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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Theft Scheme

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Theft Scheme

On August 23 at 1:30 p.m., officers responded to the 3200 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf for the report of a theft. Investigation showed a lone male suspect approached a woman as she left a grocery store in Clinton. The man, who spoke with a heavy accent, told the victim he won $80,000...
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Sobriety Checkpoint to be Conducted in Charles County

Sobriety Checkpoint to be Conducted in Charles County

The Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack, in partnership with other law enforcement agencies throughout Charles County, will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Wednesday, August 30th, 2017. There is zero-tolerance for driving while impaired by alcohol and/or drugs. It’s not worth the risk…to your life or the life of another. No excuses will...
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Mayland State Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Accident in Solomons

Mayland State Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Accident in Solomons

On Sunday, August 27, 2017, at approximately 1:10 pm, Trooper First Class Rucker from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack responded to a motor vehicle crash at Route 4 and Patuxent Point Parkway in Solomons. The collision involved several vehicles including a Ford Expedition and Toyota Tacoma. The Ford Expedition rolled over during...
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St. Mary’s County Woman Sentenced for Stealing Funds From Developmentally Disabled Adults

St. Mary’s County Woman Sentenced for Stealing Funds From Developmentally Disabled Adults

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that Anita Nelson, 42, of Great Mills, pleaded guilty to the charge that she stole personal funds from residents of a facility that provides services for developmentally disabled adults. Saint Mary’s County Circuit Court Judge Karen H. Abrahms sentenced Nelson to two years’ incarceration, all suspended,...
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Revolving Door of Justice Continues for Antwaun Marquis Somerville

Revolving Door of Justice Continues for Antwaun Marquis Somerville

UPDATE 8/29/2017: On Friday, August 25, 2017, Antwaun Marquis Somerville, 28, of Great Mills plead guilty for possession of controlled dangerous substance (CDS) with intent to distribute and possession of a regulated firearm after being convicted of a disqualifying crime. In Circuit Court For St. Mary’s County, Judge, David W. Densford sentenced Somerville, to five...
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Prince George’s Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Federal Prison For Assault With A Dangerous Weapon

Prince George’s Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Federal Prison For Assault With A Dangerous Weapon

U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Joseph Axzavis Stewart, Sr. age 58, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to 11 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for assault with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure. The sentence was announced by Acting United States Attorney...
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Check the Welfare Call in White Plains Leads to Drug Distribution Charges

Check the Welfare Call in White Plains Leads to Drug Distribution Charges

On August 15, 2017 Deputy J. Wilson from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded the area of Tahoe Place, in White Plains, for the report of a subject lying on the ground possibly having overdosed who may need medical attention. Upon arrival a witness informed police, the person they were looking for belonged to...
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State Police Arrest Virginia Man Suspected In Highway Shooting Incident In Prince George’s County

State Police Arrest Virginia Man Suspected In Highway Shooting Incident In Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police investigators arrest a Virginia man involved in an alleged highway shooting incident in Prince George’s County. The accused is identified as Jonathan Paul Boykin, 30, of the 6300 block of S. Kings Highway in Fairfax, Virginia. After consultation with the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney, Boykin was arrested and charged with...
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Two Lexington Park Men Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Gun Charges

On May 2, 2016, Deputy D. McClure of the Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division made contact with Dayshawn Martel Nolan, 24, of Lexington Park, who was an occupant of a vehicle parked in the rear lot of Lancaster Park located on Willows Rd. in Lexington Park. Dep. McClure subsequently placed Nolan under arrest for an...
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Waldorf Woman Charged After Leaving Three Children Unattended in Vehicle

Waldorf Woman Charged After Leaving Three Children Unattended in Vehicle

On Saturday, June 24, 2017, Deputy J. Plunkett form the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the TJ Maxx located at Waldorf Market Place, in Waldorf, for the report of an unattended child in a vehicle. Upon arrival, police met with a witness who advised them she observed a white BMW with three children...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Arrested at Drug Raid on St. Lo Place

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Arrested at Drug Raid on St. Lo Place

UPDATE 8/26/2017 – St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Press Release: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division received complaints about drug activity at a residence on St. Lo Place in Lexington Park. As a result of the investigation, a search and seizure warrant was obtained for the residence. The search and seizure...
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Pizza Delivery Man Robbed at Gunpoint in Lexington Park

Pizza Delivery Man Robbed at Gunpoint in Lexington Park

On Monday, August 21, 2017, at approximately 8:30 p.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office patrol division responded to Queen Anne Park Apartment Complex in Lexington Park for an armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver. The suspects were described as three teenage black males in masks. A handgun was used in...
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DC Man Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana in Waldorf

DC Man Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana in Waldorf

On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at approximately 12:15 a.m., an officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was conducting a patrol check on foot in the 4100 block of Falcon Place in Waldorf when he observed an occupied vehicle parked with its lights on. As the officer approached the vehicle, he observed the occupant...
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Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 15 years in Prison for Child Abuse

Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 15 years in Prison for Child Abuse

UPDATE: Elijah Holmes Jr., 21 of Lexington Park, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for Assault Second Degree and Child Abuse 2nd Degree, by Maryland Circuit Court Judge David Densford . The three-year-old victim is scheduled for brain surgery next month, is relearning how to walk, talk, and eat. 2/16/2017: On February 10, 2017, Detective...
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US Marshals Arrest Man in Temple Hills, Wanted for Murder in New Jersey

US Marshals Arrest Man in Temple Hills, Wanted for Murder in New Jersey

On August 22, 2017, members of the U.S. Marshal’s Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested Lisandro P Ortiz-Landaverde, 20, at an address in the 5200 block of Temple Hill Road in the Temple Hills community in Prince George’s County. Ortiz-Landaverde was wanted on an open warrant through New Jersey for Homicide....
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Waldorf Man Charged with Reckless Endangerment After Shooting

Waldorf Man Charged with Reckless Endangerment After Shooting

On Saturday, August 19, 2017, at approximately 1:35 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office  responded to the area of Leonardtown Road at St. Charles Parkway, in Waldorf, for the report of a subject firing a handgun into the air. Officers observed a subject matching the description, as well as a handgun on...
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Former Aide At Prince George’s County Elementary School Sentenced To 75 Years In Federal Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

Former Aide At Prince George’s County Elementary School Sentenced To 75 Years In Federal Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

US District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Deonte Carraway, age 23, of Glenarden, Maryland, to 75 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography, involving 12 minor victims ranging in age from nine to 13 years old. According...
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Chesapeake Beach Man Assaults 88-Year-Old Woman During Home Invasion

Chesapeake Beach Man Assaults 88-Year-Old Woman During Home Invasion

On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at approximately 5:20 pm, Trooper First Class Warrick from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack responded 3600 block of 10th Street, in North Beach for a reported theft. The victim, an 88-year-old female reported answering her door for a man she knew as “Tony”. Anthony Dale Norris, 30 of Chesapeake...
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Two Men Charged with Alcohol Violations in Lexington Park

Two Men Charged with Alcohol Violations in Lexington Park

On Wednesday. July 12, 2017, Corporal W. Ray and Corporal T. Snyder of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were in the area of Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park when they observed Joseph W. Young, 62, of Lexington Park and James A. Courtney, 59, of no fixed address, consuming alcoholic beverages in a public...
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Leonardtown Woman Arrested for Stealing Crab Legs from Grocery Store

Leonardtown Woman Arrested for Stealing Crab Legs from Grocery Store

On Monday, July 17, 2017, Corporal T. Seyfried from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Leonardtown McKay’s Foodland for a reported theft. The investigation revealed the suspect, Taneesha Shantel Washington, 25, of Leonardtown, had failed to pay for crab legs. She paid for other items, but not the two packages of...
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Robbery and Shootings Reported in St. Mary’s County

Robbery and Shootings Reported in St. Mary’s County

The following information was provided by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. No further information is available at this time. 8-18-2017 Robbery – Unknown suspect(s) stole a victim’s wallet in the 22000 block of MacArthur Boulevard in California. Deputy First Class Tirpak is investigating the case. CASE# 43804-17 8-19-2017 Reckless Endangerment – A bullet...
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House Fire in California Ruled Incendiary

House Fire in California Ruled Incendiary

On Tuesday, August 22. 2017, at approximately 12:05 a.m., firefighters responded to the 23000 block of North Patuxent Beach Road, in California for the report of a house fire. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a story, single family home on fire with heavy smoke showing. It took approximately 30 minutes for firefighters to...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Suspects Whereabouts

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Suspects Whereabouts

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office has Identified Toney Martin Thomas in three theft cases. Mr. Thomas’s  method of operation is to target female senior citizens in a commercial establishment, steal their wallet and to go to a nearby store and use the victim’s credit cards before the victim knows they have been stolen. In all...
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Police Arrest Man For Murder of Three Children in Clinton

Police Arrest Man For Murder of Three Children in Clinton

Homicide Unit detectives from the Prince George’s County Police Department arrested and charged a suspect for the murder of three young girls at a home in Clinton on Friday, August 18, 2017. The suspect is 25-year-old Antonio Williams of the 6400 block of Brooke Jane Drive, on Clinton . He’s charged in connection with...
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Police in Charles County Identify Suspects in Multiple Thefts from Autos

Police in Charles County Identify Suspects in Multiple Thefts from Autos

Recently, a large number of thefts from motor vehicles occurred in the LaPlata area. A joint investigation between the La Plata Police Department and the CCSO resulted in the arrests of several suspects. Search and seizure warrants were served, and evidence linking the suspects to the crimes was recovered. Kemonte Fleet, 18, of La...
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