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UPDATE: Deputies Arrest Lexington Park Man for Trespassing at Greenview Knolls Elementary School

UPDATE: Deputies Arrest Lexington Park Man for Trespassing at Greenview Knolls Elementary School

  UPDATE 5/3/2018 @ 8:30 p.m.: Ernarde Delovestein Banks, 37, of Lexington Park, was arrested by Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and charged with causing a disturbance during a school operation, trespassing on school grounds, and causing a disturbance while intoxicated. 5/3/2018: On Thursday, May 3, 2018, at approximately 12:20 p.m., Deputies from...
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Two Flown to Area Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Leonardtown

Two Flown to Area Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Leonardtown

On Monday, April 30th, 2018, at approximately 4:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue crews responded to a reported serious motor vehicle accident with one person ejected, in the area of Point Lookout Road and Moakley Street, in Leonardtown. Crews arrived on scene to discover multiple vehicles in the intersection. One person was transported from...
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20-Year-Old Man Shot to Death in Waldorf, Victims Name Released

20-Year-Old Man Shot to Death in Waldorf, Victims Name Released

UPDATE 5/2/2018 @11:00: On May 1, 2018, at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriffs Office responded to the 2200 block of Stream Vista Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located Antonio Lamount Harper, Jr., 20, of Waldorf, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced deceased...
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Maryland State Police Arrest Two Brothers on Child Pornography Charges

Maryland State Police Arrest Two Brothers on Child Pornography Charges

Two men from Prince George’s County were arrested and charged Monday morning after a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation developed evidence supporting charges of distribution and possession of child pornography Nicholas Eber, 26, of Laurel, is charged with three counts of distributing child pornography and six counts of possessing...
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Detective and Police Cadet Nab Fragrance Thief During Surveillance Sting

Detective and Police Cadet Nab Fragrance Thief During Surveillance Sting

After four months of investigation and pursuing countless leads, Detective C. Gilroy, from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office arrested Edward Daniel Sloane, 51, of Owings Mills, in connection with multiple thefts of expensive women’s fragrances and men’s cologne. Sloane was first spotted in January entering a department store and stealing dozens of bottles of...
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Detectives Charge Upper Marlboro Man with a Sex Offense Involving a Minor

Detectives Charge Upper Marlboro Man with a Sex Offense Involving a Minor

Prince George’s County Police charged a man for engaging in a sexual act with a minor. The suspect is 25-year-old Nathan Clinkscale of the 9000 block of Summit Circle in Upper Marlboro. On April 30, 2018, at approximately 1:30 am, patrol officers were called to a home on Teakwood Drive in Upper Marlboro. The...
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Waldorf Man Charged With Arson of Mother’s House

Waldorf Man Charged With Arson of Mother’s House

Deputy State Fire Marshals have arrested Ronald Lamont Jenkins, 29 of Waldorf, for setting fire to his home. The Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department was alerted to the blaze just after 9:45 a.m., on April 27, 2018, after neighbors reported seeing smoke coming from the house at 1820 Oak Drive in Waldorf. Ronald and his...
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St. Mary’s County Arrests 4/30/2018

St. Mary’s County Arrests 4/30/2018

The following information was provided by the of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack. Drug Arrest- On March 9, 2018, Cpl. Beishline responded to the 46000 block of Creeping Primrose Lane, in Lexington Park, for a report of an individual passed out in a vehicle. Cpl. Beishline...
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Vehicle Fire Reported in Great Mills

Vehicle Fire Reported in Great Mills

On Sunday, April 29, 2018, at approximately 8:30 p.m., firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on Norris Road, in the area of Baja Lane, in Great Mills. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a blue Nissan in the roadway with heavy fire coming from under the hood. The...
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41-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

41-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Maryland State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in which one person died late this morning in Prince George’s County. The victim is identified as Dontay Demus, 41, of Waldorf. He was transported to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. Demus was operating a black Honda motorcycle. The driver...
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Governor Larry Hogan Signs Comprehensive Bipartisan Crime Legislation, Tougher Sentences For Repeat Violent Offenders

Governor Larry Hogan Signs Comprehensive Bipartisan Crime Legislation, Tougher Sentences For Repeat Violent Offenders

Governor Larry Hogan was joined by Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller and Speaker of the House Michael Busch to sign 207 bills into law at a signing ceremony at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. “This morning, we are signing a number of important initiatives, including tougher sentences for repeat violent offenders and...
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UPDATE: Family Displaced by Early Morning Trailer Fire in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Family Displaced by Early Morning Trailer Fire in Lexington Park

According to a press release by The Office of the State Fire Marshal, the fire started in one of the bedrooms and the cause is still under investigation. The estimated loss to the structure and contents was listed at $1000,000. 
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Waldorf Man Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison For Running Oxycodone Pill Mill

Waldorf Man Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison For Running Oxycodone Pill Mill

On April 23, 2018, United States District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Thomas Dalton, age 31, of Waldorf, Maryland to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of oxycodone. The sentence...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Man with Loaded Handgun

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Man with Loaded Handgun

On Monday, April 23, 2018, at approximately at 5:00 p.m., Narcotics investigators from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received information about a male who was possibly in possession of a handgun at a fast food business in the 1100 block of Smallwood Drive West. Officers arrived and observed a man fitting the suspect’s description....
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Waldorf Woman Arrested on Drug Charges After Traffic Stop

Waldorf Woman Arrested on Drug Charges After Traffic Stop

On Friday, April, 20th, 2018, at approximately 7:50 p.m., Trooper First Class K. Jeans and Trooper C. Hunt, from from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack conducted a traffic stop on Timberbrook Drive, in Waldorf on a silver Volvo for the driver not wearing a seatbelt. Upon making contact with the operator, Keanetria Daishun...
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Drug Raid in Clements Nets Three Arrests and Over $45,000 in Suspected Cocaine, Crack, Suboxone and Marijuana

Drug Raid in Clements Nets Three Arrests and Over $45,000 in Suspected Cocaine, Crack, Suboxone and Marijuana

Detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Division, identified Reginald “Ricky” A. Price, age 52 of Clements, as a distributor of controlled dangerous substances, (CDS). Search and seizure warrants were obtained for his residence and a neighboring residence on Horseshoe Road in Clements. The search warrants were executed on Thursday, April 19,...
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All Electronic Tolls Coming in MD in Next Few Years; Cash Phasing Out

All Electronic Tolls Coming in MD in Next Few Years; Cash Phasing Out

The Maryland Transportation Authority is exploring phasing out all cash toll booths across the state. Today, tolls are collected three ways: by cash, or electronically, by either an E-ZPass transponder or by video tolling — when the state uses a license-plate photo and mails drivers their bill. Transportation officials say that the transition to...
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VIDEO: Fire that Destroyed River’s Edge Restaurant in Benedict Caused by Discarded Smoking Materials

VIDEO: Fire that Destroyed River’s Edge Restaurant in Benedict Caused by Discarded Smoking Materials

4/20/2018 @ 9:20 p.m.: The Office of the State Fire Marshal reports, the fire at River’s Edge Restaurant, in Benedict was the result of a smoking materials station igniting on the exterior of the building. The fire spread to nearby combustible materials before extending to the building. Employees of the establishment smelled smoke and discovered...
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Student Arrested After Two Other Students Overdosed on Pot Brownies Sold to Them at Great Mills High School

Student Arrested After Two Other Students Overdosed on Pot Brownies Sold to Them at Great Mills High School

On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Great Mills High School, in Great Mills, a school employee became aware a student was ill and possibly suffering from an overdose, due to eating a brownie which contained THC/CBG, which is derived from marijuana plants. Corporal Kristi Nelson from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was notified...
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19-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident in Pomfret

19-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident in Pomfret

On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at approximately 11:25 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a single motor vehicle crash on Marshalls Corner Road near Hole Shot Place in Pomfret. A preliminary investigation showed the driver of a Dodge pick-up truck was traveling south on Marshalls Corner Road...
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Eight-Year-Old Brings Loaded Semi-Automatic Handgun to Park Hall Elementary School

Eight-Year-Old Brings Loaded Semi-Automatic Handgun to Park Hall Elementary School

On April 18, 2018, deputies and detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, along with Special Agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, (NCIS), responded to Park Hall Elementary School located on Hermanville Road, in Park Hall, for the report of a student with a handgun. Upon arrival officers made contact with a...
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Fourth Maryland Patient Taken to Hospital with Bleeding From ‘Fake Weed’

Fourth Maryland Patient Taken to Hospital with Bleeding From ‘Fake Weed’

The Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Poison Center have reported the fourth hospitalization in Maryland from individuals experiencing risk of severe bleeding after using synthetic cannabinoids, which are often called Spice, K2, Bliss, Scooby Snax, or fake weed. Clinical signs include bruising, nosebleeds, bleeding of the gums, bleeding out of proportion to...
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WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 4/18/2018

WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 4/18/2018

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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Chesapeake Beach Man Arrested for Obstructing and Hindering

Chesapeake Beach Man Arrested for Obstructing and Hindering

On Sunday, April 15, 2018, Corporal Moschetto of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office was assisting with a traffic stop on Cox Road and East Chesapeake Beach Road, in Chesapeake Beach. During the stop, John Robert Abner, 54, of Chesapeake Beach showed up on the scene. Abner was argumentative and was advised to leave the...
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Ridge Man Arrested After Pulling Gun During Road Rage Incident

Ridge Man Arrested After Pulling Gun During Road Rage Incident

On Sunday, April 8, 2018, St. Mary’s County Emergency Communications Center (ECC) received a phone call from a female victim advising a male in a dark colored work van pulled a gun on her and a male victim while on Route 235 in the area of Trapp Road in St. Inigoes. The victim followed...
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