On Thursday, July 24, 2025, at approximately 3:00 p.m., while Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department was responding to a structure fire in Ridge, they came across a motor vehicle collision at Three Notch Road and Chancellors Run Road. Firefighters reported their were injuries and that they will be remaining on the scene and not responding...
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UPDATE 7/24/2025 @ 11:1 A.M.: The suspect has been identified as Nathaniel Mekhi Golphin, 19, of California, MD. He remains hospitalized in stable condition, and a warrant with criminal charges has been issued for the following: • Handgun on person • Loaded handgun on person • Possession of a firearm being under 21years of...
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Ky-Mari Monte Bowman, 18, of Waldorf, is facing a series of criminal charges following a July 18, 2025, incident that began with a domestic assault call and ended with a foot chase, the recovery of a loaded “ghost gun,” and a significant quantity of suspected marijuana. According to court documents filed in Charles County...
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On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, police responded to the 29000 block of Queens Landing Lane in Mechanicsville, for the report of an assault. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with two victims who reported that a verbal altercation had taken place inside the residence. The confrontation escalated outside, where a male suspect entered his vehicle...
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State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling is proud to announce that Kelsey Perkins, Director of Legal Administration with the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, was awarded the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association’s Distinguished Service Award – the highest honor given to a single employee from any State’s Attorney’s Office across the State of Maryland – at...
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Gary Orlando Harrod, 61, of no fixed address, was arrested on the night of July 11, 2025, following a foot pursuit involving deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and K9 Atlas. Harrod is facing charges of Resisting/Interfering with Arrest and Obstructing and Hindering. He was also served with an active arrest warrant at...
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Richard Lester Maples, 62, of Mechanicsville, was formally charged with nine criminal offenses following a traffic stop and drug investigation conducted on July 18, 2025, according to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County. Maples is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance not cannabis, specifically...
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Tyrone Edward Proctor, 40, of Great Mills, was arrested on July 19, 2025, following an alleged domestic incident that escalated into a violent confrontation involving a firearm. According to charging documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, Proctor faces eight criminal charges and is currently being held without bond. Proctor is...
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“President Trump directed the Department of Justice to address the ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens—all of them. Federal law disables the firearms rights of many citizens who have been convicted of crimes without regard to whether they actually pose a threat of violence. But federal law also empowers the...
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Kaevon Jefferson, 28, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple charges after a July 18, 2025, arrest during a search warrant operation in Clements. The charges stem from allegations that Jefferson was found with a loaded, stolen handgun and provided a false name to avoid arrest, according to court documents from the St. Mary’s County...
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Brandon Ross Holbrook, 49, of Reedsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the premeditated murder of Calvert County resident Joseph Shymanski. The sentencing, held in the Circuit Court for Calvert County, followed a jury conviction earlier this year for first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday morning in Clinton. The victim is 17-year-old Camron Anthony Adams of Clinton. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On July 20, 2025, at approximately...
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The Calvert County Department of Public Works advises motorists of an upcoming speed limit change on Cox Road near Tidewater School in Huntingtown. Effective Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, the posted speed limit on Cox Road will be reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph to enhance pedestrian safety. The school zone speed limit will...
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UPDATE 7/21/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Ashley Nicole Nolan, 28, of Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to prison for multiple charges stemming from a single-vehicle drunk driving collision, where she killed one of her children and seriously injured two of her other children. “Drunk driving is a completely preventable crime,”...
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Osirus Osirus Holmes, 27, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with a March 2025 armed robbery incident at a motel in California, Maryland. According to court documents, Holmes has been charged with armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, robbery, first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree...
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UPDATE 7/20/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Terek Demaury Ross, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to life in prison, with 50 years of active incarceration for two counts of attempted first-degree murder. On August 3, 2024, Ross forcibly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s residence and attacked her and her houseguest with...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 11:27 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Prince Frederick Road and Orchard View Lane in Hughesville, for the motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. Hughesville Squad 2 was returning to the firehouse from another call when this incident was dispatched. Squad...
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UPDATE 7/21/2025: On July 21, 2025, at 3:58 a.m., officers responded to the area of Post Office Road near Leonardtown Road for the report of a two-vehicle crash. Preliminary investigation shows that a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro and a 2020 Chevrolet Traverse were both traveling North on Post Office Road approaching Leonardtown Road, when for...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving a bicyclist that occurred Thursday evening in the city of New Carrollton. The deceased bicyclist is 55-year-old Tara Carter of Lanham. On July 17, 2025, at approximately 7:55 pm, City of New Carrollton police officers responded to...
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Tyrone Lorenzo Parker, 37, of Baltimore, was arrested and charged with robbery, second-degree assault, and theft following an incident on the night of July 10, 2025, in the 4500 block of Crain Highway in White Plains. According to court documents, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded at approximately 10:15 p.m. to a...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 4:54 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to 20000 block of Far Cry Road in Lexington Park, for the reported open water rescue with an overturned boat. 911 callers reported a jon boat had overturned with three subjects currently in the water clinging to fishing...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office came across a motor vehicle collision on Route 4 in the area of the Walmart in Prince Frederick. Deputies located one trapped and reported multiple children in the vehicle. Firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the scene...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 2:40 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the St. Inigoes Post Office located at 15066 Point Lookout Road in St. Inigoes, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries involving the structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle into the...
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UPDATE 7/18/2025: A local girl named Lilly is continuing her recovery after a devastating accident, and thanks to overwhelming support from the community, she’s finding the strength to push through both physical and emotional challenges. Lilly was severely injured in the fatal head-on collision in Mechanicsville on May 31, 2025, and is continuing her...
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On Friday, July 18, 2025, at approximately 4:00 p.m., while driving in the area of Old Village Road and Cedar Grove Street in Mechanicsville, Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department Chief 2 came upon a serious motor vehicle collision with one trapped and unconscious. Firefighters and emergency medical services from St. Mary’s and Charles County responded...
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