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Leonardtown Man Charged with Robbery, Assault, and Theft After Assaulting Employee at Birdies

Leonardtown Man Charged with Robbery, Assault, and Theft After Assaulting Employee at Birdies

Dillon Cole Heiston, 32, of Leonardtown, has been charged with robbery, second-degree assault, and misdemeanor theft following an incident at a convenience store on Point Lookout Road, according to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County. On August 12, 2025, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded around...
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Four Serial Shoplifters Arrested, Police Recover Over $4,000 Worth of Stole Items

Four Serial Shoplifters Arrested, Police Recover Over $4,000 Worth of Stole Items

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 1:34 p.m., patrol officers responded to a business in the 3300 block of Western Parkway in Waldorf for the report of a shoplifting in progress. Loss prevention employees observed two females and a male enter the store, grab two carts and reusable shopping bags, and walk around the...
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Waldorf Multi-Fatal Fire Investigation Update – Victim Identification Ongoing and Smoke Alarm Findings

Waldorf Multi-Fatal Fire Investigation Update – Victim Identification Ongoing and Smoke Alarm Findings

UPDATE 8/13/2025: The Office of the State Fire Marshal continues to investigate the cause of the deadly multi-fatal fire in Waldorf that claimed the lives of six people, including four children, on Sunday morning. Preliminary information indicates the victims are believed to be the wife and three children of the homeowner, along with the...
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SILVER ALERT CANCELLED for Waldorf Woman – Conchita Hurd, age 78

SILVER ALERT CANCELLED for Waldorf Woman – Conchita Hurd, age 78

Silver alert had been cancelled, Hurd was found unharmed. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating Conchita G. Hurd, age 78, who was last seen yesterday, August 12th, 2025, leaving her home on Boysenberry Court in Waldorf. She left in her gold Chevrolet Cruz (MD tags 2GT7612) to meet...
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Great Mills Man Charged in Connection to 11-Year-Olds Death That Occurred in May 2025

Great Mills Man Charged in Connection to 11-Year-Olds Death That Occurred in May 2025

UPDATE 8/12/2025: On Thursday, May 8, 2025, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office along with emergency medical services personnel responded to the 22000 block of Castle Pollard Way in Great Mills, for the report of an 11-year-old male juvenile not breathing. Life-saving efforts were attempted, and the juvenile was transported to a...
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Man Flown to Trauma Center After Shooting in Waldorf, Police Investigating As Self-Inflicted

Man Flown to Trauma Center After Shooting in Waldorf, Police Investigating As Self-Inflicted

On Sunday, August 11, 2025, at approximately 7:51 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the parking lot of Bunker Hill Liquor Store and Tavern located at 9800 Bunker Hill Road in Waldorf, for the reported shooting. As police responded to the scene, dispatchers advised the 911 caller, a 26-year-old male reported...
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Suspect Escapes Serious Injury After High Speed Chase Ends in Crash, Splitting Car Into Two Pieces

Suspect Escapes Serious Injury After High Speed Chase Ends in Crash, Splitting Car Into Two Pieces

On Saturday, August 9, 2025, around 2:12 a.m., police attempted to stop a vehicle for traffic violations in the La Plata area on Hawthorne Road. The suspect fled at a high rate of speed, less than 3 minutes later, police reported the suspect crashed at Hawthorne Road and Rose Hill Road in La Plata....
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Maryland Department of the Environment Revokes 1,400 Lead Paint Inspection Certificates Issued by Suspended Inspector to Protect Children and Families

Maryland Department of the Environment Revokes 1,400 Lead Paint Inspection Certificates Issued by Suspended Inspector to Protect Children and Families

The Maryland Department of the Environment is invalidating more than 1,400 lead inspection certificates across the state, requiring any tenant-occupied rental properties to be reinspected for lead paint hazards due to an inspector’s failure to comply with work practice standards. Property owners and tenants have been notified by mail that any occupied rental units...
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UPDATE: Man Arrested After Randomly Stabbing Woman at Solomons Library, Victim Flown with Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE: Man Arrested After Randomly Stabbing Woman at Solomons Library, Victim Flown with Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE 8/4/2025: On Monday, August 4, 2025, at approximately 10:08 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the Southern Branch Library, located at 13920 HG Trueman Road in Solomons, for the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, deputies located an adult female victim suffering from two stab wounds to her...
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Police in Charles County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Newburg

Police in Charles County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Newburg

On Monday, August 4, 2025, at approximately 5:02 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 12120 Rock Point Road in Newburg, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. The 911 caller reported a single vehicle into a tree and advised they did not see any movement but...
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Man Arrested Twice in One Week for Exposing Himself in Public

Man Arrested Twice in One Week for Exposing Himself in Public

On July 22, 2025, Cpl. Buckler responded to the Prince Frederick Library, located at 850 Costley Way in Prince Frederick, for a report of indecent exposure. An investigation revealed that multiple witnesses observed a male subject sitting on a bench outside the library with his pants down, actively masturbating. The suspect, identified as Robert...
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Police Investigating Shots Fired at Waldorf Dash-in, No Known Injuries Reported

Police Investigating Shots Fired at Waldorf Dash-in, No Known Injuries Reported

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at approximately 7:55 p.m., police responded to the Waldorf Dash-In located at 2007 Smallwood Drive West in Waldorf, for the reported shots fired. Dispatchers advised more than five 911 callers reporting shots fired with unknown victims or suspects. Police arrived in the area to find numerous shell casings in...
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10-Year-Old Child Flown to Children’s Center After Near Drowning in Waldorf

10-Year-Old Child Flown to Children’s Center After Near Drowning in Waldorf

On Saturday, August 2, 2025, at approximately 3:25 p.m., police, firefighters, and emergency medical services responded to 2300 block of Ashford Lane in Waldorf, for the reported child not breathing after drowning. The first 911 caller reported an approximate 10 year old male was not breathing after drowning in the pool, the caller did...
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UPDATE: Investigation Ongoing After Man Dies Following Boating Incident in Ridge

UPDATE: Investigation Ongoing After Man Dies Following Boating Incident in Ridge

On Saturday, August 2, 2025, at approximately 1:05 p.m., police, firefighters, and emergency medical services responded to Point Lookout Marina in Ridge for a report of traumatic injuries. According to 911 callers, a 65-year-old man had fallen off a boat and was struck by the propeller, causing a severe leg injury. Maryland State Police...
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Waldorf Man Charged with Arson After Setting Fire While Family Slept

Waldorf Man Charged with Arson After Setting Fire While Family Slept

Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged 49-year-old Omar Shariff Harrison after determining he intentionally set a fire inside his home. At the same time, his wife and two children were asleep. Just after 5:00 a.m. on August 1, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported domestic disturbance at a residence in the...
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Two Flown to Trauma Center After Early Morning Motor Vehicle Collision in Hughesville

Two Flown to Trauma Center After Early Morning Motor Vehicle Collision in Hughesville

On Thursday, July 31, 2025, at approximately 5:15 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Prince Frederick Road and Welch’s Acres Place in Hughesville, for a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene and found a three vehicle collision with one overturned off the roadway...
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Prince Frederick Man Arrested in Connection with Two Armed Robberies in Calvert County

Prince Frederick Man Arrested in Connection with Two Armed Robberies in Calvert County

Jonathan Alexander Gray, 35, of Prince Frederick, has been arrested and charged in connection with two armed robberies that took place in Calvert County last week, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Court documents state that on July 25, 2025, deputies responded to the Verizon Wireless store in Dunkirk after Gray allegedly stole...
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UPDATE: Maryland State Trooper Vehicle Struck While on Scene of Another Crash in Callaway

UPDATE: Maryland State Trooper Vehicle Struck While on Scene of Another Crash in Callaway

UPDATE 8/1/2025: Three occupants from the Toyota Camry were transported to an area hospital. The Trooper was not transported. The operators in the first crash involving the white Toyota truck and mini-van denied transport and signed care refusal forms on the scene. Police continue to handle the two collisions. UPDATE @ 6:32 P.M.: A third...
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One Transported to Trauma Center After Two-Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

One Transported to Trauma Center After Two-Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Thursday, July 31, 2025, at approximately 4:20 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one possibly trapped. Crews quickly arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision with all...
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Police Seeking Possible Victims After 25-Year-Old Man Giving Swim Lessons Sexually Assaults Two Children

Police Seeking Possible Victims After 25-Year-Old Man Giving Swim Lessons Sexually Assaults Two Children

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit (CVAA) charged a man with sexually assaulting two children whom he was teaching to swim. The suspect is 25-year-old Tyler Wang’Ombe-Gichuru of Silver Spring. On July 22, 2025, a relative of the two victims contacted the Prince George’s County Police Department to...
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No Injuries Reported After Boat Fire at Point Lookout Marina, Two Occupants Displaced

No Injuries Reported After Boat Fire at Point Lookout Marina, Two Occupants Displaced

On Tuesday, July 29, at approximately 2:44 p.m., emergency medical services, police, and firefighters responded to the Point Lookout Marina, for the reported boat explosion and fire. Firefighters from Ridge, Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, NAS Webster Field, Seventh District, Second District, Hollywood, and Leonardtown responded to the marina, for the reported boat on...
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UPDATE: 1-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Medical Emergency in Lexington Park

UPDATE: 1-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Medical Emergency in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, July 29, at approximately 2:05 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 21000 block of Williams Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported child not breathing with CPR in progress. Dispatchers advised to all responding units the caller reported a 1-year-old female was not breathing with CPR instructions being...
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First Responders Find Missing Elderly Woman Deceased in Cobb Island

First Responders Find Missing Elderly Woman Deceased in Cobb Island

On Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 8:42 a.m., police responded to the 11000 block of Neale Sound Drive in Cobb Island, for the reported missing person. Police quickly responded and began a search area while gathering additional information from family members. The caregiver reported the door to the residence was found open with the...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Death in Lexington Park and Seeking Subject Wanted for Questioning

Maryland State Police Investigating Death in Lexington Park and Seeking Subject Wanted for Questioning

On Monday, July 28, 2025, at approximately 5:50 p.m., police responded to the 20000 block of Tri-Community Way, for the reported check the welfare. A 911 caller reported that they had been unable to contact the elderly homeowner for approximately two weeks. Concerned for their well-being, the caller went to the residence to check...
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One Flown to Trauma Center After T-Bone Style Collision in Mechanicsville

One Flown to Trauma Center After T-Bone Style Collision in Mechanicsville

On Monday, July 28, 2025, at approximately  12:17 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hills Club Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle T-bone style collision with two for evaluation....
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