Law Enforcement

Joint Statement from DOJ, DOS, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday

Joint Statement from DOJ, DOS, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday

U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
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Lexington Park Drug Dealer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter of 34-Year-Old Valley Lee Man

Lexington Park Drug Dealer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter of 34-Year-Old Valley Lee Man

UPDATE 3/2/2020: William Joseph Leo Brown, 41 of Lexington Park, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to the maximum penalty of ten years in prison for the distribution of fentanyl that caused the overdose and death of Robert Bryan Clements Jr., 34 of Valley Lee. State’s Attorney Richard Fritz prosecuted the case and...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Launching New Program Virtual Crime Watch

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Launching New Program Virtual Crime Watch

In an effort to enhance investigative efforts of criminal matters, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new program called Virtual Crime Watch. If you have a home or business surveillance camera, you can register it with the CCSO, which will then become part of a database the Agency can use to ascertain if anyone...
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Maryland House Delegate Arrested for Drunk Driving in Waldorf

Maryland House Delegate Arrested for Drunk Driving in Waldorf

On Sunday, March 1, 2020, at 12:50 a.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s officer was operating a marked police car northbound in the 2700 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf when a vehicle exited the parking lot of a business and failed to yield the right of way causing the officer to take evasive action...
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58-Year-Old South Carolina Man Identified as Sole Occupant of Fatal Single Vehicle Collision in Leonardtown

58-Year-Old South Carolina Man Identified as Sole Occupant of Fatal Single Vehicle Collision in Leonardtown

UPDATE 3/02/2020: Maryland State Police from Leonardtown Barrack are investigating a crash that claimed the life of a 58-year old man from South Carolina. The deceased is identified as David Vukmer, 58, the driver of a 2014 Hyundai Veloster, registered in South Carolina. Vukmer was pronounced deceased on the scene by emergency medical service...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 50 Years After Armed Robbery and Assault

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 50 Years After Armed Robbery and Assault

UPDATE 3/2/2020: Jonathan McLain Barnes, 28, of Lexington Park, was sentenced to twenty years in prison, the maximum penalty, for his involvement in an armed robbery with the use of a handgun. Deputy State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling prosecuted the case. State’s Attorney Richard Fritz would like to thank Deputy SA Sterling, Detective Austin Schultz and...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Second Fatal Hit and Run in Prince George’s County, Victim Identified as 73-Year-Old Largo Man

Maryland State Police Investigating Second Fatal Hit and Run in Prince George’s County, Victim Identified as 73-Year-Old Largo Man

UPDATE 3/02/2020: After family notification, Maryland State Police are identifying the man killed in yesterday’s hit and run collision in Prince George’s County. The victim is identified as Earl L. Rogers Sr., 74, of Largo, Md. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. yesterday, a 911 caller to the Forestville...
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Police Seeking Assistance Locating Suspect Vehicle in Fatal Hit And Run in Prince George’s County

Police Seeking Assistance Locating Suspect Vehicle in Fatal Hit And Run in Prince George’s County

UPDATE: The victim of a hit and run in Prince George’s County last Saturday morning has been positively identified and his family has been notified, as Maryland State Police continue the search for the vehicle that struck and killed him. The victim has been identified as Henry L. Washington, 60, of Washington, D.C. He...
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Maryland State Police Firearms Enforcement Unit Arrests Wanted Lexington Park Man

Maryland State Police Firearms Enforcement Unit Arrests Wanted Lexington Park Man

The Maryland State Police Firearms Enforcement Unit arrested a fugitive last night wanted in two jurisdictions. The accused is identified as William Alan Adams, 44, of Lexington Park. Adams had three open warrants in two jurisdictions. He was arrested and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center. State troopers from the Firearms Enforcement...
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UPDATE: Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor

UPDATE: Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor

UPDATE 2/28/2020: U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Rody L. Bowden, age 41, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, to 22 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, on the charge of sex trafficking of a minor. Bowden was a registered sex offender at the time of the offense and will...
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UPDATE: Waldorf Man Convicted After One-Week Trial on Federal Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Charges, Including Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

UPDATE: Waldorf Man Convicted After One-Week Trial on Federal Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Charges, Including Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

UPDATE 2/28/2020: A federal jury today convicted Rodney Mondell Coby, a/k/a “Cuz,” age 31, of Waldorf, Maryland, on the federal charges of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Honors 2019 Employees, Deputy of the Year

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Honors 2019  Employees, Deputy of the Year

The men and women of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and Calvert County Detention Center (CCDC) were recognized for their professional excellence at its Annual Awards Ceremony Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the Calvert County Fairgrounds, Prince Frederick, MD. CCSO Sheriff Mike Evans along with CCDC Captain Kevin Cross honored officers and staff...
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VIDEO: No Injuries Reported After Military Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Lexington Park

VIDEO: No Injuries Reported After Military Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Lexington Park

UPDATE: 12:35 P.M., On Thursday, February 27, 2020, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Battalion Chief 13 of the NAS Patuxent River Fire Department Company 13, reported Naval Air Station Patuxent River communications reported a helicopter down in the Lexington Park area. Firefighters from NAS Patuxent River and Bay District responded and attempted to locate until...
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Landover Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking, Multiple Armed Robberies and Assaults in D.C., Calvert, Montgomery, and Prince George’s County

Landover Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking, Multiple Armed Robberies and Assaults in D.C., Calvert, Montgomery, and Prince George’s County

Dante Tyler-El, age 54, of Landover, Maryland, pleaded guilty carjacking and to using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Tyler-El entered his guilty plea yesterday The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge...
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Wanted Wednesday: Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Shannon Patricia Monaghan

Wanted Wednesday: Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Shannon Patricia Monaghan

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Shannon Patricia Monaghan. Monaghan is wanted for Child Support. Anyone with information in regards to this subject is asked to please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at (410) 535-2800 and or Dfc. Chip Ward at (443) 532-0603, Sgt Phillip Foote at (443) 624-7137.
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Burglary Suspects in Hollywood

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Burglary Suspects in Hollywood

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the persons pictured in a burglary investigation. On Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 2:50 p.m., the suspects unlawfully entered a home in the 42300 block of Riva Ridge Drive in Hollywood. Stolen from the residence were a 60-inch Samsung television, a Stihl trimmer,...
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Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Mechanicsville

Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Mechanicsville

On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at approximately 7:55 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Earnshaw Way in Mechanicsville, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious, with one vehicle overturned and one subject trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a...
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Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Two More Armed Robberies in Lexington Park

Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Two More Armed Robberies in Lexington Park

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is seeking the identities of individuals involved in two recent robberies in Lexington Park. On Friday evening, Feb. 21, 2020, two males entered the Island Sushi business in Millison Plaza in Lexington Park, brandished a weapon and demanded money. The two men left with an...
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VIDEO: Two Injured, One Sent to Trauma Center After Early Morning Head-on Collision in California

VIDEO: Two Injured, One Sent to Trauma Center After Early Morning Head-on Collision in California

On Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at approximately 6:15 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel were dispatched to the area of Patuxent Beach Road and Kingston Creek Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Shortly after units were dispatched, the assignment was then upgraded to a motor vehicle accident reported serious...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Crash in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Crash in Prince George’s County

The Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred early this morning in Prince George’s County. At approximately 2:45 a.m., this morning, troopers from the College Park Barrack responded to the I-95 South ramp to eastbound Route 212 for a report of a single-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a 2010...
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Baltimore Man Arrested After Robbing Five Businesses in Eleven Days in Anne Arundel

Baltimore Man Arrested After Robbing Five Businesses in Eleven Days in Anne Arundel

On February 23, 2020 at approximately 6:00 a.m., officers received a call for a hold up alarm at the 7-Eleven located at 5617 Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park. Upon arrival, officers met with the store clerk who reported a male suspect entered the store, implied he had a gun and demanded the money from...
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Man Faces 85 Charges Including Production of Child Pornography, Distribution of Child Pornography, and Rape

Man Faces 85 Charges Including Production of Child Pornography, Distribution of Child Pornography, and Rape

The Criminal Investigation Division’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force identified and arrested a man who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old male and took photos during that assault. The suspect is 37-year-old Marvin Amaya Diaz of the 2200 block of University Boulevard in the Lewisdale area. The suspect and victim are not related and had...
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UPDATE: Police Say Speed and Alcohol Factor in Single Vehicle Crash in Valley Lee

UPDATE: Police Say Speed and Alcohol Factor in Single Vehicle Crash in Valley Lee

On February 23, 2020, at approximately 2:31 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 19400 block of Piney Point Road in the area of Blake Creek Road, in Valley Lee, for the reported motor vehicle collision. Deputies arrived on scene and located a single vehicle, with one occupant, in...
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Police in Charles County Investigating Motor Vehicle Crash that Killed 24-Year-Old Nanjemoy Man

Police in Charles County Investigating Motor Vehicle Crash that Killed 24-Year-Old Nanjemoy Man

On February 23, 2020, at approximately 7:20 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Operations Unit responded to the 8100 block of Annapolis Woods Road in Welcome, for the report of a single vehicle crash. When officers arrived, they found the driver of a pick-up truck deceased. A preliminary investigation revealed Emory...
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St. Mary’s County Man Charged with First Degree Arson

St. Mary’s County Man Charged with First Degree Arson

Deputy State Fire Marshals from the Southern Region have concluded their investigation of the incident, and has made one arrest. The defendant is identified as  Virgil Pendry, of Mechanicsville. On February 21st, 2020, Deputy State Fire Marshals responded to 28885 Lockes Hill Road in Mechanicsville for a reported structure fire. During their investigation it...
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