On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 10:06 p.m., an officer observed a passenger vehicle in the area of Smallwood Drive and St. Patrick’s Drive in Waldorf that was displaying tags that were issued to another vehicle. When the officer attempted a traffic stop, the vehicle fled. The Neighborhood Enforcement Team searched the area, and...
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On Tuesday, February 28, the Department of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Department of Planning and Growth Management, and Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism staff provided a presentation to the Board of County Commissioners on fiscal 2024 congressionally directed spending. County Commissioners approved the request for earmarked funding. Legislative Update Associate County Attorney Danielle Mitchell provided...
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On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at approximately 11:10 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 47600 Mattapany Road in St. Mary’s City, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene and located a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree. Emergency medical personnel...
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On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at approximately 10:19 a.m., a group of six students were threatening physical harm to another student in the hallway area of Thomas Stone High School. The School Resource Officer responded immediately and gave verbal commands to the students to disperse but they refused. One student approached, and struck the...
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Robert Anderson, 55, of Hanover, Maryland, was sentenced today to five months of incarceration for a series of simple assaults on Metropolitan Police Department employees and officers that involved offensive touching and brandishing a knife. At the time of these assaults, Anderson was a sworn officer with the Metropolitan Police Department. The announcement was...
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UPDATE from PG County Government: The City of College Park was made aware this morning of former Mayor Patrick Wojahn’s arrest by Prince George’s County Police and the charges that have been filed. We are shocked and disturbed by the news; what has come to light in this investigation is a total surprise to...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in an assault investigation. On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, at 11:25 p.m., the pictured subject was refused service at ABC Liquor and Lounge in California and then proceeded to assault the security staff at the business. The suspect then left...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) held their regular business meeting on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, beginning with the invocation and pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The CSMC then welcomed Simone Ross, MPA, Executive Director for the Housing Authority of St. Mary’s County (HASMC) to provide an informational briefing on...
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On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, students at Diggs Elementary School notified school staff that another student, age 9, was in possession of a knife and had made a threat to harm a classmate. The knife was recovered by school administrators. The school resource officer (SRO) initiated an investigation. The student cannot be charged in...
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This past week an Anne Arundel County judge sentenced Angelo Reno Harrod, age 31, to Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole in the 2021 fatal shooting of Michelle Cummings, the 57-year-old mother of a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman, and a consecutive Life sentence for the attempted murder of two others, State’s Attorney...
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A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Stephen Kennedy, age 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, and Donnell Kelly, age 33, of Washington, D.C., for conspiracy to commit arson, arson affecting interstate commerce, commercial robbery, and use of a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence, in connection with a series...
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On February 25 at 3:02 a.m., officers were patrolling the area of Holly Tree Lane in Waldorf when they observed a Hyundai Elantra with a broken out window. The officers attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver fled. Officers pursued the car which came to a stop at a construction site near the...
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On February 27, 2023, at 2:27 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were patrolling the area of Lancaster Circle in Waldorf when they observed a male attempting to gain entry into a Hyundai which was parked in a driveway. As the officers approached, the male fled and got into another Hyundai which...
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On February 27, school administrators at Westlake High School were made aware that a male student had inappropriately touched two female students earlier this year while inside the school. The same male student was reported to have been involved in a similar case early last week, which was reported to school officials and the...
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On Friday, February 24, 2023, Tpr. Ware and Tpr. Miller were involved in a three vehicle collision in the area of N/B Capital Beltway at Landover Road in Prince George’s County. “We are truly grateful that all parties involved did not sustain life threatening injuries. We ask everyone if you see an emergency vehicle...
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On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at approximately 8:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and St. Andrew’s Church Road in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single Ford pickup truck off the roadway and into a...
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On February 25, 2923, at 4:25 p.m., officers from Charles County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in the area of St. Thomas Drive in Waldorf after observing the registration plates on the vehicle were covered. Upon approaching the driver, the officer detected the odor of marijuana. Further investigation led to the recovery of...
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On Monday, February 27, 2023, at 12:43 p.m., numerous students at Henry E. Lackey High School became involved in separate altercations during class change. The school resource officer and additional officers responded and the situation was de-escalated and the students were separated. Some of the students had minor injuries sustained during the altercation and...
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On February 25, 2023, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers responded for a report of a shooting that just occurred in the 3300 block of Riva Road in Davidsonville. During their investigation, officers learned that a 71-year-old female intentionally drove onto the victim’s property and struck two parked vehicles. The victim stated that he exited...
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The Office of the Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest of Rhonda Mitchell, on February 3, 2023, on a warrant for First Degree Arson obtained by Bowie Police Department on January 23, 2022. According to the warrant, on November 17, 2022, police responded to a call for a fire started at a residence in...
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Troopers arrested an Anne Arundel County man on Friday after a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Investigation developed evidence of possession of child pornography. The suspect is identified as Richard Ray Brewer, 58, of Pasadena, Maryland. Brewer is charged with 11 counts of possession of child pornography and one count...
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On February 27, 2023, at 12:43 p.m., numerous students at Henry E. Lackey High School became involved in separate altercations during class change. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office school resource officer and additional officers responded and the situation was de-escalated and the students were separated. Some of the students had minor injuries sustained during...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Wayne Joseph Brooks, age 30 of Leonardtown, on a warrant for Violation of Probation for Stalking, Harassment and Violation of a Protective Order. Anyone with information about Brooks’ whereabouts is asked to call the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office at 301-475-8008. Citizens may...
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On Monday, February 27, 2023, at approximately 3:40 a.m., police responded to the 47900 block of Piney Orchard Street in Lexington Park, for the reported stolen vehicle. A witness reported suspects were breaking into a blue Dodge Challenger and then advised the suspects were fleeing the area at a high rate of speed in the...
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On February 24 at 10 a.m., a Benjamin Stoddert Middle School teacher was made aware of a student using a vaping device in the school’s bathroom. Two vaping devices along with a knife were recovered and a school resource officer has initiated an investigation. The student, who is 14 years old, was charged on...
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