On Monday, June 24, 2024, at approximately 3:23 p.m., officers responded to the St. Charles Towne Center parking lot after receiving a report of four juveniles breaking into several cars. Officers arrived in the parking lot, and the suspects immediately fled on foot but were quickly apprehended. Further investigation found three vehicles had been...
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UPDATE 6/26/2024: On June 25th 2024, at 9:07 p.m., patrol officers responded to Charles Street and Washington Avenue for a motor vehicle collision involving a car and a dirt bike. Preliminary investigation reveals a Chevy Malibu was attempting to make a left turn onto Charles Street from Washington Avenue. The operator of the motorcycle,...
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On Friday, June 21st, 2024, at approximately 12:55 p.m., a deputy from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Sneade’s Ace Home Center on HG Trueman Road in Lusby, for the report of a theft. Employees stated a white male in a black shirt and light blue jeans stole merchandise and left the store...
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On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at approximately 3:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 46000 block of River Run Lane in Piney Point, for the reported open water rescue with a drowning victim. 911 callers reported neighbor advised they almost drowned and a juvenile female was missing. Prior to the arrival of...
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UPDATE 6/24/2024: On Saturday, June 22, 2024, at approximately 1:25 p.m., police responded to the MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital located at 25500 Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown, for the reported ambulance theft. 911 callers reported a patient had just stolen an All American Ambulance (AAA) and it was last seen travelling Northbound on Route...
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UPDATE 6/24/2024 @ 12:30 p.m.: According to court documents, on June 22, 2024, at 9:45 p.m., police responded to Nicholas Court in Great Mills, for the reports of shots fired. Numerous officers responded to the area and made contact with an adult female victim, who was bleeding from the head and indicated she had...
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On Friday, June 21, 2024, Detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Intelligence Unit served a Search and Seizure Warrant for a juvenile suspect. With the assistance of other detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division, the juvenile was stopped as the driver of a vehicle in the Walmart parking lot in California,...
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Due to forecasted high temperatures, animal owners or custodians are required to provide appropriate protection from the weather including providing adequate shelter, water, space and access to shade. Pay special attention to animals that are most prone to heat stroke: Brachycephalic Breeds: Dogs and cats with short noses, such as bulldogs, pugs, boxers, Persians and...
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UPDATE 6/25/2024: On Sunday, June 23, 2024, at approximately 5:55 a.m., firefighters responded to 25 Sammys Place in Solomons, for the house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single story single wide 14′ X 70′ Manufactured Home fully engulfed in flames. The owner/occupants is identified as Shane Garner with the estimated...
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On Friday, June 21, 2024, at approximately 10:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel were alerted to the area of the Gospel Tabernacle of Prayer located at 24500 block of Budds Creek Road in Clements, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with reported people trapped. Initial reports were that a truck was struck...
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UPDATE 6/23/2024: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has identified and charged a suspect in connection with a recent murder at a football event in Oxon Hill. The suspect is 29-year-old Dajuon Meniefield of Bowie. He is charged with fatally shooting 33-year-old Christopher Mozee of District Heights. On June 15, 2024, at...
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UPDATE 6/21/2024: Video added. Police did not release any information for the road closure until 7:25 p.m., advised citizens to stay indoors if you live in the area and stated the incident was contained to the area with no immediate threat to the public. Citizens were not allowed to get to their residences or...
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On Friday, June 21, 2024, at approximately 12:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 22000 block of Bluebird Court in Leonardtown, for the reported gunshot wound. 911 caller reported a 41-year-old male had an accidental discharge and shot himself in the lower body with a handgun. Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper...
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The Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Department is proud to announce that Firefighter Chris Windsor, was this year’s recipient of the ‘George W. Colburn, Jr. Award’ presented by the Maryland State Firemen’s Association, for an outstanding act of heroism. On Saturday, June 10, 2023, off-duty volunteer Firefighter Chris Windsor came upon a serious motor vehicle accident...
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UPDATE 6/20/2024: According to court documents, Tessa Marie Mathis, 28, of Leonardtown, told police that she and Jordan Taylor Poetzman, 29, of Leonardtown did not want to live anymore, and she admitted to taking Fentanyl with Poetzman, while their 7-month-old infant was in the back seat and not properly restrained. Located inside the front seat...
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On June 12, 2024, at approximately 4:00 p.m., La Plata Police Department officers responded to the Target, on Shining Willow Way, in La Plata, for the report of a theft in progress. Upon arrival the loss prevention manager gave police a description of the suspect, who was later Identified as Michael Keith Lee Jr.,...
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On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at approximately 4:02 a.m., firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Bay District, Seventh District, and Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the 23000 block of North Montague Drive in Leonardtown, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story residence with fire showing from the...
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On Monday, June 17, 2024, at approximately 10:02 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Flora Corner Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision involving a motorcyclist with one reportedly unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a motorcyclist off the roadway after striking...
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On Friday, June 7, 2024, police responded to a residence in California for the report of a domestic assault. When police arrived, they contacted the adult male victim, who stated his girlfriend of two and a half years assaulted him. The victim said he came home from work, and Laryssa J Wall, 28, of...
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On Saturday, June 15, 2024, at approximately 12:08 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and St. James Church Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find a BMW sedan was travelling on Mattapany Road when the operator...
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On Sunday, June 16, 2024, at approximately 4:03 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the Morningside Apartments located at 70 Village Street in Waldorf, for the reported commercial structure fire with multiple subjects trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 4-story apartment complex with nothing evident from multiple sides. Upon entering the structure,...
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On Friday, June 14, 2024, at approximately 1:03 a.m., Troopers from Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to United States Route 301 in the area of Billingsley Road for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision. Due to the circumstances, the Maryland State Police CRASH Team was requested to assume the investigation....
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Section (NES), in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, has successfully dismantled a major drug ring operating across Charles County. This year-long investigation culminated in a coordinated operation that resulted in several arrests and the recovery of significant amounts of...
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Message from Sheriff Ricky Cox I just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone involved in the prosecution of the evil perpetrator who decided to come to Calvert County and shoot at your deputies. On December 17th 2022, at around 9:30 P.M., Mr. Brandon Turner of Greenbelt was stopped for a traffic violation....
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UPDATE 6/14/2024: On Thursday, June 13, 2024, police responded to a 911 report of a subject not breathing. Upon arriving at the scene at the 21000 block of FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park, the deceased body of a woman, identified as Erica Christina Drinks, 52, was found in a shed on the property. Detectives...
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