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California Man Arrested for Assault

California Man Arrested for Assault

On October 21, 2018, Deputy Forbes of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 23300 block of Holly Hill Lane in California, for the reported assault. Investigation determined Chad Allan Deitz, 38, of California, assaulted the female victim during an argument by throwing a cup at her. The victim was struck in...
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Callaway Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine in Hollywood

Callaway Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine in Hollywood

On Monday, October 29, 2018 at approximately 5:00 p.m., Trooper R. Kaszubski, from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to 24494 Mervell Dean Road, in Hollywood, to assist other police officers on a welfare check. Trooper First Class A. Oyler was on scene working as an advanced life support EMS staff member that...
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VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Arrest Subway Armed Robber

VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Arrest Subway Armed Robber

On Nov. 1, 2018, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested and charged a suspect in the robbery of the Subway restaurant in California. Christian McFarland Phillips, 35, of Lexington Park was arrested and charged with Armed Robbery, Theft: $100 to under $1,500 and Resist/Interfere with Arrest by Sheriff’s Deputies, and is currently being...
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Lusby Woman Caught Stealing Halloween Decorations, Arrested For Failing to Appear in Court for a Previous Theft of 40 Bathing Suits

Lusby Woman Caught Stealing Halloween Decorations, Arrested For Failing to Appear in Court for a Previous Theft of 40 Bathing Suits

UPDATE 11/2/2018: Ashley Michelle Zorn, 34 of Lusby, was arrested on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear for a theft, and theft scheme by Cpl. Kerby, of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. The theft case Zorn failed to appear in court was for a theft in July of...
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Callaway Man Arrested for Robbery, Theft, Assault, and Destruction of Property

Callaway Man Arrested for Robbery, Theft, Assault, and Destruction of Property

On October 26, 2018, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Cpl. Beishline of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office made contact with a female victim regarding a robbery which occurred in the 20900 block of Point Lookout Road, in Callaway. Investigation determined Larry Wayne Adkins Jr., 34 of Callaway, who is known to the victim, attacked...
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Upper Marlboro Woman Arrested for Setting Fire to Mothers Home

Upper Marlboro Woman Arrested for Setting Fire to Mothers Home

A 25-year-old female has been arrested and charged with Arson and other related crimes for setting her mother’s home on fire. Prince George’s County Firefighters responded to a fire just before 1:00 am, Monday, October 29, 2018 at a mobile home park in Upper Marlboro. Public Safety Communications (PSC) had initially received a 911...
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Newburg Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying of 21-Year-Old Hughesville Woman

Newburg Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying of 21-Year-Old Hughesville Woman

UPDATE 11/1/2018: On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier sentenced Daniel Juwan Butler, 23 of Newburg, to 6 years in prison and 5 years supervised probation for the vehicular slaying of Taylor Halbleib. Butler, previously entered a guilty plea to the Negligent Vehicular Manslaughter of Halbleib on August 30, 2018....
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Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

On October 27, 2018, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Deputy Sampson of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a black Chrysler 200 in the area of Solomons Island Road and Dares Beach Road, in Prince Frederick, for having multiple windows cracked and the front bumper appearing to be falling off. Police...
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Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Anne Arundel County Police have made an arrest in the murder of Danielle Valerie Gunson in late September. Anne Arundel County Homicide detectives were able to link the murder of Danielle Gunson to the attempted murder of Terence John Caruso Jr. On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at approximately 12:45 p.m., Terence Caruso was found...
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Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

On October 27, 2018, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assault involving a knife in the 39800 block of Graves Road, in Mechanicsville. Alvarez Simeon Johnson Sr., 46 of Oxon Hill, arrived at the victims’ residence, in violation of a current protective order. Johnson then engaged in a verbal...
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Man Who Murdered Neighbor in Nanjemoy Sentenced to 64 Years in Prison

Man Who Murdered Neighbor in Nanjemoy Sentenced to 64 Years in Prison

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, October 25, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Marcus Darnell Johnson, 34 of Nanjemoy, to 64 Years for the Second-Degree Murder of Wayne Proctor, Jr. and 6 counts of reckless endangerment. Covington, commenting on the case, said, “I’ve been...
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Fatal Crash in Edgewater Leaves 28-Year-Old St. Leonard Woman in Critical Condition

Fatal Crash in Edgewater Leaves 28-Year-Old St. Leonard Woman in Critical Condition

On Friday, October 26, 2018 at approximately 6:25 a.m. officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to a crash involving multiple vehicles on Solomons Island Road near Virginia Avenue in Edgewater. A Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling southbound on Solomons Island Road when the driver, Heather Waibel, 44, of Annapolis, lost control and crossed...
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Maryland State Police Announce Impaired Driving Enforcement Through Halloween

Maryland State Police Announce Impaired Driving Enforcement Through Halloween

If your Halloween plans include alcohol, the Maryland State Police is reminding drivers that troopers will be working additional impaired driving patrols beginning tonight and continuing through Halloween. Barracks across Maryland are using impaired driving grant funding from the MDOT/MVA Maryland Highway Safety Office to put additional troopers on the road. These troopers will...
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Lusby Woman Arrested for Shoplifting at Kohl’s Department Store in Lexington Park

Lusby Woman Arrested for Shoplifting at Kohl’s Department Store in Lexington Park

On Monday, October 15, 2018 at approximately 7:00 p.m., Trooper J. Powis from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to Kohl’s Department Store, in Lexington Village Way, in Lexington Park, for a reported theft. Upon arrival, Tpr Powis made contact with the Loss Prevention Officer who was waiting with the suspect, identified as Lindy...
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18-Year-Old High School Student from Glen Burnie Arrested After Bringing Loaded Handgun to School

18-Year-Old High School Student from Glen Burnie Arrested After Bringing Loaded Handgun to School

On October 23, 2018 at approximately 8:30 p.m., officers from the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a social media video which showed an unidentified male with a handgun. The video appeared to be taken in a school. Through the investigation the suspect was identified as Maleek Benjamin, 18, of Glen...
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WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 10/23/2018

WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 10/23/2018

The following persons are wanted by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit is responsible for the service of criminal and child support warrants as well as criminal summonses issued by the courts. They are also responsible for coordinating extraditions of suspects out of state. If you have information...
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Lusby Man Charged with Fleeing and Eluding and Drug Possession with Intent to Distribute

Lusby Man Charged with Fleeing and Eluding and Drug Possession with Intent to Distribute

On October 17th, 2018, members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (CCSO DEU) executed search warrants related to an ongoing Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) investigation concerning Kyle Jerome Martin Jr., 31, of Lusby, distributing CDS. Officers stopped the vehicle being operated by Martin in the area of Solomon’s Urgent Care. Martin...
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Mechanicsville Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying in Waldorf

Mechanicsville Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying in Waldorf

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County announced that on October 18, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Wendy Lynn Moore, 50 of Mechanicsville, to 5 years in prison for the vehicular slaying of Brian Smith. Moore, previously entered a guilty plea to the Negligent Vehicular Manslaughter of Smith on...
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Husband and Wife Arrested for First Degree Assault After Threatening to Shoot Victims

Husband and Wife Arrested for First Degree Assault After Threatening to Shoot Victims

On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at approximately 8:50 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46300 block of Columbus Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of an assault with a firearm. Investigation determined Marcus Isaiah Peterson, 29 of Lexington Park, brandished a firearm in the area of his...
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Mechanicsville Man Arrested After Duck Hunters Say he Fired 10 to 20 Rounds Towards Their Boat in Persimmons Creek

Mechanicsville Man Arrested After Duck Hunters Say he Fired 10 to 20 Rounds Towards Their Boat in Persimmons Creek

On October 14, 2018 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Cpl. Kimberly Austin and Ofc. Emily Beckhart of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, received information regarding a subject shooting a firearm towards a vessel in Persimmons Creek off of the Patuxent River in St. Mary’s County, Police made contact with the four victims on the vessel...
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Sheriff’s Office Warns Public of Inaccurate Rumor Being Shared on Facebook and Social Media

Sheriff’s Office Warns Public of Inaccurate Rumor Being Shared on Facebook and Social Media

SMNEWSNET contacted the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, about the online rumor being shared on social media relaying a story that drivers are being attacked on local roads when they stop after being struck with objects or after driving over roadway debris. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office received...
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Man Arrested for Disorderly Conduct at Wawa in Prince Frederick

Man Arrested for Disorderly Conduct at Wawa in Prince Frederick

On Friday, October 12, 2018 Deputy Ridgely of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office was at the Wawa in Prince Frederick when he was approached by citizens who were concerned about a dog in a truck. Deputy Ridgely approached the owner of the truck, John Kenneth Baione Jr., 33, of Prince Frederick, who became irate...
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Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Disorderly Conduct

Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Disorderly Conduct

On September 20, 2018 at approximately 12:00 p.m. Trooper E. Ruggles from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, responded to Valley Drive Estates, in Lexington Park, for a report of a disturbance. Upon arrival, Tpr. Ruggles made contact with Tanya Anita Hall, 42 of Lexington Park, who was outside a residential area yelling and...
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Prince George’s County Police Officer Charged with Rape

Prince George’s County Police Officer Charged with Rape

A Prince George’s County Police officer is now in custody and facing multiple charges including first degree rape, second degree rape and second degree assault. Police Officer First Class Ryan Macklin was taken into custody, and is accused of sexually assaulting an adult female driver during a recent traffic stop. The preliminary investigation reveals...
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Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Assault

Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Assault

On September 21, 2018, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to Sell Drive, in Lexington Park for the report of a disturbance. Police made contact with a male victim who advised Karen Ferriter, 49, of Lexington Park, had approached him and his friends and was making racial slurs towards them. The...
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