the club’s Respect for Law program, they recognized eight law enforcement officers from St. Mary’s County. Those recognized included: Corporal Holdsworth of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office;...
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Maryland State Police are investigating two separate, fatal crashes in Prince George’s County on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. At about 5:55 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to southbound Crain Highway (US Route 301) at Brandywine Road for a report of a two-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a...
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On Monday, May 1, 2023, at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers responded for a report of a person asking for illegal drugs from employees at the Shell station located at 103 Mountain Road. The responding officer located the individual seated in her vehicle, a gray Honda Civic, with the engine running in front of the...
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The PGPD’s Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team located and arrested two suspects who possessed two cars stolen out of New York. The suspects are 26-year-old Kelvin McCreary and 27-year-old Christian Young. Both suspects are from Oxon Hill. On April 25, 2023, a victim in New York contacted the PGPD about his stolen car. The...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is continuing a northern snakehead tagging program in an effort to spur removal of invasive fish from our waters. This spring, up to 500 tags will be put on snakeheads from Gunpowder River, upper Chesapeake Bay tributaries, and Mattawoman and Nanjemoy creeks...
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