On Thursday, November 21, 2024, at approximately 8:15 p.m., police responded to the area of Hancock Road and Midway Drive in Lexington Park, for numerous 911 callers reporting shots fired with people screaming. Police arrived on the scene to find shell casings throughout the roadway at the intersection of Hancock Road and Midway Drive...
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CCSO UPDATE 11/22/2024: The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) has updated its investigation into the incident at C. Barnhart Elementary School on November 15, 2024. The investigation included a detailed review of school security footage, re-interviews with witnesses, and additional interviews with individuals who had direct knowledge of the case. The findings indicate that...
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On Thursday, November 21, 2024, at approximately 7:00 p.m., as firefighters and emergency medical services returned to service from the previously serious motor vehicle, crews were alerted to the area of Leonardtown Road and Old Washington Road in Waldorf, for a motor vehicle collision with injuries. Firefighters arrived on the scene within minutes to find...
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In a poignant commemoration of lives lost to homicide, community members are cordially invited to participate in the 23rd Annual Silent Angel Memorial hosted by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at 6 p.m., at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department at 46900 South Shangri La Drive, Lexington Park....
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Two adults and one juvenile were taken into custody Thursday, November 21, 2024, following a joint operation between local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). In collaboration with the ATF, the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division executed search warrants at three St. Mary’s County residences. Bruce Bernard Franks, 32,...
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UPDATE 11/21/2024: A Charles County man has been arrested and charged following the tragic shooting death of his 15-year-old stepson, Michael Edward Clemons, at their home on November 20, 2024. Darshan Eric Williams, 48, of La Plata, is facing charges of second-degree murder, firearm use in the commission of a felony, first-degree assault, and...
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On Thursday, November 21, 2024, at approximately 6:00 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of St. Charles Parkway and Demarr Road, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. A short time after initial dispatch, the incident was upgraded to a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews quickly...
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UPDATE -11/21/2024: On Thursday, November 21, 2024, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Eugene Terrill Harris, 32, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, in connection with a shooting that occurred on November 9, 2024, in Lexington Park that involved a 36-year-old man who walked into the Lexington Park Rescue Squad after being shot. Detectives from...
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On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, a school resource officer at Mattawoman Middle School was made aware of an incident that occurred during school dismissal on November 18. In this case, three students, ages 13, approached another student and forcibly stole their name-brand ski mask. The SRO initiated an investigation and identified the involved students....
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The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack has joined forces with a local middle school student to organize a donation drive for the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. The initiative aims to support veterans by collecting essential items and comforts. Requested Donations Include: Toiletries: Sensitive skin lotions/body wash, electric or disposable razors, aftershave balm, alcohol-free mouthwash,...
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at approximately 1:30 a.m., unknown suspects broke into a gun shop in the 10500 block of Theodore Green Boulevard in White Plains. More than 100 guns have been stolen. Investigators are working with the ATF and ask anyone with information to contact Detective Furr at 301-609-6457. Tipsters who want...
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UPDATE 11/21/2024: After 20 days, following a review of weather and ground conditions, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has rescinded a statewide ban on open-air burning that was implemented to prevent the spread of wildfires across the state. Extremely dry conditions that had persisted throughout the year led to an above average number of wildfires...
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On November 16, 2024, James Delonte Butler, 41, of Lusby, was arrested on charges of threatening to commit arson and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. The incident occurred at a residence on Cornwall Drive in California, Maryland, where Butler allegedly made threats to harm the occupant and damage the property. According to court...
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at approximately 11:47 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services from Charles County and King George County, VA, were dispatched for a reported “person jumping” from the Harry W Nice Memorial Bridge. Fire and rescue boats from Dahlgren, Newburg and Colonial Beach responded and located the victim in under...
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On December 17, 2022, the lives of three Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were forever changed. M/DFC James Flynt, DFC Anthony Aranda, and DFC Tyler Bowen, were involved in an on-duty exchange of gunfire with a suspect who had just fled from them. Tragically, M/DFC James Flynt was shot and critically wounded during the...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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