Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public’s help identifying a man suspected of using stolen credit cards and debit cards at various locations throughout Virginia. The cards had been stolen from unlocked vehicles in the Swan Point community between March 3 – March 4. The suspect used the cards at gas stations, convenience...
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Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) has completed restoring service to customers directly affected by Winter Storm Riley, a nor’easter that brought damaging winds to the mid-Atlantic states and New England. “The wind storm that hit our area beginning Friday morning caused more damage to SMECO’s electric system than any hurricane or winter storm we’ve...
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On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at approximately 7:30 p.m., firefighters from Bay District and Hollywood Volunteer Fire Departments responded to Chancellors Run Road, in the area of Frank Hayden Lane, in Great Mills for a motor vehicle accident. The driver of the Subaru had to be extracted by firefighters. All the patients were taken to...
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On Saturday, March 2, 2018, firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding companies responded to Clarks Road, in California, for the report of a house fire. Twenty firefighters were able to control the fire in five minutes. The homeowner was not home at the time of the fire which started in the...
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Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry and the men and women of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office are pleased to welcome Sterlin Douglas, Brianne Gray, Anthony Stephens, and Richard Swann to the CCSO. On March 5, 2018, Charles County Clerk of Circuit Court Sharon L. “Sherri” Hancock presented the Oath of Office to Officers...
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The House of Delegates Thursday rejected Republican attempts to lower a proposed pay raise for judges and tentatively approved a plan to give the 313 judges $20,000 more over the next four years. House Appropriations Committee Chair Maggie McIntosh said the raises were necessary to keep attracting the best talent to serve on the...
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On March 3, 2018, at approximately at 3:15 p.m., a passerby reported a fire inside of the work bay area of a one story commercial building at 24484 Mervell Dean Road, in Hollywood. Fifty firefighters from the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding departments arrived on scene to find heavy fire and smoke showing. The...
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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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3/3/2018: Steven Goldsmith, 28, has been located and arrested, he was wanted on an outstanding warrant from Garrett County. 3/2/2018: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Steven Goldsmith. Goldsmith, 28, with no fixed address, is a Tier 1 registered sex offender; therefore he will remain on the registry for fifteen...
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UPDATE 3/2/2018: According to court documents, Lamont Luther Johnson, 44, of Clinton, had worked at Centre Liquors in 2015, Johnson was fired after he was suspected of stealing various bottles of liquor. Police say items found in the wooded area near the robbery contained physical evidence and DNA from Johnson. Over $12,000.00 in cash and...
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On February 23, 2018 at approximately 9:25 a.m., Deputy Parks from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported theft in progress at the Walmart in Prince Frederick. Police were advised by the Calvert County Control Center that the suspect was described as a white male wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans, black...
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On February 20, 2018 Deputy Flynt, from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Weis Market, in Prince Frederick for the report of a shoplifter that had just left the store. Deputy Trigg located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in the area of the AutoZone on Prince Frederick Boulevard. Deputy Trigg...
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On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at approximately 8:00 p.m., Corporal James Stone, from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, observed a black Ford Expedition traveling southbound on Three Notch Road in the area of Park Hall Road at a speed of 75 mph in a 50 mph zone. Stone turned around on the vehicle...
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On Monday, February 26, 2018 at approximately 6:15 p.m., Trooper M. Zentkovich and Trooper C. Hussey from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack conducted a traffic stop on a white Chevrolet Impala for an expired registration on westbound Route 225 east of Mitchell Road, in La Plata. Upon making contact with the operator...
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On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at approximately 6:35 p.m., Patrol units from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Walmart located at 10600 Town Center BLVD, in Dunkirk, for an armed robbery call. Detective Livingston responded to the scene and met with the victim, who stated he and his friend went to...
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All 313 Maryland judges would get a $20,000 pay raise — $5,000 for each of the next four years, the House Appropriations Committee is recommending. The committee cut $15,000 from the raises proposed by the Judicial Compensation Commission. The committee action would bring the salaries of 173 circuit court judges up to $174,433 and the...
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DICK’S Sporting Goods released the following media statement: We at DICK’S Sporting Goods are deeply disturbed and saddened by the tragic events in Parkland. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims and their loved ones. But thoughts and prayers are not enough. We have tremendous respect and admiration for the students...
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On February 20, 2018, at approximately 5:35 pm, Trooper First Class Warrick from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack responded to the Calvert County Detention Center Work Release Center on Stafford Rd in Prince Frederick for a reported CDS Violation. Bethani Y. Wood, 27 of Lusby, was found to be in possession of a...
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On January 14, 2018, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office units responded to the Subway in Dunkirk, for the reported armed robbery. Detectives determined similar robberies occurred at a Subway in King George Virginia a week prior. During the weeks following these two robberies, a Subway in Anne Arundel County, the Shell Station at the intersection...
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On February 19, 2018, at approximately 8:55 am, Trooper First Class Warrick from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack stopped a vehicle on Route 4 south of Plum Point Road in Huntingtown. The vehicle matched the description of one previously reported earlier as suspicious in the Huntingtown area. Because of several observed drug...
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Detectives with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division are continuing their investigation into the death of Deandre Tramonte Nicholson, 22, of Waldorf, whose case was recently ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. For investigative purposes, the cause of death is not being released. Details of...
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Nicholas Bruce Osborne, 18, of California,was recently featured in a SMNEWSNET article on February 22, 2018, for shooting up a residence in Leonardtown. Osbourne is back in the news with three more serious charges, this time in Calvert County On Sunday, December 16, 2017, at approximately 6:55 p.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at approximately 5:20 a.m., Deputy R. Roszell of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Carroll Road, in Lexington Park, for the report of a burglary. When police arrived, they made contact with a female victim who advised she woke up after hearing a loud...
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On Friday, February 23, 2018, at approximately 5:15 a.m., members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Unit were preparing to serve a search warrant in Waldorf relating to a drug distribution investigation. At that time, the person of interest in the investigation left the house in a car. Cpl. J. Morales attempted...
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On February 22, 2018, following a three-week investigation by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office into alleged drug dealing, a search warrant was served in the 4600 block of Strauss Avenue in Indian Head. Detectives recovered approximately $600 worth of crack cocaine, which had been packaged for sale and distribution. Ammunition for a handgun was...
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