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Callaway Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine in Hollywood

Callaway Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine in Hollywood

On Monday, October 29, 2018 at approximately 5:00 p.m., Trooper R. Kaszubski, from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to 24494 Mervell Dean Road, in Hollywood, to assist other police officers on a welfare check. Trooper First Class A. Oyler was on scene working as an advanced life support EMS staff member that...
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VIDEO: Three Vehicle Crash in Great Mills Sends Two Patients to Trauma Center

VIDEO: Three Vehicle Crash in Great Mills Sends Two Patients to Trauma Center

On November 2, 2018, at approximately 6:15 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Great Mills Road, and Cypress Way, in Great Mills, for a motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find three vehicles in the roadway with all vehicles having heavy front end damage, and all occupants out of the...
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VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Arrest Subway Armed Robber

VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Arrest Subway Armed Robber

On Nov. 1, 2018, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested and charged a suspect in the robbery of the Subway restaurant in California. Christian McFarland Phillips, 35, of Lexington Park was arrested and charged with Armed Robbery, Theft: $100 to under $1,500 and Resist/Interfere with Arrest by Sheriff’s Deputies, and is currently being...
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Box Truck Hits Several Vehicles in Parking Lot of Outback Steakhouse in Wildewood

Box Truck Hits Several Vehicles in Parking Lot of Outback Steakhouse in Wildewood

On Thursday, November 1, 2018, at approximately 2:50 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Outback Steakhouse in the Wildewood Shopping Center, for a reported serious motor vehicle crash with one person unresponsive. Crews arrived on scene to find a large box truck had left the roadway for unknown reasons and into the...
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Newburg Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying of 21-Year-Old Hughesville Woman

Newburg Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying of 21-Year-Old Hughesville Woman

UPDATE 11/1/2018: On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier sentenced Daniel Juwan Butler, 23 of Newburg, to 6 years in prison and 5 years supervised probation for the vehicular slaying of Taylor Halbleib. Butler, previously entered a guilty plea to the Negligent Vehicular Manslaughter of Halbleib on August 30, 2018....
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Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

On October 27, 2018, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Deputy Sampson of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a black Chrysler 200 in the area of Solomons Island Road and Dares Beach Road, in Prince Frederick, for having multiple windows cracked and the front bumper appearing to be falling off. Police...
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Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Anne Arundel County Police have made an arrest in the murder of Danielle Valerie Gunson in late September. Anne Arundel County Homicide detectives were able to link the murder of Danielle Gunson to the attempted murder of Terence John Caruso Jr. On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at approximately 12:45 p.m., Terence Caruso was found...
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Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

On October 27, 2018, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assault involving a knife in the 39800 block of Graves Road, in Mechanicsville. Alvarez Simeon Johnson Sr., 46 of Oxon Hill, arrived at the victims’ residence, in violation of a current protective order. Johnson then engaged in a verbal...
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UPDATE: Former State Trooper Sentenced to 3 Months of Home Detention for Assault on Teens with Handgun

UPDATE: Former State Trooper Sentenced to 3 Months of Home Detention for Assault on Teens with Handgun

UPDATE 10/29/2018: Joseph L. Greenwell, 39, of Dameron plead guilty to impersonating a police officer and second-degree assault. On Monday, October 22, 2018, Judge M. Brooke Murdock, imposed an 18-month jail sentence, suspended to 3 months of home detention and two years of probation. Greenwell was sentenced to home detention for his guilty plea to...
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57-Year-Old Lusby Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Chesapeake Ranch Estates

57-Year-Old Lusby Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Chesapeake Ranch Estates

On October 28th, 2018 at approximately 10:07 p.m., Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to a single vehicle crash on Catalina Drive located in the Chesapeake Ranch Estates. Preliminary Investigation of the collision revealed a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by Bobby Price Jr, 57 years...
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Man Who Murdered Neighbor in Nanjemoy Sentenced to 64 Years in Prison

Man Who Murdered Neighbor in Nanjemoy Sentenced to 64 Years in Prison

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, October 25, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Marcus Darnell Johnson, 34 of Nanjemoy, to 64 Years for the Second-Degree Murder of Wayne Proctor, Jr. and 6 counts of reckless endangerment. Covington, commenting on the case, said, “I’ve been...
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UPDATE: Minor Injuries Reported From Motor Vehicle Involving School Bus and Dump Truck in Waldorf

UPDATE: Minor Injuries Reported From Motor Vehicle Involving School Bus and Dump Truck in Waldorf

UPDATE: On  Friday, October 26 at 9:12 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Poplar Hill Road at Mattawoman Beantown Road in Waldorf for the report of an accident involving a school bus and a dump truck. Upon arrival, officers located the bus which had 17 students on board as well...
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Boat Fire in California Under Investigation

Boat Fire in California Under Investigation

On Saturday, October 27, 2018, at approximately 8:40 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, Solomons, Hollywood, and NAS Patuxent River responded to 23703 Bill Dixon Road, and North Patuxent Beach Road, in California for the reported boat fire. Dispatch advised responding units they were receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a medium sized boat in the...
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Fatal Crash in Edgewater Leaves 28-Year-Old St. Leonard Woman in Critical Condition

Fatal Crash in Edgewater Leaves 28-Year-Old St. Leonard Woman in Critical Condition

On Friday, October 26, 2018 at approximately 6:25 a.m. officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to a crash involving multiple vehicles on Solomons Island Road near Virginia Avenue in Edgewater. A Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling southbound on Solomons Island Road when the driver, Heather Waibel, 44, of Annapolis, lost control and crossed...
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Abandoned Vacant House Fire Under Investigation in Waldorf

Abandoned Vacant House Fire Under Investigation in Waldorf

On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at approximately 4:45 p.m., police fire and rescue responded to the area of 2290 Mattawoman Beantown Road, and Substation Road, in Waldorf, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find the vacant house fully engulfed in flames, approximately 20 firefighters controlled the fire in 15 minutes....
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Three Injured in Serious Motor Vehicle Accident in Leonardtown

Three Injured in Serious Motor Vehicle Accident in Leonardtown

On Friday, October 26, 2018, at approximately 11:20 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Fairgrounds Road, and Clay Hill Road in Leonardtown for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with one person unresponsive. Crews arrived on scene to find a Ford pickup truck off the roadway and into a tree with one...
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House and Workshop Fire in La Plata Under Investigation

House and Workshop Fire in La Plata Under Investigation

On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at approximately 3:20 p.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to 6315 Hidden Valley Drive, in La Plata, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a 2-story residence with fire and heavy smoke showing. It took over 40 firefighters approximately 20 minutes to bring the fire...
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Maryland State Police Announce Impaired Driving Enforcement Through Halloween

Maryland State Police Announce Impaired Driving Enforcement Through Halloween

If your Halloween plans include alcohol, the Maryland State Police is reminding drivers that troopers will be working additional impaired driving patrols beginning tonight and continuing through Halloween. Barracks across Maryland are using impaired driving grant funding from the MDOT/MVA Maryland Highway Safety Office to put additional troopers on the road. These troopers will...
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Lusby Woman Arrested for Shoplifting at Kohl’s Department Store in Lexington Park

Lusby Woman Arrested for Shoplifting at Kohl’s Department Store in Lexington Park

On Monday, October 15, 2018 at approximately 7:00 p.m., Trooper J. Powis from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to Kohl’s Department Store, in Lexington Village Way, in Lexington Park, for a reported theft. Upon arrival, Tpr Powis made contact with the Loss Prevention Officer who was waiting with the suspect, identified as Lindy...
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18-Year-Old High School Student from Glen Burnie Arrested After Bringing Loaded Handgun to School

18-Year-Old High School Student from Glen Burnie Arrested After Bringing Loaded Handgun to School

On October 23, 2018 at approximately 8:30 p.m., officers from the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a social media video which showed an unidentified male with a handgun. The video appeared to be taken in a school. Through the investigation the suspect was identified as Maleek Benjamin, 18, of Glen...
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Woman Overdoses in Checkers Drive-Thru in Lexington Park

Woman Overdoses in Checkers Drive-Thru in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at approximately 3:05 p.m, police fire and rescue personnel responded to the Checkers Fast Food Restaurant on Great Mills Road, and South Essex Drive, for the reported motor vehicle accident with one person unconscious. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle in the drive-thru of Checkers with police...
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Police Arrest Man for Drugs and Obstructing/Hindering at Accident Scene in Chesapeake Beach

Police Arrest Man for Drugs and Obstructing/Hindering at Accident Scene in Chesapeake Beach

On October 21, 2018 Deputy Lorenzano of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Dalrymple Road, in Chesapeake Beach for the report of an auto accident. While EMS was treating the driver of the vehicle, Navon Samuels Rice, 30, pulled up in another vehicle and attempted to walk over to the driver of the...
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WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 10/23/2018

WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 10/23/2018

The following persons are wanted by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit is responsible for the service of criminal and child support warrants as well as criminal summonses issued by the courts. They are also responsible for coordinating extraditions of suspects out of state. If you have information...
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Garage Fire in Waldorf Ruled Accidental

Garage Fire in Waldorf Ruled Accidental

On Monday, October 22, 2018, at approximately 9:35 a.m., firefighters responded to 10672 Ashford Circle, in Waldorf for a garage fire. Firefighters from the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding areas arrived on scene to find a two story single family home with heavy fire showing from the attached garage. It took over 40...
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Lusby Man Charged with Fleeing and Eluding and Drug Possession with Intent to Distribute

Lusby Man Charged with Fleeing and Eluding and Drug Possession with Intent to Distribute

On October 17th, 2018, members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (CCSO DEU) executed search warrants related to an ongoing Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) investigation concerning Kyle Jerome Martin Jr., 31, of Lusby, distributing CDS. Officers stopped the vehicle being operated by Martin in the area of Solomon’s Urgent Care. Martin...
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