Law Enforcement

School Resource Officer Investigating Threat of Violence at Henry E. Lackey High School

School Resource Officer Investigating Threat of Violence at Henry E. Lackey High School

On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, a school resource officer at Henry E. Lackey High School was made aware of a student who was yelling in the hallways that he was going to bring a weapon to school to harm another student. The school resource officer located the student and contacted the student’s guardian followed...
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UPDATE: 36-Year-Old Chesapeake Beach Killed After Running from Police in Calvert County, Maryland Office of the Attorney General Investigating

UPDATE: 36-Year-Old Chesapeake Beach Killed After Running from Police in Calvert County, Maryland Office of the Attorney General Investigating

UPDATE 11/20/2024:  The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has identified the decedent, and the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Deputy involved in the fatal police-involved vehicle collision that occurred on Saturday, November 16, 2024, in Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County, Maryland. The decedent has been identified as 36-year-old Justin Foreman...
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Two Injured, One Flown Out After Serious Single Vehicle Rollover in Tall Timbers

Two Injured, One Flown Out After Serious Single Vehicle Rollover in Tall Timbers

On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at approximately 10:45 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Driftwood Drive in Tall Timbers, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with rollover and entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm a single vehicle off the roadway and...
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Owings Man Arrested Following Family Dispute Involving Weapon in Calvert County

Owings Man Arrested Following Family Dispute Involving Weapon in Calvert County

Thomas Howard Bowlin, 36, of Owings, Maryland, was arrested following a domestic incident on November 14, 2024, at a residence on Woodland Way in Owings. The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene after a report of an armed altercation involving two brothers and their mother. The mother, aged 72, called authorities to...
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Silver Spring Man Charged with Child Neglect, DUI, and Additional Offenses Following Traffic Stop in St. Mary’s County

Silver Spring Man Charged with Child Neglect, DUI, and Additional Offenses Following Traffic Stop in St. Mary’s County

A routine late-night traffic stop on November 16, 2024, escalated into multiple charges for Wulliam Alberto Moreno-Zamora, 26, of Silver Spring, Maryland. Deputy Vincent Pontorno of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop at approximately 9:25 p.m., after observing a gray 2017 Honda Civic traveling at 68 mph in a 50...
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UPDATE: Four Injured After Serious Motor Vehicle Collision Involving School Bus in Hughesville

UPDATE: Four Injured After Serious Motor Vehicle Collision Involving School Bus in Hughesville

UPDATE 11/20/2024: Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision involving a 4-door sedan with the operator trapped, and Charles County Public School Bus #117, which had no children on board. Firefighters extricated the trapped patient in under 25 minutes. Due to significant injuries, Maryland State Police Aviation Command was requested....
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Waldorf Man Sentenced For Illegally Dumping Diesel Fuel and Causing Environmental Damage

Waldorf Man Sentenced For Illegally Dumping Diesel Fuel and Causing Environmental Damage

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the guilty plea of Larry A. Gross, 46, of Waldorf, Maryland, for violations of Maryland environmental laws regarding the discharge of diesel fuel. On November 6, 2024, Mr. Gross pleaded guilty before the Honorable Stacy W. McCormack of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to two...
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Lexington Park Woman Arrested Again on Multiple Charges After Incident in St. Mary’s County

Lexington Park Woman Arrested Again on Multiple Charges After Incident in St. Mary’s County

On November 18, 2024, Mackenzie Willow Sheriff, 25, of Lexington Park, was arrested following an incident involving multiple assaults and unlawful entry into a residence. According to the report by Officer Ryan McLean of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, authorities responded to a call from Liberty Street, where a barefoot woman, identified as...
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Threats and Trespassing Lead to Arrest at Home of Calvert County Sheriff Ricky Cox

Threats and Trespassing Lead to Arrest at Home of Calvert County Sheriff Ricky Cox

On November 7, 2024, an incident at the residence of Calvert County Sheriff Ricky Cox led to the arrest of Calvin Wayne Blackwell Jr., 42, of Chesapeake Beach. Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call reporting trespassing at Sheriff Cox’s home at around 5:30 p.m. According to Deputy First Class...
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Leonardtown Man Convicted for Second-Degree Rape and Sexual Abuse of a Child

Leonardtown Man Convicted for Second-Degree Rape and Sexual Abuse of a Child

UPDATE 11/19/2024: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that a St. Mary’s County Jury found Crosby Dawson, 41, of Leonardtown, Maryland, guilty of two counts of second-degree rape and the sexual abuse of a minor involving a child victim. Dawson faces a maximum penalty of 65 years in prison and will be required to...
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St. Mary’s County Elementary School Teacher Arrested on Assault Charge After Domestic Incident

St. Mary’s County Elementary School Teacher Arrested on Assault Charge After Domestic Incident

Lisa Christine Nassuk, 41, of California, Maryland, who listed her occupation as a St. Mary’s County Public Schools Teacher in court documents at the time of her arrest, is facing a criminal charge of second-degree assault following a domestic incident that occurred on October 22, 2024. According to the arrest report, Deputy Hudson of...
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Traffic Stop in Owings Leads to Two Drug-Related Arrests by Calvert County Deputies

Traffic Stop in Owings Leads to Two Drug-Related Arrests by Calvert County Deputies

A traffic stop on November 14, 2024, in Owings, escalated into a drug investigation, resulting in the arrests Jay Norman Carroll, 62, of Glenn Dale and Pamela Illene Wall, 41, of Jessup. The incident began at approximately 12:54 p.m. when Deputy Madura, stationed on the westbound side of East Chesapeake Beach Road near St....
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Trailer Fire in Indian Head Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

Trailer Fire in Indian Head Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

On Sunday, November 17, 2024, at approximately 2:09 a.m., firefighters from Tenth District and surrounding departments responded to the 5300 block of Browns Place in Indian Head, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm a working fire, and found all occupants had safely escaped without injury. Firefighters operated on...
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Police Investigating 25-Year-Old Man Shot in Waldorf

Police Investigating 25-Year-Old Man Shot in Waldorf

On Sunday, November 17, 2024, at approximately 8:38 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 100 block of Sherman Road in Waldorf, for the reported shooting. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 25-year-old male was suffering one gunshot wound to an upper extremity. The victim was conscious alert and...
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No Charges After Shooting Death of 16-Year-Old Accokeek Teen, Investigation Ongoing

No Charges After Shooting Death of 16-Year-Old Accokeek Teen, Investigation Ongoing

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that took place Saturday night in the Largo area. The decedent is 16-year-old Kesean Hunt of Accokeek. On November 16, 2024, at approximately 9:00 pm, officers responded to the 700 block of Harry S Truman Drive for the report of a...
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California Man Charged with Child Abuse After Assaulting a 10-Year-Old Boy

California Man Charged with Child Abuse After Assaulting a 10-Year-Old Boy

On November 1, 2024, Justin Wayne Bell, 40, of California, Maryland, was arrested following an incident at an apartment complex on FDR Boulevard. The charges stemmed from a reported case of child abuse involving a ten-year-old boy. According to court documents, Deputy Glenn Knott from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a...
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UPDATE: Bail Denied for Leonardtown Man Charged with Attempted Murder Following Stabbing in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Bail Denied for Leonardtown Man Charged with Attempted Murder Following Stabbing in Lexington Park

UPDATE 11/18/2024: Lucas Graham Hockaday, 23, of Leonardtown has been charged with multiple offenses after an altercation in Lexington Park on November 10, 2024. Lucas Graham Hockaday is facing charges of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and second-degree assault. According to court records filed by Detective David M. Lawrence of the St. Mary’s County...
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19-Year-Old Shot in Hollywood: Two Weeks Later, No Arrests and Growing Concerns

19-Year-Old Shot in Hollywood: Two Weeks Later, No Arrests and Growing Concerns

It has been over two weeks since a 19-year-old male was shot in Hollywood, prompting a high-speed chase involving multiple law enforcement agencies, yet no arrests have been made in connection to the shooter. Despite an initial arrest by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, charging an individual with accessory after the fact—a felony...
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Maryland’s Two-Week Deer Firearms Season Opens Nov. 30, 2024

Maryland’s Two-Week Deer Firearms Season Opens Nov. 30, 2024

Maryland’s two-week firearms hunting season for sika and white-tailed deer opens Saturday, Nov. 30 and runs through Saturday, Dec. 14. The two-week season includes Sunday hunting in all but three counties, affording hunters more weekend opportunities to hunt and contribute to managing Maryland’s deer population. “The two-week firearms season remains one of Maryland’s most popular...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested After Pulling a Knife at Solomons Marijuana Dispensary After Disagreement with Management

Lexington Park Man Arrested After Pulling a Knife at Solomons Marijuana Dispensary After Disagreement with Management

Eric Nathan Smith, 45, of Lexington Park, was arrested on November 17, 2024, following a confrontation at Greenwave Dispensary in Solomons, Calvert County. According to court documents, deputies were dispatched to the dispensary at approximately 4:15 p.m. after reports of a man threatening people with a knife. Police arrived to find Smith, who was...
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Domestic Disturbance in Mechanicsville Leads to Three Arrests and Multiple Charges

Domestic Disturbance in Mechanicsville Leads to Three Arrests and Multiple Charges

A domestic disturbance call on Sunday, November 17, 2024, resulted in the arrest of three men at a residence on North Sandgates Road. John Edward Nichols, Jr., 34, of Mechanicsville, was arrested during the incident. Nichols, Jr. was charged with violations of protective orders and resisting arrest. John Edward Nichols, Sr., 57, of Mechanicsville,...
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Jury Convicts Great Mills Man for Drive-By Shooting Murder of Teenager

Jury Convicts Great Mills Man for Drive-By Shooting Murder of Teenager

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Keion Steven Brooks, 26, of Great Mills, was convicted of the first-degree murder of a 19-year-old victim and the attempted first-degree murders of five additional teenagers for his participation in a drive-by shooting that occurred on January 12, 2022. “I want to thank the members of the...
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UPDATE: Court Clears Deputies of Wrongdoing in St. Mary’s County Murder Trial – Sentencing Scheduled for December 23, 2024

UPDATE: Court Clears Deputies of Wrongdoing in St. Mary’s County Murder Trial – Sentencing Scheduled for December 23, 2024

UPDATE 11/15/2024: The sentencing in the murder case of Latres Javontae Cockerham is moving forward after new evidence came to light. The State of Maryland recently shared additional information about two police officers who were involved in the investigation. After reviewing the officers’ internal records, Judge Joseph Stanalonis found nothing that needed to be...
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UPDATE: Student Charged After Threat of Violence at General Smallwood Middle School

UPDATE: Student Charged After Threat of Violence at General Smallwood Middle School

Update to this case: On November 14, 2024, after conferring with the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office, the student was charged with disruption of school activities, threats of mass violence, and second-degree assault. On November 12, a post was shared on a social media platform in which someone threatened to kill a specific teacher at...
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Alcohol Compliance Checks for September and October: 24 of 24 Businesses Pass Compliance Checks

Alcohol Compliance Checks for September and October: 24 of 24 Businesses Pass Compliance Checks

On September 27, 2024, at 3 p.m., the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted a series of alcohol compliance checks in St. Mary’s County. These undercover checks involved a 19-year-old Confidential Informant (CI) from the Sheriff’s Office, dressed in athletic-style pants and shirt, who attempted to purchase alcohol to test each...
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