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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Suspects Who Burglarized St. Mary’s Caring Soup Kitchen

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Suspects Who Burglarized St. Mary’s Caring Soup Kitchen

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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VIDEO: Governor Hogan Signs 105 More Bipartisan Bills Into Law, Including Statewide Overdose Prevention, More Infrastructure Funding For Local Governments, and Solidarity With Ukraine

VIDEO: Governor Hogan Signs 105 More Bipartisan Bills Into Law, Including Statewide Overdose Prevention, More Infrastructure Funding For Local Governments, and Solidarity With Ukraine

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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Former Prince George’s County Bomb Squad Commander Nominated As Deputy State Fire Marshal Of The Year

Former Prince George’s County Bomb Squad Commander Nominated As Deputy State Fire Marshal Of The Year

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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Calvert County Man Arrested for Impaired Driving After Fleeing Motor Vehicle Collision That Caused Hours Long Power Outage in California

Calvert County Man Arrested for Impaired Driving After Fleeing Motor Vehicle Collision That Caused Hours Long Power Outage in California

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: Lexington Park Trailer Fire Deemed Accidental, Red Cross Assisting Five Displaced

UPDATE: Lexington Park Trailer Fire Deemed Accidental, Red Cross Assisting Five Displaced

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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One Injured After Single Vehicle Collision in California

One Injured After Single Vehicle Collision in California

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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Mother Charged After Baby Overdoses on Drugs – Police Recover Heroin, Fentanyl and Cocaine at the Scene

Mother Charged After Baby Overdoses on Drugs – Police Recover Heroin, Fentanyl and Cocaine at the Scene

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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Forrest Center Students Complete 2022 Internship Program with St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office

Forrest Center Students Complete 2022 Internship Program with St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office

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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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death in Prince Frederick

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death in Prince Frederick

On Saturday, May 14, 2022, at approximately 5:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the rear of the Super 8 Hotel located at 40 Commerce Lane in Prince Frederick, for the reported subject not breathing. Crews arrived on the scene to find the victim in the nearby wooded area in a homeless...
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Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey Warns of Scams

Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey Warns of Scams

Scam Alert – Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey reports that several residents have received a mailer from a California business named “Property Profile”. The mailer offers to provide the resident with a copy of his/her deed or other land title record, for a $107.00 fee.  Please be advised that there is no need...
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Vehicle Fire in Lexington Park Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

Vehicle Fire in Lexington Park Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

On Friday, May 13, 2022, at approximately 2:35 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, and Valley Lee responded to 46409 Chapman Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported vehicle on fire threatening a residence. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 2006 Acura TSX fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters extinguished the...
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Sykesville Man Charged with Manslaughter and Impaired Driving After Killing Woman in Glen Burnie Crash

Sykesville Man Charged with Manslaughter and Impaired Driving After Killing Woman in Glen Burnie Crash

On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 1:09 p.m., Northern District officers responded to MD Route 10 southbound between I-695 and Ordnance Rd for a multi-vehicle crash. The investigation revealed that a gray Hyundai Elantra was stopped completely on the right shoulder of Route 10 with a reported flat tire. In front of the Hyundai...
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Upper Marlboro Woman Charged After Two Separate Firebombings in Charles and St. Mary’s Counties

Upper Marlboro Woman Charged After Two Separate Firebombings in Charles and St. Mary’s Counties

With the assistance of the Maryland State Apprehension Team, Deputy State Fire Marshals arrested a Prince Georges County woman on multiple charges of arson stemming from two separate firebombings in October of 2021. Latrice Joneah Williams, 20, of Upper Marlboro, was arrested on multiple charges, including Arson 1st Degree and Manufacturing and Possession of...
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Brandywine Man Pleads Guilty to Posing as a 16-Year-Old Boy to Persuade, Induce, and Entice at Least Three Minor Victims to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct in Order to Produce Images and Videos of Such Conduct

Brandywine Man Pleads Guilty to Posing as a 16-Year-Old Boy to Persuade, Induce, and Entice at Least Three Minor Victims to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct in Order to Produce Images and Videos of Such Conduct

Derrell Lamar Hooker Orange (“Hooker Orange”) age 37, of Brandywine, Maryland, pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor to produce child pornography and to possession of child pornography. After Hooker-Orange entered his guilty plea, U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel ordered the defendant into U.S. Marshal custody because he determined that Hooker-Orange was a...
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Police Officer First Class Jonathan Kelly Named Sons of the American Legion First Responder of the Year

Police Officer First Class Jonathan Kelly Named  Sons of the American Legion First Responder of the Year

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is pleased to announce PFC Jonathan Kelly was named the Sons of the American Legion First Responder of the Year for 2021. PFC Kelly began his career at the CCSO in 2005. In his 16-year career, he has served in the Patrol Division, Special Services Division and the...
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Police in Charles County Arrest Indian Head Man in Stabbing Case with Help from A Police Dispatcher and Bus Driver

Police in Charles County Arrest Indian Head Man in Stabbing Case with Help from A Police Dispatcher and Bus Driver

On May 9, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Charles Regional Medical Center for the report of a stabbing victim who had been transported to the hospital by a relative. When officers arrived, they learned the victim had actually been stabbed at the Smallwood Park and Ride...
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Police Arrest Waldorf and White Plains Men in String of Commercial Burglaries

Police Arrest Waldorf and White Plains Men in String of Commercial Burglaries

On May 9, 2022, at 1:15 a.m., detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were conducting surveillance in the 3100 block of Leonardtown Road in Waldorf due to recent commercial burglaries in which the suspect(s) were smashing out the front windows to businesses and stealing money from cash registers. During their surveillance, a detective...
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Department of Natural Resources Police Boat Rescues Subject from Water After Jumping from Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge

Department of Natural Resources Police Boat Rescues Subject from Water After Jumping from Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge

On Thursday, May 12, 2022, at approximately 7:32 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge for the reported unoccupied vehicle. 911 callers reported a vehicle was located unoccupied on the top of the bridge. Deputies arrived on the scene and located a victim treading water directly under the...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Regrets to Announce Passing of Deputy First Class Jeff Elliott

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Regrets to Announce Passing of Deputy First Class Jeff Elliott

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Deputy First Class Jeff Elliott, who passed away May 11, 2022, after suffering a cardiac arrest. DFC J. Elliott was a 29-year veteran of the agency and was most recently assigned to the Administrative and Judicial Services Bureau as a contract court security...
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Governor Hogan Announces Judicial Appointments Fills Court Vacancy in St. Mary’s County

Governor Hogan Announces Judicial Appointments Fills Court Vacancy in St. Mary’s County

Governor Larry Hogan announced that he has appointed Amy Lorenzini to the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. “It is my pleasure to appoint these individuals to serve in our state’s judicial system,” said Governor Hogan. “I am confident that Ms. Lorenzini, Ms. Harding, and Ms. Johnson will bring valuable experience and knowledge to...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Summonses Served – April 2022

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Summonses Served – April 2022

04/02/22- Joseph Henry Payne, age 45 of Great Mills- Assault 2nd Degree by Dep. Salas# 358. 04/02/22- George Sterling Gray, age 67 of Charlotte Hall- Assault 2nd Degree by Dep. Fleenor# 388 04/04/22- Jasmine Marie Herbert, age 18 of Charlotte Hall- Assault 2nd Degree by Cpl. Gaskill# 274. 04/04/22- Philip Dewain Harclerode, age 46...
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Police Investigating Shooting in Lexington Park, One Vehicle and One Residence Struck 5-11-2022

Police Investigating Shooting in Lexington Park, One Vehicle and One Residence Struck 5-11-2022

On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at approximately 10:50 p.m., police responded to the area of Yorktown Road and Kearsarge Place in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired. Police arrived on the scene in under one minute. Deputies located at least one vehicle and one residence that was struck and damaged. No...
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Anne Arundel County Police Arrest 15-Year-Old for Stealing Vehicle and Attempting to Steal Second Vehicle

Anne Arundel County Police Arrest 15-Year-Old for Stealing Vehicle and Attempting to Steal Second Vehicle

On Sunday, May 8, 2022, at approximately 4:15 p.m., officers responded to the 8200 block of Brushyridge Road in Laurel for a report of two males tampering with a motor vehicle. Two suspects fled from officers who pursued the suspects on foot. One of the suspects was apprehended on Laurel Fort Meade Road near...
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One Transported to Hospital After Vehicle Crashes Into Building in Prince Frederick Shopping Center

One Transported to Hospital After Vehicle Crashes Into Building in Prince Frederick Shopping Center

On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at approximately 12:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 625 Solomons Island Road in Prince Frederick, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a structure and one patient reported unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle completely into the structure and reported two...
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Lexington Park Man Pleads Guilty to Reckless Endangerment and Illegal Possession of a Regulated Firearm for Shooting in March of 2021

Lexington Park Man Pleads Guilty to Reckless Endangerment and Illegal Possession of a Regulated Firearm for Shooting in March of 2021

UPDATE 5/11/2022: State’s Attorney Fritz announces that on May 9, 2022, Deyonta Gross, 28 years-old of Lexington Park, has pled guilty to multiple counts of Reckless Endangerment and Illegal Possession of a Regulated Firearm in connection with a shooting from March 9, 2021 in the Valley Estate’s neighborhood of Lexington Park. Thankfully, no one...
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