On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at approximately 10:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Buck Hewitt Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision involving a Maryland State Police vehicle and a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find both vehicles in the...
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At approximately 11:05 p.m., on Monday, April 8, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21000 block of Wilcutt Street in Lexington Park, for a report of shots fired into a residence. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) responded, and the subsequent investigation revealed an unknown individual or...
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UPDATE 4/10/2024: Mr. David Ross, 47, of Swan Point, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at MEDSTAR/Washington Hospital Center. UPDATE 4/2/2024: On Monday, April 1st, 2024, at approximately 11:03 p.m., Troopers from Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to Maryland Route 228 (Berry Road) at Sharpersville Road for a report...
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The Talbot County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is investigating the death of a man found in his vehicle yesterday morning along Maryland Route 328 in Easton, Maryland. On Monday, April 8, 2024, at about 9 a.m., a uniformed deputy with the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office was on patrol in the area of Maryland...
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On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at approximately 8:55 a.m., police responded to the Exxon Gas Station located at 15797 Livingston Road in Accokeek, for the report of a carjacking. Police made contact with the victim on scene who advised that she was pumping gas when an unknown suspect arrived on foot at the next pump...
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We are deeply saddened to share with you the untimely loss of our brother, Firefighter Corey Porter. Firefighter Porter began his federal firefighting career with us at NAS Patuxent River Battalion of NDW, 12 April 2021, and from day one showed an eagerness for involvement and firemanship. An ARFF and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator, FF...
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UPDATE 4/9/2024: Police in St. Mary’s County arrested Tavion Kelly Sommerville, 18, on Monday, April 1, 2024, on an open warrant for First-Degree Murder, firearm use during a violent crime, and related charges in connection with the April 4, 2023, murder of Marcus Anthony Day that took place in Great Mills. Sommerville is incarcerated...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a crash that occurred in Prince George’s County this morning. Shortly before 11 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to the area of northbound Interstate 495, near Maryland Route 4 for a report of a vehicle fire. According to a preliminary investigation, a dump truck...
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In March, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office (SMCSO) Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted separate alcohol and tobacco compliance checks. On March 21, 2024, alcohol compliance checks were performed using a Sheriff’s Office confidential informant (CI), who was 18 years old and wearing jeans and an athletic sweatshirt. The underage individual was informed to enter...
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On Sunday, April 7, 2024, at approximately 1:28 a.m., a 911 caller reported a Toyota sedan with Texas registration plates was driving erratically and was possibly impaired. The 911 caller reported they were following the vehicle which was travelling Southbound on Route 5. While on 911, the caller then stated the vehicle went into...
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UPDATE – St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Press Release: At approximately 1:36 a.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2024, patrol units from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office (SMCSO) were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash on Point Lookout Road in Great Mills, MD. When deputies arrived, they found a 2005 Ford F-150 truck crashed...
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On April 4, 2024, at approximately 4:37 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to Ulta Beauty located at 845 Solomons Island Road N. in Prince Frederick, for the report of a theft that had just occurred. Preliminary investigation revealed two males and one female entered the store and placed...
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UPDATE 4/4/2024: The at fault operator who was driving the Honda sedan was identified as Troy Austin Jones, age 54 of Huntingtown, MD. The collision remains under investigation by the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack and further updates will be provided when they become available. Jones has been charged with the following below....
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On March 29, 2024, at 11:46 a.m., officersfrom the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a theft that just occurred at a jewelry store in the 3000 block of Waldorf Market Place. In the case, the suspect asked to see some jewelry, suddenly ran from the store with a ring, and fled in a...
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On Thursday, April 4, 2024, at approximately 7:00 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Chancellors Run Road and Fox Chase Drive in Great Mills, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a rear-end style collision with...
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UPDATE 4/4/2024: – State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Cherron Montril Waul, 46, of Great Mills, Maryland, was convicted of first-degree murder for the brutal slaying of a 33-year-old St. Mary’s County man that occurred on February 3, 2022. Following a three-day jury trial, Waul was convicted by a St. Mary’s County jury...
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UPDATE 4/3/2024: The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Warren Forinash at 301-475-4200, ext. 8072, or [email protected]. Tipsters can also call Crime Solvers 24/7 at 301-475-3333 or send a text to Crime Solvers at 274637. Type “Tip239” in the message block and select SEND. After you get a...
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In mid-February, 2024, Charles County Sheriff’s detectives initiated an investigation into the report of stalking after responding to a call in which a male drove up to two 15-year-old girls near St. Ignatius Drive, asked if they wanted to smoke, and told them to get in his car. The girls refused and ran away,...
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On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, during proactive traffic patrol in Lexington Park, Deputy First Class Travis Wimberly witnessed a Ford Escape fail to stop before entering a crosswalk at the intersection of Midway Drive and Great Mills Road and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle driver initially provided a false name but was later...
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Each year firefighters from across the nation gather in Emmitsburg, Maryland at the National Fire Academy to honor their fallen brothers and sisters from the previous year, who lost their lives in the line of duty. This is a solemn event that is held dear to firefighters and the Fire Hero families who have...
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UPDATE 4/1/2024: On Sunday, March 31, 2024, at approximately 8:45 a.m., firefighters from Calvert and Anne Arundel County responded to 1110 Claggett Road in Sunderland, Calvert County, for the reported basement fire. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and fire showing from the basement of the one story single family residence. The owner/occupants were identified...
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UPDATE 4/1/2024: On March 28, 2024, Anthony Hill, 28 of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty in Calvert County Circuit Court to Second-Degree Murder, Use of a Handgun in a Crime of Violence, and Unlawful Possession of a Regulated Firearm. The charges resulted from the August 1, 2023, shooting death of Dakarai N. Milburn in the...
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In a letter from VP General Manager, Jeff Bleichner employees of Shoppers Grocery Store were told three stores in St. Mary’s County would be closing their doors for good. The letter went on to say, the locations are expected to close to the public approximately April 27, 2024, and the last day for employees...
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On Thursday, March 28, 2024, at approximately 11:01 a.m., Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Ambulance 796 advised they were involved in a head-on collision and needed fire and rescue. Police, fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to Point Lookout Road in Newtowne Neck Road in Leonardtown, for a motor vehicle collision involving an ambulance. The...
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UPDATE – Charles County Sheriff’s Office Press Release – 3/28/2024: On March 27 at 11:17 p.m., officers responded to the area of St. Charles Parkway and Duncannon Road in Waldorf for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation showed a passenger car was traveling southbound on St. Charles Parkway when it...
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