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Virginia Man Arrested in Great Mills for Possession with Intent to Distribute

Virginia Man Arrested in Great Mills for Possession with Intent to Distribute

On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at approximately 1:20 a.m., Trooper First Class Meurrens, from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, conducted a traffic stop in the area of Old Great Mills Road and Point Lookout Road, in Great Mills. Upon making contact with the occupants, a strong odor of marijuana was detected. During a probable...
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Two Arrested in Calvert for Crack Pipe and Reckless Driving

Two Arrested in Calvert for Crack Pipe and Reckless Driving

On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at approximately 5:00 p.m., Deputy Durner of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Solomon’s Island Road in the Area of HG Trueman Road after observing a vehicle swerving between lanes and force a passing car onto the shoulder. Deputy Durner activated his emergency equipment and...
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State Police Arrest St. Leonard Man For Illegally Carrying A Firearm and DUI

State Police Arrest St. Leonard Man For Illegally Carrying A Firearm and DUI

State Police arrested a Calvert County man for illegally carrying a firearm and for driving under the influence on Monday, October 2, 2017. The accused is identified as Brian Beltz, 40, of St. Leonard. Beltz was arrested and charged criminally for illegally wearing, carrying and transporting a handgun, driving under the influence, and other...
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State Police Arrest California Man for Drug Possession and Firearm Violations

State Police Arrest California Man for Drug Possession and Firearm Violations

On September 5, 2017 at approximately 6:00 p.m., Trooper First Class, A. Oyler of the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, responded to South Springsteen Court, in California, for a reported disturbance. Upon arrival, she located a male subject who was yelling and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and some sort of...
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California Man Awaiting Trial Eats Marijuana During Traffic Stop in Owings

California Man Awaiting Trial Eats Marijuana During Traffic Stop in Owings

On Friday, September 1, 2017 Deputy Mohler of the Calvert County Sherriff Office while participating in a traffic enforcement assignment received information from a fellow Deputy operating a laser speed detection device on Southern Maryland Boulevard in the area of Briscoe Turn Road, in Owings regarding a speeding vehicle. Deputy Mohler was advised a...
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Lexington Park Women Arrested for Oxycodone After Traffic Stop in Lusby

Katina Willieast Jenkins, 40, of Lexington Park (booking photo from a 2013 arrest)

On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at approximately 7:00 p.m. Deputy Gott of the Calvert County Sherriff Office was patrolling in the area of Rousby Hall Road and Clubhouse Drive, in Lusby when his license plate reader system advised that a silver Pontiac was being driven with a suspended registration. Depututy Gott confirmed the suspended...
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Search Warrant in Charles County Leads to Drug And Firearm Charges

Search Warrant in Charles County Leads to Drug And Firearm Charges

On September 29, 2017, detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Section as well as members of the Emergency Services Team executed a search and seizure warrant at a residence in the 1200 block of Bannister Circle in Waldorf. Pursuant to the search, marijuana, distribution paraphernalia, and a handgun were recovered. Andarius...
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Police in Charles County Looking for Additional Theft Victims

Police in Charles County Looking for Additional Theft Victims

On Thursday, September 5, 2017, a victim witnessed a man stealing property from his garage. An investigation followed, and a suspect was developed. On September 26, Detectives Burgess and Weaver went to a vacant residence in the 8100 block of Bensville Road in Waldorf where they suspected stolen property was being stored. Upon arrival,...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Make Arrest in Piney Point Burglaries

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Make Arrest in Piney Point Burglaries

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Deputy Phillip Robinson of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to two burglaries to businesses located in the Piney Point area. During the investigation a similar method of operation was identified and video surveillance captured a vehicle in the area at the time of the offenses.  Deputy Robinson...
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Indian Head Man Arrested on Drug and Gun Charges

Indian Head Man Arrested on Drug and Gun Charges

On September 22, detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Section as well as members of the Emergency Services Team executed a search and seizure warrant at a residence in the 4000 block of Indian Head Highway in Indian Head. Pursuant to the search, crack cocaine, distribution paraphernalia, U.S. currency, and a...
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VIDEO: Motor Vehicle Accident Involving a Maryland State Trooper in California, Maryland

VIDEO: Motor Vehicle Accident Involving a Maryland State Trooper in California, Maryland

On Thursday, September 28, 2017, at approximately 11:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue crews responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and First Colony Boulevard, in California, for the report of a motor vehicle accident. First responders arrived on scene to discover a motor vehicle accident with injuries involving a Maryland State Police, marked SUV,...
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Waldorf Man Sentenced to 58 Years in Prison for Murder of Teen in La Plata

Waldorf Man Sentenced to 58 Years in Prison for Murder of Teen in La Plata

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Tyreq Kaylin Tilghman and his three co-defendants for their respective roles in the murder of Mason Atkins and the assault of Nicholas Brennan during an event that occurred on Mona Farm Place in La Plata on September 25, 2016. Tyreq...
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Prince Fredrick Walmart Shoplifter Wears Stolen Clothes Out the Door

Prince Fredrick Walmart Shoplifter Wears Stolen Clothes Out the Door

On Saturday, September 2, 2017, Deputy Yates of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Walmart in Prince Frederick for a reported theft. Calvert County Deputies Yates and Kreps arrived at the Walmart to find the suspect, later identified as Rashaun Peebles, 38, of Prince Frederick, had fled on foot. Police located Peebles...
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Speed Camera Locations for Charles County 9/25/2017 to 9/29/2017

Speed Camera Locations for Charles County 9/25/2017 to 9/29/2017

During the week of September 25, to September 29, 2017, automated speed enforcement cameras will be activated in the following school zones: Smallwood Drive at Wade Elementary School Indian Head Highway at Smallwood Middle School Marshall Corner Road at McDonough High School Oliver’s Shop Road at T.C. Martin Elementary School Cameras are activated Monday through...
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Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Involving a Calvert County Police Car Under Investigation

Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Involving a Calvert County Police Car Under Investigation

UPDATE: Sheriff Mike Evans Posted the following information on his Facebook page. Early this morning DFC Vaughn Evans was southbound on Rt 4 in Prince Frederick when another vehicle traveling north in the southbound lane struck his patrol vehicle. DFC Evans was flown to Shock Trauma and has since been released with non-life threatening...
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Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose at St. Mary’s County Detention Center Leads to Charges

Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose at St. Mary’s County Detention Center Leads to Charges

On Friday, June 9, 2017  an inmate housed in the work release section of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center was found unresponsive and transported to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment. The investigation determined the inmate had overdosed on heroin/fentanyl which had been brought into the facility by another inmate identified as Saeed...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested for Indecent Exposure

Lexington Park Man Arrested for Indecent Exposure

On Saturday, August 26, 2017, Deputy J. Bush of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46000 block of Chapman Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of an indecent exposure. The victim alleged Rodolfo Palacios Ramirez, 52, of Lexington Park, was banging on the her back door. She answered the door...
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Drunken Virginia Man Arrested for Loaded Shotgun on Passenger Seat of Truck

Drunken Virginia Man Arrested for Loaded Shotgun on Passenger Seat of Truck

On Thursday, July 20, 2017 Deputy Fennessey of the St. Mary’s County Sherriff’s Office responded to downtown Leonardtown for a reported traffic incident with a gun involved. Deputy Fennessey met with the victim who stated he observed a male operating a black pick-up truck, remove a shotgun from the rear of his vehicle and...
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Mechanicsville Man Arrested on Gun Charges, Threatens to Kill Police

Mechanicsville Man Arrested on Gun Charges, Threatens to Kill Police

On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, Deputy Smith, from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Golden Beach Road, and Beach Drive, in Mechanicsville. Police were responding to a 911 call reporting a subject armed with a handgun and selling unknown drugs. The caller advised the suspect was a male and...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Asking for Public’s Help Identifying Wallet Theft Suspects

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Asking for Public’s Help Identifying Wallet Theft Suspects

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in identifying the suspects pictured below. On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at 11:45 a.m., both suspects were seen rummaging through the employee office area of the Rent-A-Center store located at 21600 Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park, Maryland. An employee later discovered her wallet had been stolen from her purse which was in the...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Asking for Public’s Help Identifying Theft Suspect

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Asking for Public’s Help Identifying Theft Suspect

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in identifying the suspect pictured below. On Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 12:18 PM, the suspect used a stolen Target gift card at the Target store located at 45155 First Colony Blvd. in California, Maryland. The gift card had been inside a birthday...
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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 the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, La Plata Town Police Department, Department of Natural Resources, and Maryland Transportation Authority will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, in Charles County, Maryland. Motorists are encouraged to appoint a designated driver or use public...
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California Men Arrested After Caught Stealing Two 55 Inch TVs from Walmart

California Men Arrested After Caught Stealing Two 55 Inch TVs from Walmart

On Monday, August 28, 2017, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Walmart located at Miramar Way, in California, after an off-duty police officer from the Marlow Heights Police Department contacted the Emergency Communication Center in reference to a theft in progress. The off-duty officer said he observed a black...
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Heroin Found on Couch During Welfare Check in North Beach

Heroin Found on Couch During Welfare Check in North Beach

On Friday, September 8, 2017 Deputy Migliaccio of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on 4th Street, in North Beach for a welfare check. Deputy Migliaccio made contact with Matthew Hutchinson, 27, of North Beach. Deputy Migliaccio observed Hutchinson to be possibly under the influence. An investigation found a freshly used...
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Trespasser Found Sleeping on Boat at Rod N Reel Marina

Trespasser Found Sleeping on Boat at Rod N Reel Marina

On Saturday, September 9, 2017 Deputy Migliaccio of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Rod N Reel Marina West located on Gordon Stinnett Ave, Chesapeake Beach for a trespassing complaint. The Rod-N-Reel Security stated that a boat appeared to have been tampered with. They have noticed this particular boat, for multiple nights...
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