Law Enforcement

Army Veteran Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Maryland for Supplying Forged Military Discharge Certificates to Individuals Applying for Military Waivers to Obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses

Army Veteran Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Maryland for Supplying Forged Military Discharge Certificates to Individuals Applying for Military Waivers to Obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses

Philip Mungin, 58, of Bryans Road, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to forgery of a military discharge certificate and identity theft, in connection with a scheme in which Mungin provided fraudulent DD-214 discharge certificates to individuals for fraudulent military waiver applications for commercial driver’s licenses in exchange for payment. The guilty plea was announced by...
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Detectives Arrest Three Suspects in Connection of Fatal Shooting of Pregnant 18-Year-Old, Baby Expected to Survive

Detectives Arrest Three Suspects in Connection of Fatal Shooting of Pregnant 18-Year-Old, Baby Expected to Survive

Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit detectives identified and charged three suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old J’Lyn Quinones. The suspects were located and taken into custody in Washington, DC. The suspects are 21-year-old Malik Johnson and his brother, 22-year-old Michael Johnson. Their last known address is in the 2700 block...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Stabbing at California Wawa, Victim Transported to Area Trauma Center

UPDATE: Police Investigating Stabbing at California Wawa, Victim Transported to Area Trauma Center

UPDATE: On April 24, 2021, at approximately 9:52 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 23100 block of Three Notch Road in California, for the reported assault. Deputies arrived on scene and located a male victim, age 39 of Lexington Park, who was suffering from multiple stab wounds. Detectives...
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PNC Branch Donation to Support Launch of Health and Wellness Services for Lexington Park Community

PNC Branch Donation to Support Launch of Health and Wellness Services for Lexington Park Community

The St. Mary’s County Equity Task Force, in partnership with the Housing Authority of St. Mary’s County, Maryland (HASMC), is pleased to announce plans for a future Behavioral Health Hub for St. Mary’s County. The 6,200 square-foot, former PNC Bank branch located on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, was donated by PNC Bank...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Body Found in Vehicle in Charlotte Hall

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Body Found in Vehicle in Charlotte Hall

On Sunday, April 25, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m., police responded to a parking lot in the area of 30050 Three Notch Road and Henry Lane in Charlotte Hall, for the reported deceased female in a vehicle. Police arrived on the scene and found an unknown aged female deceased inside of the vehicle. Technicians...
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UPDATE: Maryland State Police Continues to Investigate Discovery of Body in Prince George’s County

UPDATE: Maryland State Police Continues to Investigate Discovery of Body in Prince George’s County

UPDATE 4/20/2021: Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate the discovery of a body found last month in Prince George’s County. Shortly after 7:35 a.m. on March 13, 2021, troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to the area of Route 4 at Dowerhouse Road for the discovery of a body. According...
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Waldorf Man Charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm

Waldorf Man Charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm

On April 21, 2021, members of the Firearms Investigation Unit, with the assistance of the Emergency Services Team from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, served two search warrants related to an on-going firearms investigation. During one of the searches, detectives recovered a loaded firearm and ammunition inside the residence. The subject of the investigation,...
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Detectives Arrest Landover Man for Theft Scheme After Stealing Multiple Honda Airbags

Detectives Arrest Landover Man for Theft Scheme After Stealing Multiple Honda Airbags

Detectives assigned to our Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team have arrested and charged 30-year-old Michael Roane of the 600 block of Stretford Way in Landover. Roane is charged with thirty-five counts of theft-scheme, motor vehicle theft, tampering with motor vehicles and other related charges. Following a lengthy investigation into airbag thefts, detectives with the...
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Baby Saved After 18-Year-Old Mother is Shot and Killed in Capitol Heights, Police Investigating and Searching for Suspect

Baby Saved After 18-Year-Old Mother is Shot and Killed in Capitol Heights, Police Investigating and Searching for Suspect

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating the fatal shooting of 18-year-old J’Lyn Quinones of Suitland. Quinones and a second female were shot on Tuesday in the unincorporated section of Capitol Heights. The second victim’s injuries are not considered life-threatening. Quinones was pregnant. Her unborn baby was delivered during emergency surgery...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department Mourns Death of Off-Duty Officer

The Prince George’s County Police Department Mourns Death of Off-Duty Officer

The Prince George’s County Police family is mourning the loss of an off-duty officer Corporal Ahmed Lopez who passed away last Tuesday evening during a medical emergency. Corporal Lopez was a 15-year veteran of the agency. The well-liked, dedicated officer spent the majority of his career assigned to the Bureau of Patrol – at...
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Calvert County Prescription Drug “Take-Back” Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021

Calvert County Prescription Drug “Take-Back” Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021

Prevent unused and expired prescription medications from being misused by turning them in at a no-questions-asked event sponsored by the Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse, Inc. (CAASA) in partnership with local law enforcement and the Calvert County Department of Parks and Recreation. Residents are urged to properly dispose of unused prescriptions Saturday, April 24...
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UPDATE: 2-Year-Old Boy Killed in Waldorf Motor Vehicle Collision, Maryland State Police Investigating

UPDATE: 2-Year-Old Boy Killed in Waldorf Motor Vehicle Collision, Maryland State Police Investigating

UPDATE 4/21/2021: The Maryland State Police are continuing an investigation into a two vehicle crash yesterday in Charles County that killed a toddler and injured three others. The deceased victim is a 2-year-old-boy, the child of the driver of a 2017 Hyundai Elantra, identified as Princess Cecilia Pearl Collins, 21, of Waldorf, Maryland. The...
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VIDEO: 19-Year-Old Female Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Impaired Driver Red Light Running in Lexington Park

VIDEO: 19-Year-Old Female Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Impaired Driver Red Light Running in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at approximately 3:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the St. Mary’s Square on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 19-year-old female with multiple injuries to her...
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Deputy First Class William Weston “Wes” Beisel, 32

Deputy First Class William Weston “Wes” Beisel, 32

Deputy First Class William Weston “Wes” Beisel, 32, passed away at his Hollywood, Md. home on April 8, 2021. He is survived by his wife, Ashley, and their two sons, William and Waylon. He also leaves behind his parents, Rebecca and Larry Beisel of Ruther Glen, Va. and Kenny and Lisa Wilson of Kennet,...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Introduces New Victim Services Program With Enhanced Services for Victims of Crime

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Introduces New Victim Services Program With Enhanced Services for Victims of Crime

Sheriff Troy Berry is proud to announce that, with the recent hire of a new Victim/Witness Services Coordinator, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office will be offering improved services for victims and witnesses of crimes. “Connecting people in our community to the resources available to them, especially victims of crimes, has always been a priority...
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Police Arrest White Plains Man, Recover Handgun After Assault in Waldorf

Police Arrest White Plains Man, Recover Handgun After Assault in Waldorf

On Friday, April 16 at 1:00 a.m., officers responded to a bar in the 3000 block of Old Washington Road in Waldorf for the report of a man with a handgun. Prior to the officers’ arrival, the man walked out of the bar and jumped into a truck, which was parked nearby. The suspect...
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12-Year-Old Male Charged with First Degree Murder After Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old, Police Searching for Second Suspect Involved in Stabbing

12-Year-Old Male Charged with First Degree Murder After Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old, Police Searching for Second Suspect Involved in Stabbing

Detectives with the Homicide Unit arrested and charged a 12-year-old male from Washington, DC, with first degree murder and related charges. He is charged as a juvenile in the fatal shooting of 13-year-old King Douglas of Upper Marlboro. Preliminarily, detectives do not believe this was a random shooting. On Saturday, April 17, 2021, at...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person shown in a theft investigation. On Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 6:45 p.m., the suspect placed merchandise in his jacket pocket and then left the Family Dollar store in Lexington Park without paying. Anyone with information about the identity of the...
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Corporal Justin Davis Named Charles County Detention Center 2020 Correctional Officer of the Year

Corporal Justin Davis Named Charles County Detention Center 2020 Correctional Officer of the Year

Charles County Detention Center Director Brandon Foster, along with Sheriff Troy Berry and members of the CCSO and CCDC Command Staff, are proud to announce that Corrections Corporal Justin Davis has been named the 2020 Correctional Officer of the Year. Cpl. Davis was nominated for Officer of the Year by his supervisor, Sergeant Matthew...
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Police Investigating Single Vehicle Collision in Clements, One Flown to Area Trauma Center

Police Investigating Single Vehicle Collision in Clements, One Flown to Area Trauma Center

On Friday, April 16, 2021, at approximately 10:30 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 24684 Budds Creek Road in Clements, for the single vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway after overturning over a guardrail and into a tree....
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Maryland State Police Investigate Man Found Lying on I-495 After Allegedly Jumping Out of Moving Vehicle

Maryland State Police Investigate Man Found Lying on I-495 After Allegedly Jumping Out of Moving Vehicle

Maryland State Police are investigating an incident where a man was found lying in the travel portion of I-495 after allegedly jumping out of a vehicle. The man involved in the incident is identified as Mahmoud Diop, 30, of Washington, D.C. Diop was transported by ambulance to the Prince George’s Hospital Center for medical...
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Anne Arundel Police Searching for Male Suspect After Brandishing Firearm at State Highway Worker on Route 4

Anne Arundel Police Searching for Male Suspect After Brandishing Firearm at State Highway Worker on Route 4

On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at approximately 9:41 a.m., Southern District officers responded to Northbound Route 4 and Southern Maryland Boulevard in Lothian, for a report of an armed subject with a gun. The victim/reporting person is an employee with the Maryland State Highway Administration who was blocking the fast lane of Northbound Route...
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Police Investigating Bomb Threat at Great Mills High School

Police Investigating Bomb Threat at Great Mills High School

On Thursday, April 15, 2021, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office received information of a bomb threat at the Great Mills High School. While searching the school and the surrounding area police found evidence that required an upgrade of additional resources respond to the incident. The entire building has been evacuated and the school...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Prince Georges County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Prince Georges County

Maryland State Police are investigating a pedestrian crash that killed one person late last night in Prince George’s County. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased on scene and transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy. The identity of the pedestrian is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Just before...
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St. Mary’s County Public Schools Releases Statement Following Death of Leonardtown High School Student Peyton Ham

St. Mary’s County Public Schools Releases Statement Following Death of Leonardtown High School Student Peyton Ham

The St. Mary’s County Public Schools released the following statement. “On April 13, 2021, at approximately 1:30 p.m., St. Mary’s County Public Schools was informed of an officer-involved shooting in Leonardtown. It was later reported that the shooting resulted in the death of a 16-year-old male, identified as Peyton Alexander Ham, a sophomore at...
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