On Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at 5:07 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 45500 block of Poplar Lane in Lexington Park for the reported attempted robbery. The victim advised deputies an unknown male approached him at his residence with his face concealed. The victim advised the suspect was...
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UPDATE: On September 16, 2021, at approximately 4:15 pm., patrol officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 6300 block of Grant Chapman Drive in La Plata for the report of a motor vehicle collision involving a child. Upon arrival, officers located a child who had been struck by a vehicle, driven...
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The following statement is from Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney, Anne Colt Leitess on Incident Involving Crossing Guard in Glen Burnie: After a thorough review of the video and multiple body worn camera footage from tile scene, there is evidence that there may have been contact between the vehicle and crossing guard. Not only...
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9/17/2021: Avery Leslie Stokes, 20, of Indian Head, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on September 10, 2021. Judge Joe Stanalonis sentenced Stokes and he was given credit for the 393 days he had served prior to the sentencing. 8/16/2021: Avery Leslie Stokes, 20, of Indian Head, was found guilty of Negligent Vehicular...
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Please join us as we congratulate Trooper John Engleman as the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack’s Trooper of the Months for May, June & July 2021. Tpr. Engleman continues to demonstrate a high level of motivation, dedication, and professionalism in his job as a Trooper. He is consistently conscientious in the performance of his...
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Meet the newest member of our ‘Paw Patrol’/K9 Unit 🐾 Calvert Counties Canine Unit’s newest member is Zeus, an 11 month old Dutch Shepherd. DFC Dru Crum, a member of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit and Special Operations Team was chosen to be Zeus’s handler. The pair have been training together for...
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UPDATE 9/16/2021: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has charged an arrested three suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old in August. They are 21-year-old Desmond Nkwocha of the 9800 block of Good Luck Road, 23-year-old Mark Nkwocha also of the 9800 block of Good Luck Road and 23-year-old...
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The 97th Annual Charles County Fair kicks off Thursday, September 16! Please review the traffic pattern, and consider parking at the courthouse and riding the free shuttle to avoid traffic delays on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We are looking forward to another great year at the fair! All traffic for the fair will move...
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On September 14 at 1:30 a.m., a patrol officer was in the area of Smallwood Drive at St. Charles Parkway when a computer check alerted him that the registration plate on a Nissan sedan that was being operated in front of him did not belong on that car and was actually registered to a...
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On June 13, 2021, Bladensburg Police Department responded to a call from a mentally ill subject claiming that 12 people had broken into his home. Upon arrival, officers found that the subject’s claim was untrue, and his mother told the responding officers that the subject was having a psychiatric episode. The officers decided to...
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On September 11, 2021, Deputy Grierson of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office observed a black sports bike travelling northbound on Solomons Island Road in Lusby, at a high rate of speed. Deputy Grierson attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the street bike near the intersection of White Sands in Lusby, with emergency lights...
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On Saturday, September 11, 2021, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers responded to the parking lot of the Burchmart located at 10195 Berry Road in Waldorf, for the report of two armed suspects with firearms, threatening to shoot each other. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a group of people outside the business...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is honoring one of our own – K9 Maximus, for his six years of service to our agency and to the citizens of Calvert County. He began his career with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office in October of 2015 and shortly after, successfully graduated from Narcotic Detection School in...
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On Monday, September 13, 2021, at approximately 12:35 a.m., an officer operating a marked Police Cruiser in the area of Crain Highway and Heritage Green Parkway activated his emergency equipment an attempted to pull over a Hyundai passenger vehicle for traffic violations. The officer initiated a traffic stop, but the driver refused to pull...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Youth Gun Violence Task Force recently completed its three-month-long mission, executing more than 100 warrants, affecting dozens of arrests and seizing numerous illegal firearms from perpetrators. The Youth Gun Violence Task Force continued efforts this summer that originally began in July 2020. Since June of this year, the...
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On Sunday, September 12, 2021, at approximately 4:00 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Ridge, Hollywood, and Valley Lee responded to the 45000 block of Langley Park Way in Lexington Park, for the reported structure on fire. Engine 32 arrived on the scene with four personnel and found the fire was extinguished...
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UPDATE: On Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at 6:45 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the report of a single motor-vehicle crash in the area of Hollywood Road and Tin Top Hill Lane in Hollywood. Upon arrival, deputies found a single motorcycle had left the roadway. The male rider was located near...
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced that David Bogdanowicz, 53, of Annapolis pled guilty to one count of first degree assault on Anne Arundel County Detective Kenneth Edmonds, one count of manslaughter in the death of his passenger, Jennifer Patterson, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The state is seeking...
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UPDATE: 9/11/2021: Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced that Thomas Stemen, 52, of Churchton was sentenced to 10 years of active incarceration and five years of supervised probation in the stabbing of a woman with a semen-filled syringe outside of a local grocery store. The defendant entered an Alford plea to...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division is leading the investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting on Friday in Oxon Hill. The decedent is identified as 29-year-old Cedric Williams with no fixed address. The incident took place on Friday, September 10, 2021, at approximately 12:45 p.m., in the 1100 block of Owens...
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A Waldorf, Maryland man was arrested Friday, September 10, 2021, after spitting on a gas station clerk and fleeing from Deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Torrance Fitzgerald Hillard, 34, of Waldorf was charged with battery and fleeing and eluding. BATTERY – TOUCH OR STRIKE RESIST OFFICER – FLEE ELUDE LEO...
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On Monday, September 6, 2021, at 7:02 p.m., officers responded to a wooded area in the 7900 block of Gilroy Road in Nanjemoy for what appeared to be an unconscious male. Upon arrival, officers discovered the male was deceased. On Thursday, September 9, 2021, an autopsy was performed and the manner of death was...
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On Friday, September 10, 2021 at approximately 9:10 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and Mattapany Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a school bus. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle in the roadway and an unoccupied school bus off the...
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On Friday, September 3, 2021, Trooper M. Koontz from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack conducted a traffic stop in the area of Point Lookout Road and Loveville Road, in Loveville. During contact with the occupants, the operator gave a false name, and was ultimately identified as Corey Michael McAndrew, 30 of Piney Point....
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Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, that Alonta Johnson, 28, of Baltimore was sentenced to 30 years of active incarceration for the attempted second degree murder of Anthony Jeppi in the parking garage at Maryland Live Casino. A jury found the defendant guilty of attempted second...
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