UPDATE 9/6/2024: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office PIO has released information about the false report of a shooting at Lancaster Park, 15 hours after the incident occurred. At approximately 6:34 p.m. on Thursday, September 5, 2024, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls reporting an active shooter at Lancaster Park in...
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UPDATE 9/5/2024: Bonnie is in custody, police have also recovered the suspects vehicle in Hollywood, located in St. Mary’s County. 9/5/2024: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Charles County Sheriff’s Office, and Calvert County Sheriff’s Office are actively investigating recent social media threats made against children and police officers. On Thursday, September 5, 2024,...
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Justin Tyler Chapman, 20, of Lexington Park, was arrested on September 5, 2024, after allegedly possessing ammunition illegally and violating a protective order. The arrest followed an investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, prompted by a tip from a concerned individual. According to court documents, Deputy Devin Absher responded to Chapman’s residence...
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Two Lexington Park women, Keana Helen Wellons, 29, and Amber Christine Cunningham, 41, are facing charges in connection with the vandalism of a vehicle in Leonardtown. Both are charged with malicious destruction of property valued at less than $1,000, a misdemeanor. The incident occurred on July 26, 2024, when a red Honda Accord, belonging...
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September 4, 2024: Following the arrest of Adin Tyrone Carr, the Maryland Car Rally Task Force served search warrants at two residences, leading investigators to uncover 14 firearms early this morning in Prince George’s County. In June 2024, the Maryland Car Rally Task Force began investigating illegal street exhibitions and takeovers throughout Prince George’s...
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On August 31, 2024, Dhonte Jamar Ford, 30, of Indian Head, was arrested following a traffic stop on Crain Highway in Waldorf. According to court documents ,at approximately 2:17 AM, Deputy Gordon was patrolling the area of Crain Highway when he observed a red Nissan Altima driving southbound without the required lights on. The...
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Jordan Christopher Williams, 21, of Hughesville, was arrested on August 30, 2024, following a disturbance at a McDonald’s located on Mall Circle in Waldorf, Charles County. According to court documents, Williams faces multiple charges, including assault, resisting arrest, and failing to obey a lawful order. Officers responded to a call about a disturbance at...
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On August 31, 2024, Patrick Lionel Adams, Jr., 30, of La Plata, was arrested and charged with burglary and trespassing after an incident at the Steeple Chase Community Building in La Plata. According to court documents, Officer J. Shaur of the La Plata Police Department was dispatched to the Steeple Chase Recreational Center around...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred inside of a restaurant Thursday afternoon. The decedent is 27-year-old Victor Rios Rubio of Capitol Heights. On August 29, 2024, at approximately 4:40 pm, officers responded to a shooting at a carryout restaurant in the 5200 block of Marlboro...
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On Saturday, August 31, 2024, at approximately 11:41 p.m., police responded to 25470 Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown, for an active physical fight involving a armed subject. 911 callers reported two black males were actively fighting with one of the suspects being armed with a knife. Police arrived on the scene to find a large...
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Cozell Ryan Johnson, 37, of Bryans Road, was arrested on August 29, 2024, following a domestic-related incident in which he allegedly violated a Final Protective Order and assaulted an adult female. According to court documents, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Hilton Court after receiving a report of...
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Damon Clyburn Glenn, 43, of Accokeek, was arrested on August 28, 2024, following an alleged domestic assault involving a firearm. Glenn has been charged with first-degree assault, a felony, after an incident at an apartment in Waldorf. Authorities responded to a report of a domestic-related assault at approximately 9:22 a.m. at the 2000 block...
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Tanika Lee Lopez, 45, of Accokeek, is facing charges of malicious destruction of property valued at less than $1,000 following an incident that allegedly occurred on August 29, 2023, in Waldorf, according to court documents from the District Court for Charles County. According to the charging documents, Lopez is accused of damaging a vehicle...
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Two men from St. Mary’s County are facing multiple drug-related charges following a traffic stop earlier this year in Charles County. Delontey Montario Butler, 31, of Lexington Park, and Demetrius Devon Hall, 27, of Chaptico, were charged with misdemeanors for the possession of controlled dangerous substances and drug paraphernalia after a high-speed chase ended...
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On Thursday, August 29, 2024, at approximately 7:32 p.m., police responded to the Asian Grocery located at 46921 South Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported armed robbery in progress. 911 callers reported a male subject came into the business armed with a weapon, robbed the business and then fled on foot towards the woods...
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Braeden Skyler Trigg, 20, of no fixed address, has been charged with fourth-degree burglary after allegedly breaking into and living on the roof of MOD Pizza in California, Maryland. The incident was reported to have taken place on August 16, 2024, at the store located on Saint Andrew Church Road. According to court documents...
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Kelvin Deonta Thomas, 40, of La Plata, has been charged with multiple counts of theft following his arrest on August 22, 2024. Thomas, who was working at the Home Depot store in Charles County, conducted fraudulent transactions that resulted in thefts totaling over $2,600. According to court documents, Officer W. Saunders of the Charles...
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Brittane Renee Clerkin, 26, of Waldorf, has been charged with theft following an incident at a Safeway in Waldorf on August 22, 2024. According to the police report, Officer PFC Fromme of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was on routine patrol in the Smallwood Village Center when a citizen informed him of a possible...
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Robert Martin Meeks, age 35, of North Beach, Maryland, has been charged with malicious destruction of property valued at over $1,000. According to court documents, the incident occurred on August 18, 2024, at The Peking Inn located on East Chesapeake Beach Road in Chesapeake Beach. Deputy Fleenor of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded...
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A local woman was arrested last week after an altercation at a Chipotle restaurant in La Plata. Paloma Alicia Holmes, 36, of La Plata, was charged with disorderly conduct following an incident on August 22, 2024. According to court documents, officers from the La Plata Police Department were called to the Chipotle on Drury...
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Reginald Damon Blake, 34, and his brother, Damonte Kevin Blake, 29, both of Waldorf, have been charged with first-degree and second-degree assault following an altercation in their home on August 23, 2024. The incident involved a physical fight between the brothers, who share a residence with their mother. According to court documents, Officer T....
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Monday, August 26, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Dustin Marcel Brown, 39, of Waldorf, to 35 years in prison for five counts of Child Pornography: Film in Sex Act. Brown will be on supervised probation for five years...
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UPDATE 8/28/2024: A second individual, Kyya Marie Lee, of no fixed address, has been charged in connection with the incident involving two children left unattended at a hotel in California, Maryland. Lee is facing a misdemeanor charge of confining an unattended child under Maryland law, similar to the charges against Gabrielle Theresa McKay. According...
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A teacher at Cooper Lane Elementary School in Landover Hills is in custody facing multiple charges to include sexual abuse of a minor and possession of child pornography. The suspect is 44-year-old Mark Cobb of Bowie. The victim is a girl under the age of 10 who is the suspect’s former student. On August...
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Two current inmates at the detention center in Leonardtown are facing charges after allegedly assaulting each other on August 23, 2024. The arrests were made following an on-view incident observed by authorities, according to documents filed with the District Court for St. Mary’s County. Deyonta Terrell Gross, 31, and James William Blackiston, 31, both...
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