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Waldorf Man Charged With First-Degree Murder in Death of 4-Month-Old Victim

Waldorf Man Charged With First-Degree Murder in Death of 4-Month-Old Victim

Jordan Nathaniel Savoy, 28, of Waldorf, has been charged with multiple offenses, including first-degree murder, following the death of a 4-month-old female victim, according to court documents filed by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. According to the documents, officers and medical personnel responded to a home on Barksdale Avenue in Waldorf on November 23,...
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Waldorf Winner Strikes Again With $50,000 Lottery Scratch-Off Prize

Waldorf Winner Strikes Again With $50,000 Lottery Scratch-Off Prize

A crab cake dinner and some investments in the family business were on the horizon for a Waldorf man Nov. 20 after he claimed a $50,000 prize on the $50 Maryland Lottery scratch-off game $5,000,000 Fortune. Well, those things and more Lottery playing as well. “I love playing,” he said after making the claim...
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The College of Southern Maryland Earns Multiple Awards for Outstanding Marketing and Public Relations

The College of Southern Maryland Earns Multiple Awards for Outstanding Marketing and Public Relations

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) was recognized by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) earning six awards for excellence in design and marketing. In November the CSM Creative Services team attended the NCMPR District 1 conference in Pittsburgh, and took home six District 1 Medallion Awards: GOLD – Career Pathways...
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UPDATE: Search Continues for Male Victim at Thomas Johnson Bridge

UPDATE: Search Continues for Male Victim at Thomas Johnson Bridge

UPDATE 11/22/2025 @12:45 A.M.: Firefighters and dive teams from Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s and Dorchester Counties remain operating on the scene searching for a male victim last seen wearing blue jeans and a black shirt. Helicopters are down due to weather, police are utilizing multiple drones in the search. Updates will be provided as...
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Convicted Felon Accused of Distributing Cocaine and Possessing Illegal Guns in Calvert County

Convicted Felon Accused of Distributing Cocaine and Possessing Illegal Guns in Calvert County

Trevon Charles Brooks, 33, of Lusby, was arrested on November 12, 2025, after an extensive investigation by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), which culminated in the execution of multiple search and seizure warrants. Brooks is now facing eleven separate charges related to drug distribution and illegal firearm possession. According to...
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Two Arizona Men Arrested After Stealing Over $250,000 From Traders Seafood Steak Ale in Chesapeake Beach

Two Arizona Men Arrested After Stealing Over $250,000 From Traders Seafood Steak Ale in Chesapeake Beach

Two Arizona men have been charged in Calvert County in connection with what authorities say was a sophisticated scheme that defrauded a local restaurant and gaming establishment of more than $250,000. Anthony Lee Stuart, 51, of Tempe, Arizona, and Steven Ray Kummerfeld, 65, of Phoenix, Arizona, were arrested on November 10, 2025, and face...
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UPDATE: Baltimore Man Arrested for Attempted Murder in Lexington Park That Occurred in September 2025

UPDATE: Baltimore Man Arrested for Attempted Murder in Lexington Park That Occurred in September 2025

UPDATE 11/20/2025: Delonta Darius Robertson, 21, of Lexington Park, was arrested via warrant on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, in connection with a September stabbing in Lexington Park. On September 27, 2025, deputies responded to the 21000 block of Essex Drive, where they located a male victim suffering multiple stab wounds to the torso. The suspect...
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Police Arrest Lexington Park Woman in Connection with October Murder

Police Arrest Lexington Park Woman in Connection with October Murder

Djhonna Mari Jones, 46, of Lexington Park, has been arrested and charged in connection with the October 27, 2025, fatal shooting of an adult male victim outside a residence on Bellevue Court. According to court records and a statement from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Jones was taken into custody after an arrest...
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Christmas on the Square & Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Leonardtown on Friday, November 28, 2025

Christmas on the Square & Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Leonardtown on Friday, November 28, 2025

The holiday season begins in Leonardtown when Santa arrives for Christmas on the Square & the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in the Town Square on Friday, November 28, 2025. The festivities begin at 4:30 PM with holiday music, entertainment, sleigh rides, train rides, hayrides, live nativity, balloon art, face painting, children’s crafts, hot drinks,...
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UPDATE: St. Inigoes Man Pleads Guilty to Assault of a 2-Year-Old Child – Felony Child Abuse Charge Dropped

UPDATE:  St. Inigoes Man Pleads Guilty to Assault of a 2-Year-Old Child – Felony Child Abuse Charge Dropped

UPDATE 11/18/2025: Emerson Carl Schaeffer, 27, of St. Inigoes, entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree assault on November 12, 2025. The plea was entered during a hearing before Judge Joseph Michael Stanalonis in the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. This plea relates to the April 27, 2023, incident involving the...
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UPDATE: Fire Causes $1.5 million in Damage at Chesapeake Beach Apartment Complex

UPDATE: Fire Causes $1.5 million in Damage at Chesapeake Beach Apartment Complex

UPDATE 11/18/2025 @11:30 A.M.: The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating a multi-unit apartment fire that displaced two dozen people and caused an estimated $1.5 million in damages on Monday in Chesapeake Beach. At approximately 6:36 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2025, fire crews from Calvert County and surrounding counties responded to the...
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UPDATE: 32-Year-Old Mechanicsville Man Dies from Injures After Serious Crash in Charles County

UPDATE: 32-Year-Old Mechanicsville Man Dies from Injures After Serious Crash in Charles County

UPDATE 11/17/2025: On Saturday, November 15th, 2025, at approximately 7:41 am, Troopers from Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack along with deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to United States Route 301 (Crain Hwy) at Maryland Route 234 (Budds Creek Rd), for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision. Due to...
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Two Displaced, One Firefighter Injured and One Pet Dead After House Fire in Great Mills

Two Displaced, One Firefighter Injured and One Pet Dead After House Fire in Great Mills

On Sunday, November 16, 2025, at approximately 11:07 a.m., firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 21000 block of Chancellors Run Road in Great Mills, for the reported house on fire. Multiple 911 callers reported fire showing from the residence, with the two homeowners evacuating. Crews quickly arrived on the scene to confirm...
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Man Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Stabbing in Mechanicsville

Man Flown to Trauma Center with Life-Threatening Injuries After Stabbing in Mechanicsville

On Sunday, November 16, 2025, at approximately 12:20 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 39000 block of Harpers Corner Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported stabbing. Dispatchers advised to all responding units the 911 caller was uncooperative with the victim possibly suffering from stab wounds to the chest or neck....
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18-Year-Old on Dirt Bike Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park

18-Year-Old on Dirt Bike Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park

On Friday, November 14, 2025, at approximately 5:48 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road at Evergreen Park Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Multiple 911 callers reported a vehicle struck a motorcyclist, with the operator conscious and breathing....
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Hughesville Woman Enters Pleas to Neglect and Impaired Driving Charges Involving Minor Passenger in St. Mary’s County

Hughesville Woman Enters Pleas to Neglect and Impaired Driving Charges Involving Minor Passenger in St. Mary’s County

Haley Dantonio, 34, of Hughesville, entered Alford pleas on October 24, 2025, in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court to charges of neglect of a minor and impaired driving while transporting a child. The case stems from a late-night traffic stop in May 2025 that led to multiple charges and raised concerns over the safety...
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UPDATE: D.C Man Sentenced to 18 Years for 1st-Degree Assault, Armed Carjacking, Armed Robbery of Students at St. Charles High School

UPDATE: D.C Man Sentenced to 18 Years for 1st-Degree Assault, Armed Carjacking, Armed Robbery of Students at St. Charles High School

UPDATE 11/12/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, October 31, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Martino Marcus Young, 21, to 18 years in prison for Armed Carjacking, Armed Robbery, two counts of First-Degree Assault, four counts of Use of a Firearm During the...
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Bushwood Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Gun Case as 2024 Hollywood Shooting Remains Unsolved

Bushwood Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Gun Case as 2024 Hollywood Shooting Remains Unsolved

A year after a 19-year-old male was shot during a gathering in Hollywood, no one has been charged as the shooter, and the case remains open. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office has not released any recent updates, and despite witness accounts and the recovery of a firearm, no charges have been filed against...
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Man Charged Again, After Assaulting Same Woman He Previously Assaulted Less Than 24 Hours Beforehand

Man Charged Again, After Assaulting Same Woman He Previously Assaulted Less Than 24 Hours Beforehand

On Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 12:52 a.m., officers responded to the 4200 block of Drake Court in Waldorf for the report of an assault involving a man and a woman. Upon arrival, officers found a woman inside the residence holding a toddler. She had visible injuries and was covered in blood. Officers de-escalated...
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North Carolina Man Arrested, Released Within 24 Hours After Assault Sends Victim to Trauma Center

North Carolina Man Arrested, Released Within 24 Hours After Assault Sends Victim to Trauma Center

On Friday, November 7, 2025, at approximately 11:37 p.m., police and emergency medical services responded to the area of 45473 Saint George’s Avenue at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, for the reported injuries after an assault. 911 callers reported an assault had just occurred on the boat with the...
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Multiple Teens Injured After Crashing Vehicle Into Parked Cars in Lexington Park

Multiple Teens Injured After Crashing Vehicle Into Parked Cars in Lexington Park

On Sunday, November 9, 2025, at approximately 9:22 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 21000 block of Spring Valley Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. 911 callers reported a vehicle left the roadway and struck a parked, unoccupied SUV, with witnesses reporting four juveniles...
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UPDATE: Woman Pleads Guilty After DUI Crash Claims Three Lives Including NFL Vikings Rookie Khyree Jackson

UPDATE: Woman Pleads Guilty After DUI Crash Claims Three Lives Including NFL Vikings Rookie Khyree Jackson

UPDATE 11/10/2025: Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson has announced that 25-year-old Cori Clingman has pled guilty to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol for her role in the July 2024 crash that claimed the lives of 24-year-old Khyree Jackson, 23-year-old Isaiah Hazel, and 24-year-old Anthony Lytton, Jr. In...
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Bay District VFD Donates 55 Sets of Fire Gear to Support Firefighters in the Philippines

Bay District VFD Donates 55 Sets of Fire Gear to Support Firefighters in the Philippines

Demonstrating a continued commitment to helping those in need – both at home and abroad – the members of the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department have donated 55 sets of retired turnout gear to fire departments in the Philippines that lack access to critical protective equipment. This generous donation was part of a larger...
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Police Make Arrest in Road Rage Murder of 20-Year-Old Nyah Hairston

Police Make Arrest in Road Rage Murder of 20-Year-Old Nyah Hairston

Maryland State Police Homicide Unit charged a Prince George’s County man with the murder of Nyah Hairston, a 20-year-old woman shot while driving on the Capital Beltway last year. The accused is identified as Dominec Proctor, 28 of Glenn Dale, Maryland. Proctor is charged with first-degree murder. He is currently being held without bond...
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Hollywood Man Charged with 48 Counts of Animal Cruelty Involving Emus, Pigs, Goats, and a Horse

Hollywood Man Charged with 48 Counts of Animal Cruelty Involving Emus, Pigs, Goats, and a Horse

Thomas Newton Ferrall, IV, 47, of Hollywood, is facing 48 counts of animal cruelty after authorities alleged he failed to provide food, water, and shelter to numerous animals under his care. The charges, filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, stem from a September 30, 2025, incident at a property on Sunnyside...
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