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UPDATE: Man who Shot and Killed Wife in Callaway Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

UPDATE: Man who Shot and Killed Wife in Callaway Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

8/13/2021: State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that on Friday, August 13, 2021, Timothy Christian Wagner of Callaway, Maryland was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal execution style murder of his wife on Sunday, February 2, 2020. After prolonged mental evaluations, Wagner was found to be competent to stand trial and criminally responsible for...
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Police Investigating a Motor Vehicle Crash Involving a 17-Year-Old Riding a Scooter in Waldorf

Police Investigating a Motor Vehicle Crash Involving a 17-Year-Old Riding a Scooter in Waldorf

On August 6, 2021,  at approximately 1:50 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Billingsley Road near Sunridge Lane in Waldorf for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation showed the victim, age 17, was operating a motorized scooter, which did not have operating lights,...
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Police Investigating Single Vehicle Collision in Clements, Operator Flown to Area Trauma Center

Police Investigating Single Vehicle Collision in Clements, Operator Flown to Area Trauma Center

On Saturday, August 7, 2021, at approximately 6:06 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Budds Creek Road and Bayside Road in Clements, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Prior to the arrival of First Responders, multiple citizens assisted the single occupant out of the vehicle. One 911...
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UPDATE: Public School Worker who was Shuffled from School to School for Years Prior to Arrest Found Guilty of Sex Offense Involving a Child

George Andrew Taylor, 34, of Waldorf

UPDATE 8/6/2021:  Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey announced that George Andrew Taylor, 36, of Waldorf, has pleaded guilty to committing a third degree sex offense involving a minor child. In 2019, the child disclosed to her mother that Taylor, a family friend, had been touching her inappropriately. During a forensic interview, the child also...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident That killed 43-Year-Old Waldorf Man

UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident That killed 43-Year-Old Waldorf Man

UPDATE 8/6/2021 @ 8:00 p.m : On Friday, August 6, 2021, at approximately 10:30 a.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Patrol deputies were dispatched to a single motor vehicle crash in the area of Loveville Road and Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Collision Reconstruction Unit was contacted and...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Anne Arundel County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Anne Arundel County

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred early this morning in Anne Arundel County. Shortly before 1:55 a.m., on Thursday, August 5, 2021, troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack responded to a crash at northbound I-97 just south of I-695 in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Preliminary investigation revealed...
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Police in Calvert County Seeking Identity of Armed Robber at 7-Eleven in Huntingtown

Police in Calvert County Seeking Identity of Armed Robber at 7-Eleven in Huntingtown

On Thursday,  August 5, 2021, Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and detectives from the Criminal Investigations Bureau responded to the 7 Eleven, located at 3855 Old Town Road in Huntingtown, for an armed robbery. Investigation revealed a subject produced a black handgun and demanded money from the registers. The suspect...
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Man Charged with Kidnaping After Attempted Carjacking in La Plata

Man Charged with Kidnaping After Attempted Carjacking in La Plata

On Sunday, July 25, 2021, at approximately 7:45 p.m., Officer J. Piersa of the La Plata Police Department was dispatched to a report of a disorderly subject at the Subway on Crain Highway, in La Plata.
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Police Investigating Hit and Run in Great Mills, No Injuries Reported

Police Investigating Hit and Run in Great Mills, No Injuries Reported

On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at approximately 12:40 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Chancellors Run Road and Pegg Road in Great Mills, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involved in a rear-end style collision....
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Police Investigating Moped Crash That Killed 52-Year-Old Hughesville Man

Police Investigating Moped Crash That Killed 52-Year-Old Hughesville Man

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating the circumstances of a fatal crash involving a moped Saturday, July 30. 2021. The deceased driver is 52-year-old John Mullikin of Hughesville. On July 31, 2021, at approximately 3:05 pm, patrol officers responded to the intersection of Brandywine Road and Floral Park Road in Clinton for...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Recognizes Correctional Officer Oliva as Officer of the Quarter

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Recognizes Correctional Officer Oliva as Officer of the Quarter

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office would like to share with you the successes of CFC Oliva, a Correctional Officer at the Detention Center. Oliva was recognized as Officer of the Quarter for his dedication to duty, especially as it relates to his service as a specialized member of the Emergency Response Team. Recently, CFC...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested After Stealing a Rifle From the Tackle Box

Lexington Park Man Arrested After Stealing a Rifle From the Tackle Box

On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Deputy M Graves of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Tackle Box located on Three Notch Road, in Lexington Park after the Youth Gun Violence Task Force received information that a firearm and shotgun barrel with a scope was stolen from the...
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Police Arrest Waldorf Man for Armed Robbery at Marie’s Diner – Reward Offered for Identity of Second Suspect

Police Arrest Waldorf Man for Armed Robbery at Marie’s Diner – Reward Offered for Identity of Second Suspect

On July 4 at 5:15 a.m., two suspects entered Marie’s Diner, located at 6325 Crain Highway in La Plata, and confronted an employee who was getting ready to open the business, announced a robbery. The employee said he was filling up an ice machine when two suspects entered the diner through an unlocked back...
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UPDATE: Second Defendant in 2019 Lusby Shooting Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

UPDATE: Second Defendant in 2019 Lusby Shooting Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

UPDATE 7/28/2021: Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey announced that John Michael Anderson Wood, 21, of Lusby, has been sentenced for his role in a 2019 shooting that left a woman seriously injured. Wood received a total of 14 years active incarceration for felony first degree assault, use of a handgun, and related charges. He...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Youth Gun Violence Task Force Make Multiple Arrests on July 22, 2021

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Youth Gun Violence Task Force Make Multiple Arrests on July 22, 2021

On July 22, 2021, members of the Youth Gun Violence Task Force were in the 21800 block of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, to serve an outstanding warrant on Jamaze Jovan Wood, age 22, of no fixed address. As members of the task force approached Wood, he fled on foot and was subsequently...
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Waldorf Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Multiple Robberies

Waldorf Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Multiple Robberies

UPDATE 7/27/2021: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Monday, July 26, 2021, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Dashawn Fitzgerald Thomason, 19, of Waldorf, to 15 years in prison for Armed Robbery, Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence, Robbery, and two...
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Police in Calvert County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Huntingtown

Police in Calvert County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Huntingtown

On Monday, July 26, 2021, at approximately 6:42 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to a serious motor vehicle accident along Rt. 4 near the intersection of Huntingtown High School in Huntingtown. Upon arrival, units located a single vehicle, a Chevy Equinox that had crashed into the guardrail on...
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UPDATE: Maryland State Police Investigating 56-Year-Old Charles County Man Struck and Killed in Waldorf

UPDATE: Maryland State Police Investigating 56-Year-Old Charles County Man Struck and Killed in Waldorf

UPDATE 7/25/2021: On Saturday, July 24, 2021, at approximately 10:02 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision on United States Route 301 (Crain Hwy) in the area of Smallwood Drive in Waldorf, Maryland. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the...
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One Flown to Area Trauma Center After 170 MPH Motorcycle Crash at Maryland International Raceway

One Flown to Area Trauma Center After 170 MPH Motorcycle Crash at Maryland International Raceway

On Friday, July 23, 2021, at approximately 10:05 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Maryland International Raceway located at 27861 Budds Creek Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported high speed collision involving a motorcycle. The 911 caller/EMT on the scene requested a helicopter for an adult male after an approximately 170...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Motorcycle Crash at Maryland International Raceway

Minor Injuries Reported After Motorcycle Crash at Maryland International Raceway

On Friday, July 23, 2021, at approximately 6:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Maryland International Raceway located at 27861 Budds Creek Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 61-year-old male with minor injuries. The operator of the...
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Motorcycle Collision in Lexington Park, 24-Year-Old Washington Man Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Motorcycle Collision in Lexington Park, 24-Year-Old Washington Man Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE 7/19/2021: On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at around 12:30 a.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a motorcycle crash in the area of Point Lookout Road and Thompson Orchard Lane in Lexington Park. Deputies and EMS arrived on the scene to find a single motorcycle had left...
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Five Injured After Three Vehicle Collision in California, One Child and One Adult Flown to Area Trauma Centers

Five Injured After Three Vehicle Collision in California, One Child and One Adult Flown to Area Trauma Centers

On Sunday, July 18, 2021, at approximately 12:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. Andrews Church Road and Johnson Pond Lane in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles in the roadway. Witnesses told First Responders one...
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Suspected Street Racing Leads to Serious Collision in California That Injures Five and Sends One to Trauma Center

Suspected Street Racing Leads to Serious Collision in California That Injures Five and Sends One to Trauma Center

On Saturday, July 10, 2021, at approximately 4:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and Miramar Way in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles in the roadway. Witnesses reported the Acura sedan and a white Ford Mustang...
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Lusby Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Lusby Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

UPDATE: On July 6, 2021, Donald Allen Hayes, 31, of Lusby, pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Fourth Degree Sexual Offense, Display of Obscene Item to a Minor, and Solicitation of Child Pornography. He will be sentenced October 1, 2021. In December 2020, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office received a report of...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to Conducting Roadside Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday Evening

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to Conducting Roadside Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday Evening

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Maryland State Police, will be conducting a roadside sobriety checkpoint on Saturday evening, July 10, 2021. The sobriety checkpoint will be conducted on Three Notch Road/Route 235 in the Lexington Park area where law enforcement officers will evaluate drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs...
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