A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Baltimore is now a millionaire, and two other people claimed scratch-off prizes of $100,000 each after buying tickets in Baltimore and Silver Spring. Across Maryland, and across all games, the Lottery paid more than $31.1 million in prizes during the week of July 21-28 including 23 tickets worth...
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 8:00 PM EDT this evening for: District of Columbia – The entire District is under the watch. Maryland – Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Cecil, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and Harford. Along with 22 Counties in Virginia This Hazardous Weather Outlook...
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Detectives are seeking to identify the individual shown in the photos below. The suspect is wanted in connection with three commercial burglaries that occurred earlier this month at office buildings in the 2600 block of Crain Highway, the 3400 block of Old Washington Road, and the 3200 block of Old Washington Road. The suspect...
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A total of 119 stores across the country are being sold to an affiliate of Onyx Partners Ltd., a Boston-based private equity firm, as confirmed by Copper Property CTL Pass Through Trust in the $947 million deal. Due to the various conditions to closing, the Trust cannot make any assurances that the disposition of...
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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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On July 25, 2025, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Verizon Wireless store in Dunkirk for a reported robbery. The suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Jonathan Alexander Gray of Prince Frederick, stole an Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max and left a threatening note on a napkin indicating he had a...
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On Wednesday, July 29, 2025, at around 3 p.m., the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted a series of covert alcohol compliance checks at licensed establishments throughout the county. The operation involved the use of an 18-year-old Confidential Informant (CI) from the Sheriff’s Office. The CI, dressed in jeans and a...
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Dunkin’ and its DMV franchisees announced the full list of recipients of the Dunkin’ Regional Scholarships, which awards a total of $125,000 in academic scholarships to high school and college students throughout the DMV. The program helps local students in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia as they pursue part-time or full-time undergraduate degrees...
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UPDATE 7/31/2025: During the July 28th meeting, the St. Mary’s County Planning Commission members reviewed and approved the 136,750-square-foot Home Depot concept site with 7 yes votes and no nays. The site is located at 44766 Oak Crest Road in California, nestled right by the R/C Theaters and Chipotle. 7/27/2025: A new Home Depot...
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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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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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He’s a frequent player, a Clinton resident told the Lottery July 28, so whenever he takes a break from making his deliveries to pick up food, he looks for a lottery sign. After one such recent stop, he had no idea that the lunch dish he brought back to his truck came with a...
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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’s six casinos combined to generate $160,668,545 in revenue from slot machines and table games during June 2025. The statewide total was down $2,245,887 (-1.4%) compared to June 2024. Casino gaming contributions to the state during June 2025 totaled $68,544,763, a decrease of $1,297,932 (-1.9%) compared to June 2024. The June 2025 contributions included...
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Trenton Deonn Barnett, 35, of Lexington Park, has been charged with two misdemeanor theft offenses after a series of alleged shoplifting incidents at a Harbor Freight Tools store in California, Maryland, according to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County. Records show that Barnett faces charges of theft: $100 to...
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Damisha Inez Corben, 33, of Great Mills, was arrested on July 27, 2025, after an alleged domestic assault involving a firearm, according to court documents from the St. Mary’s County District Court. Corben faces two counts of first-degree assault, a felony, and one count of second-degree assault, a misdemeanor. The charges stem from an...
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Alan E. Vogel, 59, of Lexington Park, has been charged with first- and second-degree assault following a reported domestic violence incident that occurred on July 27, 2025, according to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County. Deputy Julian Grant of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call...
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Carlos Alberto Mata, 29, of Lexington Park, has been charged with multiple counts of assault following an alleged domestic incident that left one man with multiple injuries, according to court records. The District Court for St. Mary’s County records show that deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched on July 26,...
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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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On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 6:20 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 2600 block of Hamilton Place in Waldorf, for the report of a suspicious vehicle. A check of the car’s tags revealed that the vehicle, a KIA Sportage, had been reported stolen from Waldorf. Officers established surveillance and observed three males entering...
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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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On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, Maryland will host an open house in Annapolis to provide information for the public about the recently released draft revisions to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The Agreement is the voluntary plan – signed by Maryland, New York, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and the...
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Do you have information about this case? Detectives are continuing to seek information. Reward of up to $10,000 FACTS of CASE: On May 22, 2021, at approximately 11:36 p.m., 18-year-old Jazmiah Zyri Nelson, was fatally shot while riding a four-wheeler with two acquaintances near the 600 block of Pomonkey Way in La Plata, MD....
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will provide $20 million in Waterway Improvement Fund allocations to communities and projects throughout Maryland in Fiscal Year 2026, which begins July 1. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterways; emergency vessels and equipment for local first responders; and other important...
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July 27, 2025 (JESSUP, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate from the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup. The inmate is identified as Brian Bell, 42. Bell was declared deceased by hospital personnel yesterday after being transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. A suspect, also an...
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