Kayla Jean Gilliam, 30, of California, is facing three counts of violating a protective order in St. Mary’s County District Court after court documents say she contacted an adult male victim despite an active court order barring further contact. According to the statement of charges filed by Deputy Jacob Mills of the St. Mary’s...
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Garfield Linden Northey, 50, of Lusby, has been charged in Charles County District Court with second-degree burglary, theft of $1,500 to under $25,000, and malicious destruction of property valued at $1,000 or more, according to court documents. The charges stem from an alleged May 3, 2026, break-in at a Charles County yacht and country...
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Shelly Marie Buzard, 60, of Chesapeake Beach, and Paul Marcello Holland, 66, of Chesapeake Beach, are facing charges in Calvert County after investigators say they distributed oxycodone as part of a months-long drug investigation. Court records list the same four charges for each defendant: distribution of a narcotic controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent...
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UPDATE 5/28/2026: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, May 14, 2026, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Scott Anthony Goldsmith, 55, to 48 years in prison for the Second-Degree Murder of Timothy Louis Portzen and the First-Degree Assault of a second victim. On March 9, 2026,...
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Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that the Grand Jury for Prince George’s County handed down an indictment charging Corrie Dewayne Alston, 51, of Bowie, Maryland with felony theft scheme and insurance fraud for submitting multiple fraudulent life insurance applications. The indictment includes one count of a felony theft scheme of $1,500-$25,000 and...
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UPDATE 5/28/2026: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Monise A. Stephenson, following an eight-day jury trial, declared a mistrial in the case against Anthony Dangelo Wilkins regarding the charges of Second-Degree Murder in the death of Miaquita Gray and the Attempted...
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UPDATE 5/27/2026: Javan King, 42, of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in prison in connection with his theft of more than 4,800 government cell phones when he worked for the Department of Justice, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. King pleaded guilty on Feb....
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On May 15, 2026, Timothy Lee Townsend, 61, of North Beach, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with 20 years of active time, for sex abuse of a minor (continuing course of conduct). Upon release, Townsend will be on 5 years of supervised probation and required to register as a sex offender. In...
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UPDATE 5/13/2026: A Maryland man learned his fate in federal court, today, in connection with drug trafficking and weapons crimes. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Dominick Mackall, 37, of Lexington Park, to 110 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing firearms and ammunition as a felon and...
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UPDATE 5/12/2026: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Leroy Christopher Neal, 50, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, has been sentenced to LIFE plus 20 years in prison, with LIFE plus 5 years of active incarceration for first-degree murder and related firearm charges. On December 5, 2025, after a 5-day jury trial, a St. Mary’s County...
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UPDATE 5/12/2026: A 27-count Indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court charging four men in connection with a conspiracy that used the “Jaws of Life” to commit robberies of convenience store ATMs in Maryland and the District, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Jeff Crews, 35 David Walker, 40 Maurice Roots, 35 Kevin...
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Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that five defendants associated with the Sin City Deciples outlaw motorcycle club were sentenced after pleading guilty to participating in a criminal organization and engaging in a motorcycle theft scheme exceeding $100,000. The convictions arise from a multi-jurisdictional investigation led by the Office of the Attorney General’s...
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UPDATE 5/5/2026: On May 4, 2026, Steven Anthony Gilner, 19, of Lusby, was sentenced to Life plus 77 years incarceration, with all but 25 years suspended, for attempted first degree murder and related charges. The sentence was handed down by Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Mark S. Chandlee. Gilner was previously found guilty following...
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UPDATE 5/1/2026: Update on recovered firearms investigations at St. Charles High School: On April 30th, 2026, members of the sheriff’s office served search warrants at the residences of two students involved in two ongoing firearms investigations stemming from St. Charles High School. In the first case, on April 29, the school resource officer recovered...
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MSP April 30, 2026 – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash in Prince George’s County. The deceased is identified as Brenda Godbolt, 61, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She was pronounced deceased on the scene by emergency medical service personnel. Godbolt was the driver and sole occupant of a Mazda 3 involved in...
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UPDATE 5/1/2026: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Dennis Demoine Smith, 66, of Nanjemoy, to 118 years in prison for 28 counts of Use of a Computer to Depict Minors in a Sexual Act and 237 counts...
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A Maryland man is headed to federal prison for 13 years for his role in an armed robbery spree. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Derek Lynn Davis, 36, of Greenbelt, Maryland, to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for interfering with interstate commerce by robbery and using,...
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Adam McKinley Washington, 32, of Waldorf, is facing a misdemeanor theft charge after an alleged shoplifting incident at a retail store in Waldorf on April 7, 2026. Washington is charged with theft less than $100.00 following the incident, which was investigated by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. According to charging documents, the incident occurred...
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UPDATE 4/15/2026: Marcellus Franklin Thomas, 37, of Waldorf, is facing 22 charges in Charles County after prosecutors say he shot at an adult male victim outside a 7-Eleven in Waldorf on March 21, 2026, and then was later found in possession of multiple firearms, ammunition and body armor during a search of his home,...
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A Temple Hills, Maryland man has admitted to sex trafficking between Virginia and Martinsburg, West Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Rodney Dale Johnson, 47, pled guilty today to sex trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, Johnson transported the victim from Virginia to Martinsburg, West Virginia to engage in...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying witnesses to a serious motor vehicle crash that occurred on March 26, 2026. On Thursday, March 26, 2026, at approximately 10:15 p.m., firefighters and emergency medical services responded to HG Trueman Road and Appeal Lane in Lusby, for the reported motor vehicle...
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UPDATE 3/30/2026: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that William Francis Dixon, 53, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, was sentenced to 53 years in prison for attempted kidnapping, armed robbery, and dangerous weapon charges. “This was a predatory and horrifying attack by a convicted felon with a demonstrated history of extreme violence against women on an innocent...
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The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Chillum, Prince George’s County, Maryland. The preliminary investigation revealed that on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at approximately 8:40 p.m., an officer with the Prince George’s County...
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Casey Maleen Holt, 33, of Waldorf, is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, loaded handgun on person, loaded handgun in vehicle, use of a firearm in a felony violent crime, and reckless endangerment in connection with a February 28, 2026, shooting investigation in Charles County, according to court...
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On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., several suspects approached the victim who was walking in the area of Promenade Place in Waldorf. They pulled a firearm and demanded the victim’s jacket, shoes, and cell phone. The victim complied and the suspects fled in a vehicle. While on the scene, officers observed the...
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