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AUDIO: 16-Year-Old Transported to Trauma Center After Stabbing at Patuxent High School in Calvert County

AUDIO: 16-Year-Old Transported to Trauma Center After Stabbing at Patuxent High School in Calvert County

On November 16, 2021 at 11:18 a.m., a School Resource Officer (SRO) assigned to Patuxent High School responded to report of a stabbing in the cafeteria area of the school. The SRO determined a physical altercation involving two juvenile males had ensued resulting in injury. Preliminary investigation revealed, a 15-year-old male suspect stabbed a...
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UPDATE: Police Charge Mechanicsville Man who Injured Maryland State Trooper in Hit and Run Motor Vehicle Collision

UPDATE: Police Charge Mechanicsville Man who Injured Maryland State Trooper in Hit and Run Motor Vehicle Collision

UPDATE 11/16/2021: On Saturday, November 13, 2021, at approximately 5:40 p.m., Trooper D. Black was driving his marked State Police vehicle in the area of Three Notch Road and South Sandgates Road, in Hollywood, when his vehicle was struck by another vehicle. The driver of the striking vehicle fled the scene but was later...
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Fire at Cooper D’s in Mechanicsville Deemed Accidental, Caused Over $100,000 in Damage

Fire at Cooper D’s in Mechanicsville Deemed Accidental, Caused Over $100,000 in Damage

UPDATE 11/15/2021: On November 12, 2021, at 10:45 p.m., firefighters from St. Mary’s and Charles County responded to 26511 Loveville Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported structure on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a 1-story commercial building. The owner is identified as Glenn Fenwick. The estimated loss of...
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One Injured, Police Searching for Operator After Hit and Run Motor Vehicle Collision in California

One Injured, Police Searching for Operator After Hit and Run Motor Vehicle Collision in California

On Sunday, November 14, 2021, at approximately 7:20 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the parking lot of Popeyes located at 45350 Alton Lane in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a head-on style collision in the parking...
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UPDATE: Police Seeking Witnesses After Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in La Plata

UPDATE: Police Seeking Witnesses After Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in La Plata

UPDATE: Witnesses Sought: The La Plata Police Department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is seeking witnesses of a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred on November 10, 2021, at approximately 6:13 p.m., on Crain Highway at Glen Albin Road. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland State Police are assisting the La Plata Police Department’s Collision...
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One Flown to Area Trauma Center After Single Vehicle Strikes Tree in Leonardtown

One Flown to Area Trauma Center After Single Vehicle Strikes Tree in Leonardtown

On Sunday, November 14, 2021, at approximately 9:55 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Newtowne Neck Road and Bull Road, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. While crews were responding to the scene, dispatchers upgraded the assignment to a serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived...
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Calvert County Health Department Releases Statement After the Wrong 6-Year-Old Child Mistakenly Vaccinated at Public School

Calvert County Health Department Releases Statement After the Wrong 6-Year-Old Child Mistakenly Vaccinated at Public School

On November 11, 2021, the Calvert County Health Department released the following statement: This week, the Calvert County Health Department, has been providing Covid vaccines to students in our county’s schools. The Health Department has teamed with Calvert County Public Schools to provide influenza vaccinations for well over a decade. During that time, protocols...
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Maryland Woman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid Out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Maryland Woman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid Out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Sikirat Adunni Brown, 60, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of more than $340,000. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division, Maureen R....
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UPDATE: Police Investigating 32-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Lexington Park

UPDATE: Police Investigating 32-Year-Old Waldorf Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Lexington Park

UPDATE 11/11/2021: On Thursday, Nov. 10, 2021 at 9:37 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle in the area of Great Mills Road and South Essex Drive in Lexington Park. Deputies arrived on scene and located the operator of the motorcycle in the street with...
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Waldorf Man Sentenced to 70 Years in Prison for Murder at Beer 4 U in 2017

Waldorf Man Sentenced to 70 Years in Prison for Murder at Beer 4 U in 2017

UPDATE 11/10/2021: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier sentenced Anthony Dangelo Wilkins, 38, of Waldorf, to 70 years in prison for the Second-Degree Murder of Miaquita Gray, Attempted Second-Degree Murder of Emmanuel Perkins, Second-Degree Assault of Steven Mason, Jr.,...
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Detectives Searching for 4-Month Old Puppy Stolen at Gunpoint in Brentwood

Detectives Searching for 4-Month Old Puppy Stolen at Gunpoint in Brentwood

Detectives are actively searching for a four-month-old puppy named Queen. The American Akita was stolen at gunpoint from her owner on Monday, October 8, 2021, in Brentwood. The robbery took place at 4:30 p.m., in the 4500 block of 37th Street. The victim was walking the dog when a car pulled up, a masked...
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The 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade & Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony, and 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor in Leonardtown

The 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade & Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony, and 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor in Leonardtown

The 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade & Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony takes place on Thursday, November 11, 2021 from 10 AM – 1 PM. The Commissioners of St.Mary’s County and the Commissioners of Leonardtown invite the public to salute America’s Veterans at the Annual Veterans Day Parade in Leonardtown! The parade steps off from St. Mary’s...
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UPDATE: Solomons Vet Reopened Following Devastating Fire Nearly 6 Months Ago

UPDATE: Solomons Vet Reopened Following Devastating Fire Nearly 6 Months Ago

UPDATE 11/10/2021: On May 24, 2021, the Solomons Vet suffered a devastating fire. They are excited to announce their reopening on Wednesday, November 10, 2021! We will be offering the same great care and customer service that you have grown to know but in limited space as construction is completed in the rest of...
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No Injuries Reported After Single Vehicle Rollover in Lexington Park

No Injuries Reported After Single Vehicle Rollover in Lexington Park

On Monday, November 8, 2021, at approximately 3:12 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and Southampton Drive in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and on its side with...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Incident After Eight Charles County Elementary School Students Ingested Edibles

UPDATE: Police Investigating Incident After Eight Charles County Elementary School Students Ingested Edibles

UPDATE 2:15 p.m.: Firefighters reported they’ve obtained 8 care refusal forms with all 8 patients being released to parents. No EMS transports made. UPDATE at 1:49 p.m.: Incident command advising 8 juvenile students ingested edibles, all 8 are in the back of ambulances awaiting the arrival of parents/guardians to advise whether or not to...
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Police Investigating One Shot in Waldorf, Victim Flown to Area Trauma Center

Police Investigating One Shot in Waldorf, Victim Flown to Area Trauma Center

UPDATE – Sheriff’s Office Press Release: On November 7, 2021, at 9:24 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a business in the 2000 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a male with a gunshot wound. The man was flown to...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision That Killed 35-Year-Old Lusby Man

UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision That Killed 35-Year-Old Lusby Man

UPDATE 11/8/2021: On November 7, 2021 at approximately 8:30 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Unit responded to report of a serious motor vehicle crash in the area of Maryland Rt. 260 and Rymer Way in Owings, MD. Upon arrival, deputies discovered two vehicles involved, a 2020 Ford...
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Firefighters Respond to Car Fire in Lexington Park

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Firefighters Respond to Car Fire in Lexington Park

On Saturday, November 6, 2021, at approximately 10:27 p.m., firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded to Croaker Court and West Westbury Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway with fire showing from the engine compartment. Three firefighters...
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Four Charged With 16 Counts of Felony Assault After Shooting Citizens in Charles County with Paint Balls

Four Charged With 16 Counts of Felony Assault After Shooting Citizens in Charles County with Paint Balls

Malik Deaundre Hart, 20, of Hyattsville, Dominic Lawrence Johnson, 21, of Waldorf, Malik Antonio Moses, 22, of District Heights, and Destiny Zhane Stephenson, 22, of Forestville were each charged with 16 counts of felony first-degree assault and 16 counts of second-degree assault. Destiny Stephenson was also charged with having a handgun in a vehicle...
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UPDATE: Police Say Family of Driver of Pickup Truck That Killed Henry Stauffer Were Attempting to Send Him to Colorado

UPDATE: Police Say Family of Driver of Pickup Truck That Killed Henry Stauffer Were Attempting to Send Him to Colorado

UPDATE 11/4/2021: According to court documents, Ryan Nicholas Cherrico, 31, of Loveville was the operator of the red Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that fled the scene on foot prior to police arrival. Witnesses advised there was a single occupant of the truck, and the crash was captured on nearby video surveillance. Evidence showed the...
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Police in Charles County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash on Bensville Road

Police in Charles County Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash on Bensville Road

On November 2, 2021, at approximately 2:51 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Bensville Road and Laurel Branch Drive in Waldorf for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation showed Clifford Borel Chapman, 68, of Waldorf, was driving a passenger car on Laurel Branch...
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Father and Teenaged Son Flee on Foot After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Father and Teenaged Son Flee on Foot After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at approximately 9:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Hermanville Road and Point Lookout Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles off the roadway. Witnesses reported a SUV ran the Hermanville Road stop...
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AUDIO: Woman Flown to Area Trauma Center with Serious Injuries After Dog Attack in Helen

AUDIO: Woman Flown to Area Trauma Center with Serious Injuries After Dog Attack in Helen

On Monday, November 1, 2021, at approximately 1:35 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 38000 block of Jacqueline Street in Mechanicsville, for the reported animal attack. The 911 caller reported her dog attacked her, and advised her arm was “hanging on by a thread, and she could see the bone”. Crews...
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Baltimore City and Prince George’s County State’s Attorneys Offices Publish ‘Do Not Call’ Lists of Police Officers

Baltimore City and Prince George’s County State’s Attorneys Offices Publish ‘Do Not Call’ Lists of Police Officers

Baltimore, MD (October 29, 2021) — The Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy published their offices’ ‘Do Not Call’ lists. The Do Not Call list includes those police officers who have engaged in conduct that renders their potential testimony unreliable or non-credible. The State’s Attorney’s Offices...
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Maryland State Fire Marshal and St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Attempted Arson of Residence in Lexington Park

Maryland State Fire Marshal and St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Attempted Arson of Residence in Lexington Park

On Monday, November 1, 2021, at approximately 1:35 a.m., police and firefighters responded to the 20900 block of Coronet Place and Sorrel Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported arson attempt. Firefighters from Bay District and NAS Patuxent River responded to the scene and found nothing evident from the two-story single family residence. Upon...
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