Law Enforcement

Man Flown to Trauma Center with Serious Injuries After Tubing Accident in Mechanicsville

Man Flown to Trauma Center with Serious Injuries After Tubing Accident in Mechanicsville

On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at approximately 7:42 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Wicomico Shores Landing on Army Navy Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported traumatic injuries. According to 911 callers, the victim was unconscious, had a faint pulse and shallow breathing, after a tubing accident. At the time of...
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UPDATE 42-Year-Old La Plata Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash, 82-Year-Old Woman Injured

UPDATE 42-Year-Old La Plata Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash, 82-Year-Old Woman Injured

UPDATE 6/25/2025: On June 25, 2025, at approximately 3:15 p.m., police, fire department, and emergency medical services personnel responded to the intersection of Washington Avenue and Rosewick Road in La Plata for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a passenger car and a motorcycle. First-arriving La Plata Police Department officers initiated CPR on...
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CRIME SOLVERS: Decades-Long Mystery Solved: Jane Doe, Homicide Victim, Identified 25 Years Later Following News Report

CRIME SOLVERS: Decades-Long Mystery Solved: Jane Doe, Homicide Victim, Identified 25 Years Later Following News Report

Charles County Sheriff’s Detectives and Forensic Science Investigators have identified the body of a woman who was found murdered almost 25 years ago. Jane Doe was her name for investigators for 25 years, but her true identity has now been learned – LaQuanda Denise “Niecey” Williams who was just 31 years old when her...
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First Responders Rescue Man Found Adrift Off Point Lookout State Park Shoreline

First Responders Rescue Man Found Adrift Off Point Lookout State Park Shoreline

On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at approximately 11:10 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Point Lookout State Park located in Scotland, for the reported open water rescue. 911 callers advised a male was screaming for help in the water, and reported he was approximately 200 yards off the shoreline of...
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Man Convicted in 2021 Fatal Crash That Killed Mechanicsville Couple Arrested Again in St. Mary’s County

Man Convicted in 2021 Fatal Crash That Killed Mechanicsville Couple Arrested Again in St. Mary’s County

Aleksander Andreev Ivanchev, 42, of Lexington Park, who was previously convicted for a fatal 2021 car crash, has been arrested again, this time for allegedly violating a protective order. On June 21, 2025, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Redgate Farm Lane after an adult female victim...
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Elderly Man Rescued from Bryans Road Park, Hospitalized with Heat Exhaustion

Elderly Man Rescued from Bryans Road Park, Hospitalized with Heat Exhaustion

On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at approximately 12:42 p.m., firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Ruth B. Swann Park located at 3100 Ruth B Swann Drive in Bryans Road to assist police in searching for a missing 86-year-old male. The 911 caller reported he was taking a walk on the trail when he...
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17-Year-Old Transported to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Waldorf

17-Year-Old Transported to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Waldorf

On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at approximately 8:30 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of St. Charles Parkway and Demarr Road in White Plains, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle with one laying in the roadway. Dispatchers advised multiple 911 callers reported a car versus a...
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Calvert County Fines Increasing for Unpermitted Signs in the Public Right of Way

Calvert County Fines Increasing for Unpermitted Signs in the Public Right of Way

Starting July 1, 2025, the fine for placing unpermitted signs in public right of ways will increase from $25 to $500 per sign. Calvert County Department of Public Works routinely removes unauthorized signage within the county right of ways to ensure public safety and maintain the county’s visual landscape. The removed signs are stored...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a theft that occurred at Walmart, located at 150 N. Solomons Island Road in Prince Frederick. The incident took place on Friday, June 13, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m. The complainant advised the male subject pictured below had removed several items from the store without payment, including...
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Charles County Cooling Centers During Excessive Heatwave

Charles County Cooling Centers During Excessive Heatwave

With the National Weather Service issuing excessive heat warnings, residents may find cooling centers. In Charles County, community centers, senior centers, and libraries are available during regular hours. LifeStyles of Maryland in White Plains is also offering daytime shelter. For urgent after-hours situations, the Maryland State Police La Plata Barracks offers limited temporary shelter...
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Leonardtown Man Sentenced to Life +94 Years After 3 Month Long Crime Spree Involving Murder and Attempted Murder

Leonardtown Man Sentenced to Life +94 Years After 3 Month Long Crime Spree Involving Murder and Attempted Murder

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Jontae Lamont Proctor, 22, of Leonardtown, Maryland, was sentenced to LIFE in prison plus an additional 94 years of active incarceration following several convictions related to multiple violent shooting incidents throughout St. Mary’s County. On February 26, 2024, Proctor participated in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Woman Who Killed Her Boyfriend in Front of Children Gets 30 Years Behind Bars in Plea Deal

UPDATE: Lexington Park Woman Who Killed Her Boyfriend in Front of Children Gets 30 Years Behind Bars in Plea Deal

UPDATE 6/24/2025: Simone Marie Stewart, 51, of Lexington Park, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on June 17, 2025, after pleading guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, according to court documents filed in the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. Stewart entered a guilty plea before Judge Joseph Michael Stanalonis, who presided...
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Fort Washington Felon Faces Multiple Firearm and Drug Charges Following Traffic Stop in Calvert County

Fort Washington Felon Faces Multiple Firearm and Drug Charges Following Traffic Stop in Calvert County

Antwan Jamar Edwards, 37, of Fort Washington, has been charged with multiple firearms and drug-related offenses following a traffic stop conducted by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office on June 12, 2025, in Prince Frederick. According to court documents, a Calvert County deputy initiated a traffic stop shortly after 1 a.m. after observing a red...
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Piney Point Man Released on Bond Following 108 Violations of Protective Order

Piney Point Man Released on Bond Following 108 Violations of Protective Order

Daniel B. Evans, 38, of Piney Point, has been formally charged with 108 misdemeanor counts of violating a protective order, according to records from the District Court for St. Mary’s County. The charges stem from repeated alleged violations occurring between May 20, 2025, and June 16, 2025. Each count is based on a specific...
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Loaded Handgun with Removed Serial Number Recovered Following Foot Chase in Lexington Park

Loaded Handgun with Removed Serial Number Recovered Following Foot Chase in Lexington Park

Alexander Chew, 29, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple firearm-related charges following a June 17, 2025, incident in which he allegedly fled from a traffic stop and was later found near a loaded handgun with its serial number removed, according to charging documents filed in the District Court of Maryland for St. Mary’s County....
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Hollywood Man Arrested After Alleged Shotgun Threat During Vehicle Repossession

Hollywood Man Arrested After Alleged Shotgun Threat During Vehicle Repossession

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, at approximately 5:20 a.m., patrol deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 25000 block of Gallant Fox Drive in Hollywood for the report of an assault. Upon arrival, deputies met with the victim, who reported that he had arrived at the residence to repossess a...
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Public Should Report Marine Mammal and Turtle Sightings and Strandings in Maryland to DNR

Public Should Report Marine Mammal and Turtle Sightings and Strandings in Maryland to DNR

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources asks residents and visitors enjoying coastal and tidal waterways to remain alert for marine mammals and sea turtles into summer through early fall. Dolphins, manatees, sea turtles, whales, and other marine wildlife are regular seasonal visitors to the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, the Atlantic Ocean, and...
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Mechanicsville Man Charged Arrested After Setting His Home and Parents Vehicle on Fire

Mechanicsville Man Charged Arrested After Setting His Home and Parents Vehicle on Fire

UPDATE 6/23/205: Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged a Mechanicsville man with setting his home on fire early Monday morning and later connected him to setting his parents’ car on fire Saturday morning. Michale Robert Guy, 47, was arrested shortly after the fire with the assistance of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Just...
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Woman Flown to Trauma Center After Being Found Unconscious on FDR in Great Mills

Woman Flown to Trauma Center After Being Found Unconscious on FDR in Great Mills

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, at approximately 9:22 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of FDR Boulevard and Iverson Drive in Great Mills, for the reported unconscious victim after a possible scooter accident. The 911 caller reported they observed a woman unresponsive in the area of the given address...
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Coast Guard Seeking Public’s Help After Kayak Found Unoccupied in St. Mary’s River

Coast Guard Seeking Public’s Help After Kayak Found Unoccupied in St. Mary’s River

On Saturday, June 21, 2025, at approximately 12:30 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of the Chicken Cock Creek in the St. Mary’s River, for the reported open water rescue for a watercraft located with no occupants. The U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Natural Resources Police, and St. Mary’s...
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Charges Pending After Maryland State Trooper is Struck While Conducting Crash Investigation in Prince George’s County

Charges Pending After Maryland State Trooper is Struck While Conducting Crash Investigation in Prince George’s County

A Maryland State Trooper was struck early Saturday morning while conducting a crash investigation on the Capital Beltway. The trooper, assigned to the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack, was transported by ambulance to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland, where he has since been released. The driver of a...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Deputy Cited and Released for Driving While Impaired After Traffic Stop

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Deputy Cited and Released for Driving While Impaired After Traffic Stop

On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Deputy First Class Ryan McLean #400, of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, was stopped by a Maryland State Police Trooper and cited for driving while impaired. McLean was not on duty at the time and was operating a personally owned vehicle. Following the citation, McLean was released to...
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Father Transported, Son Flown to Hospital After Being Bit By Foster Pit Bull

Father Transported, Son Flown to Hospital After Being Bit By Foster Pit Bull

On Friday, June 21, 2025, at approximately 2:03 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 70 block of Elder Place in Indian Head, for the reported animal bite. 911 callers reported a father and son was bit by a foster Pit bull, with a teen victim suffering a hand injury with...
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UPDATE: GoFundMe Started for Family Displaced by Accidental Fire in Great Mills, Dog Saved and No Injuries Reported

UPDATE: GoFundMe Started for Family Displaced by Accidental Fire in Great Mills, Dog Saved and No Injuries Reported

UPDATE 6/20/2025: The fire investigation has determined the cause of the fire was accidental and caused by a portable phone charger. The neighbor has started a GoFundMe to assist the homeowner, who has asked we share for additional support and assistance. The fire was discovered by a neighbor who heard smoke alarms sounding. The...
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Fugitive Wanted for Rape and Sexual Offense of a Child Located and Arrested

Fugitive Wanted for Rape and Sexual Offense of a Child Located and Arrested

Members of the Judicial Services Section have located and arrested Franklin Argueta-Marquez, age 28, of no fixed address, who was wanted in connection with two counts of rape and sexual offense of a 13-year-old girl whom he initially met online when she was 12 years old. Argueta-Marquez first reached out to the victim by...
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