Law Enforcement

One Injured in Motor Vehicle Accident in Dunkirk

One Injured in Motor Vehicle Accident in Dunkirk

On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at approximately 10:30 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Route 260 and Brickhouse Road in Dunkirk, for a motor vehicle accident reported serious. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a ditch, with the driver trapped and...
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Motor Vehicle Accident in Callaway Sends Two to Hospital

Motor Vehicle Accident in Callaway Sends Two to Hospital

On Friday, January 11, 2019 at approximately 1:50 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Hunting Quarter Drive in Callaway, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one trapped. Police arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the roadway in a t-bone style collision...
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Hollywood Man Impersonates Police Officer and Steals Guns Money and More from Park Hall Residence

Hollywood Man Impersonates Police Officer and Steals Guns Money and More from Park Hall Residence

On September 17, 2018, a deputy from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff Department responded to a residence on Point Lookout Road in Park Hall for the report of a theft. Contact was made with the victim who informed the officer that he was inside his residence on September 17, 2018 at approximately 3:00 a.m....
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Disorderly Port Tobacco Women Arrested After Assaulting Officers

Disorderly Port Tobacco Women Arrested After Assaulting Officers

On January 3, 2019 at approximately 10:00 p.m. Deputies from the Charles County Sheriff Office responded to Simms Landing Road, in Port Tobacco, for the report of a disorderly female. Deputies made contact with the complainant who told police that the disorderly female, identified as Alyssa Marciya Harding, 23 of Port Tobacco, lives behind...
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Maryland State Police Arrest Lusby Man For Making Threat of Mass Violence

Maryland State Police Arrest Lusby Man For Making Threat of Mass Violence

Maryland State Police from the Prince Frederick Barrack arrested a Calvert County man today for making a threat of mass violence. The accused is identified as Travis Phifer, 38, of Lusby. Phifer was charged with making a threat of mass violence. Police located him in a vehicle a short distance away from the Prince...
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Audio: No Injuries Reported After Waldorf Firetruck Overturns on Crain Highway

Audio: No Injuries Reported After Waldorf Firetruck Overturns on Crain Highway

On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at approximately 5:00 a.m., firefighters from Waldorf and surrounding companies responded to a reported chimney fire/smoke in a residence. Shortly after responding, Chief 3B from Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department advised Rescue Squad 3 from Waldorf crashed and overturned on Crain Highway and Acton Lane, in the area of the...
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Snow Emergency Plan Has Been Lifted for Calvert County 1/14/2019

Snow Emergency Plan Has Been Lifted for Calvert County 1/14/2019

UPDATE 1/14/2019: The Maryland State Police has lifted the Snow Emergency Plan for Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties effective at immediately. Motorists are encouraged to continue to use caution while driving as they may quickly encounter different road conditions throughout Southern Maryland. 1/12/2019: The Snow Emergency Plan for Calvert County has been placed into...
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Snow Emergency Plan Has Been Lifted for Charles County 1/14/2019

Snow Emergency Plan Has Been Lifted for Charles County 1/14/2019

UPDATE 1/14/2019: The Maryland State Police has lifted the Snow Emergency Plan for Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties effective at immediately. Motorists are encouraged to continue to use caution while driving as they may quickly encounter different road conditions throughout Southern Maryland. 1/12/2019: The Snow Emergency Plan for Charles County has been placed into effect...
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Snow Emergency Plan Has Been Lifted for St. Mary’s County 1/14/2019

Snow Emergency Plan Has Been Lifted for St. Mary’s County 1/14/2019

UPDATE 1/14/2019: The Maryland State Police has lifted the Snow Emergency Plan for Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties effective at immediately. Motorists are encouraged to continue to use caution while driving as they may quickly encounter different road conditions throughout Southern Maryland. 1/12/2019: The Snow Emergency Plan for St. Mary’s County has been placed into...
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Reported Plane Crash in Lusby is a Recreational Vehicle Fire

Reported Plane Crash in Lusby is a Recreational Vehicle Fire

On Friday, January 11, 2019 at approximately 4:55 p.m, units from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the area of 12444 Sedalia Trail, and 540 Antelope Trail, for the reported plane crash. First arriving units reported a fire with multiple extensions. Firefighters on scene are now reporting it is NOT a plane crash,...
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Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans Shares New Year’s Message

Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans Shares New Year’s Message

On behalf of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office I would like to wish each citizen of Calvert County a very happy and prosperous 2019! I can begin the new- year with good news. While violent crime rose in many parts of the United States, it is down over 2% for Calvert County in 2018,...
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Winter Fire Safety Tips From the Office of the State Fire Marshal

Winter Fire Safety Tips From the Office of the State Fire Marshal

As of January 11, 2019 there have been six fire fatalities across the state. The MAJORITY of those fatalities DID NOT HAVE WORKING SMOKE ALARMS in their homes. If you cannot afford a smoke alarm PLEASE contact your local fire department to inquire as to what assistance is available in your area. State Fire...
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Police Raid Drug House in Mechanicsville, Make Two Arrests

Police Raid Drug House in Mechanicsville, Make Two Arrests

On January 10, 2019, detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division, along with the COPS Unit, Sheriff’s Office K-9, and the Emergency Services Team executed a search warrant in the 40000 block of King Drive in Mechanicsville. Recovered during the search warrant were two handguns, cocaine, marijuana, and U.S. currency....
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Couple Arrested After Police Find Heroin and Syringes During Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

Couple Arrested After Police Find Heroin and Syringes During Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at approximately 10:40 p.m., Trooper Kelly of the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack responded to the area of Stoakley Road, in Prince Frederick, to assist Corporal Newcomer with a traffic stop. Corporal Newcomer advised Trooper Kelly that he was following a black GMC truck southbound on Maryland Route 4...
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Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack Proud to Host Champions On Patrol

Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack Proud to Host Champions On Patrol

Lt. Krystle Rossignol and the troopers at the Leonardtown Barrack were proud to host St. Mary’s Co. Special Olympics Maryland athlete Kegan Zimmerman today as part of the Champions On Patrol program. Kegan is a true champion in sports and in life and TFC Oyler was honored to have Kegan as her patrol partner...
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Wanted Lexington Park Man Arrested on Drug Charges After Police Make Traffic Stop on Revoked Driver

Wanted Lexington Park Man Arrested on Drug Charges After Police Make Traffic Stop on Revoked Driver

On Thursday, January 3, 2019, Deputy R. Forbes, from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was in the area of Great Mills Road and Midway Drive, in Lexington Park when he observed a green Dodge Dakota operated by a female who was stopped the day before for driving on a suspended and revoked license. The...
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La Plata Police Arrest Wanted Washington DC Man After Punching Woman in the Face

La Plata Police Arrest Wanted Washington DC Man After Punching Woman in the Face

On Monday, January 7, 2019, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Patrolman First Class, R. Fields, from the La Plata Police Department was dispatched to Piscataway Court, in La Plata, for the report of an assault in progress. Upon police arrival, they made contact with the victim, an adult female, who advised her children’s father had...
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Prince Frederick Man Arrested for Assault, Failure to Obey a lawful Order, Resisting Arrest and Drug Possession

Prince Frederick Man Arrested for Assault, Failure to Obey a lawful Order, Resisting Arrest and Drug Possession

On Monday, January 07, 2019 at approximately 2:15 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Tranquil Court, in Prince Frederick, for a report of an intoxicated adult male causing property damage in a house. Deputies were at this same address earlier that day for a disorderly subject. The caller, an adult...
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Three Charles County Men Arrested After Breaking into Police Car and Stealing Bullet Proof Vests

Three Charles County Men Arrested After Breaking into Police Car and Stealing Bullet Proof Vests

On Thursday, January, 3, 2019, at approximately 6:15 a.m., four vehicles were broken into in the parking lot of the La Plata Tire, on Crain Highway, in La Plata. Each vehicle was entered into by breaking out a window. The damage to vehicle 1 is approximately $300 and total theft of approximately $15. The...
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One Injured After Vehicle Crashes Into Restaurant in Lexington Park

One Injured After Vehicle Crashes Into Restaurant in Lexington Park

On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at approximately 9:20 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the Sake Japanese Seafood & Steak House located on Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park for the reported motor vehicle into a structure. Crews arrived on scene to find a Chevrolet pickup truck into the front glass window...
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UPDATE: 21-Year-Old Driver in Motor Vehicle Crash That Killed Her 15-Year-Old Sister on New Years Eve Dies

UPDATE: 21-Year-Old Driver in Motor Vehicle Crash That Killed Her 15-Year-Old Sister on New Years Eve Dies

UPDATE 1/9/2019: On January 9, 2019, Nadia Mourtaj, 21, of Waldorf was pronounced deceased as a result of injuries she sustained in a car crash that occurred on December 31. Nadia was driving a passenger car northbound on St. Charles Parkway near Gateway Plaza in Waldorf when she lost control of the vehicle, which left...
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Missing 17-Year-Old Located and Arrested After Found in Possession of Stolen Vehicle, Six Stolen Guns, Drugs and Paraphernalia

Missing 17-Year-Old Located and Arrested After Found in Possession of Stolen Vehicle, Six Stolen Guns, Drugs and Paraphernalia

On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, Trooper E. Ruggles and Trooper K. Bauer from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to the Motel Six, in Lexington Park, to attempt to locate a missing juvenile, John Curtis Reeves IV, 17 of King George, VA. Upon arrival, the Troopers located the missing juvenile at the hotel....
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Lexington Park Drunk Driver Arrested After Almost Colliding with Police Car

Lexington Park Drunk Driver Arrested After Almost Colliding with Police Car

On Wednesday, December 26, 2018, Justin Steven Leitch, 28, of Lexington Park, was charged with Driving Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol, Driving Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol Per Se, and Driving Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol, by Deputy Ball of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Dep. Ball observed Leitch’s...
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Make an Appointment Now for Your Free Child Safety Seat Check & Installation

Make an Appointment Now for Your Free Child Safety Seat Check & Installation

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies will be installing and checking child safety seats on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad at 21685 FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park from 3 to 6 p.m. Appointments are preferred, but the event is open to show ups. Each check/installation takes about 30...
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Lexington Park Man Charged with Possession of Cocaine After Traffic Stop

Lexington Park Man Charged with Possession of Cocaine After Traffic Stop

On Thursday, December 27, 2018, Cpl. Stone of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle for several traffic infractions in the 21600 block of Enterprise Drive in Lexington Park. The operator of the vehicle refused to follow verbal commands, and refused to identify himself. It was later learned the vehicle operator was Jayquan...
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