UPDATE: Troopers from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrick responded and are investigating the incident. Preliminary investigation determined a subject was cutting a tree down in the 2400 block of Smokey Road, when the tree fell onto the occupied vehicle, trapping and killing the victim inside the vehicle. The victim is identified as...
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On Saturday, May 21, 2022, at approximately 4:25 p.m., police responded to the area of 3695 Prince Edward Drive in White Plains, for multiple 911 callers reporting shots fired. Dispatchers advised to all responding units, multiple 911 callers reported 10 to 20 shots were fired and advised one subject was possibly shot. Police arrived...
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Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack have conducted several criminal enforcement initiatives over the past month as a proactive response to an increase in violent crime in St. Mary’s County. Between April 5 and May 13, 2022, troopers have participated in multiple criminal enforcement initiatives, where they have specifically targeted those areas...
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On Saturday, May 21, 2022, at approximately 3:40 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 47818 Beachville Road in St. Inigoes, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned. The 911 caller reported a single vehicle overturned multiple times and went into the NAS Webster Field security...
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Update: Additional photos added on 5/22/2022 5/21/2022: On Thursday, May 19, 2022, at approximately 4:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Thomas Road in Piney Point, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving multiple pedestrians. Crews arrived on the scene to find two victims in...
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UPDATE 5/20/2022: The suspect, Adam Joseph Holland, 20, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, knowingly altering a firearm identification, using firearm in the commission of a violent crime, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of a handgun, illegal possession of a loaded...
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On May 19, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Division, with assistance from Sheriff’s Office K-9 and the Vice Narcotics Support Team, executed a search and seizure warrant on Michael Dale Wood, age 56 of Lexington Park. Wood was found to be in possession of a quantity of suspected oxycodone...
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A Maryland man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and first-degree child sexual abuse of a minor, with aggravating circumstances. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the...
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On Friday, May 13, 2022, six Correctional Officers from the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center, graduated from a 56 hour ERT (Emergency Response Team) training course. This was the first time an ERT course was hosted solely by officers/instructors from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. ERT was established to be the...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in which one person died early this morning in Anne Arundel County. Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack responded to the area of Interstate 695 and Maryland Route 2 (exit 3B) for a vehicle crash....
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On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a balanced General Fund budget of $494,446,200, an increase of 9.8 percent over last year. The adopted budget provides historic funding for Charles County Public Schools, makes critical investments in core programs and services, record-level investments in public safety, and does not increase...
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On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 10:10 p.m., Southern District officers responded to Davidsonville Road at Kings Retreat Road for a crash involving a pedestrian. The investigation revealed that a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling southbound on Davidsonville Road approaching Palomino Court. Davidsonville Road is undergoing repaving and construction crews were on scene...
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On May 9, 2022, Deputy Ashely and DFC Idol from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Solomons Island Road at West End Blvd. in St. Leonard, on a vehicle swerving all over the roadway. Contact was made with passenger Taylor Elaine Griffith, 24 of Lusby, who had open warrants and...
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On May 10, 2022, deputies the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a theft that had just occurred at the Ulta Beauty store located at 845 N. Solomons Island Road in Prince Frederick. Deputies learned four females had left Ulta Beauty with stolen merchandise. Investigation revealed two of the females removed boxes of...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, May 17, 2022, with the invocation and pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners presented Proclamations in recognition of National Public Works Week and National Emergency Medical Services Week. The Commissioners convened as the Board...
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On Friday, April 29, 2022, Judge Rappaport signed three search and seizure warrants for Brandon James Abner. The warrants were for Abner’s person, residence, and vehicle. Members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (CCSO DEU) conducted surveillance on Brandon, who was walking his two dogs on the boardwalk. According to court...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office received an online thank you note on Wednesday for assisting two wayward cows from the roadway on Route 5 in Helen early on the morning of May 11. From Margie Stone via Facebook: “A big shoutout to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s and Maryland State Police officers for...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the suspects pictured in a burglary investigation. On Friday, March 12, 2022 at 12:45 am, the suspects broke into the St. Mary’s Caring Soup Kitchen in Great Mills and carried off property. Anyone with information about the identities of the suspects or this...
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Governor Larry Hogan signed an additional 105 bipartisan bills into law, including measures to prevent opioid overdoses statewide, direct more funding to local governments for infrastructure improvements, and additional steps to divest from Russia and express solidarity with Ukraine. “Today, we are signing another 105 bipartisan bills into law, including measures that keep important...
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Senior Deputy State Fire Marshal Dale Ednock has been selected as the Bomb Squad nominee for Deputy State Fire Marshal of the Year. He will join other investigators chosen throughout the state for the 2021 James C. Robertson Deputy State Fire Marshal of the Year Award during the Maryland State Fireman’s Convention in Ocean...
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On Thursday, May 14, 2022, at approximately 11:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and MacArthur Boulevard in California, for the reported single vehicle into a pole. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a utility pole with...
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UPDATE 5/17/2022: On Monday, May 16, 2022, at 1:10 p.m., 40 firefighters responded to 46165 Pleasant Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported mobile home on fire. Crews arrived on the scene and found fire showing from the single wide trailer. The owner is identified as Jennifer Taylor, with the estimated loss of structure...
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On Thursday, May 12, 2022, at approximately 5:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and MacArthur Boulevard in California, for the motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway with the operator trapped. Firefighters from Bay...
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On Monday, May 9, 2022, police responded to an apartment on Mechanicsville Road, in Mechanicsville, for the report of a baby not breathing. Upon arrival, police made contact with the mother of the 20-month-old female victim and she was identified as Samantha Marie Shadrick, 39, of Mechanicsville. Shadrick told police that earlier in the...
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The second-year Criminal Justice students from the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center completed their 2022 internship program with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on May 4, 2022. This year’s session marked the return of the internship program for the first time since 2019 because of COVID-19 restrictions in place during...
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