On Friday, March 8, 2024, at approximately 6:40 p.m., officers responded to a road rage incident and non-contact shooting on the ramp from Route 32 East onto the Baltimore Washington Parkway South. A female suspect and female victim, who are known to each other, were engaged in a road rage incident in the area...
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UPDATE 3/13/2024: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Fugitive Unit located a sixth suspect in connection with the murder of a toddler in February. The suspect is a 17-year-old male from Beltsville. He is charged as an adult in this case, with first degree murder and related charges. He is in the custody of...
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On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, around 2:30 a.m., multiple 911 callers reported shots fired in the area of Midway Drive and Weeping Willow Lane in Lexington Park. An additional 911 caller reported several shots were fired into a residence located in the 21000 block of Weeping Willow Lane. No injuries were reported. Detectives from...
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On Saturday, March 9, 2024, police responded to Southampton Drive in Lexington Park, for a reported assault in progress. Upon arrival, contact was made with the female caller, as well as a second female victim. Victim 2 was bleeding from her left hand. She stated that herself, Victim 1, and John Wilson were having...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the implementation of the NextRequest application, a solution designed to enhance and expedite the process of obtaining police records and Maryland’s Public Information Act (PIA) requests. This progressive move represents the Agency’s commitment to transparency, efficiency, and improved public access to law enforcement information. Key...
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UPDATE 3/12/2024: On March 11 at 2:28 p.m., the victim, an 18-year-old male, was walking in the area of Ryon Court in Waldorf when he observed several males wearing ski masks approaching him. The victim fled into the lobby of a nearby office building located in the 3600 block of Leonardtown Road and removed...
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Jonathan P. Santos, 24 of Marietta, Geogia, was sentenced in Calvert County Circuit Court on March 8, 2024, to 30 years incarceration, with 10 years active, for the crimes of sex abuse of a minor and second-degree rape. Upon release from prison, Santos will be on 5 years supervised probation and required to register...
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On Sunday, March 10, 2024, at approximately 10:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 3000 block of October Place in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. The 911 caller reported the victim was stabbed and losing a large amount of blood, no other information was given. First Responders arrived on the scene...
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On Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 8:09 p.m., an officer assigned to the Neighborhood Enforcement Team initiated a traffic stop at St. Charles Parkway and St. Thomas Drive after observing several traffic violations, including expired tags and inoperable lights. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer observed suspected cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The driver exited...
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On Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 2:45 p.m., a student from Piccowaxen Middle School was on the school bus heading home when another student struck them over the head several times with a steel water bottle. The bus driver called for assistance and drove back to the school where the injured student was seen...
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Homicide Unit detectives charged a father in connection with the death of his infant daughter. The suspect is 27-year-old Joseph Barrett of Takoma Park. He is charged with the murder of four-month-old Jaliyah Thompson. On January 6, 2024, at approximately 6:20 am, officers responded to a motel in the 9400 block of Largo Drive...
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On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 9:08 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Patrol Bureau responded to the CVS Pharmacy located at 10095 Ward Road in Dunkirk, for the report of a theft that just occurred. The complainant advised two black males entered the store, stole body lotion from the shelf, and fled the...
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UPDATE 3/4/2024: On Saturday, March 2, 2024, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to Ronald Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of another shooting. Upon arrival, deputies located an adult male with a gunshot wound to his lower leg, the individual was identified as Dakarai Amon Mason, 18, of Lexington...
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On Friday, March 1, 2024, after less than an hour of deliberation, a federal jury convicted Donte Antwaun Herring, age 24, of Washington, D.C., for the armed robberies of two phone stores in December 2020. The guilty verdict was announced by Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland; Acting Special...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the unincorporated section of Takoma Park. The victim’s name will be released once he is identified and his family is notified. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment...
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On February 29, 2024, Charles County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Steven James Hardeman, age 37, of Newburg, in connection with two cases of sexual abuse of minors. The arrest stems from an investigation in which two victims reported being sexually assaulted by Hardeman who was a martial arts instructor at the American Martial Arts Gym...
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February 28, 2024: Maryland State Police are investigating an armed robbery and assault that occurred early this morning in Prince George’s County. At approximately 2:30 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack responded to a report of a robbery and assault on the outer loop of Interstate 495. According to a...
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On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Malic Quinn Freeland, 23, was pronounced deceased at the shock trauma center, where he had been undergoing treatment following an incident. Mr. Freeland was the operator of the vehicle involved in an accident on Monday, February 26, 2024. Upon initial investigation, it was found that the car accident was...
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On February 23, 2024, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a deputy from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Winslow Court, in Waldorf, for the report of four suspicious males in all black wearing ski masks standing out front of a home attempting to assault a child of the residence. Upon arrival police observed four...
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Police arrested Drake Joseph Riley, 18, of Lexington Park, for Illegal possession of a firearm, possession of a handgun in a vehicle and possession of a loaded handgun in vehicle. According to court documents, while in jail for two armed robberies that occurred on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, Delano Jurail Parham-Nash Jr....
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On Friday, February 23, 2024, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division, and Special Operations Division executed a search and seizure warrant at a residence in the 21000 block of Great Mills Road Lexington Park. During the search of the residence police located suspected fentanyl, cocaine, oxycodone, numerous...
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On Saturday, February 24, 2024, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a disturbance in the 21000 block of Morris Drive in Lexington Park, MD. Upon arrival, a victim was found with a significant laceration to the throat. Emergency medical personnel were dispatched and responded to find a...
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On Thursday, February 22, 2024, Jonathan F. Huffman, 38 of Prince Frederick, was sentenced to 50 years in prison, with 18 years of active incarceration, for sex abuse of a minor and second degree rape. In imposing this sentence, Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Mark S. Chandlee described Huffman as “a wolf in sheep’s...
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CHARLES COUNTY PRESS RELEASE: On Friday, February 23, 2024, at 1:30 a.m., officers responded to the area of Crain Highway in Newburg for the report of shots fired. The caller advised he was following a car in which the driver, who is known to him, shot at him minutes earlier. The driver, David Arthur...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Gang Unit and Narcotics Enforcement Division recovered approximately 30 kilos of cocaine at a home in the Lewisdale area. The net worth of the seized drugs is more than three million dollars. The suspect is 37-year-old Willians Quintanilla Beltran of Lewisdale. During the course of the investigation, detectives...
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