UPDATE 5/14/2025: All occupants have fortunately escaped injury after a large tree fell on top of the moving Toyota mini-van. This was the second tree to fall and strike a vehicle in the county this evening. Fortunately, both incidents resulted in NO injuries. SMECO, firefighters and MDOT SHA responded to assist in removing the...
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A loaded handgun that discharged inside a classroom at Billingsley Elementary School in Charles County, has been traced back to a visiting relative of the student involved. Authorities have since charged a Florida man in connection with the incident, following an investigation by the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office. The...
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Darnajah Rachelle Warrick, 18, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple felony charges stemming from three separate incidents, including a domestic dispute earlier this year and two violent confrontations reported on May 8, 2025. Warrick was first arrested on January 5, 2025, following a domestic altercation at a residence on Flower Drive. According to the...
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On Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 9:52 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the intersection of Leonardtown Road at Gallant Green Road in Hughesville, for a serious motor vehicle collision with reports of entrapment, fire, rollover and ejection. Dispatchers advised they were receiving multiple 911 calls with reports of a two vehicle...
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A 18-year-old male from Prince Frederick is facing criminal charges in St. Mary’s County after allegedly damaging private property in California, Maryland. According to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, Gage Alexander Lawlor, 18, of Prince Frederick, has been charged with one count of malicious destruction of property valued...
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On May 4, 2025, at approximately 7 a.m., Calvert County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 9700 block of Wildfire Lane in Owings for the report of a motor vehicle theft. Upon arrival, it was discovered that unknown suspect(s) had stolen a 2016 white Dodge Journey from the victim’s driveway and stole a wallet...
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Kandice Lynn Drinks, 31, of Newport News, Virginia, has been sentenced following her guilty plea in a 2023 child abuse case that occurred in St. Mary’s County, according to court documents. Drinks, was charged in connection to a child abuse incident involving her infant son. The case, which originated in the District Court of...
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Tynesha Lashaun Thomas, 34, of Lexington Park, is facing a series of criminal and traffic charges after an incident involving a school bus on March 11, 2025, that reportedly took place during student drop-offs on Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown. According to court documents filed on May 6, 2025, by Trooper Azeez Olayanju of the...
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UPDATE 5/5/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that a St. Mary’s County jury found James Jerome Adams, Jr., 20, of Great Mills, Maryland, guilty of first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence for his role in a shooting homicide in Great Mills, Maryland. On April...
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Maryland Delegate Matt Morgan released the following statement on May 5th, 2025. “This post is designed as a PSA for residents of Northern St. Mary’s. I am gathering more information about the proposed psychiatric urgent care facility on Mount Wolf Road in Charlotte Hall. I had no involvement in recruiting or funding this proposed...
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Angela Marie Hanson, 52, of California, Maryland, is at the center of two major criminal cases involving alleged financial thefts from local institutions in St. Mary’s County. Hanson has been indicted and separately charged in connection with two alleged theft schemes totaling nearly $20,000. Most recently, Hanson was charged on May 4, 2025, with...
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On May 2, 2025, at 5 a.m., Demetrius Charles Dorsey, age 23, of La Plata, was arrested and charged in connection with numerous thefts of ATVs from across the region including King George County, Charles County, La Plata, Alexandria City, Prince William County, Prince George’s County and St. Mary’s County. Dorsey would seek out...
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On Thursday, May 1, 2025, at approximately 8:20 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Old Washington Road and Trade Zone Court in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Dispatchers advised they received multiple 911 callers reporting an unknown aged victim in a wheelchair was...
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UPDATE: Maryland State Police are investigating an early morning pedestrian fatal crash in Charles County. The deceased has not yet been positively identified. Police believe he was the driver and sole occupant of a gray Infiniti involved in the crash. Emergency responders pronounced him deceased on the scene. Shortly before 2:40 a.m., troopers from...
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Michael Gerard Benedict, 50, of Newburg, is facing multiple criminal charges after two separate incidents earlier this month, according to court documents from the District Court for Charles County. In the most recent case, filed on April 28, 2025, Benedict was arrested and charged with three counts of second-degree assault on law enforcement officers,...
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UPDATE 4/29/2025: New court documents reveal that Keycy Robinson Alexi Barrera-Rosa, 24, of Waldorf, now faces additional charges in connection with the death of Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra. According to the recently filed application for charges, detectives confirmed through forensic cellular analysis, video surveillance, and witness interviews that Barrera-Rosa murdered the victim inside their...
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The Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department proudly hosted the 79th Annual Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association Convention on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27, 2025. This year’s convention held special significance as long-time Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department member Tommy Mattingly Jr., was instilled as President of the Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association. The two-day event brought...
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Now is the time to voice your concerns, questions and opinions. The Board of Education of Charles County and Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) are hosting a virtual Town Hall on Tuesday, May 6, at 7 p.m. through Zoom. The event is open to the public. Attendees must have an active Zoom account to...
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Juan Jared Perez-Lopez, 20, of Prince Frederick, has been indicted by a Calvert County grand jury in connection with a February fire at Calvert High School. Perez-Lopez was indicted on four criminal counts, including arson and reckless endangerment, stemming from the incident that temporarily disrupted operations at the school and endangered over 1,100 individuals....
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Maryland State Police are investigating a Thursday-evening collision that left one driver dead and two people injured on Maryland Route 235 (Three Notch Road), in Mechanicsville. Troopers from the Leonardtown Barrack were dispatched at 5:58 p.m. on April 24, 2025, to the intersection of Route 235 and Mt. Zion Church Road. According to the...
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On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at approximately 10:50 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 100 block of Drury Drive in La Plata, for a reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 83-year-old female laying in the parking lot after being struck by...
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The Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department (LVFD) is proud to announce that it will host the 79th Annual Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association (SMVFA) Convention on April 26-27, 2025. This year’s convention holds special significance as it will mark the installation of long-time LVFD member Tommy Mattingly Jr. as President of the SMVFA. The two-day...
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UPDATE 4/22/2025: The Charles County Sheriff’s Office has completed its investigation into the firearm discharge incident that occurred at Billingsley Elementary School on April 10TH, 2025. After a thorough investigation, officers determined that the firearm belonged to a relative of the student who was visiting from out of town. The facts of the case...
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A Lusby man was arrested last week after he exposed himself in a parking lot outside a retail shopping center in St. Mary’s County, according to charging documents filed by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Deshunte Jones, 33, of Lusby, was formally charged with indecent exposure following an incident that occurred around 6:00...
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On Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 5:28 p.m., firefighters responded to the 2700 block of Tred Avon Court in Waldorf, for the house fire. 911 callers reported a grill was possibly on fire to the rear of the residence with all occupants being evacuated and accounted for. Crews arrived on the scene to find...
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