UPDATE 6/5/2019: Martin Allen Goodier, 56, of Bowie, died early Tuesday at a hospital following a police-involved shooting on Friday. A medical examiner will conduct an autopsy on the former Prince George’s County volunteer firefighter. 6/3/2019: On May 31, 2019, at approximately 9:45 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of U.S...
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UPDATE 6/5/2019: Tiffany Jade Smith, 32, of Waldorf, was sentenced to two years in jail on Monday, June 3, 2019, by Charles County Circuit Court Judge William Greer. Smith, shot and killed her boyfriend, 37-year-old, Tavon Purnell Matthews, during an argument at their residence in Waldorf, on February 18, 2018. Smith originally denied having...
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UPDATE 6/5/2019: On Monday, June 3, 2019, Michael Hemi Fischer, 22, of Lexington Park, was sentenced to home detention followed by three years of probation, for his role in shooting an eighteen-year-old female with a shotgun. Fisher fired two shots during the incident, one round ricocheted and struck the teens leg. St. Mary’s Circuit...
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On Monday, June 3, 2019, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to report of a suspicious person at Cove Point Park in Lusby. Deputies made contact with the complainant who advised a suspicious male had approached a group of juvenile females at Cove Point Park and tried to lure them in his vehicle with candy....
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The following information was provided by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Assault- On May 9, 2019, Cpl. Foor responded to the 20700 block of Old Great Mills Road in Great Mills, for the reported assault. Investigation determined Derrick Lewis, age 54 of Great Mills, assaulted the victim by pouring a beer on the...
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Assistant Warden Mary Ann Thompson and Monica Thomas from the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center were recently elected to serve on the Maryland Correctional Administrators Association (MCCA). MCCA is a non-profit organization that brings public safety professionals together for networking and training about issues in the criminal justice field. Assistant Warden Thompson...
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UPDATE 6/4/2019: On Saturday, June 1, 2019, at approximately 11:10 p.m., Deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office 925 Liquors on Old Washington Road in Waldorf, for the reported man armed with a machete and an active fight in progress. Police arrived on scene to see Adam Godines Perez, 21, of Waldorf, fleeing on...
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On Friday, May 31, 2019, at approximately 3:30 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of the My Eye Doctor on Three Notch Road and First Colony Boulevard, in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a vehicle off the roadway and into a tree,...
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On Thursday, May 30, 2019, at approximately 3:25 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, and Hollywood responded to 46591 Expedition Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene at the 4-story commercial building with nothing evident from all sides. Firefighters found a small fire on the 3rd...
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On Friday, May 31, 2019, at approximately 10:45 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to 23415 Three Notch Road and Wildewood Boulevard in California, for the motor vehicle accident involving a structure with no injuries. Crews arrived on scene to find a vehicle had struck a Mailbox and a brick wall causing damage...
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On Thursday, May 30, 2019, at approximately 7:40 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza on the U.S. Route 50 in Annapolis, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with multiple subjects trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find one vehicle on its side and confirmed two occupants...
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St. Mary’s County Circuit Judge David W. Densford sentenced Brandon Michael Gohl, of Hollywood, to fifteen years in the division of corrections suspended down to eight years, as to the possession of distribution of heroin count and five years in the division of corrections, all suspended, as to the child neglect count to run...
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On Friday, May 24, 2019, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Trooper R. Kaszubski from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack conducted a traffic stop on St. John’s Road, Hollywood. Upon contact with the occupants, a strong odor of marijuana was emitting from the vehicle. A probable cause search was conducted and a prescription bottle with...
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On Friday, May 24, 2019, at approximately 7:00 a.m., First Sergeant M. Laney from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack was traveling westbound on Great Mills Road when he initiated a traffic stop. The driver, identified as Kyle Ryan Summers, 31 of Great Mills, pulled a glass vial from the console and advised F/Sgt....
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The following is a sample of recent arrests, crimes and investigations handled by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. On May 21, 2019, Deputy Anderson conducted a traffic stop in the area of Main Street and Wilson Court in Prince Frederick. While making contact with the driver, Daniel Joel James Buckmire (21), Deputy Anderson noticed...
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State prisoners released after serving time for rape or sexual assault were more than three times as likely as other released prisoners to be re-arrested for rape or sexual assault during the 9 years following their release, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Released sex offenders represented 5% of prisoners released in...
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On Thursday, May 30, 2019, at approximately 12:10 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Thompson Orchard Lane in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway. The single female occupant/operator signed a care...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department is mourning the loss of an off-duty police officer killed late Tuesday night in a collision. Shortly before 11:00 pm, Officer Davon McKenzie was riding a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of I-495 at Route 202 when he was struck by another vehicle. He died of his injuries...
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On Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at approximately 8:39 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Village Liquors on Budds Creek Road in Chaptico, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the parking lot with one vehicle unoccupied at the time of the crash....
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On Monday, May 27, 2019, at approximately 10:20 p.m., firefighters from Dunkirk, Huntingtown, Solomons, Prince Frederick, and St. Mary’s County responded to 2595 Lloyd Bowen Road in Saint Leonard, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a 1-story residence with smoke and fire showing from the front of the home....
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On Saturday, May 25, 2019, at 10:45 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police, Leonardtown Barrack assisted by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on southbound Maryland Route 235 (Three Notch Road) at First Colony Boulevard, in California. The Southern Maryland chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) were also...
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On Monday, May 27, 2019, at approximately 12:05 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of 44871 St. Andrews Church Road and Wildewood Parkway, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway. The single occupant/operator was transported to an...
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On Saturday, May 26, 2019, at approximately 9:50 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and Oak Crest Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involved in a T-bone style collision. A...
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On Friday, May 25, 2019, at approximately 10:55 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. Andrews Church Road and Old St. Andrews Church Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree. One...
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On Monday, May 27, 2019, at approximately 1:40 a.m., firefighters from La Plata, Waldorf, Bel Alton, and surrounding companies responded to 6665 Crain Highway at the Kentucky Fried Chicken in La Plata, for the reported commercial building fire. Police driving by observed smoke coming from the building, and upon further investigation, heard the fire...
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