UPDATE 7/2/2021: Malachi Aaron Banks, 19, of Lexington Park, has tendered a plea of guilty to Second Degree Murder in connection with the homicide of Dyante Lee Battle, 32, which occurred in Lexington Park, Maryland, during the evening hours of August 22, 2020 in a wooded path at the end of Enterprise Road....
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On November 1, 2020, two male suspects were in the parking lot area of Prestancia Place in Waldorf, after arranging to purchase tennis shoes through someone selling them on an online app. While the suspects were waiting, they observed a man sitting inside a car. The suspects got in the car, pulled out a...
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UPDATE 7/1/2021: On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at approximately 10:26 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision on United States Route 301 (Crain Hwy) in the area of Smallwood Drive in Waldorf, Maryland. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the...
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On Thursday, July 1, 2021, at approximately 1:30 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Great Mills Road in Great Mills, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one occupant possibly unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway...
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With the July 4th holiday quickly approaching, the U.S. Coast Guard wants to provide a few tips for staying safe out on the water. Always wear a Coast Guard-approved life jacket while underway: People don’t typically have time to locate and don a life jacket during an actual emergency. For two years in a...
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Troopers arrested and charged a St. Mary’s County man early Wednesday morning after a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation developed evidence supporting charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. The suspect is identified as Jose Moreno, 26, of Great Mills, Maryland. Moreno is charged with six counts of...
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UPDATE 6/30/2021: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier sentenced James Anthony Christian, 46 of Bryans Road, to 25 years in prison for Motor Vehicle Manslaughter and 4 counts of Second-Degree Assault. Christian entered a guilty plea to the...
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The St Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office seeks your help in locating a missing child: James Winfield Clark, 15, Male, White, 5’10”, 156 lbs. Last seen: Leaving 49293 Harry James Road in Scotland on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at approximately 8:00 p.m., he was riding a red bicycle and carrying backpacks. He was wearing a...
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With the arrival of summer and the Fourth of July holiday quickly approaching, State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci suggests that Marylanders attend public fireworks displays. “I would highly suggest the safest way to enjoy fireworks is to attend one of the many public fireworks displays throughout the state,” stated Geraci. To help Marylanders enjoy a...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday night in Glenarden. The decedent is 29-year-old Rien Green of Bowie. Two additional men were also shot. One remains hospitalized with critical injuries, the other has since been released and suffered non-life threatening injuries. On June 24, 2021, at...
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On Saturday, June 26, 2021, approximately 10:07 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Mattawoman Beantown Road and Pinefield Road in Waldorf, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with subjects trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles in the roadway and reported no entrapment. Firefighters requested...
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On Sunday, June 27, 2021, at approximately 12:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 3675 Hallowing Point Road in Prince Frederick, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. A Calvert County Sheriff’s Deputy arrived on the scene in under 3 minutes from the dispatch, and upon his...
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UPDATE 6/28/2021: On Saturday, June 26, 2021, at 1:10 a.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the area of Newtowne Neck Road and Wathen Road in Leonardtown for the reported motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, police found the vehicles to be in a head-on collision with one of the operators to be reported...
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Detectives with the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged five suspects in connection with an April homicide in Langley Park. The suspects are 18-year-old Marlon Steven Miguel Ramirez of Hyattsville, MD 19-year-old Jiecsin Marcelo Portillo Cruz of Chillum, MD 20-year-old William Rivera- Martinez of Reston, VA 20-year-old Edras Araeli Lopez-Lopez...
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The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run that occurred in District Heights Wednesday night. The deceased pedestrian is 89-year-old woman from Fort Washington. Investigators are working to identify her family. On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at approximately 10:20 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Silver Hill Road and...
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On Monday, June 28, 2021, at approximately 4:50 a.m., police responded to the area of Prince Frederick Road and Orchard View Lane in Hughesville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a horse. Police arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle and two horses in the roadway. The single occupant denied any...
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The Maryland State Police announces the second annual 2021 Youth Leadership and Law Enforcement Seminar, a free event held to train, develop and teach future generations of young men and women about the benefits of a law enforcement career will take place in August. The two-day, action packed, conference is free and will be held...
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An investigation is underway into the death of a man yesterday in Calvert County that occurred after deputies responded to a call for destruction of property. Around 1:10 p.m., on June 26, 2021, patrol deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to a suspicious person breaking windows in the 2100 block of Lowery...
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On Saturday, June 26, 2021, at approximately 12:14 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hollywood, Leonardtown, Seventh District, Bay District, and Charles County responded to 27374 Birch Manor Circle in Mechanicsville, for the reported house on fire with a burn victim. Firefighters arrived on the scene in under 3 minutes from dispatch and found fire showing...
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On Saturday, June 26, 2021, at approximately 11:55 a.m., emergency medical personnel responded to the 21000 block of Fosters Neck Drive in Bushwood, for the reported animal attack with two victims injured. Crews arrived on the scene and found two victims with injuries to their arms and legs. The two women reported they were...
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On Friday, June 25, 2021, at 9:40 a.m., officers responded to the La Petite Daycare Center in the 100 block of Smallwood Drive in Waldorf for the report of suspicious activity. Investigation revealed a four-year-old girl had just exited her mother’s car and was walking toward an employee who was at the entrance of...
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Maryland State Police arrested a man Thursday on charges he solicited sex from a minor and related child pornography charges in Charles County. Jason Christoffer Polk, 43, of La Plata, Maryland, is charged with six counts of possession of child pornography, six counts of production of child pornography, one count of displaying obscene matter...
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On Monday, June 21, 2021, at approximately 5:57 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Faunkirk Drive in Mechanicsville, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle on its side with no entrapment...
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UPDATE 6/24/2021 @ 8:20 p.m.: On Thursday, June 24, 2021, police arrested Leonard Charles Hall III, 27, of Lusby. Hall was charged with murder-first degree and other related charges. According to court documents, on Monday, June 14, 2021, at approximately 7:08 p.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Chancellors...
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On Friday, June 18, 2021, Deputy Freeland of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle for suspicious activity in the area of White Horse Road and Chisolm Trail in Lusby. Deputy Freeland activated his lights and sirens and the vehicle continued driving, refusing to stop, before hitting...
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