Monthly Archives: October 2022

One Injured After Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Ambulance in Leonardtown

One Injured After Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Ambulance in Leonardtown

On Thursday, October 13, 2022, at approximately 1:31 p.m., Paramedic Ambulance 398C advised they were involved in a motor vehicle collision at Point Lookout Road and St. Andrew’s Church Road in Leonardtown. Police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene and located two vehicles in the roadway involved in a T-bone style collision...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Urges Caution on Dowell Road in Solomons Due to Construction

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Urges Caution on Dowell Road in Solomons Due to Construction

The Calvert County Department of Public Works advises citizens to use caution as improvement work on Dowell Road in Solomons begins the next phase of construction. Work will involve an increase in heavy construction traffic as crews install a gravel road base between Oyster Bay Place and Foxhall Road, beginning Oct. 12, 2022. The...
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Police Seeking Identity of Woman Who Stole Childs Bicycle in Lexington Park

Police Seeking Identity of Woman Who Stole Childs Bicycle in Lexington Park

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at 5:02 p.m., the suspect entered a private yard on Sydney Drive in Lexington Park and took a child’s green and black colored bicycle with the words “You Rule” on the...
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Frederick County Man Arrested in St. Mary’s County on Multiple Firearm Offenses, Drug Distribution

Frederick County Man Arrested in St. Mary’s County on Multiple Firearm Offenses, Drug Distribution

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, Deputy Dixon conducted a traffic stop in the 29500 block of Three Notch Road in Charlotte Hall. The vehicle’s operator was identified as Juwan Matthew Favors, age 24 of Frederick. A probable cause search was conducted and located in the driver’s side door was a loaded handgun, and several...
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Calvert County School Resource Officer Spotlight: Det. Spalding

Calvert County School Resource Officer Spotlight: Det. Spalding

Meet Calvert Middle School (CMS) School Resource Officer (SRO) Deputy First Class (DFC) Ryan Spalding The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and Calvert County Public Schools – CCPS welcome back Det. Spalding as this is his 4th year as an SRO. This year Det. Spalding will be supporting students at Calvert Middle School and Calvert...
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No Charges Filed After Charles County Officers Recover Replica Firearm from Davis Middle School Student

No Charges Filed After Charles County Officers Recover Replica Firearm from Davis Middle School Student

On Thursday, October 13, 2022, at 8:17 a.m., officers responded to a school bus stop for students at Davis Middle School in the area of Silent Creek Road and Stewards Chance Lane after a witness called to report a juvenile pointing what appeared to be a handgun at other students. At the same time,...
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MDOT SHA Conducting Routine Maintenance Work on Thomas Johnson Bridge, Sunday, October 16, 2022

MDOT SHA Conducting Routine Maintenance Work on Thomas Johnson Bridge, Sunday, October 16, 2022

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will conduct routine maintenance on the MD 4 (Governor Thomas Johnson) bridge in Calvert and St. Mary’s counties between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, October 16, weather permitting. During work hours, crews will clean the gutter and drainage areas. One of the bridge’s...
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Two St. Charles High School Students Charged After Fight Involving Stun Gun, Charges Pending for Third Student

Two St. Charles High School Students Charged After Fight Involving Stun Gun, Charges Pending for Third Student

On Tuesday, October 4 at 2:14 p.m., a 14-year-old student was fighting with another student in the parking lot during dismissal at St. Charles High School. During the altercation, the student ran to a school bus and obtained a stun gun, which another student held for her. The student activated the stun gun several...
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Prince George’s County Man Indicted for Two Home Invasion Sexual Assaults of Children That Occurred in September and October of 2011

Prince George’s County Man Indicted for Two Home Invasion Sexual Assaults of Children That Occurred in September and October of 2011

Alphonso Owens, 42, formerly of Washington, D.C., has been indicted by grand juries in the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Maryland for two separate home invasion sexual assaults of children that occurred in September and October of 2011. The indictments were announced by Matthew M. Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of...
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Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron Selected as Colonel and Administrator of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Effective January 1st, 2023

Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron Selected as Colonel and Administrator of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Effective January 1st, 2023

The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) is pleased to announce that Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron has been selected as its new Colonel. Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron, Sheriff of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, has been selected as the next Colonel and Administrator of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, effective early January 2023. Cameron’s appointment was announced today...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Construction Worker Struck and Killed

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Construction Worker Struck and Killed

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian collision in Fort Washington. The victim is 56-year-old Huerta Melendez of Montgomery Village, MD. On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at approximately 10:55 p.m., officers responded to the area of northbound Indian Head Highway and Kerby Hill Road. The preliminary investigation revealed Melendez was...
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Fatal Fire in Anne Arundel County Under Investigation, Victim Identified as 92-Year-Old Female

Fatal Fire in Anne Arundel County Under Investigation, Victim Identified as 92-Year-Old Female

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at approximately 9:45 a.m., firefighters responded to 704 Oser Drive in Crownsville, for the reported residential structure fire with entrapment. The resident reported that the house was on fire and a family member was still inside the home. First arriving fire department crews reported fire showing from the front...
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Threat of Mass Violence at Mattawoman Middle School Investigated

Threat of Mass Violence at Mattawoman Middle School Investigated

On Thursday, October 6, 2022, several students at Mattawoman Middle School told school staff about another student who was overheard making a threat to commit mass violence. The school resource officer (SRO) was notified and initiated an investigation. The SRO made contact with the student’s parents, followed up with a home safety check, and...
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Caroline County Man Arrested for Disorderly Conduct During Fire Investigation at Tiki Bar in Solomons

Caroline County Man Arrested for Disorderly Conduct During Fire Investigation at Tiki Bar in Solomons

On Saturday, October 8, 2022, at approximately 7:50 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the Tiki Bar located at 85 Charles Street in Solomons, for the reported structure fire. Calvert County 911 Center received multiple 911 calls with one employee reporting a heater caught fire. Crews arrived on the scene...
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14-Year Old Arrested and Charged After Drive-by Shooting in Lexington Park

14-Year Old Arrested and Charged After Drive-by Shooting in Lexington Park

On Friday, October 7, 2022, police responded to the 21000 block of Suburban Drive in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 callers reporting shots fired. TFC J. Powis responded and initial investigation revealed that a juvenile male fired a gun from a vehicle numerous times and struck several occupied houses. The juvenile was able to...
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Calvert County Commissioners Designate October 2022 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Calvert County Commissioners Designate October 2022 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners designated October 2022 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 in Calvert County. Cybersecurity education and awareness are crucial for everyone, including large corporations, small businesses, financial institutions, schools, government agencies, the home user and anyone who connects to the internet, be it with a computer, mobile phone...
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Three MS-13 Members Convicted of Racketeering, Murder, Extortion, and Federal Drug Charges After Three Week Trial

Three MS-13 Members Convicted of Racketeering, Murder, Extortion, and Federal Drug Charges After Three Week Trial

Luis Flores-Reyes, a/k/a “Maloso,” “Lobo,”’ and “Viejo Lovvon,” age 41, of Arlington, Virginia Jairo Jacome, a/k/a “Abuelo,” age 40, of Langley Park, Maryland Brayan Contreras-Avalos, a/k/a “Anonimo,” and “Humilde,” age 27, of Langley Park, Maryland A federal jury convicted the three on federal charges related to a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha,...
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REMINDER – Deadline to Register is October 18, 2022; Maryland State Board of Elections 2022 General Election

REMINDER – Deadline to Register is October 18, 2022; Maryland State Board of Elections 2022 General Election

Ballot Drop Boxes In addition, yesterday SBE began the process of delivering and installing official ballot drop boxes across the state. SBE anticipates it will take five days to deliver and install all 281 ballot drop boxes. A list of the ballot box locations is available online (in Spanish) Voters who choose to utilize...
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St. Mary’s County Department of Aging and Human Services Hosting Community Health and Wellness Fair on Friday, October 14, 2022

St. Mary’s County Department of Aging and Human Services Hosting Community Health and Wellness Fair on Friday, October 14, 2022

The 2022 Community Health & Wellness Fair, hosted by the Department of Aging & Human Services, will be held Friday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., in the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland campus, located at 44219 Airport Road in California. Health screenings will include body composition, glucose, skin cancer, hearing, vision...
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Breezeline Employees Plant Trees in 8 States to Support the Environment and Local Communities

Breezeline Employees Plant Trees in 8 States to Support the Environment and Local Communities

More than 200 Breezeline employees, family members and community partners volunteered their time to plant more than 100 trees at 15 locations in eight states where Breezeline provides internet, TV and phone services. Inspired by the theme “Planting Roots in Our Communities,” Breezeline employees planted trees today at multiple locations in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts,...
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La Plata Man Pleads Guilty to Coercion and Enticement of a Minor and Admitted to Sexually Abusing Minor Over 3-Year Period

La Plata Man Pleads Guilty to Coercion and Enticement of a Minor and Admitted to Sexually Abusing Minor Over 3-Year Period

Charles Clark, 65, of La Plata, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division, and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Clark pleaded...
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PG County Man Sentenced to 37-Years in Prison for 2014 Murder of Woman in Southeast D.C.

PG County Man Sentenced to 37-Years in Prison for 2014 Murder of Woman in Southeast D.C.

Mark Bowser, 42, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for fatally stabbing a woman with 47 sharp force injuries in an attack that took place inside the victim’s home in Southeast Washington. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief...
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NSWC Indian Head EXU-1 Officer Receives Prestigious Leadership Award

NSWC Indian Head EXU-1 Officer Receives Prestigious Leadership Award

By NSWC Indian Head Division Public Affairs., Indian Head, Md.  –  Lt. Patrick Gest, Expeditionary Exploitation Unit ONE (EXU-1), received the Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman Leadership Award in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Sept. 30. Kauffman organized the first U.S. Navy Demolition Team in 1943 and is widely regarded as one of the forefathers of explosive...
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Calvert County to Host First Administrative Charging Committee and Trial Board Training in Maryland

Calvert County to Host First Administrative Charging Committee and Trial Board Training in Maryland

The Calvert County Administrative Charging Committee (ACC) will host the state’s first Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission (MPTSC) ACC and Trial Board training programs. MPTSC training is required for ACC and Trial Board members throughout the state of Maryland. The training will take place during the second and third weeks of October in...
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Optimist Club Awards Cindy Loveless with the 2022 Respect for Law Enforcement Telecommunicator of the Year Award

Optimist Club Awards Cindy Loveless with the 2022 Respect for Law Enforcement Telecommunicator of the Year Award

Congratulations to Cindy Loveless, the 2022 recipient of the Optimist Club Respect for Law Enforcement Telecommunicator of the Year award! Cindy has been part of the Calvert County Emergency Communications team for four years, most recently as a public safety dispatcher. She was nominated for this year’s award after her situational awareness, vigilant communication...
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