UPDATE 4/6/2018 @ 12:15 p.m.: On April 5, 32018, at 8:07 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5000 block of Fallen Timber Way in Indian Head for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation revealed a husband and wife were involved in an argument inside their house when...
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A Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation resulted in the arrest last night of a suspect who is charged with multiple crimes ranging from the repeated rapes of a victim that began when she was a juvenile to the production and possession of child pornography. The accused is identified as...
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On March 31, 2018. at approximately 1:30 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls about several subjects breaking into cars in Waldorf neighborhoods. A witness provided a vehicle lookout, which responding officers observed as they arrived. Officers stopped an SUV, which was occupied by five juveniles and two young adults,...
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On April 3, 2018, at approximately 3:25 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 7400 block of Shirley Boulevard in Port Tobacco for the report of a missing person who possibly drowned. When officers arrived, they met with EMS who had arrived on the scene minutes before. A preliminary investigation...
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UPDATE: On Thursday, April 5, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier sentenced former District Heights Police Officer Clyde Douglas Parks, Jr., 48 of Waldorf, to 11 years in prison for the Sexual Abuse of a Minor. On May 24, 2017, the Charles County Department of Social Services received a mandatory report...
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On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, a deputy from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of St. Paul’s Drive, in Waldorf, after numerous citizens had called 911 and said that a male was forcing a female into a vehicle against her will. Callers said the female was yelling, screaming and struggling with...
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An Anne Arundel County man was arrested and charged this morning after a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation developed evidence supporting charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. The suspect is identified as Edward William Weekley, 25, of Arnold, Md. He is charged with two counts of distribution...
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UPDATE 4/4/2018: Howard Anthony Straughn, 18, of Hollywood, was charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct for the beating of a fellow student at Leonardtown High School. Straughn pleaded guilty to second-degree assault.udge Straughn was sentenced to 18 months in the St. Mary’s County Detention Center, by Judge Riddle, with all but six...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department Homicide Unit arrested a suspect in connection with a homicide in Oxon Hill on Sunday. The suspect is 21-year-old Rickey Penn of the 2300 block of Avalon Court in Waldorf. He’s charged with fatally shooting 26-year-old Stephon Mathis of Linwood Drive in Oxon Hill. On April 1st, at approximately 6:00 pm, patrol officers responded...
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St. Mary’s County Public Schools has coordinated increased law enforcement patrols with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office (SMCSO). The patrols will begin on Monday, April 2, 2018, and continue for the remainder of this school year ending on the last day of school. The purpose of the patrols is to provide for a...
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On Friday, March 23, 2018 at approximately 6:55 p.m., Trooper B. Meurrens from the Maryland State Police, Leonardtown Barrack was on patrol in a marked patrol vehicle in the area of Great Mills Road and South Essex Drive when he observed a black S430 Mercedes traveling east on Great Mills Road with darkly tinted...
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A Prince George’s County man was arrested and charged this morning after a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation developed evidence supporting charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. The suspect is identified as Arturo Rodriquez-Salazar, 30, of Hyattsville. He is charged with two counts of distribution of child...
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On March 23 at 9:59 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a barbershop in the 2900 block of Shasho Place in Waldorf for the report of a stabbing. Investigation showed two employees of the shop were involved in an altercation with each other when they both produced knives and stabbed...
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The following is a sample of recent arrests, crimes and investigations handled by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. On March 23, 2018 Deputy Gott conducted a traffic stop in the area of S. Solomons Island Road in front of Sears. While making contact with the driver later identified as Thomas Clarke Jr, 59, of...
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The following persons are wanted by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit is responsible for the service of criminal and child support warrants as well as criminal summonses issued by the courts. They are also responsible for coordinating extraditions of suspects out of state. If you have information...
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On Sunday, March 25, 2018, Deputy Fox from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Bayside road, in Chesapeake Beach, for the report of a burglary. The victim stated that an unknown male had entered his residence. After obtaining a description of the male, he was located in the area of the North Beach Volunteer...
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On Friday, March 23 at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single family home in the 2500 block of Archway Lane in Bryans Road after a man called 911 to report a stabbing. When officers arrived, they located the man who had lacerations to his hands. They...
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Evidence indicates at approximately 7:57 am on March 20, 2018, the shooter, fired a single shot from a handgun in Great Mills High School Hallway F, striking Jaelynn Willey and Desmond Barnes. The shooter continued walking through the school, and was confronted by School Resource Officer, Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill, in Hallway D....
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On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, Deputy EshIeman from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a theft in progress call at the Victoria’s Secret located in the St. Charles Towne Center Mall. While responding, a second theft in progress call came out for the Kohl’s which is in the same mall. The description of...
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On March 19, 2018, at approximately 8:45 pm, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the 27000 block of Budds Creek Road, in Mechanicsville, for the report of a single vehicle collision. Upon arrival, deputies located a single vehicle off the roadway into a tree. The operator of the vehicle sustained...
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On Friday, March 23, 2018, as students arrived to school, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office that were working an assignment at Calvert High School learned that a social media threat was made sometime the night prior. The deputies worked with the school administration to investigate the threat. The student was quickly located...
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On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, a Charles County jury, after a 6 day trial, convicted Miguel Angel Santana, 27 of Waldorf, of First Degree Murder of Thomas Tibbs, 4 counts of Attempted Murder, 5 counts of Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Violent Crime, 9 counts of Reckless Endangerment, and three...
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Charles County Crime Solvers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the identity of a robbery suspect. On March 21, 2018, at approximately 2:10 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Drive-In Liquor located in the 10600 block of Crain Highway in Faulkner for the...
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UPDATE: SMNEWSNET has removed the name and all photos of the 17-year-old shooter in our articles, from this point on he will be referred to as “the shooter” We feel the public should see the victims faces and remember their names. All comments have also been removed for articles related to the shooting. 3/20/2018:...
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UPDATE: SMNEWSNET has removed the name and all photos of the 17-year-old shooter in our articles, from this point on he will be referred to as “the shooter” We feel the public should see the victims faces and remember their names. All comments have also been removed for articles related to the shooting. UPDATE...
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