On Friday, September 7, 2018, at approximately 4:00 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of La Plata Road, and Radio Station Road, in La Plata, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with subjects trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find a Toyota Mini-van off the roadway with one trapped,...
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UPDATE: On Sunday, September 9, 2018, at approximately 3:35 p.m., the St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services received a call from a citizen on 24786 Half Pone Point Road about a body floating in the Patuxent River. Police and emergency personnel arrived on scene and recovered the body of 20-year-old, Manuel DeJesus Portillo Romero, of Alexandria, Virginia. The...
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On Friday, September 7, 2018, at approximately 2:55 p.m., police fire and rescue responded to the area of Port Tobacco Road, and Spike Virginia Place, in Nanjemoy for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle. Upon arrival, Troopers observed the driver, Dedric Kenya Ross, 46, from Upper Marlboro, being treated by EMS personnel....
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On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at approximately 10:05 p.m., firefighters and EMS personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident with two subjects trapped on Bond Street, in St. Leonard. Crews arrived on scene to find a Volkswagen Sedan off the roadway and into a tree. After approximately 15 minutes of extrication, both patients were...
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On Wednesday, August 29, 2018, the Narcotics and Special Investigations Section, Major Offenders Unit from the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from Fugitive Apprehension Team executed a search warrant on a residence in the 6400 block of Mount Vernon Lane, in Glen Burnie. Police recovered the following during the search: $20,000 US...
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U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced former Maryland State Delegate Michael Lynn Vaughn, 60, of Bowie, to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a bribery conspiracy in connection with a scheme in which he accepted bribes in exchange for influencing the performance of his official duties. A federal...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating Stanley Jerome Hatton, 40, of Marbury, who is wanted for assaulting a female acquaintance with a knife. A warrant is on file charging Hatton with first-degree assault in connection with that case. Hatton also has two open warrants: one for a domestic-related...
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On August 27, 2018, at approximately 3:20 a.m. Deputy First Class McClure responded to the 21000 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported assault. Investigation determined Niko Tristan Jones, 35 of no fixed address, had picked up the victim, and drove the victim to a separate location. Jones then retrieved...
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On Thursday, August 30, 2018, at approximately 6:40 p.m., Trooper M. Foster from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack was working a stationary speed enforcement assignment in the area of Mattawoman Beantown Road, south of Shlagel Road, in Waldorf. Trooper Foster observed a GMC Yukon exceeding the posted maximum speed limit of 45 mph....
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A 17-year-old male of Mechanicsville was arrested for Second-Degree Assault on Aug. 14, 2018. A 15-year-old male of Lexington Park was arrested on Aug. 14, 2018 for Theft: $100 to under $1,500 at the Lexington Park Library. A 16-year-old male of Mechanicsville was arrested on Aug. 17, 2018 for Second-Degree Assault in the lobby...
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Naval Air Station Patuxent River successfully turned over containment and cleanup efforts for the partially submerged civilian watercraft in the Patuxent River to the U.S. Coast Guard Aug. 30. Containment efforts by NAS Patuxent River’s Port Operations Division had been ongoing since 7:15 a.m. Aug. 28, when they noticed a sheen on the water...
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On Sunday, September 2, 2018, at approximately 3:25 a.m., police responded to the area of The Green Door, on Point Lookout Road, in Park Hall, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Police arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a utility pole with the pole snapped in half....
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On August 21, 2018 at approximately 8:30 a.m. Officer David Helterbran and Sgt. Tim Kraemer of the Maryland Natural Resources Police responded on the Patuxent River north of the West Basin, in St. Mary’s County for a report of a sunken vessel. Upon their arrival they located a 108 foot vessel sunken and in...
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On Monday, September 3, 2018, at approximately 6:20 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Great Mills Road and Point Lookout Road, in Great Mills. Emergency personnel arrived on scene to find an older model Dodge Ram pick-up truck and a Chevrolet...
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Maryland State Police are continuing their investigation into a Prince George’s County crash early this morning that took the life of a pedestrian. The victim is identified as Jordan C. Barber, 26, of Upper Marlboro, Md. He was pronounced dead at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center where he was taken after being struck. The...
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Mark Tasciotti began duties as the new Recruiter for the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office this week. As the full-time Recruiter, Tasciotti will work to fill vacant positions in law enforcement and corrections. With 302 positions budgeted in the Sheriff’s Office, there are currently five vacancies in law enforcement positions and 12 in corrections....
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The Coast Guard warns boaters throughout the Coast Guard 7th District to use extra caution while out on the water this Labor Day weekend. Annually, Labor Day weekend has a high volume of boaters on the water as it marks the unofficial end of the traditional beach and boating season. Coast Guard crews, along...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County announced that on Thursday, August 30, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Antonio Ka-Juan Owens, 22, to life without parole plus 50 years in prison for the First-Degree Murder of Lydell Wood, Unlawful Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that occurred in the 21000 block of Winding Way in Lexington Park. On August 30, 2018, at approximately 11:15 p.m. deputies responded to a reported theft. Investigation determined an actual robbery occurred. The victim reports an unknown black male pointed a firearm at the...
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On August 26, 2018 at approximately 2:30 a.m., police fire and rescue responded to the Bushwood Wharf Pier on Bushwood Road, in Bushwood, for the reported subject in distress in the water. Crews arrived on scene to see one person in the Wicomico River, about 300 yards away from land holding onto an overturned...
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On Thursday, August 30, 2018, at approximately 7:00 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Chaptico Road and Doctor Johnson Road, in Mechanicsville, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find an older model Ford Mustang off the roadway and into a utility pole, multiple...
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On August 20, 2018, Deputy Sidorowicz of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an apartment on Valley Court in Lexington Park for a reported trespassing. Police made contact with the landlord who said, Shenandoah Dornell Benton, 41 of no fixed address, was in an apartment and she was unwelcome. Contact was made with...
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Sheriff Tim Cameron will have a deputy at every public school in St. Mary’s County for the first day of school and will continue a high-visibility presence for the rest of the school year. As more than 18,000 public school students return to school on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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On Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at approximately 5:00 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road, in the area of Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a Ford pickup truck, and a Dodge Charger in the roadway involved a...
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The Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack in partnership with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, La Plata Town Police and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Friday, August 31, 2018, in Charles County. Motorists are encouraged to appoint a designated driver or use public or other alternative transportation...
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