On Saturday, January 29, 2022, at approximately 9:10 p.m., police responded to the Dollar General located at 21411 Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported armed robbery. Police arrived on the scene and made contact with the employee/911 caller who reported a white male armed with a knife had threatened employees before...
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On Sunday, January 30, 2022, at approximately 5:10 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department located at 28165 Hills Club Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a horse and buggy. Crews arrived on the scene to find a damaged Jeep in...
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On Saturday, January 29, 2022, at approximately 8:00 p.m., police responded to a strong-armed robbery at the Walmart on Drury Drive, in La Plata. Preliminary investigation revealed two individuals physically assaulted an employee to obtain access to a locked display case containing Airpods. The employee complied with the demands to open the secured display...
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Detectives Investigating Shooting Case Involving Youth / Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward: On January 28, 2022, at approximately 9:50 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Charles Regional Medical Center after being advised a 9-year-old male was in the emergency room with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his...
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter weather advisory for Calvert County, with snow and severe cold expected through the weekend. Animal owners or custodians are required to provide the following effective immediately, through Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022: Dogs and cats should be brought inside. If a dog or cat is left...
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On Friday, January 28, 2022, at 11:40 a.m., a student at North Point High School showed several students what appeared to be a handgun while inside the school. Another student alerted school staff who recovered an airsoft replica handgun from the student’s locker. The school resource officer, along with school administrators, will complete an...
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On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at approximately 1:57 p.m., TFC Hussey, assigned to the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack was on patrol in the area of southbound Route 301, south of Pierce Road, Waldorf, Charles County, MD. At that time, TFC Hussey observed a black Toyota Camry committing numerous traffic violations. TFC Hussey...
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Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Thursday, January 27, 2022, in the 4400 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest. At approximately 3:31 a.m., members of the Second District responded to the listed location for the report of a shooting inside a hotel. Upon arrival, members located...
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On January 28, 2022, at 11:40 a.m., a student at North Point High School showed several students what appeared to be a handgun while inside the school. Another student alerted school staff who recovered an airsoft replica handgun from the student’s locker. The school resource officer, along with school administrators, will complete an investigation....
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On January 27, 2022, at approximately 2:00 p.m., a student at North Point High School made a statement during class that he was going to “shoot everyone in the school.” School staff and a Charles County Sheriff’s Office school resource officer assigned to the school were made aware and began an investigation which included...
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Detectives with the Homicide Unit arrested and charged a 15-year-old female from District Heights with manslaughter and related charges. She is charged as a juvenile in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old male from Oxon Hill. On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at approximately 6:00 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 4900 block of Glassmanor...
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UPDATE 2:30 p.m.: On Thursday, January 27, 2022 at approximately 8:00 a.m., patrol deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a serious motor vehicle collision on St. Andrew’s Church Road in the area of Fairgrounds Road in Leonardtown. Deputies arrived on scene to find a head-on collision between two vehicles,...
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The Office of the Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest of Ernest Jarod Murray on January 21, 2022, on a warrant for First Degree Rape obtained by county police on December 20, 2021. According to the warrant, on October 28, 2021, The Prince George’s County Child Protective Service received notification about a Sexual Child...
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On Thursday, January 27, 2022, at approximately 7:43 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Hilton Ridge Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a school bus with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle and a St....
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced that Michael Gibson, 23, of Annapolis entered a guilty plea to first degree murder and using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence in the death of Leslie Saunders, 50. Gibson, who was paid $3200 by Thomas Smith, 31, to kill the...
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On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at approximately 3:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Chancellors Run Road and Buck Hewitt Road in Great Mills, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a school bus with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle and school bus involved with the...
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Jason Daniel Ort, age 36, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to transportation of child pornography. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; and Brigadier General Terry Bullard,...
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On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at approximately 9:00 p.m., firefighters from Calvert County were alerted to the 3500 block of 9th Street in North Beach, for the reported house fire. Prior to the arrival of First Responders, multiple 911 callers reported the house was on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a...
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On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at approximately 9:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Friendship School Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one subject unresponsive. Initial information reported a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree with a...
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On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at approximately 9:50 p.m., police responded to the Papa Johns located at 21690 Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported armed robbery. Police arrived on the scene to find one employee with injuries, and upon further investigation, police learned the suspect fled on foot prior to their...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces the state’s Primitive Deer Hunt will be open Feb. 1-3 statewide. Hunters with a valid hunting license, or those exempt from the hunting license requirement, may use primitive bows or muzzleloaders to hunt sika and white-tailed deer during these days. Primitive hunting devices are defined as long bows, recurve bows, flintlock,...
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Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain (CSSC), the Navy’s annual anti-terrorism, force protection (ATFP) exercise, will be underway Navywide – and at NAS Patuxent River – Jan. 31-Feb. 11, 2022. Conducted by U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), CSSC uses realistic drills and scenarios to enhance the readiness...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal vehicle collision that occurred Saturday afternoon in Accokeek. The deceased driver is 53-year-old Antoine Mensah of Accokeek. On Saturday, January 22, 2022, at approximately 12:15 p.m., officers responded to Farmington Road at Indian Head Highway for a collision involving two cars. The preliminary investigation...
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On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 7:34 a.m., a school resource officer and school administrators were made aware of an altercation at Thomas Stone High School. A preliminary investigation showed two students were in a hallway engaged in a verbal altercation when one of them produced a knife, which he had in his pocket....
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On Friday, January 21, 2022, at approximately 5:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a T-bone style collision. The operator of...
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