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Police in Charles County Arrest Four Suspects in Burglary Case

Police in Charles County Arrest Four Suspects in Burglary Case

On May 2, 2023, at 4:19 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2700 block of Hadley Drive for the report of a burglary in progress; the residence is close to another residence which was broken into a few days prior. Officers arrived on the scene and established a perimeter....
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Lexington Park Man Arrested for Cocaine Distribution

Lexington Park Man Arrested for Cocaine Distribution

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office executed a search and seizure warrant on a Lexington Park man resulting in cocaine distribution charges. Criminal Investigations Division detectives located Deyonta Terrell Gross, age 29 of Lexington Park, driving a 2021 Hyundai Palisade at a restaurant in California. Gross was...
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19-Year-Old St. Leonard Man Charged for Breaking Into Tobacco Shop, Stealing Over $25,000 Worth of Items

19-Year-Old St. Leonard Man Charged for Breaking Into Tobacco Shop, Stealing Over $25,000 Worth of Items

On April 17, 2023, at 3:40 a.m., deputies with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to a commercial burglary at the King Smoke Tobacco Shop located at 4955 St. Leonard Road in St. Leonard. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered the front window shattered and various items stolen from the business. During...
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Impaired Anne Arundel County Woman Arrested for Impersonating Officer

Impaired Anne Arundel County Woman Arrested for Impersonating Officer

On Monday, May 1, 2023, at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers responded for a report of a person asking for illegal drugs from employees at the Shell station located at 103 Mountain Road. The responding officer located the individual seated in her vehicle, a gray Honda Civic, with the engine running in front of the...
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Two Arrested in PG County After Police Execute Search Warrant and Recover Two Dodge Chargers Stolen from New York

Two Arrested in PG County After Police Execute Search Warrant and Recover Two Dodge Chargers Stolen from New York

The PGPD’s Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team located and arrested two suspects who possessed two cars stolen out of New York. The suspects are 26-year-old Kelvin McCreary and 27-year-old Christian Young. Both suspects are from Oxon Hill. On April 25, 2023, a victim in New York contacted the PGPD about his stolen car. The...
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Annapolis Man Released on Own Recognizance After Being Charged with Impersonating Officer and Indecent Exposure

Annapolis Man Released on Own Recognizance After Being Charged with Impersonating Officer and Indecent Exposure

On Monday, May 1, 2023, at approximately 5:00 p.m., officers responded for an intoxicated male outside of the Anne Arundel Medical Center located at 2001 Medical Parkway in Annapolis. The male was wearing an FBI hat and had a gold-colored badge hanging from his neck and told officers he was an ATF agent. The...
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School Resource Officer Investigating Assault at McDonough High School That Sends Student to Hospital

School Resource Officer Investigating Assault at McDonough High School That Sends Student to Hospital

On Monday, May 1, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., six students at McDonough High School assaulted another student at the school; the student was transported to a hospital with an injury that required treatment. The school resource officer has initiated an investigation and has contacted the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office regarding charges. The students...
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Anne Arundel County High School Teacher Charged for Sexually Assaulting Student, Released Same Day As Arrest

Anne Arundel County High School Teacher Charged for Sexually Assaulting Student, Released Same Day As Arrest

On January 26, 2023, the Anne Arundel County Police Department became aware of an alleged sex offense that occurred between a female student at Meade High School and a male teacher. According to the victim, the suspect touched her “private and intimate areas” over and under her clothing while in the school building. The...
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Police Investigating 18-Year-Old Stabbed in Waldorf, Victim Transported to Trauma Center

Police Investigating 18-Year-Old Stabbed in Waldorf, Victim Transported to Trauma Center

On Saturday, April 29, 2023, at approximately 7:30 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 3000 block of Orangeman Square in Waldorf, for the reported assault in progress. The 911 caller reported multiple suspects were actively “jumping” a victim, and upon arrival, witnesses reported the suspects fled in a blue Nissan. Emergency...
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Police Arrests Five Teens in Connection with Armed Carjacking and Recover Stolen Firearm

Police Arrests Five Teens in Connection with Armed Carjacking and Recover Stolen Firearm

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged five suspects in connection with a recent armed carjacking in Suitland. The two adult suspects are 18-year-old Qamar Comfort and 18-year-old Iriae Williams. Both are from Washington, DC. A third suspect, a 16-year-old male from Temple Hills, is also charged as an adult. The...
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UPDATE: Annapolis Man Sentenced to 4 Months in Federal Prison for Threatening to Murder United States Congressman Ted Cruz

UPDATE: Annapolis Man Sentenced to 4 Months in Federal Prison for Threatening to Murder United States Congressman Ted Cruz

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Justin Kuchta, age 40, of Annapolis, Maryland, to four months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for threatening to murder a United States Member of Congress. The sentence was announced by Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland;...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Recover Loaded Firearm in Vehicle

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Recover Loaded Firearm in Vehicle

On April 28, 2023, at 12:19 a.m., patrol officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 800 block of Stone Avenue in Waldorf for the report of an intrusion alarm at a school. When officers arrived, they observed a vehicle in the parking lot. Upon making contact with the driver, the odor...
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Leonardtown Couple Charged with Sexual Abuse of Minors

Leonardtown Couple Charged with Sexual Abuse of Minors

A Leonardtown man and woman have been arrested and charged by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on several charges of Sex Abuse of a Minor, Neglect of a Minor and Second-Degree Rape. Following an investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division, Brian Joseph Wiegman, age 45 of Leonardtown, has...
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Police Identify and Charge 19-Year-Old for Murder, Detectives Seeking Information

Police Identify and Charge 19-Year-Old for Murder, Detectives Seeking Information

UPDATE 4/26/2023: Over the last two weeks, homicide detectives worked tirelessly on this investigation. Through investigative means, they identified and charged Dominic Taylor with the murder of Brandon Williams. Even though charges have been filed, anyone with any information is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 410-222-4731 or the TipLine at 410-222-4700. The suspect...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Armed Robbery at Birdies in Hollywood

UPDATE: Police Investigating Armed Robbery at Birdies in Hollywood

UPDATE 4/27/2023: On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 10:08 pm, two masked men entered the Birdies convenience store at the 24600 block of Three Notch Road in Hollywood. The two suspects pointed a handgun at store employees, demanding money from the registers. The suspects removed currency from the registers and fled on foot. St....
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Replica Firearm and Suspected Cannabis Recovered from North Point High School Student

Replica Firearm and Suspected Cannabis Recovered from North Point High School Student

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 9:38 a.m., a school administrator at North Point High School became aware a student was possibly in possession of cannabis in their book bag and notified a school resource officer. The bag was recovered at which time over 2.5 ounces of suspected cannabis and a replica semi-automatic firearm,...
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Police Identify and Arrest Man Wanted for Fatal Shooting of 17-Year-Old in February 2023

Police Identify and Arrest Man Wanted for Fatal Shooting of 17-Year-Old in February 2023

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man for a fatal shooting in February. The suspect is 27-year-old Charles Edwards of Hyattsville. He’s charged with murdering 17-year-old Daiwo Flomo of Riverdale. On February 11, 2023, at approximately 12:40 am, officers responded to the 7200 block of Parkwood Street in...
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Police Seeking Identity of Suspects Who Grabbed Gaming Chips From MGM National Harbor

Police Seeking Identity of Suspects Who Grabbed Gaming Chips From MGM National Harbor

Prince George’s County Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals who took gaming chips at the MGM National Harbor. On April 22, 2023, at approximately 1:40 pm, the PGPD’s National Harbor Unit was notified of a theft that occurred at the MGM National Harbor in the 100 block of MGM...
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Hardee’s Employee Arrested After Stabbing Co-worker with Large Knife

Hardee’s Employee Arrested After Stabbing Co-worker with Large Knife

On April 21, 2023, at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers responded for a report of a stabbing that just occurred at the Hardee’s, 718 Nursery Road in Linthicum. Officers learned that an employee became upset with a co-worker and stabbed them in the back with a large knife. The suspect was taken into custody without...
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UPDATE: Man Who Rammed Restaurant with Tow Truck Over Food Dispute Arrested and Charged

UPDATE: Man Who Rammed Restaurant with Tow Truck Over Food Dispute Arrested and Charged

UPDATE 4/24/2023: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Fugitive Squad arrested a man for reckless endangerment at a restaurant. He is 24-year-old Josyah Brown of Washington, DC. On April 4, 2023, at approximately 1:25am, officers responded to a restaurant in the 2900 block of Colebrooke Drive in Hillcrest Heights for a vehicle crash. The...
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Maryland Joins Coalition of 18 States and Issues Letter to NHTSA: Theft-Prone Hyundai and Kia Vehicles Should Be Recalled

Maryland Joins Coalition of 18 States and Issues Letter to NHTSA: Theft-Prone Hyundai and Kia Vehicles Should Be Recalled

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, in response to Hyundai and Kia’s continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles, joined a coalition of 18 states calling for a federal recall of certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The letter, sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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Officers Arrest Washington D.C. Man in Connection with Armed Carjacking in PG County

Officers Arrest Washington D.C. Man in Connection with Armed Carjacking in PG County

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged a suspect in connection with a recent carjacking in College Park. The suspect is 20-year-old Juwon Anderson of Washington, DC. On April 19, 2023, at approximately 2:30 pm, officers with the PGPD’s Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team observed a recently carjacked car in the...
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Officers Recover Car Stolen from Gas Station and Arrest Waldorf Man

Officers Recover Car Stolen from Gas Station and Arrest Waldorf Man

On April 10, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., a patrol officer was entering a gas station on Smallwood Drive in Waldorf when he noticed a man running after a vehicle leaving the parking lot, yelling that his car had just been stolen. The officer observed the vehicle enter a nearby neighborhood. The officer, with the...
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Police Recover Stun Gun from Mathew Henson Middle School Student After Altercation

Police Recover Stun Gun from Mathew Henson Middle School Student After Altercation

On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 12:08 p.m., two students at Mathew Henson Middle School were involved in a scuffle at which time one of the students involved activated a stun gun in the school hallway. School staff separated the students and recovered the stun gun. No injuries were reported. The school resource officer...
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Detectives Arrest Man for Shooting Two Victims During Robbery, Killing One

Detectives Arrest Man for Shooting Two Victims During Robbery, Killing One

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and arrested a man in connection with a recent fatal shooting in the unincorporated section of Hyattsville. The suspect is 28-year-old Alex Quinteros of Takoma Park. He’s charged with the murder of 24-year-old Rudy Perez Gutierrez of Hyattsville. On April 14, 2023, at approximately 5:15...
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