On Monday, July 2, 2018 at approximately 1:30 p.m., firefighters from Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department responded to St. Andrews Church Road in the area of Wheatley’s Apartment Way in Leonardtown for the reported vehicle fire. Crews arrived on scene and found a Chrysler PT Cruiser vehicle fully engulfed in flames on the shoulder of...
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On Tuesday July 3, 2018, at approximately 4:55 p.m., Firefighters from Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding companies responded to 39261 Decoy Way, and New Market Turner Road, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a two story residence with fire showing from the roof, and all four sides of...
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On Saturday, June 30, 2018, at approximately 10:00 pm, Trooper First Class Harrod from the Maryland State Police, Prince Frederick Barrack stopped a vehicle during a sobriety checkpoint due to an alert from Cpl. Esnes that the License Plate Recognition alarm hit indicated the registered owner of a vehicle had a potential outstanding warrant....
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On Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at approximately 6:15 p.m.,police fire and rescue personnel responded to Solomons Island Road, and Pushaw Station Road, in Sunderland for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived to find multiple vehicles in the roadway involved in a rear-end style collision, with a total of 4 vehicles and 5 patients,...
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On Tuesday, July 3, 2018, Deputy Budd 0f the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 43000 block of St. Andrew’s Church Road, in Leonardtown, to assist Animal Control in checking the welfare of numerous dogs. Animal Control had previously been to the residence where a dog was discovered to have significant injuries...
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On June 30, 2018 Deputy Y. Bortchevsky was conducting a patrol check at the Chesapeake Beach Fastop when he observed Richard Stuart McGrath, 47, standing in front of the door. Once McGrath noticed the officer, he began to walk away, knowing that he is banned indefinitely from the Fastop property. Deputy Bortchevsky detained McGrath...
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On Friday, June 29, 2018, at approximately 12:25 a.m., Corporal Oles of the the Maryland State Police, Prince Frederick Barrack stopped a vehicle on Route 4 near Main Street in Prince Frederick for traffic violations. Because of several criminal indicators a K9 scan was requested. As the driver, Joseph R. West, 29, of Mechanicsville...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Michael Jonathan Kline, 25, of St. Inigoes. Kline is wanted on a retake warrant for Escape 2nd Degree for absconding from a court ordered program. Kline was initially charged with Burglary 1st Degree and Theft. Michael Jonathan Kline is described as 5’11 tall, weighing...
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On wednesday, June 27, 2018 at approximately 6:45 p.m., Trooper Hussey of the Maryland State Police, La Plata Barack was on patrol and stopped a grey Dodge Durango for a safety equipment violation on Post Office Road at Route 5, in Waldorf, Charles. A check of the Maryland registration revealed the tags were reported...
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On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at approximately 2:10 am, Trooper First Class Davis from the Maryland State Police, Prince Frederick Barrack stopped to check on a vehicle parked partially in the roadway at Route 4 & Lore Road in Solomons. During the initial contact with the driver a broadcast was given from the 911...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County announced that on Friday, June 29, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Charles Leon Thompson, Jr., 34 of Waldorf, to 40 years in prison for Armed Robbery and Use of a Handgun During the Commission of a Crime of Violence. On February...
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On Sunday, July 1, 2018, at approximately 7:35 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Gilbert Run Park located at 13140 Charles Street in La Plata, for a death investigation. Upon arrival, officers located a man and a young girl inside a pickup truck; both were deceased. Detectives assigned to the...
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On Friday, June 29, 2018, at approximately 11:05 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to 20691 Point Lookout Road, in the area of Walk This Way, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway into a ditch, with the single occupant/driver trapped....
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On Sunday, July 01, 2018, at approximately 1:15 a.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata barrack responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on eastbound Maryland Route 228 (Berry Road) west of Thumper Place in Waldorf. On scene investigation revealed that a 2012 Volkswagen Passat operated by Breanna Rodgers, 24, of Waldorf,...
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Motorists should expect traffic congestion in the Hollywood area near the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday, June 30, 2018 from 3 to 11 p.m. for the Independence Day Celebration. Traffic movements in the area will be limited during that time. Eastbound traffic coming from Hollywood Road will only be allowed to turn right...
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On Thursday, June 28, 2018, at approximately 6:20 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Blake Creek Road, and Blakeney Road, in Leonardtown, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with one person unresponsive. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree with the single...
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With extra traffic expected in the days leading up to and several days after the Fourth of July, additional Maryland state troopers will be on patrol, using a variety of initiatives to keep traffic moving, respond quickly to highway incidents and take appropriate enforcement action when violations are observed that threaten the safety of...
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Five people are dead and several people injured after a shooting at the Capital Gazette building in Annapolis, the suspected shooter is in custody. Officials confirmed the fatalities in a news conference shortly after 4:30 p.m. They said the suspected shooter is in custody and being questioned by police. #update confirming active shooter at...
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On Sunday, June 17, 2018, at approximately 6:30 a.m., deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an apartment on Ell Lane, in Waldorf, for the report of an armed subject The caller stated there was a large group of males and females standing in front of her apartment building and they...
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Missing 13-year-old Deandre Mobley Deandre was last seen on Liberty Street, in Lexington Park, he also frequents the River Bay area. If seen call the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office at 301-475-8008
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On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at approximately 6:35 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team were dispatched to the intersection of F Street and 29th Street, in Chesapeake Beach, for a motor vehicle collision. A preliminary investigation of the collision revealed the following: A 2015 Subaru Forester...
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Prince George’s County Police Department Detectives with their Homicide Unit are conducting an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man Tuesday night in Upper Marlboro. The victim is 22-year-old James Puryear Jr. of Nicol Circle in Mitchellville. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and...
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On Thursday, June 21, 2018, at approximately 9:35 p.m., Patrolman First Class P. Thompson, of the La Plata Police Department responded to the rear of Marie’s Diner on Crain Hwy. in La Plata, after a citizen’s complaint of a suspicious vehicle. Upon arrival police observed a blue Hyundai Elantra with two occupants backed into...
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The Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday, June 30th 2018 in Calvert County, Maryland. This initiative is to reduce impaired driving collisions by educating, aggressively enforcing and arresting violators for impaired driving, and making the roadway safer for the residents and visitors to Calvert County. Impaired...
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On Friday, June 22, 2018, at approximately 12:45 a.m., Deputy Garner of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was on patrol on St. Ignatius Drive in the area the 7-Eleven when a white 2005 Ford Crown Victoria passed them, the officer observed the tag light was not properly operating, and it appeared the light was...
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