The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of Maryland’s state fish in the Chesapeake Bay. The 2024 young-of-year index is 2.0, well below the long-term average of 11.0, and marks the sixth consecutive year of poor reproduction. “These results underscore the complexity of managing...
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On October 7, 2024, Antonio Jerrel Kornegay, 45, of Waldorf, was arrested following an alleged domestic assault at a residence on Tumbleweed Place. According to court documents, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an assault in progress at the home. Upon arrival, officers encountered Kornegay attempting to leave the scene...
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On Friday, October 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., officers responded to the Park and Ride on Route 925 in Waldorf, after being alerted there was a car in the lot with a window that had been broken out. Officers arrived and found seven cars with windows that were damaged or destroyed. Officers are continuing...
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Donald Keith Kaspar, 57, of Leonardtown, has been charged with first- and second-degree assault following a domestic violence incident at his home in Leonardtown . The charges stem from an altercation that took place on October 16, 2024, involving his wife, who remains unnamed for privacy reasons. According to court documents, officers from the...
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On October 7, 2024, Dorian Lavant Dickerson, 21, of Solomons, was arrested by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office following a reported theft at the Weis supermarket on North Prince Frederick Boulevard in Prince Frederick. According to court documents, deputies were dispatched to the scene at 9:36 a.m. after receiving information from store employees about...
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Troy Landon Collins, 47, of Nanjemoy, is facing multiple charges following a domestic incident at a residence on Port Tobacco Road on October 5, 2024. According to court records, Collins has been charged with first-degree assault, a felony, as well as two counts of second-degree assault, both misdemeanors. The charges stem from an altercation...
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On October 9, 2024, Antonio Devon Stanton, 42, of Waldorf, was arrested following an incident at the Westlake Dash In on Smallwood Drive, in Waldorf. According to court documents, Stanton faces several charges, including robbery, second-degree assault, and theft. Officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene around 5:55 a.m. after...
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UPDATE 10/17/2024 @ 9:30 a.m.: The suspect has been identified as Kenneth Louis Price, 38, of Washington, D.C. UPDATE 10/16/2024 @ 4:30 p.m.: Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported domestic assault today at approximately 10:54 a.m. at a residence in the 46000 block of Rosewood Drive in Lexington...
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On October 11, 2024, George W. Jacks, 56, of no fixed address, was arrested following an incident of alleged indecent exposure at a Walmart located on Miramar Way in California, Maryland. According to court documents, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report around 12:42 PM regarding Jacks’ behavior in the parking...
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On October 12, 2024, Diana Hernandez-Calderon, 23, of Prince Frederick, was arrested after a series of events during the early morning hours resulted in accusations of assaulting a law enforcement officer, making false reports to authorities, and using obscene language in an emergency call. The incident began around 12:30 a.m., when deputies from the...
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UPDATE 10/15/2024: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Sean Patrick Kraese, 24, of Piney Point, Maryland, was sentenced to the maximum penalty of seven years in prison after his conviction for animal cruelty and obscene material charges related to performing sexual acts on his pet dog. “The Defendant was convicted of distribution of...
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Each week, SMNEWSNET.COM will provide a list of all arrests and criminal summonses issued in St. Mary’s County. In the spirit of transparency, we are committed to keeping our community informed about local law enforcement activities. This list includes arrests made by both the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Maryland State Police,...
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Chanos Monroe, aka Chanos Gillis, 41, of District Heights, MD, pleaded guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm – prior felony conviction, for the 2022 murder of Keith Sistare, 52, at a BP gas station along Benning Rd. Northeast, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith,...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested and charged two suspects in connection with a fatal shooting inside of a Foot Locker store on Thursday in Hillcrest Heights. The suspects are 19-year-old Andres Rodriguez-Corona of Waldorf and 22-year-old Carl Sanders of Washington, DC. They are charged in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Dominique...
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UPDATE 10/11/2024: Brandon Alexander Turner, 23, of Greenbelt, was sentenced on October 11, 2024, to life imprisonment, with 40 years of active time, for the attempted first degree murder of Calvert County Master Deputy Sheriff James Flynt. Turner also received consecutive sentences for first degree assaults on Deputy Anthony Aranda and Deputy Tyler Bowen....
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UPDATE 10/10/2023: On October 7, 2024, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Maryland State Police responded to a report that a man had been struck by a vehicle at Spring Valley Drive and Valley Court in Lexington Park. The pedestrian was identified as 53-year-old Demeatrum Scarborough, also known as “Felly,” sustained critical injuries. The driver of...
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UPDATE 10/11/2024: On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 2:35 p.m., officers responded to the 11200 block of St. Christopher Drive in White Plains for the report of a stabbing. A preliminary investigation showed three teens were walking home after being dropped off by a school bus when they were approached by a group of other...
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On October 2, 2024, Patricia Elaine Thomas, 63, of Lexington Park, was arrested following an incident where she allegedly struck a woman with her vehicle. According to court documents, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland State Police were called to the scene of the reported assault on Valley Court in Lexington Park...
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On October 6, 1997, at approximately 6 p.m., officers with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a field near the Charles County Fairgrounds. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased female wrapped in a blanket. The female was identified as Elizabeth Sloane, a 33-year-old resident of Capitol Heights, Maryland. Sloane was transported to the...
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On Friday, October 4, 2024, at approximately 11:51 p.m., an officer observed a Ford Explorer traveling southbound on Crain Highway near Shining Willow Way weaving and driving in an erratic manner. Upon stopping the vehicle, the officer observed the driver presenting bloodshot and glassy eyes. A strong odor of alcoholic beverage was also noticed...
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After a 5-day trial, a federal jury returned a verdict against Timothy Darren Proctor, age 40, finding Proctor guilty of felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crime. The guilty verdict was announced by Erek L. Barron, United...
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Demetrius Puifory, 46, of California, Maryland, is a convicted murderer. Puifory now faces additional charges after authorities uncovered a homemade weapon at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center. The incident occurred on September 30, 2024, when Correctional Officer B. Connelly, during a routine inspection of Puifory’s cell, found a suspicious object concealed...
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Keanu Destine Grissett, age 23, of Waldorf, is facing charges of first- and second-degree assault after an alleged domestic altercation on September 26, 2024. According to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a distress call at Amber Leaf Apartments in Waldorf, where they encountered a female victim who reported being physically assaulted...
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UPDATE 10/3/2024: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 3-day trial, convicted Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, 25, of Waldorf, of five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Third-Degree Sexual Offense. On March 22, 2023, officers with the...
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Ashley Renee Harvey, 30, of Lexington Park, is facing charges of theft and trespassing after two incidents at Weis Markets on Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park, in September 2024. According to court documents, Harvey stole seafood valued at $146.96 across two visits to the store between September 18 and September 25, 2024. According...
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