On February 21, 2025, at approximately 9:18 a.m., firefighters from Solomons VFD and surrounding departments from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the 11400 block of Long Bow Court in Lusby, for the reported shed on fire. Crews arrived on the scene within minutes of dispatch to find the 10×20 shed fully engulfed...
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On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at approximately 10:22 p.m., firefighters from North Beach VFD and surrounding departments from Calvert, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s County responded to the 2600 block of Richfield Lane in Chesapeake Beach, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a two-story single-family residence with smoke...
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In a commitment to transparency and accountability, Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is informing the public of actions involving a Charles County Sheriff’s officer. Recently, Cpl. Dale Harrison, a 16-year veteran, was charged with driving while impaired in Stafford County, Virginia. Harrison, who was off duty, was driving his personal vehicle. Upon notifying...
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UPDATE 2/24/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, February 7, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, 25, of Waldorf, to 40 years in prison for four counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Vercher will be on supervised probation for five years upon...
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On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at approximately 7:38 p.m., police responded to 2004 Amber Leaf Place in Waldorf, for the reports of shots fired. 911 Dispatchers then advised a male was shot in the leg with callers being uncooperative and a loud disturbance heard in the background of the call. Officers arrived on the...
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On Friday, February 21, 2025, at approximately 6:35 p.m., firefighters and emergency medical services from St. Leonard Volunteer Fire & Rescue were dispatched to a medical call in Saint Leonard. While Saint Leonard Ambulance 79 responded with lights and sirens activated, members reported they were involved in a motor vehicle collision with injuries at...
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A joint investigation between partner law enforcement agencies and the Maryland Car Rally Task Force yielded five arrests in connection with car rallies in Baltimore City and Baltimore and Prince George’s counties. Those arrested and charged are identified as: Joseph Derek Houck,20, of Hagerstown, MD is charged with first-degree assault on a trooper, motor...
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On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at approximately 3:43 p.m., firefighters from Charles County and King George, Virginia responded to the 14000 block of South Cuckold Creek Road in Newburg, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to report a 1-story detached garage/shed fully engulfed in flames with extensions to the nearby brush/woods...
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A routine traffic stop in St. Mary’s County led to the arrest of two individuals on multiple drug and firearm charges. According to court documents, the arrests took place on February 20, 2025, after Maryland State Police Trooper Eckrich stopped a gold Honda Accord traveling on Loveville Road in Mechanicsville. The vehicle was missing...
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On Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 7:58 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and Anne Arundel County responded to the 4200 block of Weeping Willow Lane in Huntingtown, for the reported chimney fire. Minutes after the initial dispatch, 911 caller takers upgraded the assignment to a working fire dispatch due to callers reporting the fire was...
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On Friday, February 21, 2025, at approximately 2:10 p.m., police, fire and emergency medical services responded to the area of 9055 Kentucky Avenue in La Plata, for the reported ATV collision with entrapment. 911 callers reported a child on a 4-wheeler crashed and was trapped underneath of the vehicle, with the child being reported...
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On Friday, February 21, 2025, at approximately 8:55 p.m., firefighters and emergency medical services from Charles County responded to the 8200 block of Gilroy Road in Nanjemoy, for the reported house on fire. 911 callers reported their neighbors house was on fire, with the elderly homeowner standing outside with injuries. Crews arrived on the...
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Kim Marie Bohrer, 63, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple criminal charges after being arrested twice within a span of five days. Court records show that Bohrer was first arrested on February 15, 2025, for child abuse and assault, and then again on February 19, 2025, for burglary. On February 14, 2025, at approximately...
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Lorraine Anderson Concepcion, 66, of Brandywine, was arrested on February 16, 2025, in St. Mary’s County after authorities say she was driving under the influence of drugs and in possession of controlled dangerous substances, including cocaine and PCP. According to court documents, Concepcion was stopped by Deputy Kirsch of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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Victor Scott Terrill, 41, of Landover, Maryland, was charged in a 10-count superseding indictment, filed yesterday in U.S. District Court, with first-degree murder while armed and related counts, announced U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ryan of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division, and Chief Pamela...
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A Cambridge woman is facing multiple assault charges after allegedly waving a knife and attacking two individuals at a hotel in Hollywood, Maryland. According to court documents, Shyla Marie Moore, 18, of Cambridge, was arrested on February 17, 2025, after Maryland State Police responded to a disturbance at the Sleep Inn and Suites on...
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UPDATE 5:35 P.M.: Willows Road still closed due to multiple motor vehicle collisions. On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 4:25 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Maddox Road and Abells Cattle Trail in Chaptico, for the reported motor vehicle collision with rollover. Crews arrived on the scene to...
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U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Xavier Jones, 26, of Washington, D.C., to 22 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for his role in robbing four cell phone stores in Baltimore County, Howard County, and Prince George’s County, Maryland. Jones was also ordered to pay $74,141.26 in restitution. Phil...
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Maryland deer hunters harvested 84,201 deer during the combined archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons, from Sept. 6, 2024 through Feb. 4, 2025. The statewide harvest reported to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources included 32,148 antlered and 47,271 antlerless white-tailed deer, and 2,143 antlered and 2,639 antlerless sika deer. The harvest was 15.9% higher...
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Maryland State Police arrested a man and seized two loaded handguns following an alleged armed road rage incident that occurred Saturday afternoon in Prince George’s County. The accused is identified as Kenyatta Von Williams Jr., 34, of Suitland, Maryland. Following consultation with the Office of the State’s Attorney in Prince George’s County, Williams was...
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UPDATE: On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at approximately 4:10 a.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called to a residence in the 28000 block of Livingston Road in Mechanicsville for the report of two subjects not breathing. Upon arrival, patrol deputies entered the home and located the bodies of two unresponsive...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged two suspects in connection with a fatal shooting in District Heights earlier this month. The suspects are 24-year-old Keyondre Joyner of Washington, DC and 18-year-old Jamiel Collins of Oxon Hill. They are charged with the murder of 20-year-old Tyler Fludd of Hyattsville. On...
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A La Plata man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges following an armed confrontation at a residence in Lexington Park on February 16, 2025. According to court documents, Adam Chaney, 41, of La Plata, arrived at a home on Carefree Way around 1:35 a.m., armed with a black handgun. Upon arrival, he allegedly...
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UPDATE 2/18/2025: On February 14, 2025, in Calvert County Circuit Court, Thomas Eugene Harris, II, 28, of Prince Frederick, pleaded guilty to first degree premeditated murder. Sentencing will occur on May 1, 2025, before Judge Mark S. Chandlee. The charges arose from an incident that occurred on February 15, 2024. Shaquille Quadry Braxton, 30,...
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A Lexington Park man remains in custody after allegedly brandishing a firearm and threatening another man outside a residence. Akeem J. Grinnell-Cropper, 35, of Lexington Park, was arrested on February 13, 2025, following a confrontation in which he reportedly displayed a revolver while speaking about “Pablo Escobar” and warned the victim, “Believe me, you...
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