On Tuesday, April 14, 2020, the Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland NRP Officer Miller, assisted by the Anne Arundel County Fire Department Station 23, rescued 12 ducklings that were stuck in a storm drain. Officers responded to the 8000 Block of Ritchie Highway, after a good samaritan reported that she saw a mother...
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UPDATE 4/14/2020: On April 12, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21600 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported assault. A male victim, age 61 of no fixed address, was located on scene suffering from multiple stab wounds. The victim was...
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4/14/2020 – Charles County Sheriff’s Office Press Release: On April 12 at 2:44 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Brookside Place in Waldorf for the report of the sound of gunshots. When officers arrived, they learned a male, age 22, had been shot multiple times and was driven to the hospital by...
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On April 9, 2020, The Officer of the Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitives Division reported the arrest of Derrick James Bass, after an investigation by deputies assigned to the United States Marshal Service Capital Area Regional Task Force led them to a Federal Probation Office in Manassas, Virginia. Upon arrival, deputies identified Bass, served the arrest warrant...
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UPDATE 4-14-2020: The Prince George’s County Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for the man wanted in connection with fatally shooting a woman inside of the suspect’s Chillum apartment on Friday night. The suspect then set a fire in the home before fleeing the scene. The victim is 23-year-old Zena Nichols of Washington, D.C. The...
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On Monday, April 13, 2020, at approximately 8:45 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of White Marsh Court and Huntingtown Road in Huntingtown, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a propane truck with an active leak. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find an overturned propane truck in the...
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Commissioner President Randy Guy has ordered the Maryland state flag and the St. Mary’s County flag immediately lowered to half-staff. This action is in honor of Bay District Volunteer firefighter Marcus Paxton, who died April 10, 2020. The flags are to remain lowered until sunset the day of his interment on a date to...
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Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Criminal Enforcement Division are on the lookout for a suspect vehicle and suspect who is believed to have fired several shots at a residence in Lexington Park, Maryland. The suspect vehicle is described as a blue Nissan or Hyundai vehicle with an unknown number of...
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On Saturday, April 11, 2020, at approximately 5:45 p.m., four firefighters from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded to the area of Pegg Lane and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Dodge sedan with fire showing from the engine compartment....
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On the Pray For Marty McCarroll Facebook Page the following was posted: Update: Sunday 4/12/2020 2:15 pm: From Tammy… “God has heard our prayers. Thank you everyone for your continued love, support and prayers throughout this journey. I am happy to say that after Marty’s team of doctors met, I was given the news…MARTY...
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On Sunday, April 12, 2020, at approximately 12:35 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and surrounding departments were dispatched to 10504 Lynnewood Court in Waldorf, for the reported garage fire. Dispatchers advised they received multiple 911 calls, reporting a house with a garage on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene of the 10600 block of Arron...
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The Maryland State Police are investigating the cause of a crash involving a stolen motorcycle in Prince George’s County on Saturday, April 11, 2020, shortly after 5:30 p.m., this evening on the Capital Beltway. The driver of the stolen motorcycle involved is identified as Gerber Antonio Orellana, 18, of Riverdale. He was operating a...
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On March 21, 2020, Dep. Burgess attempted to stop a vehicle in the 20500 block of Treetop Road in Lexington Park. James Craig Proctor, age 32 of Lexington Park, failed to stop and deputies pursued the vehicle. Proctor stopped the vehicle and fled on foot. Proctor was quickly located and taken into custody. Located...
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On Friday, April 10, 2020, at 7:40 p.m., officers responded to the Hilton Garden Inn at 10385 O’Donnell Place in Waldorf, to check on the welfare of a man and woman after receiving information from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) in Indiana that they had just received a tip indicating one of the...
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UPDATE 4/10/2020: On Thursday, April 9th, at approximately 12:50 p.m., the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department responded to the 6400 block of Milburn Drive near Seat Pleasant for a reported house fire. As units were en route, 911 calls indicated that people might be trapped in the house. Upon arrival, units...
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UPDATE: The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a collision that killed two drivers in Brandywine early this morning. The deceased drivers are identified as a career firefighter and emergency medical technician Marcus Paxton, who was a member of the Baltimore City Fire Department, and many other departments and 52-year-old Tammy Linkous of...
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On March 11, 2020, at 10:22 a.m., police responded to the 26000 block of Liberty Street in Lexington Park, for the report of a domestic disturbance. Dispatchers advised that the male subject in this incident had a confirmed arrest warrant through the Maryland State Police for failure to appear. When Officers arrived on the...
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The Federal Trade Commission has reported that scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the coronavirus, including through the sale of counterfeit products and the solicitation of money and personal information. When charities request donations in response to the coronavirus, Marylanders may feel duty-bound to donate in an effort to help their neighbors. Maryland’s...
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UPDATE 4/9/2020: on February 28, 2020, at approximately 9:45 a.m., police responded to the 44000 block of Pasture View Way in Valley Lee, for the reported assault and violation of protection. Deputies arrived on the scene to find the female victim was assaulted by the suspect, identified as Jamel Tiant Mitchell, 35 of no fixed...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Dana Marie Royster, 36, for Second-Degree Escape from the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center. Royster did not return to a rehabilitation center in Frederick as required. Royster is described as 5’4” tall and weighs 130 lbs with brown hair and brown...
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UPDATE: On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, The Maryland Natural Resources Police Underwater Operations Team found Gideon McKean’s body at approximately 1:40 p.m., this afternoon nearly 2.3 miles south of his grandmother’s residence in Shady Side, and approximately 2,000 feet from where his mother’s body was found two days ago, on Monday evening. The Maryland...
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Governor Larry Hogan today toured the state’s field hospital site at the Baltimore Convention Center, where he announced additional actions to slow the spread of COVID-19. Actions the governor announced today in Baltimore City include: New strike teams to help nursing home facilities in need of additional support A new executive order empowering local...
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Governor Larry Hogan held a press conference Tuesday, April 7, 2020, discussing the ongoing issues, plans and actions to combat COVID-19 in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. Hogan said in the conference, “over the past two weeks I have been sounding the alarm with the President, the Vice President, members of the President’s Task Force...
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Due to diminished need, as evidenced by reduced call volume, the St. Mary’s County Coronavirus (COVID-19) Call Center will eliminate Saturday hours beginning Saturday, April 11. Additionally, the call center will have reduced hours Friday, April 10, due to the Good Friday holiday – the call center will be open from 8 a.m. –...
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Don and Nam Nguyen from County Liquors and Adam and Kim Dennis of Pawnit both made donations recently to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department. Don and his wife Nam who own County Liquors in St. Mary’s Square moved to Southern Maryland in 1996 from Virginia, they...
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