Law Enforcement

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Attempted Robbery in Leonardtown

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Attempted Robbery in Leonardtown

On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at approximately 8:50 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 40400 block of Breton View Drive in Leonardtown for the attempted robbery. The victim advised deputies she was traveling on Newtowne Neck Road and stopped in the roadway to turn left onto Bull Road....
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Commissioner John O’Connor Brings up St. Mary’s County Medical Response, and Mutual Aid Issues During October 6, 2020, Meeting

Commissioner John O’Connor Brings up St. Mary’s County Medical Response, and Mutual Aid Issues During October 6, 2020, Meeting

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6, in the Chesapeake Building in Leonardtown and opened by presenting four proclamations. The recognitions included National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Case Management Recognition Week, Domestic Violence Prevention Month, and National 4-H Week. Commissioner John O’Connor brought up the recent concerns...
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UPDATE: Two Lexington Park Brothers Charged with Murder of 63-Year-Old Callaway Man

UPDATE: Two Lexington Park Brothers Charged with Murder of 63-Year-Old Callaway Man

UPDATE 10/7/2020: Delante Javon Holley, 28, Tyrell Marquice Birdine, 20, both of Lexington Park, were charged in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court with First Degree Murder and First Degree Assault. On Sunday, September 13, 2020, Birdine and Holley were seen by witnesses kicking and were stomping on the head of 63-year-old Twain Belafonte Harrod...
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Waldorf Man Arrested After High Speed Pursuit in Delaware, Wanted for Attempted Murder and Assault in Prince Georges County

Waldorf Man Arrested After High Speed Pursuit in Delaware, Wanted for Attempted Murder and Assault in Prince Georges County

On Sunday, October 4, 2020 the Harrington Police Department arrested Robert Moton 30, of Waldorf, MD after he led officers on a high speed pursuit early Sunday morning. While on patrol at approximately 1:16 a.m., an officer was conducting traffic enforcement on South DuPont Highway in the area of Shaw Avenue in Harrington, DE....
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Reading for St. Mary’s Heroes Initiative Announced, a Partnership with St. Mary’s County College, Sheriff’s Office and Libraries

Reading for St. Mary’s Heroes Initiative Announced, a Partnership with St. Mary’s County College, Sheriff’s Office and Libraries

The St. Mary’s County Equity Task Force, in partnership with St. Mary’s County Library and St. Mary’s College of Maryland, announces the Reading for St. Mary’s Heroes initiative. Reading for St. Mary’s Heroes honors the service of frontline and essential workers of the COVID-19 pandemic, including health care providers, public health professionals, law enforcement,...
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Maryland State Police Continues to Stress the Importance of ‘Move Over’ Laws

Maryland State Police Continues to Stress the Importance of ‘Move Over’ Laws

This month marks the two-year anniversary of Maryland’s “Move Over” law being expanded to include all service vehicles on state roads. The Maryland State Police is using this milestone as a reminder on just how important it is for motorists to adhere to these vital motor vehicle safety laws. All 50 States have enacted...
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Charles County Speed Camera Locations for Week of October 4, 2020

Charles County Speed Camera Locations for Week of October 4, 2020

As a reminder, we have withdrawn our Speed Camera Program from schools that are not open and or those that are not being used for critical operations. The Speed Camera Program will operate at schools that are open and or for those dispensing meals and educational supplies for our students. Please drive responsibly, especially...
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UPDATE: Mechanicsville Man Arrested for Impaired Driving After Causing Motor Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville

UPDATE: Mechanicsville Man Arrested for Impaired Driving After Causing Motor Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville

UPDATE 10/06/2020: On September 21, 2020, Paul Sylvester Thompson, 27 of Mechanicsville was arrested by Dep. Wynnyk for Driving Vehicle While So Far Impaired by Drugs Cannot Drive Safely. Thompson has been charged with the following. (DRIVING, ATT.TO DRIVE) VEH. WHILE SO FAR IMPAIRED BY (DRUG(S),DRUG(S)&ALCO) CANNOT DRIVE SAFELY (DRIVING, ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE) VEH....
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UPDATE: Hollywood Woman Arrested After Crashing Into STS Bus and Injuring Three People in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Hollywood Woman Arrested After Crashing Into STS Bus and Injuring Three People in Lexington Park

UPDATE 10/6/2020: On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Samantha Lynn Lester, 29, of Hollywood was arrested by Trooper J. Azzari. Lester has been charged with the following. NEGLIGENT DRIVING VEHICLE IN CARELESS AND IMPRUDENT MANNER ENDANGERING PROPERTY, LIFE AND PERSON DRIVING VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL DRIVING VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF...
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20-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash, Maryland State Police Investigating

20-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash, Maryland State Police Investigating

On Friday, October 02, 2020, at approximately 3:19 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision on Maryland Route 229 (Bensville Road) in the area of Grey Run Road in Waldorf. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the Maryland State Police...
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Maryland Couple Arrested for Selling Explosive Devices to Undercover ATF Agent

Maryland Couple Arrested for Selling Explosive Devices to Undercover ATF Agent

Brittany Nicole Adams, 29, of Landover, MD, and Anthony Benson, Jr., 30, of Washington, D.C., have been indicted and arrested for conspiracy to distribute explosive devices and three counts of distribution of explosive devices. The charges were filed in an indictment unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, announced U.S....
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VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Hit and Run in Leonardtown After Vehicle Strikes Outdoor Seating of Social Coffeehouse

VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Hit and Run in Leonardtown After Vehicle Strikes Outdoor Seating of Social Coffeehouse

On Saturday, October 3, 2020, at approximately 4:31 p.m., an unidentified subject operating a Ford Fusion struck the outdoor seating area of the Social Coffee House located at 41658 Fenwick Street in Leonardtown. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the collision. No injuries were reported. If you have any information on...
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AUDIO: No Injuries Reported After Police Deploy Pepper Spray After Pit Bull Attempts to Attack Child and Responding Officers in Lexington Park

AUDIO: No Injuries Reported After Police Deploy Pepper Spray After Pit Bull Attempts to Attack Child and Responding Officers in Lexington Park

On Thursday, October 1, 2020, at approximately 4:30 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 46400 block of Sue Drive in Lexington Park, for the animal attack in progress. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller reported a 3-year-old male was actively being attacked by a Pit Bull with the child having unknown severity...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Ashley Lauren Markart – Wanted for Escape

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Ashley Lauren Markart – Wanted for Escape

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Ashley Lauren Markart, age 27 of California. Markart failed to report to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center on September 30, 2020, to begin a court ordered sentence for the charge of handgun in a vehicle. Markart is a black female,...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Jessica Lyn Smith – Wanted for Drug Distribution

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Jessica Lyn Smith – Wanted for Drug Distribution

Jessica Lyn Smith – she is currently wanted for Drug Distribution. Any information on the subject, please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 410-535-2800 and or Dfc. Chip Ward at 443-532-0603, Sgt Phillip Foote at 443-624-7137
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Man Suspected of Overdosing While Driving Crashes Car Into Patuxent River Naval Air Station Front Gate

Man Suspected of Overdosing While Driving Crashes Car Into Patuxent River Naval Air Station Front Gate

On Sunday October 4, 2020, at approximately 12:25 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to Gate 2 located at Cedar Point Road and Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the possible overdose and motor vehicle collision. Police arrived on the scene to find a green Ford Focus had struck, and was resting...
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Anne Arundel Teen Arrested in Ohio for Murder of 5-Year-Old Half Sister

Anne Arundel Teen Arrested in Ohio for Murder of 5-Year-Old Half Sister

UPDATE 10/4/2020: On October 3, 2020 at approximately 8:15 a.m. officers responded to the 4100 block of Apple Leaf Court and discovered a deceased 5-year-old child. The child was suffering from apparent trauma. Anne Arundel County Police Homicide Detectives and the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Evidence Collection Unit responded to the scene. Evidence...
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Man Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Bullet While Viewing Property for Sale in Saint Inigoes

Man Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Bullet While Viewing Property for Sale in Saint Inigoes

On Sunday, October 4, 2020, at approximately 1:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 17211 Bramble Way in St. Inigoes, for the reported gunshot victim. The 911 caller was a realtor who was showing a property to a client on Bramble Way  when she told 911 operators that her client was struck...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 10/4/2020

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 10/4/2020

During the month of September, deputies of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to over 6,316 calls for service throughout the community. On September 21, 2020, Deputy Savick responded to E. Chesapeake Beach Rd. Owings (Dash-In) for a disorderly complaint. The complainant advised a male subject Vernon K. Pumphrey, Jr. (64) was inside the...
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Wanted for Escape – Jovan Denise Fenwick

Wanted for Escape – Jovan Denise Fenwick

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Jovan Denise Fenwick, age 27 of Bushwood. Fenwick is wanted for the charge of escape after removing her monitoring device while released on pretrial supervision. Fenwick is a black female, 5’6” and weighs 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair....
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One Transported to Area Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Clements

One Transported to Area Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Clements

On Thursday, October 1, 2020, at approximately 3:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Colton Point Road and Hurry Road in Clements, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one subject trapped and not alert. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involved...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Indian Head

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Indian Head

On October 1 at 7:19 a.m., officers responded to the area of Smallwood Church Road near Mason Springs Road in Indian Head, MD for the report of a car that struck a tree. Upon arrival, officers discovered the driver of the car, Michael Ryan Heckman, 28, of Indian Head, was deceased. Members of the...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Regrets to Announce Passing of K-9 Vefi

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Regrets to Announce Passing of K-9 Vefi

It is with great sadness that the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office has to announce the passing of retired K-9 Vefi. K-9 Vefi was the partner to M/DFC Paul Wood and served the agency from 2014-2020. K-9 Vefi was a German Shepherd that was donated from Master Trainer Kent Gregory in 2014 to the Sheriff’s...
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Jaymi Sterling (Governors Daughter) Releases Statement on Her Resignation From the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office

Jaymi Sterling (Governors Daughter) Releases Statement on Her Resignation From the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office

For the last nine and a half years, I had the distinct honor to serve the citizens of St. Mary’s County as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, Chief of Staff and Deputy State’s Attorney. On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 I submitted my resignation from the office. In my most recent role...
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Maryland State Police Warn Citizens of Law Enforcement Telephone Scams

Maryland State Police Warn Citizens of Law Enforcement Telephone Scams

Maryland State Police are warning the public about a telephone scam in which the caller has cloned, or, “spoofed,” a Maryland State Police telephone number in an attempt to scare victims into thinking they are the target of a criminal investigation. A complainant reported today that she had received a call in which the...
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