Michelle Shropshire, 54, of Waldorf, Maryland, and Harlisha Jones, 49, of Clinton, Maryland, and Washington, DC, were arrested this weekend on health care fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy charges filed in U.S. District Court. The arrests were announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Assistant Director in Charge Steven...
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UPDATE 6/13/2025: On June 2, 2025, Judge Amy Lorenzini found Pease guilty of Assault First Degree and sentenced him to 25 years, with all but 18 months suspended. Pease received credit for 226 days of time served. Upon his release, Pease will be placed on supervised probation for 5 years. Special conditions noted in...
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UPDATE 6/12/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced James Mark Kimble, 39, of Mechanicsville, to 15 years in prison for First-Degree Assault and the Wear and Carry of a Dangerous Weapon with the Intent to Injure. Upon release,...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving an ATV that occurred Friday night in Oxon Hill. The deceased ATV rider is 31-year-old Trinh Viet Tran of Washington, DC. On June 6, 2025, at approximately 10:20 pm, officers responded to a collision at Livingston Road...
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Four Washington, D.C. men were arrested early Sunday morning, June 8th, 2025, following a commercial burglary and subsequent high speed vehicle pursuit in St. Mary’s County. At approximately 4:20 a.m. on June 8, 2025, police from St. Mary’s County responded to a burglary alarm at the Canopy Liquors, located at 21636 Great Mills Road...
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UPDATE 6/6/2025 @ 6:30 P.M.: Through continued investigative efforts, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office has identified and apprehended a third suspect involved in the June 5, 2025, shooting investigation on Spruce Drive in Lusby. Deputies arrested a 15-year-old male of Lusby in connection with the case. Pursuant to Maryland law, the identity of the juvenile...
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Two Prince George’s County men have pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with an auto-insurance fraud scheme. Michael Anthony Owen, Jr., 36, of Accokeek, Maryland pled guilty to falsification of records, and Jaron Earl Taylor, 31, of Ft. Washington, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Thoraz Xavier Smallwood, 39, of Waldorf, to 25 years with all but 15 years suspended and 5 Years of Supervised Probation for the Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Second-Degree Assault. Smallwood will...
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On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted a series of tobacco compliance checks at retail establishments throughout the county to ensure adherence to laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21. The operation involved 34 businesses and utilized a 20-year-old...
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On Sunday, June 1, 2025, at approximately 7:40 a.m., patrol deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Hyundai Sonata near the intersection of Three Notch Road and Lei Drive for an equipment violation. The driver, identified as James Perry Bond, 34, of Lexington Park, was known to deputies as an unlicensed individual. During the...
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A Virginia man is facing attempted murder charges following a Memorial Day road-rage shooting on Interstate 95 in Prince George’s County. The accused is identified as Fredy Gonzalez-Esquivel, 22, of Leesburg, Virginia. Gonzalez-Esquivel is charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder, felony assault, using a firearm during a felony crime, malicious destruction of...
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United States District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Llyod Linwood Comer, 63, of Brandywine, Maryland, to 41 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release — with the first seven months on home detention — for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, passport fraud, identity theft, and possession of a...
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Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported motor vehicle collision with a possible disturbance on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at approximately 4:38 p.m. around MacArthur Boulevard and South Poteat Court in California, MD. While enroute, a deputy observed a group of five juveniles walking away from the vicinity of...
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UPDATE 5/27/2025: On Sunday, May 25, 2025, at approximately 1:07am, Troopers from the Leonardtown Barrack responded to the Sheetz gas station located 22711 Three Notch Road, California, MD 20619 for the report of an armed robbery. A black male, wearing a gray shirt, camouflage bandana (covering his face) and jeans, entered the Sheetz and...
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On Friday, May 23, 2025, at approximately 12:50 a.m., police and emergency medical services responded to the 10500 block of Shooting Star Lane in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing with serious injuries. 911 callers reported a 37-year-old female had a stab/laceration wound to the hand while reporting “the hand is almost falling off.” Crews...
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On Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 3:00 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to Eastbound U.S. Route 50 at Veterans Parkway for a motor vehicle collision with injuries. Prince George’s County Fire Department Engine 830 from Landover Hills responded to the scene to find multiple vehicles involved. A short time after EMS...
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On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., police responded to the Chancellors Run Park, located on Chancellors Run Road in Great Mills, for the reported suspicious person. 911 callers reported a black male was exposing himself to children with multiple parents attempting to detain the subject on the ground. Upon arrival, St....
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Maryland State Police are reminding motorists to drive responsibly ahead of Memorial Day weekend. To combat distracted, aggressive, and impaired driving, troopers from each of the 23 Maryland State Police barracks and the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort (SPIDRE) Team will conduct statewide DUI saturation patrols and high-visibility enforcement. A portion of the...
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Kenneth Watts, 57, of Upper Marlboro, Md., and James Kinard, 47, of Temple Hills, Md., were found guilty by a federal jury for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed large amounts of cocaine, fentanyl and PCP in the DMV. The conspiracy also used firearms to protect their narcotics and the proceeds...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit assumed the investigation into a fatal shooting that occurred in the town of Fairmount Heights this weekend. The decedent is identified as 30-year-old Edward Coates III of Temple Hills. On May 18, 2025, at approximately 4:00 am, officers responded to the 5700 block of J Street...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce that Deputy Joseph Senatore recently completed a six-week K-9 handler training program. Deputy Senatore recently returned to patrol duty with his K-9 partner, Karma—a 16-month-old Czech German Shepherd trained in narcotics detection and tracking. The team was assigned to patrol last week and has...
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Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the indictments of seven defendants for multiple charges, including participation in a criminal gang, attempted murder, armed carjacking, armed robbery, assault, and firearms-related counts. These wide-ranging crimes are alleged to have occurred from August 2023 to July 2024 in Anne Arundel, Prince George’s, Howard, Charles, and Montgomery counties....
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CyJuan Hemsley, 18, of District Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with the December 2023 break-in and burglary of 34 firearms from a Maryland pawn shop. The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr., ATF Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Washington Field Division of...
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UPDATE 5/12/2025: Criminal Indictments have been filed for Jeff Allen Crews, age 33 of Washington D.C., and Maurice Antwan Roots age 34 of Washington D.C. Roots has been charged with Robbery, Conspiracy-Robbery, and Assault 2nd Degree. Crews is charged with the following. Armed Robbery (Felony) – 1 count Conspiracy-Armed Robbery (Misdemeanor) – 1 count...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that occurred early Monday morning. The deceased driver’s name will be released once his family is located and notified. On May 5, 2025, at approximately 12:50 am, officers responded to a collision in the 8600 block of Riggs...
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