Law Enforcement

Police Identify and Arrest Man Wanted for Fatal Shooting of 17-Year-Old in February 2023

Police Identify and Arrest Man Wanted for Fatal Shooting of 17-Year-Old in February 2023

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man for a fatal shooting in February. The suspect is 27-year-old Charles Edwards of Hyattsville. He’s charged with murdering 17-year-old Daiwo Flomo of Riverdale. On February 11, 2023, at approximately 12:40 am, officers responded to the 7200 block of Parkwood Street in...
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Police Seeking Identity of Suspects Who Grabbed Gaming Chips From MGM National Harbor

Police Seeking Identity of Suspects Who Grabbed Gaming Chips From MGM National Harbor

Prince George’s County Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals who took gaming chips at the MGM National Harbor. On April 22, 2023, at approximately 1:40 pm, the PGPD’s National Harbor Unit was notified of a theft that occurred at the MGM National Harbor in the 100 block of MGM...
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Hardee’s Employee Arrested After Stabbing Co-worker with Large Knife

Hardee’s Employee Arrested After Stabbing Co-worker with Large Knife

On April 21, 2023, at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers responded for a report of a stabbing that just occurred at the Hardee’s, 718 Nursery Road in Linthicum. Officers learned that an employee became upset with a co-worker and stabbed them in the back with a large knife. The suspect was taken into custody without...
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State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling’s Legislative Initiative Creates a One-Stop-Shop for Child Support Services; Guarantees Over $330K Savings Annually to St. Mary’s County

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling’s Legislative Initiative Creates a One-Stop-Shop for Child Support Services; Guarantees Over $330K Savings Annually to St. Mary’s County

On Monday, Governor Wes Moore signed State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling’s legislative initiative, “The St. Mary’s County – Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration Bill (HB 526)” into law. At the request of State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling, the St. Mary’s County Delegation submitted HB 526 during the 2023 legislative...
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One Flown Out After Another Collision at Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road

One Flown Out After Another Collision at Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road

On Friday, April 21, 2023, at approximately 7:53 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involved in a head-on style collision. Witnesses reported the...
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Maryland Department of Agriculture Asks Residents to Act Now to Help Control Mosquito Populations

Maryland Department of Agriculture Asks Residents to Act Now to Help Control Mosquito Populations

The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Mosquito Control Program is urging residents to act now to reduce mosquito populations by reducing standing water on their properties. Aside from being nuisances, mosquitoes can also carry a number of diseases that are harmful to humans and animals, including West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. “Protect yourself...
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Charles County Commissioners Meeting Update – April 18, 2023

Charles County Commissioners Meeting Update – April 18, 2023

On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Department of Fiscal and Administrative Services staff provided an overview of the Fiscal 2024 Proposed Budget in a Work Session on the General Fund. The General Fund is comprised of property taxes, income taxes, recordation and transfer taxes, and other revenues. Outside agencies provided presentations, including Board of Education, Charles County...
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Replica Firearm and Box Cutter Recovered from Student at Thomas Stone High School

Replica Firearm and Box Cutter Recovered from Student at Thomas Stone High School

On Monday, April 24, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., a school administrator at Thomas Stone High School was alerted that a student was possibly in possession of a gun, which was reportedly thought to be a toy. The school resource officer responded to the classroom and a replica firearm, replica bullets, and a box cutter...
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Maryland State Police Accepting Applications For 2023 Leadership and Career Development Seminar

Maryland State Police Accepting Applications For 2023 Leadership and Career Development Seminar

The Maryland State Police announces that applications are now being accepted for the fourth annual Leadership and Career Development Seminar, which will take place from Aug. 4-6, 2023. The goal of the free event is to develop interest and introduce high school rising juniors and seniors and incoming college freshmen to career opportunities with the...
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Billingsley Elementary School Resource Officer Recovers Replica Firearm (Watergun) from Student

Billingsley Elementary School Resource Officer Recovers Replica Firearm (Watergun) from Student

On Monday, April 24, 2023, at 4:00 p.m., a school administrator at Billingsley Elementary School was alerted by students that another student was in possession of what appeared to be a gun. The gun, which was determined to be a water gun, was recovered. The school resource officer was notified and contacted the Charles...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Single Vehicle Collision in Chesapeake Beach That Sends Operator to Trauma Center

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Single Vehicle Collision in Chesapeake Beach That Sends Operator to Trauma Center

On Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 11:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Bayside Road in the area between Beach Drive and Locust Grove Road in Chesapeake Beach, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway with the...
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UPDATE: Man Who Rammed Restaurant with Tow Truck Over Food Dispute Arrested and Charged

UPDATE: Man Who Rammed Restaurant with Tow Truck Over Food Dispute Arrested and Charged

UPDATE 4/24/2023: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Fugitive Squad arrested a man for reckless endangerment at a restaurant. He is 24-year-old Josyah Brown of Washington, DC. On April 4, 2023, at approximately 1:25am, officers responded to a restaurant in the 2900 block of Colebrooke Drive in Hillcrest Heights for a vehicle crash. The...
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Maryland Joins Coalition of 18 States and Issues Letter to NHTSA: Theft-Prone Hyundai and Kia Vehicles Should Be Recalled

Maryland Joins Coalition of 18 States and Issues Letter to NHTSA: Theft-Prone Hyundai and Kia Vehicles Should Be Recalled

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, in response to Hyundai and Kia’s continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles, joined a coalition of 18 states calling for a federal recall of certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The letter, sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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Speech and Occupational Therapy Practice Pleads Guilty to Nearly $400K Fraud Scheme in Anne Arundel County

Speech and Occupational Therapy Practice Pleads Guilty to Nearly $400K Fraud Scheme in Anne Arundel County

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that Wellspring Therapy Services, LLC (Wellspring), a speech and occupational therapy practice in Anne Arundel County, pleaded guilty to felony Medicaid fraud in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Judge Fletcher-Hill ordered Wellspring to pay $399,228.62 in restitution to the State. In addition, the company must terminate its participation...
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Maryland Department of Agriculture to Host Deer Summit on Thursday, May 11, 2023

Maryland Department of Agriculture to Host Deer Summit on Thursday, May 11, 2023

The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health and Maryland Department of Natural Resources, will host a Deer Summit on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401. The summit will run from 10 am to 2 pm, with...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Three Seperate Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Three Seperate Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that occurred Wednesday night in the town of Landover Hills. The deceased rider is 26-year-old Josue Delgado Delgado of Hyattsville. On April 19, 2023, at approximately 8:45 pm, officers with the Landover Hills Police Department responded to the...
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Two Injured with One Flown Out After Serious Two Vehicle Collision in La Plata

Two Injured with One Flown Out After Serious Two Vehicle Collision in La Plata

On Sunday, April 23, 2023, at approximately 12:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Crain Highway and Turkey Hill Road in La Plata, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle off the roadway with occupants out of the...
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Firefighter Suffers Minor Injuries After Falling Through Floor of Apartment Fire in Waldorf

Firefighter Suffers Minor Injuries After Falling Through Floor of Apartment Fire in Waldorf

On Saturday, April 22, 2023, at approximately 11:53 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to the apartments located at 2225 Stream Vista Place in Waldorf, for a water flow alarm. The first 911 call came from an alarm company reporting water flow alarms were sounding at the address given and shortly...
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UPDATE: Lusby Mans 10-Year Sentence Affirmed for 2021 Conviction of Second Degree Assault

UPDATE: Lusby Mans 10-Year Sentence Affirmed for 2021 Conviction of Second Degree Assault

UPDATE 4/21/2023: On April 20, 2023, a 3-judge panel sitting in Upper Marlboro affirmed the 10-year sentence imposed on Joseph Martin Blankenship for the crime of second degree assault. Blankenship was convicted in 2021 by a Calvert County jury and sentenced to the maximum possible sentence by Judge Andrew S. Rappaport. A Maryland appellate...
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14-Month Old Revived and Flown Out After Near Drowning in Hollywood

14-Month Old Revived and Flown Out After Near Drowning in Hollywood

On Thursday, April 20, 2023, at approximately 11:35 a.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 24000 block of Hunt Court in Hollywood, for the reported near drowning. The 911 caller reported a 14-month old female fell into a pond and was found not conscious and not breathing. A family member preformed CPR...
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Officers Arrest Washington D.C. Man in Connection with Armed Carjacking in PG County

Officers Arrest Washington D.C. Man in Connection with Armed Carjacking in PG County

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged a suspect in connection with a recent carjacking in College Park. The suspect is 20-year-old Juwon Anderson of Washington, DC. On April 19, 2023, at approximately 2:30 pm, officers with the PGPD’s Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team observed a recently carjacked car in the...
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Officers Recover Car Stolen from Gas Station and Arrest Waldorf Man

Officers Recover Car Stolen from Gas Station and Arrest Waldorf Man

On April 10, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., a patrol officer was entering a gas station on Smallwood Drive in Waldorf when he noticed a man running after a vehicle leaving the parking lot, yelling that his car had just been stolen. The officer observed the vehicle enter a nearby neighborhood. The officer, with the...
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Police Recover Stun Gun from Mathew Henson Middle School Student After Altercation

Police Recover Stun Gun from Mathew Henson Middle School Student After Altercation

On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 12:08 p.m., two students at Mathew Henson Middle School were involved in a scuffle at which time one of the students involved activated a stun gun in the school hallway. School staff separated the students and recovered the stun gun. No injuries were reported. The school resource officer...
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Detectives Arrest Man for Shooting Two Victims During Robbery, Killing One

Detectives Arrest Man for Shooting Two Victims During Robbery, Killing One

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and arrested a man in connection with a recent fatal shooting in the unincorporated section of Hyattsville. The suspect is 28-year-old Alex Quinteros of Takoma Park. He’s charged with the murder of 24-year-old Rudy Perez Gutierrez of Hyattsville. On April 14, 2023, at approximately 5:15...
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Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Announced for Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Announced for Tuesday, May 2, 2023

The community is invited to join the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, the Department of Aging & Human Services, and the Triad/SALT Council to celebrate this year’s Law Enforcement Officers of the Year and to remember the men and women who gave their lives in service to their community. Law Enforcement Appreciation Day will...
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