UPDATE: 12/24/2025: Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown, 22, of Waldorf, was convicted by a Charles County jury on December 16, 2025, of second-degree murder in the death of Gloristine Pinkney, along with multiple theft, burglary, and property destruction charges, following a seven-day jury trial, according to an announcement from State’s Attorney Tony Covington. Covington stated...
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On Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at approximately 3:38 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Royal Farms in Charlotte Hall for the reported unknown aged victim not breathing. 911 callers reporting an unknown aged victim was not breathing and located in a vehicle at the gas pumps. Crews arrived on the...
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UPDATE 12/23/2025 @ 8:30 P.M.: Rekeia Myshay Reid, 25, of Waldorf, and D’Vontay Keron Allen, 24, of Waldorf, were arrested and charged following a narcotics and firearms investigation at an apartment on Gallery Place, according to court documents. According to court records, officers with the Narcotics Enforcement Section and the Neighborhood Enforcement Team, with...
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On Thursday, December 18, 2025, at approximately 2:59 a.m., officers responded to the 2600 block of Rooks Head Place in Waldorf for the report of a pedestrian struck by a car. When officers arrived, they located a male lying in the parking lot suffering from multiple injuries. He was flown to a hospital in...
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Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson announced today that 34-year-old Rakeem Gilgeours has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Gilgeours was sentenced to the maximum sentence for each count: 25 years for first-degree assault, 20 years for use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and 15 years for illegal...
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Three men received life sentences, today, for federal conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving murders, attempted murders, and drug trafficking, as well as murder in aid of racketeering charges. Wilson Arturo “Humilde” “Marco Saravia” Constanza-Galdomez, 26, of El Salvador; Edis Omar “Little Felon” Valenzuela-Rodriguez, 24, of Honduras; and Jonathan “Truney” Pesquera-Puerto, 24,...
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On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at approximately 9:30 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf, for the reported subject shot. 911 Dispatchers advised the 911 callers were uncooperative, stated someone had been shot but provided no further information. Police arrived on the scene to...
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UPDATE 12/15/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that William Francis Dixon, 52, of Mechanicsville, Maryland was convicted of attempted kidnapping, armed robbery, and other charges stemming from a March 2025 incident where he attacked a female victim with a knife in Mechanicsville, Maryland. After a five-day trial, a St. Mary’s County jury found Dixon...
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UPDATE 12/16/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Lee L. Richardson, 24, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, was sentenced to LIFE in prison for the first-degree murder of a 19-year-old victim. In January 2025, the victim’s family reported their loved one missing. The family communicated daily with the young man until January 21, 2025, when...
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A suspect is in custody in Pennsylvania and charged with fatally shooting his mother inside of their Temple Hills home on Thursday. The suspect is 24-year-old Damari Lipscomb. He’s charged with murdering 45-year-old Adia Lipscomb Mingo. On December 11, 2025, at approximately 8:50 am, officers responded to the 6900 block of Westchester Court for...
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Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry and members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office honored 23 retirees and 27 award recipients at its Annual Retirement and Awards Banquet held recently at the Greater Waldorf Jaycees. Honorees were recognized for their dedicated service, excellent fieldwork, and acts of bravery and heroism. NBC News 4 Anchor...
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Maryland State Police arrested an Anne Arundel County man on Thursday after an investigation developed evidence of the solicitation of a child pornography. The suspect is identified as Shawn Livingston, 38, of Annapolis, Maryland. He is charged with sexual solicitation of a minor and knowingly permitting sexual solicitation of a minor. He was transported...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is actively working to determine the circumstances of a fatal shooting late Monday night inside of a business. During this incident, an armed private security guard fatally shot a patron. The deceased patron is 50-year-old Donald Wayne Hunt of Waldorf. On December 8, 2025, at approximately...
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Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR) announced a settlement with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., resolving allegations that the company discriminated against a group of students from Dr. James Craik Elementary School based on their disabilities during a visit to its Waldorf, Maryland restaurant. The incident occurred...
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UPDATE 12/04/2025: PGPD’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man in connection with Wednesday’s fatal shooting at the MGM National Harbor. The suspect is 22-year-old Benjamin Williams of Fort Washington. He is charged with the murder of 23-year-old Darnell Hawkins Jr. of Washington, DC. On December 3, 2025, at approximately 11:55 am, officers responded...
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Charles County Crime Solvers is offering a cash reward in reference to a reckless endangerment case that occurred on November 30th, 2025, at 8:15 p.m. in which unknown suspect(s) fired several rounds from a handgun into an apartment in the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf. None of the occupants inside were injured....
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The expanded patrols will focus on preventing theft from vehicles, promoting responsible driving, and ensuring residents and visitors feel safe during one of the busiest times of the year. Deputies will be highly visible in commercial areas, particularly during peak shopping hours, and will continue proactive patrols in residential communities. In addition to crime...
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On Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 4:32 p.m., officers responded to Mall Circle Drive in Waldorf, for the report of a theft that just occurred inside a business. Officers located the subject inside a different store and while attempting to arrest the suspect, he resisted but was taken into custody without further incident. Stolen...
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UPDATE 11/26/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that a St. Mary’s County jury convicted Joseph Daren Brooks, 23, of Lexington Park, Maryland, of charges that include first-degree murder, the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, and regulated firearm possession by a disqualified person for his role in the...
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On Thursday, November 27, 2025, at approximately 3:05 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. 911 callers reported a single vehicle on the median with unknown injuries. Police arrived on the...
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On Sunday, November 16, 2025, at approximately 12:20 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 39000 block of Harpers Corner Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported stabbing. Dispatchers advised to all responding units the 911 caller was uncooperative with the victim possibly suffering from stab wounds to the chest or neck....
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UPDATE 11/12/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, October 31, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Martino Marcus Young, 21, to 18 years in prison for Armed Carjacking, Armed Robbery, two counts of First-Degree Assault, four counts of Use of a Firearm During the...
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Maryland State Police Homicide Unit charged a Prince George’s County man with the murder of Nyah Hairston, a 20-year-old woman shot while driving on the Capital Beltway last year. The accused is identified as Dominec Proctor, 28 of Glenn Dale, Maryland. Proctor is charged with first-degree murder. He is currently being held without bond...
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Investigators continue to seek information in the road-rage deaths of Charles Marks and Delonte Hicks. Police urge the public to step forward with any information that may lead to an arrest in these cases to become eligible for up to $60,000 total in reward money. On Sunday, January 30, 2022, Charles Harrison Marks, IV,...
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On Wednesday November 5,2025, four students assaulted two other students inside the school. School administrators intervened and separated the students. One student sustained injuries to their face. The four students who initiated the assault will be charged in connection with this case; they also face school consequences in accordance with the Charles County Public...
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