On Saturday, August 3, 2019, at approximately 1:55 a.m., Deputies from the St. Mary’s and Calvert County Sheriff’s Offices and Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown and Prince Frederick Barracks responded to the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department social hall at 46900 South Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of shots...
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On Saturday, August 3, 2019, at approximately 2:55 a.m., Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown and Prince Frederick Barrack responded to the IHOP on Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported assault. Police arrived on scene to find...
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CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella infections linked to contact with pig ear dog treats. CDC and FDA are now advising people not to buy or feed any pig ear dog treats to pets, including any that may already...
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On Thursday, August 1, 2019, at approximately 7:20 p.m., firefighters responded to Bert’s Restaurant at 28760 Three Notch Road and Etna Court in Mechanicsville, for the reported structure collapse. Crews arrived on scene to find a large tree/limb onto the roof of the restaurant. Employees stated water was coming into the restaurant. All firefighters...
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On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at approximately 11:25 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Hunting Quarter Drive in Callaway, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned and one subject trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the roadway...
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UPDATE 7/31/2019 @ 10:30 a.m.: Ocean City Police Issued the following press release: Ocean City police officers are continuing to investigate a fatal crash involving a motorcycle that occurred Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a motorcycle in the area of 45th Street. The motorcycle fled from officers,...
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On July 29, 2019, at approximately 5:00 a.m., officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, Southern District responded to Southern Maryland Boulevard (MD 4) N/B and Talbot Road in Lothian for a crash involving a motorcycle. A Dodge truck pulling a box trailer was traveling northbound on Southern Maryland Boulevard approaching Talbot Road....
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On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at approximately 5:35 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to Ben Creek Road in the area of Williams Wharf Road in St. Leonard, for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV / four-wheeler). Preliminary investigation...
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UPDATE 7/27/2019 @ 3:oo p.m..: Maryland State Police from the LaPlata Barrack continue to investigate a two-vehicle crash on Crain Highway this morning that killed two people including a 15-year-old in Charles County. The two deceased were passengers in a vehicle involved in a crash around 7:30 a.m. on southbound Crain Highway near Mount...
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Gregory Cook, 48, of Waldorf, was found guilty by a jury of four felony narcotics charges in regard to a conspiracy to traffic narcotics in Northeast, D.C., and Maryland. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Cook was tried before U.S....
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On Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at approximately 1:52 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 40700 block of Old Horse Landing Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported burglary in progress. Deputies arrived and discovered an individual later identified as James Daniel Seifert, 26 of Lexington Park, on the porch...
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UPDATE 7/24/2019 @ 4:30 p.m.: A spokesperson from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Ofice told SMNEWSNET.com that two airsoft guns were recovered at the scene, and the suspect will be charged with second-degree assault for today’s incident. 7/24/2019: Police in St. Mary’s County are investigating an assault that occurred in Loveville at approximately 12:30...
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UPDATE 7/24/2019: According to the application for statement of charges filed in Howard County District Court, the Vice and Narcotics unit received a tip regarding possible prostitution activity in rooms 45 and 33 at the Terrace Motel. Howard County Police Officers observed the suspicious activity that was occurring and believed it was related to...
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On Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at approximately 10:20 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to 26326 Cherry Lane in Hollywood, for the reported motor vehicle accident with one person unconscious. Police arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a utility pole. The vehicle was occupied by...
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Michael P. Casey of Poquoson, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Newport News, Virginia, on charges stemming from his participation in a lucrative conspiracy to falsely label millions of dollars-worth of foreign crab meat as “Product of USA.” “By illegally mislabeling hundreds of thousands of pounds of crab meat, the defendant intentionally...
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On Sunday, July 21, 2019, at approximately 6:50 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to 8255 Gilroy Road in Nanjemoy, for the motor vehicle accident involving a structure. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a residence. The driver signed care refusal forms on the scene....
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UPDATE 7/22/2019: Gary Scott Flint, 38, of Leonardtown, was sentenced to the maximum penalty of 25 years in prison for a felony first-degree assault on his 41-year-old female roommate following an argument inside a residence on the 21700 block of Potomac View Drive in Leonardtown. Assistant State’s Attorney John Pleisse prosecuted the case. 3/21/2019:...
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UPDATE: On July 20, 2019, at 11:14 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the reported motor vehicle collision in the 27400 block of Three Notch Road, in the area of Harpers Corner Road in Mechanicsville. Deputies arrived on scene and were advised by Marvin Leander Jones Jr., age 49...
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UPDATE 7/20/2019: Ronnie David Tippett, 29, of Hughesville, was found deceased in St. Mary’s County on July 19, 2019, at approximately 7:00 p.m. A Forensic Investigator and Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division (CID) responded to the scene and are conducting an investigation which is ongoing. 7/16/2019: The Charles County...
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UPDATE: Eugene Terrill Harris, 27, of St. Leonard, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of ten years in prison for his involvement with the stabbing assault that occurred on Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Lexington Park. Senior Assistant State’s Attorney and Chief of Staff Jaymi Sterling, told SMNEWSNET, “The State argued for ten years of...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Damarco Rashord Hall, 21 of Waldorf, to 18 years suspend all but 8 years for First-Degree Assault and Wear, Carry, and Transport of a Handgun. Hall previously entered a guilty plea...
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On July 13, 2019 Deputy Holt, of the Calvert County Sherif’s Office observed a vehicle sitting in the Roland’s parking lot in Chesapeake Beach with two occupants inside who appeared to be passed out. Deputy Holt made contact with the subjects, later identified as Jeremy Anthony Desantis, 34, of Chesapeake Beach and Jennifer Lynn...
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On July 14, 2019 Deputy Lewis, of the Calvert County Sherif’s Office responded to the Citgo Gas Station in Port Republic for the report of a physical altercation in a vehicle. Upon making contact with the driver, Terrell James Russell, 33, of Port Republic, Deputy Lewis noticed the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating...
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In July of 2019, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division was conducting an investigation on William Joseph Leo Brown “Lee”, 41 of Drayden, for the distribution of controlled dangerous substances. With the assistance of the Vice Narcotics Support Team and St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office K-9, a vehicle Brown was a...
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On Thursday, July 4, 2019, Deputy Forinash, of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 22000 block of Valley Estates Drive in Lexington Park for the reported disturbance. The investigation determined Ebony Veronique Mullins, 34 of Lexington Park, was in an argument with a victim, a 16-year-old female, who Mullins was in...
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