Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have charged a suspect in connection with the possession of child pornography. Between January and April of 2023, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received 14 Cyber tips, which were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) by a cloud storage provider. The tips outlined a user...
Read More »
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...
Read More »
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...
Read More »
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...
Read More »
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...
Read More »
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...
Read More »
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...
Read More »
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....
Read More »
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that took place Saturday night in the Largo area. The decedent is 16-year-old Kesean Hunt of Accokeek. On November 16, 2024, at approximately 9:00 pm, officers responded to the 700 block of Harry S Truman Drive for the report of a...
Read More »
UPDATE 11/18/2024: Lucas Graham Hockaday, 23, of Leonardtown has been charged with multiple offenses after an altercation in Lexington Park on November 10, 2024. Lucas Graham Hockaday is facing charges of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and second-degree assault. According to court records filed by Detective David M. Lawrence of the St. Mary’s County...
Read More »
A domestic disturbance call on Sunday, November 17, 2024, resulted in the arrest of three men at a residence on North Sandgates Road. John Edward Nichols, Jr., 34, of Mechanicsville, was arrested during the incident. Nichols, Jr. was charged with violations of protective orders and resisting arrest. John Edward Nichols, Sr., 57, of Mechanicsville,...
Read More »
State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Keion Steven Brooks, 26, of Great Mills, was convicted of the first-degree murder of a 19-year-old victim and the attempted first-degree murders of five additional teenagers for his participation in a drive-by shooting that occurred on January 12, 2022. “I want to thank the members of the...
Read More »
Officers assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Judicial Services Domestic Violence Unit recently developed information that a man, wanted in connection with 111 violations of a domestic related protective order, was in North Carolina. Officers contacted the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office who agreed to extradite the man back to Charles County, MD....
Read More »
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, at approximately 7:01 p.m., police responded to the Blimpies located at 21141 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported shooting. The 911 caller advised he was shot in the foot approximately 20 minutes ago at the gas station and then walked home. First Responders responded to the...
Read More »
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, at approximately 6:37 p.m., police responded to the area of North Essex Drive and Hancock Road in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 calls reporting a large fight. Prior to police arrival, additional callers then stated one subject was suffering from stab wounds. Officers and emergency medical services responded to...
Read More »
On the evening of October 21, 2024, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were called to investigate reports of a man behaving erratically at the intersection of Sea Gull Beach Road and Dawn Road in Prince Frederick. Responding to the complaint of a male stumbling in the roadway, Deputy First Class Tunnell arrived...
Read More »
On October 27, 2024, Deputy Campbell responded to the Wawa located at 305 Market Square Drive in Prince Frederick, for a person asleep behind the wheel of a running vehicle at the gas pumps. Upon arrival, contact was made with Joshua Alan Dalrymple, 30, of Prince Frederick. Deputies observed a glass smoking device with...
Read More »
On November 5, 2024, Korey Tyrell Moore, 44, of Leonardtown, was taken into custody by Trooper Michael Posch of the Maryland State Police, Leonardtown Barrack, following a traffic stop that led to drug-related charges. The arrest occurred after the trooper observed Moore’s vehicle, a white Honda Pilot, with a non-functioning headlight while driving northbound...
Read More »
On November 5, 2024, Thomas Newton Ferrall, 71, of Hollywood, Maryland, was formally charged with 56 counts related to illegal wildlife possession, following an investigation tied to a significant multi-agency probe initiated after a shed fire on November 3, 2024. The fire, extinguished with the help of the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department and other...
Read More »
UPDATE: Following an investigation into three seemingly unprovoked assaults on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office have arrested and charged Malachi Alexander Steele, 22, of Lexington Park. The incidents left one victim with injuries, requiring hospitalization. The Sheriff’s Office received the first report at 10:32 a.m., with two...
Read More »
11/4/2024: The felony charge of accessory after the fact against John Curtis Reeves IV, initially filed in St. Mary’s County District Court, has been removed from case search records, along with the related court documents. However, multiple traffic charges connected to the high-speed chase remain active in District Court. According to court documents obtained...
Read More »
On Friday, November 1, 2024, at approximately 11:50 p.m., first responders, including police, firefighters, and EMS, were dispatched to the 45000 block of Breezy Lane in Hollywood for a reported gunshot victim. Upon arrival, they located a 19-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the upper body. The victim was conscious, alert, and breathing....
Read More »
Leonardo Darrell Harrod, 41, of Leonardtown, has been arrested and charged in St. Mary’s County with first-degree assault and other related offenses following a reported domestic incident involving a weapon. The charges stem from an alleged confrontation on October 28, 2024, with his girlfriend, who claims she was threatened with a knife and assaulted....
Read More »
John William Loar III, 53, of Bushwood, was sentenced on November 1, 2024, to eighteen months behind bars following his guilty plea to charges of illegally possessing firearms despite a previous felony conviction. Loar, convicted of assault in 2009, faced multiple charges after authorities discovered firearms and ammunition at his residence, which he was...
Read More »
Lashawn Nicole Lewis, age 50, of Waldorf, faces two felony charges of second-degree burglary after her arrest on October 30, 2024, at an apartment complex in Leonardtown. According to court documents, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy James Morgan responded to a call reporting a break-in at on Hamptons Blvd. around 8:30 a.m. on...
Read More »
