Law Enforcement

One Injured After Vehicle Strikes Light Pole at Buffalo Wilds Wings in Lexington Park

One Injured After Vehicle Strikes Light Pole at Buffalo Wilds Wings in Lexington Park

On Monday, April 11, 2022, at approximately 7:10 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Buffalo Wild Wings located at Three Notch Road and Lexington Village Way, for the motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle partially off the roadway and into a utility...
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Maryland State Police Investigating One Shot on I-295 Following Possible Road Rage Incident In Anne Arundel County

Maryland State Police Investigating One Shot on I-295 Following Possible Road Rage Incident In Anne Arundel County

Maryland State Police are investigating a possible road rage incident that allegedly resulted in shots fired, sending one man to the hospital with injuries in Anne Arundel County, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. The injured victim’s identification is being withheld due to the ongoing investigation. He was transported from the scene by the Maryland...
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Firefighters Respond to Three Structure Fires within 2 Hours of Each Other in Charles County, No Injuries Reported

Firefighters Respond to Three Structure Fires within 2 Hours of Each Other in Charles County, No Injuries Reported

On Friday, April 1, 2022, at approximately 5:07 a.m., firefighters were alerted to 3315 Leonardtown Road in Waldorf, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene and found a 1-story commercial building with smoke showing from the BP Gas Station. Incident command requested the working fire upgrade. Additional crews from Charles and Prince...
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Police Investigating 19-Year-Old Stabbed in Charles County, Victim Flown to Trauma Center

Police Investigating 19-Year-Old Stabbed in Charles County, Victim Flown to Trauma Center

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Patient First Primary and Urgent Care located at 2855 Crain Highway in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. The 911 caller reported a 19-year-old male walked into the facility with a stab wound. Crews arrived on the scene...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Theft Suspects in Dunkirk

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Theft Suspects in Dunkirk

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a theft that occurred on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the CVS Pharmacy located at 10095 Ward Road in Dunkirk. Surveillance video shows three subjects entering the store and then concealing cosmetic items on their persons. They were seen entering a white 2015 Dodge Charger...
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Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 11:08 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Great Mills Road and South Shangri-La Drive, in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. A short time after dispatch, the call was upgraded to a motor vehicle collision with entrapment....
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Suspected Impaired Driver Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Suspected Impaired Driver Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 1:15 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Hermanville Road and Green Leaf Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and in the front yard...
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Firefighters Operating on Scene of Overturned Semi-Truck in Charlotte Hall, Helicopter Requested for Operator

Firefighters Operating on Scene of Overturned Semi-Truck in Charlotte Hall, Helicopter Requested for Operator

On Friday, April 8, 2022, at approximately 8:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel from Charles and St. Mary’s County responded to 7464 Sugar Cane Court in Charlotte Hall, for the reported overturned fuel truck that was leaking. The 911 caller advised a gas truck overturned in front of her residence and was leaking...
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One Injured After Single Vehicle Collision in Piney Point

One Injured After Single Vehicle Collision in Piney Point

On Friday, April 8, 2022, at approximately 2:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Clarke Road in Piney Point, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway with the single...
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Mary Ann Thompson Promoted to Warden of St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center

Mary Ann Thompson Promoted to Warden of St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center

Sheriff Tim Cameron and the men and women of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office congratulate Mary Ann Thompson for her promotion to Warden of the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center. Serving as the facility’s Deputy Warden since January 2019, Thompson was promoted to Warden on April 1, 2022. Major Deborah Diedrich...
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Police Searching for Four Suspects Who Assaulted Senior Citizen During Attempted Carjacking

Police Searching for Four Suspects Who Assaulted Senior Citizen During Attempted Carjacking

The Prince George’s County Police Department is asking the community for assistance as we actively work to identify and arrest the four suspects who assaulted a senior citizen in an attempt to steal her car. The crime was caught on camera. On March 29, 2022, at approximately 6:40 p.m., the four suspects approached the...
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UPDATE: Woman Succumbs to Injuries After House Fire in Hughesville, Man Remains Hospitalized in Stable Condition

UPDATE: Woman Succumbs to Injuries After House Fire in Hughesville, Man Remains Hospitalized in Stable Condition

UPDATE 4/7/2022: Officials from Medstar Washington Hospital Center reported that Barbara Sue Thompson, 75, succumbed to the injuries she had received during a fire inside her home yesterday, April 6, 2022, in Hughesville. The Office of the State Fire Marshal and Charles County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – April 5, 2022

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – April 5, 2022

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, April 5, 2022, with the invocation and pledge followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners then presented Proclamations in honor of National Public Health Week, Week of the Young Child, Fair Housing Month and National Library...
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Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 39 Years in Prison for Sexual Attacks Targeting Men, Attacked and Raped Three Victims in 2016 During Home Invasions

Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 39 Years in Prison for Sexual Attacks Targeting Men, Attacked and Raped Three Victims in 2016 During Home Invasions

Bryant Webster, 38, of Suitland, Maryland, was sentenced today to 39 years in prison for a series of home invasions carried out over a 50-day period in 2016 in which he sexually assaulted three men, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Webster...
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Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Three Vehicle Collision in California

Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Three Vehicle Collision in California

On Thursday, April 7, 2022, at approximately 7:35 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Patuxent Beach Road and South Patuxent Beach Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. As firefighters from Bay District responded to the scene, 911 Dispatchers upgraded the assignment to a motor...
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UPDATE: Officials Release Name of Victim in Fatal House Fire in Lusby

UPDATE: Officials Release Name of Victim in Fatal House Fire in Lusby

UPDATE 4/6/2022: The victim of Sunday’s afternoon house fire in Lusby has been positively identified as 58-year-old Paul Alan Pinkowski. At around 3:00 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the 12100 block of DoubleTree Lane for a reported house fire with possible entrapment. 911 dispatchers reported the subject was able to...
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Police in Charles County Arrest Suspect in Connection with Armed Robbery Case and a Theft from Auto Case

Police in Charles County Arrest Suspect in Connection with Armed Robbery Case and a Theft from Auto Case

Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office have identified and arrested a suspect in connection with an armed robbery of a citizen and a theft from auto. Anthony Kavon Brown, 21, of Waldorf, was developed as a suspect in a robbery that occurred in December 2021. Further, detectives...
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24-Year-Old Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Stabbing Man, Released from Jail Same Day

24-Year-Old Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Stabbing Man, Released from Jail Same Day

On Monday, April 4, 2022, at approximately 11:26 p.m., police responded to the 46800 block of Hilton Drive in Lexington Park, for the check the welfare. A witness advised deputies a loud disturbance was heard in an apartment and deputies discovered blood outside the residence. No one would answer the door at the residence,...
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No Injuries Reported After Basement Fire in California, State Fire Marshal Investigating

No Injuries Reported After Basement Fire in California, State Fire Marshal Investigating

On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at approximately 11:05 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood, Leonardtown, and Valley Lee responded to the 46000 block of Dean Court in California, for the reported smoke coming from a residence. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story residence with smoke showing. After further...
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Newburg Man Sentenced to Maximum of 10 Years for Having Sexual Contact With a Minor

Newburg Man Sentenced to Maximum of 10 Years for Having Sexual Contact With a Minor

St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that on October 15, 2021, Charles Kenny, 48 of Newburg, entered a plea to Third Degree Sexual Offense for having sexual contact with a minor. On March 23, 2022, Judge Stanalonis sentenced the Defendant to the maximum penalty of 10 years in the Department of Corrections....
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NO INJURIES – Student in Custody After Incident at Green Holly Elementary

NO INJURIES – Student in Custody After Incident at Green Holly Elementary

On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at approximately 11:30 a.m., police responded to the Green Holly Elementary School located at 46060 Millstone Landing Road in Lexington Park, for the reported disturbance. The 911 caller reported a male student broke a glass mirror and was threatening to harm himself and staff with the glass. The student...
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St. Mary’s County Jury Finds Lexington Park Man Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and 3rd Degree Sex Offense

St. Mary’s County Jury Finds Lexington Park Man Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and 3rd Degree Sex Offense

St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that on March 29, 2022, a jury found Clayton “Tommy” Williams, 38 of Lexington Park, guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Sexual Offense in the 3rd Degree after two days in trial. Upon finding of guilt by the jury, Judge Nichols remanded the Defendant...
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Police in Charles County Arrest Man After Machete Attack in Waldorf

Police in Charles County Arrest Man After Machete Attack in Waldorf

On April 3, 2022, at 7:10 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 12500 block of Mattawoman Drive in Waldorf for the report of an assault. Upon arrival, officers observed a male victim who had several lacerations. A preliminary investigation revealed the suspect, Coby Elliott Stewart, Jr., 31, of no...
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Glen Burnie Man Receives 20 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Glen Burnie Man Receives 20 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that Nathaniel Williams, 39, of Glen Burnie was sentenced to 20 years of active incarceration for sexual abuse of a minor. A jury found the defendant guilty on September 23, 2021. “It’s heartbreaking that an innocent child was abused by someone who was supposed...
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St. Leonard Man Sentenced to 20-Years for Armed Robbery, Violation of Probation After Stealing $380 from North Beach Fastop at Gunpoint

St. Leonard Man Sentenced to 20-Years for Armed Robbery, Violation of Probation After Stealing $380 from North Beach Fastop at Gunpoint

UPDATE 4/4/2022: On April 4, 2022, Bryce Everett-Earl Goggins was sentenced in Calvert County Circuit Court for his role in the October, 2021, armed robbery of the North Beach Fastop. Goggins, 30, received a sentence of 60 years, suspended down to 15 years incarceration, with the first 5 to be served without parole. Goggins...
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