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Bay District VFD Donates 55 Sets of Fire Gear to Support Firefighters in the Philippines

Bay District VFD Donates 55 Sets of Fire Gear to Support Firefighters in the Philippines

Demonstrating a continued commitment to helping those in need – both at home and abroad – the members of the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department have donated 55 sets of retired turnout gear to fire departments in the Philippines that lack access to critical protective equipment. This generous donation was part of a larger...
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Police Make Arrest in Road Rage Murder of 20-Year-Old Nyah Hairston

Police Make Arrest in Road Rage Murder of 20-Year-Old Nyah Hairston

Maryland State Police Homicide Unit charged a Prince George’s County man with the murder of Nyah Hairston, a 20-year-old woman shot while driving on the Capital Beltway last year. The accused is identified as Dominec Proctor, 28 of Glenn Dale, Maryland. Proctor is charged with first-degree murder. He is currently being held without bond...
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Hollywood Man Charged with 48 Counts of Animal Cruelty Involving Emus, Pigs, Goats, and a Horse

Hollywood Man Charged with 48 Counts of Animal Cruelty Involving Emus, Pigs, Goats, and a Horse

Thomas Newton Ferrall, IV, 47, of Hollywood, is facing 48 counts of animal cruelty after authorities alleged he failed to provide food, water, and shelter to numerous animals under his care. The charges, filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, stem from a September 30, 2025, incident at a property on Sunnyside...
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4th Annual “No Hunger November” Food Drive Underway in Southern Maryland

4th Annual “No Hunger November” Food Drive Underway in Southern Maryland

The 4th Annual No Hunger November Food Drive, organized by the Maryland State Police – La Plata Barrack, began on Saturday, November 1. The initiative brings together multiple law enforcement agencies to fight hunger across Southern Maryland throughout the month. Captain Bagley, Acting Sergeant Johnston, and Maryland State Troopers collected 2,600 pounds of food...
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Hollywood Man Charged with Stealing $74,000 Worth of Construction Equipment from La Plata Business

Hollywood Man Charged with Stealing $74,000 Worth of Construction Equipment from La Plata Business

Thomas Newton Ferrall IV, 47, of Hollywood has been charged in Charles County District Court with felony theft after allegedly failing to return rented construction equipment valued at over $74,000 to a La Plata business. According to court documents, the charge stems from an incident that occurred on October 29, 2025, when equipment rented...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Faces 21-Count Indictment After October Shooting Outside Action Lounge and Billiards in Leonardtown

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Faces 21-Count Indictment After October Shooting Outside  Action Lounge and Billiards in Leonardtown

UPDATE 11/03/2025: The case of Shaekwon Talib Jackson, 24, of Lexington Park, has been transferred to the St. Mary’s County Circuit Court following a criminal indictment filed on November 3, 2025. Jackson now faces 21 charges, including four counts of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of attempted second-degree murder, multiple counts of first- and...
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Arrest Made in Fatal Beltsville Hit-and-Run That Killed Cyclist

Arrest Made in Fatal Beltsville Hit-and-Run That Killed Cyclist

The U.S. Park Police (USPP) announced that an arrest has been made in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed one bicyclist and injured another on October 8, 2025, near the intersection of Soil Conservation Road and Beaver Dam Road in Beltsville. Officers responded around 6:15 p.m. after reports of two female bicyclists...
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Police Seeking Armed Suspects After Brinks Armored Truck Robbery in PG County

Police Seeking Armed Suspects After Brinks Armored Truck Robbery in PG County

On Monday, November, 3, 2025, around 8:24 a.m., police responded to the Navy Federal Credit Union located at 8819 Woodyard Road in Clinton, for the reported armed robbery. Police arrived on the scene to find a Brinks Armored truck which was outside of the bank, had been robbed at gunpoint by four armed suspects,...
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Brandywine Man Arrested in Charles County After High-Speed Chase and Crash; Loaded Firearm and Drugs Found in Vehicle with Two Children

Brandywine Man Arrested in Charles County After High-Speed Chase and Crash; Loaded Firearm and Drugs Found in Vehicle with Two Children

Khmari Michael Ruffin, 24, of Brandywine, is facing numerous charges following a high-speed police pursuit on October 30, 2025, that ended in a crash and led to the discovery of drugs, a loaded handgun with an obliterated serial number, and two young children riding without car seats. According to court documents and a statement...
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North Beach Man Charged with Impersonating Sheriff’s Deputy in Chesapeake Beach

North Beach Man Charged with Impersonating Sheriff’s Deputy in Chesapeake Beach

Michael Thomas Freeman, 65, of North Beach, has been charged with impersonating a police officer following an incident reported on October 27, 2025, in Chesapeake Beach. According to charging documents filed in the District Court for Calvert County, Freeman was arrested after allegedly identifying himself as a deputy with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office...
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One Injured, One Flown to Trauma Center After Multi-Vehicle Collision in Great Mills

One Injured, One Flown to Trauma Center After Multi-Vehicle Collision in Great Mills

On Friday, October 31, 2025, at approximately 12:07 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Dyson Building Center located at 20375 Point Lookout Road in Great Mills, for a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment and one possibly unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find at least three vehicles involved...
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Governor Moore Declares State of Emergency to Address Economic Impacts of Federal Government Shutdown and Distribute $10 Million in Emergency Funding to Fight Food Insecurity

Governor Moore Declares State of Emergency to Address Economic Impacts of Federal Government Shutdown and Distribute $10 Million in Emergency Funding to Fight Food Insecurity

Governor Wes Moore today declared a State of Emergency to address the economic impacts of the federal government shutdown and help deliver resources to support Marylanders’ health and welfare. The governor also issued an executive order that will provide $10 million in emergency funding to Maryland food security partners to address the crisis stemming both from the Trump...
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Police, Fire Marshal Investigating Burglary and Arson at Pasha Lounge in Waldorf

Police, Fire Marshal Investigating Burglary and Arson at Pasha Lounge in Waldorf

On Thursday, October 30, 2025, at approximately 12:27 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to the Pasha Lounge located at 3242 Old Washington Road in Waldorf, for the automated fire alarm sounding. Firefighters from Waldorf VFD responded to the scene within minutes of dispatch to find  the front door to the business shattered and an active fire...
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UPDATE: Police Finally Arrest Fifth Suspect Charged in Connection to May 2025 St. Mary’s County Triple Shooting

UPDATE: Police Finally Arrest Fifth Suspect Charged in Connection to May 2025 St. Mary’s County Triple Shooting

UPDATE 10/30/2025: After nearly six months, authorities have finally made an arrest in the May 3 shooting near Chancellors Run and Pegg roads. On October 29, 2025, deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office took 22-year-old Kareem Tyree Harris of Lexington Park into custody. Harris—previously named in court filings months ago—was served with...
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LEXINGTON PARK MURDER: Surveillance Video Shows Wife Giving Gun to Suspect Moments Before Killing Unarmed Man

LEXINGTON PARK MURDER: Surveillance Video Shows Wife Giving Gun to Suspect Moments Before Killing Unarmed Man

David Scott Jones, 58, of Lexington Park, has been charged in the murder of Carl Joseph Carpenter, that occurred during a confrontation outside a residence on Bellevue Court on October 27, 2025. Court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County show Jones faces six charges: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault,...
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UPDATE: 31-Year-Old Man Dead, 2nd Victim Flown to Trauma Center After Shooting at Waldorf Dash-In

UPDATE: 31-Year-Old Man Dead, 2nd Victim Flown to Trauma Center After Shooting at Waldorf Dash-In

UPDATE 10/29/2025: On October 29 at 12:14 a.m., officers responded to the 2000 block of Smallwood Drive in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation revealed that an unknown suspect fired shots in the parking lot, striking two people standing outside a vehicle. One victim was transported for care with critical injuries....
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UPDATE: Attorney General Brown Now Suing Trump for Unlawfully Suspending SNAP Benefits,

UPDATE: Attorney General Brown Now Suing Trump for Unlawfully Suspending SNAP Benefits,

UPDATE 10/29/2925: Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Suspending SNAP Benefits, with Governors of Kansas, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania joining. In Maryland, SNAP feeds over 680,000 Marylanders monthly. In May 2025, Maryland SNAP customers included 262,248 children under age 18; 121,615 seniors aged 62 and older; 128,705 people with disabilities; and 28,843 people...
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Anne Arundel County Man Facing Child Pornography Charges After International Trafficking Investigation

Anne Arundel County Man Facing Child Pornography Charges After International Trafficking Investigation

Maryland State Police arrested an Anne Arundel County man today after an investigation developed evidence of the production and possession of child pornography. The suspect is identified as Philip Andrew Turner, 46, of Linthicum Heights, Maryland. Turner is charged with seven counts of sexual solicitation of a minor, production of child pornography, five counts...
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Calvert County Health Officials Issue Rabies Alert for St. Leonard Area After Multiple Skunks Test Positive

Calvert County Health Officials Issue Rabies Alert for St. Leonard Area After Multiple Skunks Test Positive

The Calvert County Health Department is issuing a rabies alert for St. Leonard following confirmed cases of rabies. On October 24, 2025, one skunk in the area of St. Leonard Road tested positive for the rabies virus. On October 25, 2025, another skunk found on the southern end of Mackall Road of St. Leonard...
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Teen Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for After Armed Carjacking at Waldorf Food Lion

Teen Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for After Armed Carjacking at Waldorf Food Lion

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, October 9, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Nasir Maurice Cooper, 19, to 12 years in prison for Conspiracy to Commit Carjacking. Upon release, Cooper will be placed on supervised probation for five years. If he violates the...
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VIDEO: Deputies and Woman Identified After Officer Involved Shooting in Great Mills

VIDEO: Deputies and Woman Identified After Officer Involved Shooting in Great Mills

UPDATE 10/27/2025: On Thursday, October 23, 2025, at approximately 7:52 p.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check at a residence in Lexington Park, after receiving a report that a female had left the home and had taken the caller’s gun. Deputies began searching the area and, at...
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UPDATE: Waldorf Man Found Guilty of the First-Degree Murder of His Wife

UPDATE: Waldorf Man Found Guilty of the First-Degree Murder of His Wife

UPDATE 10/27/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, October 23, 2025, a Charles County jury, after a four-day trial, convicted Travis Edward Paschal Wood, 36, of First-Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence in connection with the murder of his wife,...
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Governor Moore Statement on SNAP Benefit Impacts Due to the Federal Government Shutdown

Governor Moore Statement on SNAP Benefit Impacts Due to the Federal Government Shutdown

Governor Wes Moore released the following statement regarding SNAP benefit impacts due to the federal government shutdown: ​“In a letter dated Oct. 10, the Trump Administration directed the State of Maryland not to issue SNAP benefits. The Trump Administration is also choosing not to release contingency funding for the program, as required by law....
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Leonardtown Firefighters Rescue Dog That Fell Down Small Cliff Alongside Breton Bay

Leonardtown Firefighters Rescue Dog That Fell Down Small Cliff Alongside Breton Bay

On Thursday, October 23, 2025, at approximately 3:00 p.m., firefighters from Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 41000 block of Solitude Lane in Leonardtown, for the reported animal rescue. 911 callers reported a dog fell down a cliff and was approximately 20 feet down the inaccessible area. Our volunteers responded with 7 personnel...
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Police Investigating Man and Woman Found Dead in Ridge

Police Investigating Man and Woman Found Dead in Ridge

On Saturday, October 25, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 16000 block Three Notch Road in Ridge, for the reported two subjects not breathing. Firefighters quickly arrived on the scene to find one male patient outside of the residence deceased, and one female patient inside of...
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