The Maryland Department of Agriculture today expanded its spotted lanternfly quarantine to include the following counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Washington and Wicomico, as well as Baltimore City. This quarantine is effective immediately, and restricts the movement of regulated articles...
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On Sunday, March 5, 2023, at approximately 1:21 a.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding in the area of Middletown Road and McDaniel Road in Waldorf. Upon making contact with the driver, the officer detected the odor of marijuana. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, the officer located...
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On Saturday, March 4, 2023, at approximately 12:48 a.m., officers responded to the 4600 block of Prestancia Place in the Sheffield neighborhood of Waldorf for a report of a suspicious vehicle. When officers arrived, the suspect vehicle fled but was located nearby on Muirfield Court. When an officer approached the vehicle to speak...
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On Monday, March 6, 2023, at approximately 2:20 p.m., 32 firefighters from Charles County responded to 3325 Middletown Road in Waldorf, for the reported shed on fire. The 911 caller reported someone set their shed on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a small shed with a fire contained to the interior. Crews...
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UPDATE 3/7/2023: On March 6, 2023, Samuel Alston Spence, 28, of District Heights, Maryland, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a 2022 robbery of the Walgreen’s Pharmacy in Prince Frederick. Judge Andrew S. Rappaport of the Calvert County Circuit Court suspended 12½ years of the sentence, leaving Spence to serve...
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On Monday, February 27, 2023, at around 6:30 p.m., Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and firefighters from the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department responded to 3340 Ben Oak Drive for a report of an individual pouring gasoline on himself and other items. During the 911 call, the person ignited clothing in a closet....
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U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Jose Domingo Ordonez-Zometa, a/k/a “Felon,” age 33, of Landover Hills, Maryland, to life in federal prison for racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering conspiracies, for committing murder in aid of racketeering, and for conspiracy to destroy and conceal evidence connected to his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha,...
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On March 5, 2023, at approximately 7:36 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of St. Charles Parkway near St. Mark’s Drive for the report of a single-vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers observed a vehicle had gone off the roadway and into several trees. The three occupants of the...
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The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack is investigating a theft that occurred at the Early Bird Liquors, located on Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood, MD on February 25, 2023 at approximately 9:00 p.m., The individuals were seen in a silver Ford sedan. If you have any information regarding this incident or recognize the person or...
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UPDATE 3/6/2023: On March 5, 2023, at approximately 4:40 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the intersection of Bayside Road (MD Route 261) and Harbor Road in Chesapeake Beach, for a serious motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, units located a passenger car and a...
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On Sunday, March 5, 2023, at approximately 5:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 2600 block of Walbrook Court in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. Police arrived on the scene to find a female victim with stab wounds to the chest. Emergency medical personnel transported the victim to an area trauma...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday evening in the unincorporated section of Upper Marlboro. The victim is 17-year-old Michael Nwaulu of Upper Marlboro. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On...
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Willis Lewis, 49, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, and Brittany Jones, 33, of Suitland, Maryland, were sentenced for their roles in a sex trafficking operation involving teenage victims. Lewis was sentenced to life in prison; Jones was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The result was announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Assistant...
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On Saturday, March 4 2023, at approximately 4:30 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Mattawoman Beantown Road and Poplar Hill Road in Waldorf, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and overturned...
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On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at approximately 2:10 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Crain Highway and St. Patricks Drive in Waldorf, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment. 911 dispatchers advised the vehicle reportedly rolled over multiple times with one occupant trapped and the second occupant...
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On Sunday, March 5, 2023, at approximately 4:40 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area Piney Point Road and Drayden Road in Piney Point, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle with one unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision with the motorcyclist laying...
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3/3/2023 UPDATE: While responding to a motor vehicle collision with lights and sirens activated, Command 2 was involved in a motor vehicle collision on Three Notch Road at New Market Turner Road. Squad 2 was just behind Command 2 when this occurred and notified the St. Mary’s County communications center of the incident. Squad...
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The Maryland Vehicle Theft Prevention Council is urging motorists who own certain makes and models of Hyundai and Kia cars to reach out to the automakers for a free security software update following a nationwide surge in thefts that led to at least 14 crashes and eight fatalities. The theft deterrent software is designed...
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On March 2, 2023, officers responded for a report of a robbery that just occurred at the Dollar Tree, 6651 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. Upon arrival, officers learned that three black male teens entered the business, with at least one of them announcing, “This is an (expletive) robbery; get down.” Immediately following the...
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On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 10:06 p.m., an officer observed a passenger vehicle in the area of Smallwood Drive and St. Patrick’s Drive in Waldorf that was displaying tags that were issued to another vehicle. When the officer attempted a traffic stop, the vehicle fled. The Neighborhood Enforcement Team searched the area, and...
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On Tuesday, February 28, the Department of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Department of Planning and Growth Management, and Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism staff provided a presentation to the Board of County Commissioners on fiscal 2024 congressionally directed spending. County Commissioners approved the request for earmarked funding. Legislative Update Associate County Attorney Danielle Mitchell provided...
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On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at approximately 11:10 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 47600 Mattapany Road in St. Mary’s City, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene and located a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree. Emergency medical personnel...
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On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at approximately 10:19 a.m., a group of six students were threatening physical harm to another student in the hallway area of Thomas Stone High School. The School Resource Officer responded immediately and gave verbal commands to the students to disperse but they refused. One student approached, and struck the...
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Robert Anderson, 55, of Hanover, Maryland, was sentenced today to five months of incarceration for a series of simple assaults on Metropolitan Police Department employees and officers that involved offensive touching and brandishing a knife. At the time of these assaults, Anderson was a sworn officer with the Metropolitan Police Department. The announcement was...
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UPDATE from PG County Government: The City of College Park was made aware this morning of former Mayor Patrick Wojahn’s arrest by Prince George’s County Police and the charges that have been filed. We are shocked and disturbed by the news; what has come to light in this investigation is a total surprise to...
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