On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at approximately 7:42 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Wicomico Shores Landing on Army Navy Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported traumatic injuries. According to 911 callers, the victim was unconscious, had a faint pulse and shallow breathing, after a tubing accident. At the time of...
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UPDATE 6/25/2025: On June 25, 2025, at approximately 3:15 p.m., police, fire department, and emergency medical services personnel responded to the intersection of Washington Avenue and Rosewick Road in La Plata for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a passenger car and a motorcycle. First-arriving La Plata Police Department officers initiated CPR on...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Detectives and Forensic Science Investigators have identified the body of a woman who was found murdered almost 25 years ago. Jane Doe was her name for investigators for 25 years, but her true identity has now been learned – LaQuanda Denise “Niecey” Williams who was just 31 years old when her...
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On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at approximately 11:10 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Point Lookout State Park located in Scotland, for the reported open water rescue. 911 callers advised a male was screaming for help in the water, and reported he was approximately 200 yards off the shoreline of...
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Aleksander Andreev Ivanchev, 42, of Lexington Park, who was previously convicted for a fatal 2021 car crash, has been arrested again, this time for allegedly violating a protective order. On June 21, 2025, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Redgate Farm Lane after an adult female victim...
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State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Jontae Lamont Proctor, 22, of Leonardtown, Maryland, was sentenced to LIFE in prison plus an additional 94 years of active incarceration following several convictions related to multiple violent shooting incidents throughout St. Mary’s County. On February 26, 2024, Proctor participated in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man...
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UPDATE 6/24/2025: Simone Marie Stewart, 51, of Lexington Park, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on June 17, 2025, after pleading guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, according to court documents filed in the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. Stewart entered a guilty plea before Judge Joseph Michael Stanalonis, who presided...
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UPDATE 6/23/205: Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged a Mechanicsville man with setting his home on fire early Monday morning and later connected him to setting his parents’ car on fire Saturday morning. Michale Robert Guy, 47, was arrested shortly after the fire with the assistance of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Just...
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On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Deputy First Class Ryan McLean #400, of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, was stopped by a Maryland State Police Trooper and cited for driving while impaired. McLean was not on duty at the time and was operating a personally owned vehicle. Following the citation, McLean was released to...
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UPDATE 6/20/2025: The fire investigation has determined the cause of the fire was accidental and caused by a portable phone charger. The neighbor has started a GoFundMe to assist the homeowner, who has asked we share for additional support and assistance. The fire was discovered by a neighbor who heard smoke alarms sounding. The...
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On Thursday, June 19, 2025, at approximately 2:10 p.m., firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 24000 block of Pin Cushion Road in Leonardtown, for the reported traumatic injuries. 911 callers reported a child was kicked by a horse, with the child conscious and breathing. Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 7 was placed...
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Bruce Robinson, 57, of La Plata, has been charged with 14 criminal offenses, including multiple drug trafficking and firearms violations, following a police raid at his home on May 30, 2025. According to court documents filed in the District Court for Charles County, the charges stem from the execution of a search warrant carried...
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On Thursday, June 19, 2025, at approximately 3:57 a.m., firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 14000 block of Scalloway Place in Charlotte Hall, for the reported structure on fire. 911 callers reported a large RV was on fire and threatening the residence, with subjects attempting to put the fire out with a...
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On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at approximately 5:54 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded the area of Chancellors Run Road and Longfields Boulevard in Great Mills, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a moped with one unconscious. Crews quickly arrived on the scene to confirm a single truck struck a moped, with...
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UPDATE 6/18/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that John Otha Dickens, Jr., 35, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was sentenced to LIFE in prison with 58 years of active incarceration for several domestic violence incidents. On November 21, 2024, a St. Mary’s County jury convicted Dickens of attempted first-degree murder for viciously attacking his prior...
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Police in St. Mary’s County responded to a residential neighborhood in Lexington Park on Monday, June 16, 2025, at approximately 2:10 p.m., for the report of a threat involving a firearm. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with the victim, who reported being involved in a verbal altercation with a male subject. During the dispute,...
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On Sunday, June 1st, 2025, at 5:06 p.m., officers responded to a business in the 1300 block of Smallwood Drive West in Waldorf for the report of pedestrians struck. A preliminary investigation revealed the suspect, Robin Lessette Alexander, age 53, of Indian Head, was attending a baby shower at the location when she became...
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On June 2, 2025, Master Deputy Locke responded to a report of a vehicle driving without headlights that had just been involved in a crash on southbound Rt. 4 near the Rt. 260 overpass in Dunkirk. Upon contacting the driver of the striking vehicle, identified as Carrington Girard Britt, 40, of Upper Marlboro, deputies...
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The Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad released the following statement following a fire that fortunately left no injuries, and limited damage to their fire station. Potomac Heights, MD — June 16, 2025 — On the evening of Sunday, June 15, members of the Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue...
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On Saturday, June 14, 2025, at approximately 2:02 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 22000 block of Towey Court in Great Mills, for the report of two subjects not breathing. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm two patients not breathing and began performing CPR and life-saving measures. Medical personnel...
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On Thursday, June 12, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Chicamuxen Road and Sweetmans Road in Marbury, for the reported pedestrian struck by a vehicle. 911 callers reported a 53-year-old male on a scooter was struck by a pick-truck, and was suffering from a...
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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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Jose Wilbert Herrera-Chavez, 36, of Silver Spring, is facing multiple charges after allegedly stabbing a coworker at a construction site in Charlotte Hall. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to MedStar Health Urgent Care on Market Drive around 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, after receiving a report of a stabbing victim....
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Style met substance on June 5, as Hospice of the Chesapeake’s Fashion for a Cause returned to the U.S. Naval Academy’s Fluegel Alumni Center. The high-energy fashion show smashed last year’s totals, raising more than $305,000 to support the nonprofit’s community health programs, including pediatric hospice care, children’s grief counseling, and family support services....
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