Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, August 21, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Monise A. Stephenson sentenced Edward Stanley Stewart, III, 39, of Waldorf, to 20 years in prison for First-Degree Assault and Possession of a Firearm with a Felony Conviction. On July 2, 2025, Stewart pleaded guilty...
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Following an extensive investigation into suspected drug-related activities, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division executed search and seizure warrants on a residence in the 26000 block of Loveville Road in Mechanicsville on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, resulting in the arrest of Glenn Fitzgerald Fenwick, age 63 of Prince George’s...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, August 21, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Kolbey Cooper, 23, of Waldorf, to 90 days in jail for Misconduct in Office and Contraband Delivery. Cooper will be on supervised probation for five years upon release. If he violates the...
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U.S District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced David Jamal Watson, 40, of Fort Washington, Maryland, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for sexually exploiting two children and producing child sexual abuse material. Judge Xinis also ordered that, upon release from prison, Watson must register as a sex offender...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is joining forces with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) this Saturday, August 23, 2025, for “Saturation Saturday,” a nationwide initiative aimed at preventing impaired driving and saving lives. As part of the effort, deputies will increase DUI patrols and enforcement operations throughout the county. The goal is simple...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the suspect pictured in connection with theft investigations. On July 23 and July 28, the individual shown in these photos entered a retail store in California, MD. On August 9, the same individual entered a different retail store in Lexington Park, MD. In...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred August 18th, 2025, in Prince George’s County. The victim is identified as Tammy Lynn Edwards, 59, of Washington, D.C. She was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency medical services. Troopers from the Forestville and College Park barracks responded to the crash reported about...
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Charles County Sheriff’s officers are continuing their investigation into a reckless endangerment case and are seeking information to identify the suspects. On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 9:46 p.m., officers responded to the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf for the report of the sound of gunshots. When officers arrived, they canvassed the...
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UPDATE 8/18/2025: On August 11, 2025, Andre Xavier Howe, 18, of Huntingtown, was found guilty of attempted second degree murder, two counts of first degree assault, and use of a firearm by Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Mark S. Chandlee. The guilty finding followed the entry of an Alford plea, whereby Mr. Howe acknowledged...
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Maryland State Police arrested a Prince George’s County man following an alleged road rage incident involving a firearm on the Capital Beltway. The accused is identified as Stephen Eric Scroggins, 52, of Temple Hills, Maryland. Scroggins was arrested yesterday and criminally charged with first- and second-degree assault, and use of a firearm during a...
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On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 1:34 p.m., patrol officers responded to a business in the 3300 block of Western Parkway in Waldorf for the report of a shoplifting in progress. Loss prevention employees observed two females and a male enter the store, grab two carts and reusable shopping bags, and walk around the...
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On Sunday, August 11, 2025, at approximately 7:51 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the parking lot of Bunker Hill Liquor Store and Tavern located at 9800 Bunker Hill Road in Waldorf, for the reported shooting. As police responded to the scene, dispatchers advised the 911 caller, a 26-year-old male reported...
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The Maryland Department of the Environment is invalidating more than 1,400 lead inspection certificates across the state, requiring any tenant-occupied rental properties to be reinspected for lead paint hazards due to an inspector’s failure to comply with work practice standards. Property owners and tenants have been notified by mail that any occupied rental units...
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UPDATE 8/4/2025: On Monday, August 4, 2025, at approximately 10:08 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the Southern Branch Library, located at 13920 HG Trueman Road in Solomons, for the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, deputies located an adult female victim suffering from two stab wounds to her...
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On Thursday, July 24, 2025, DFC McCourt responded to the 5200 block of Mackall Road in St. Leonard for a reported burglary in progress. A preliminary investigation revealed witnesses observed a gray Ford truck parked in the driveway of a vacant residence, and a male suspect was seen kicking in the back door and...
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On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at approximately 7:55 p.m., police responded to the Waldorf Dash-In located at 2007 Smallwood Drive West in Waldorf, for the reported shots fired. Dispatchers advised more than five 911 callers reporting shots fired with unknown victims or suspects. Police arrived in the area to find numerous shell casings in...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit charged a suspect in connection to a fatal shooting in August of 2023 in Clinton. The suspect is 18-year-old Stephon Johnson of District Heights. He is charged with the murder of 16-year-old Robert Isiah Walker of Clinton. On August 12, 2023, at approximately 2:40 am, officers...
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Detectives are seeking to identify the individual shown in the photos below. The suspect is wanted in connection with three commercial burglaries that occurred earlier this month at office buildings in the 2600 block of Crain Highway, the 3400 block of Old Washington Road, and the 3200 block of Old Washington Road. The suspect...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit (CVAA) charged a man with sexually assaulting two children whom he was teaching to swim. The suspect is 25-year-old Tyler Wang’Ombe-Gichuru of Silver Spring. On July 22, 2025, a relative of the two victims contacted the Prince George’s County Police Department to...
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On July 25, 2025, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Verizon Wireless store in Dunkirk for a reported robbery. The suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Jonathan Alexander Gray of Prince Frederick, stole an Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max and left a threatening note on a napkin indicating he had a...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a homicide in Beltsville late Thursday night. The decedent is 67-year-old Neville Robinson of Beltsville. On July 24, 2025, at approximately 10:40 pm, officers responded to the report of a shooting in the 11400 block of Rhode Island Avenue. The decedent was located outside...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday morning in Clinton. The victim is 17-year-old Camron Anthony Adams of Clinton. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On July 20, 2025, at approximately...
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UPDATE 7/20/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Terek Demaury Ross, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to life in prison, with 50 years of active incarceration for two counts of attempted first-degree murder. On August 3, 2024, Ross forcibly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s residence and attacked her and her houseguest with...
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Maryland State Troopers from all 23 State Police Barracks, including members of the SPIDRE Team, took on distracted, aggressive, and impaired driving this Fourth of July weekend. Troopers recorded 108 arrests for suspected DUI and issued more than 6,600 citations and warnings from July 4 to July 6th, 2025. Additionally, the SPIDRE Team assisted...
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On Saturday, July 12, 2025, at approximately 2:45 p.m., police and emergency medical services responded to the 4000 block of Jared’s Walk in Huntingtown, for the report of an animal bite. The 911 caller, an adult male working as a delivery driver, reported being attacked and bitten by a dog while delivering a package...
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