A team of investigators with the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Charles County Sheriff’s Office, and the Maryland State Forest Service are investigating the death of an elderly male victim during a brush fire at 7730 Kent Drive in Charlotte Hall on Sunday, March 20, 2022. On Sunday, March 20, 2022, at approximately...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run crash that occurred early this morning in Prince George’s County. Shortly after 1:45 a.m., on Monday, March 21, 2022, the Prince George’s County Emergency Operation Center notified Maryland State Police of a report of a pedestrian struck on the north side of Branch Avenue (MD...
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On Saturday, March 19, 2022, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers responded to the 7900 block of Ritchie Highway for a robbery of a citizen. The juvenile victim advised he was approached by a suspect who implied he was armed. The suspect demanded the victim’s personal property and went through the victim’s pockets before fleeing...
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Adrian Proctor, 23, of Fort Washington, Md., has been sentenced to a 7 ½-year prison term for carjacking and other charges stemming from a pair of crimes that took place over a three-day period, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Proctor pleaded...
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UPDATE 3/22/2022: Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate a suspected road rage shooting that took the life of a man Saturday evening in Prince George’s County. At approximately, 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, troopers were notified of a shooting on eastbound U.S. Route 50 at Veterans Parkway. According to a preliminary investigation, a tow...
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Sheriff Tim Cameron, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Corps invite the public to a memorial and remembrance ceremony on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at 2 pm to mark the four-year anniversary of the shooting at Great Mills High School and to remember other local victims of violent crime....
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On Friday, March 18, 2022, at approximately 8:25 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood, Leonardtown, Bay District, Valley Lee, NAS Patuxent River, and Calvert County responded to 45389 Tippett Road in Hollywood, for the reported house on fire. St. Mary’s County Emergency Communications Center received multiple 911 calls reported the house was on fire. Firefighters arrived...
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On January 6, 2022, at 3:21 a.m., a woman reported she was shot by an acquaintance outside of a restaurant in the 2900 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf; she was treated at a hospital and released prior to making the report. Through investigation, detectives were able to positively identify the suspect as Deangelo...
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On Friday, March 18, 2022, at approximately 9:50 a.m., police firefighters and rescue personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident in Mechanicsville. Emergency responders arrived on scene at the corner of Three Notch Road and Loveville Road in Mechanicville to find a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. One occupant was flown to an...
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On March 17, 2022, at 9:10 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Berry Road near Bunker Hill Road in Waldorf for the report of a crash involving a passenger car and a school bus. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of the bus was attempting to make a U-turn from...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit charged a suspect in connection with an unsolved 1989 murder in Forestville. He is 64-year-old James Clinton Cole. He’s charged with the murder and sexual assault of 27-year-old Cynthia Rodgers of Forestville. Cole is currently in custody in Cumberland, MD. He is serving a life sentence from an unrelated first degree...
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On March 14, 2022, at 11:30 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were conducting a parking lot check at a public boat ramp in the 1000 block of Marshall Hall Road in Bryans Road, when they observed several people and cars in the lot; the ramp and parking lot were closed at...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 3:25 pm, the suspect walked out of the California Walmart store with a 75-inch Samsung television without paying for it, placed it in the back of a white SUV and...
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On March 11, 2022, at 6:41 p.m., patrol officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in the area of Charles Street and Church Street in La Plata. Upon approaching the driver, the officers immediately observed a firearm on the dashboard. The driver, Jamaal Khali Sterling, 22, of Virginia, was arrested....
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Jason Evans, age 47, formerly of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, in connection with two separate fraud schemes, to aggravated identity theft, and to violating his supervised release on a previous federal bank fraud conviction. The guilty pleas were announced by United States Attorney for the District...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, March 15, 2022, with the invocation and pledge followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners recognized National Social Work Month and Equal Pay Day by presenting Proclamations. The Department of Finance received approval for a request...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in Forestville. The deceased pedestrian is 64-year-old Jeannette Diggs of Forestville. On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at approximately 8:35 p.m., patrol officers were called to the 3300 block of Walters Lane for a report of a pedestrian...
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On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, members of the Narcotics Enforcement Section served a search warrant in the 2200 block of Old Washington Road in Waldorf related to a narcotics investigation. During the search, detectives located approximately 14 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of crack cocaine, marijuana, and manufacturing and distribution paraphernalia. Sean Maurice Hawkins,...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the persons pictured in an assault investigation. On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., at the corner of Coral Place and Tulagi Place in Lexington Park, the suspects ambushed and assaulted the victim who had to be transported to an area hospital...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Traffic Operations Unit is partnering with the La Plata Police Department to conduct an impaired driver checkpoint on Thursday, March 17, 2022 in La Plata. Special patrols and enforcement focused on impaired and aggressive driving are conducted year round with the goal of educating the community and deterring...
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On March 11, 2022, at approximately 11:40 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in the 9900 block of Crain Highway in Faulkner after a computer check revealed the tags on the vehicle belonged to a different car. Upon approaching the driver, the officer detected the odor of burnt...
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With St. Patrick’s Day coming up on Thursday, Maryland State Police are urging those who plan to celebrate with alcohol to be safe and smart and avoid impaired, distracted and aggressive driving. With an increase in impaired drivers expected throughout the state this week, state police will be conducting saturation patrols at each of...
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Maryland State Police arrested a man Monday on charges he sexually abused a minor in Prince George’s County. The suspect, identified as Kelvin Emanuel Granados-Sorto, 27, of Greenbelt, Maryland, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor and a third-degree sex offense. He was transported to the Prince George’s County Detention Center, where he...
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On Monday, March 14, 2022, at approximately 4:30 p.m. members of the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to the 200 block of Whitaker Road in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County, Maryland for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered an adult female laying on a sidewalk suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was...
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Maryland State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash in which one person died and another was injured Tuesday evening in Prince George’s County. Shortly after 8:25 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to the area of Branch Avenue at Moores Road in Brandywine, Maryland, for...
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