The Homicide Unit identified and arrested two suspects in connection with a recent fatal shooting in Temple Hills. The suspects are 18-year-old Carlos Jordan of Temple Hills and 18-year-old Desmann Aikens of Capitol Heights. They are charged in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Davier Tucker of Fort Washington. On September 5, 2023, at...
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Chesapeake Life Center will offer a variety of grief support groups for adults that will be meeting this fall. Groups will meet in person at locations in Anne Arundel, Calvert, and Prince George’s counties as well as virtually. The following grief support groups will meet in person: Drop-In Grief Support Groups are open to...
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Supporters and alumni of the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) recently came together for an afternoon of friendly competition when 136 golfers teed off at the annual Golf Classic, raising more than $70,000 for student success and athletic programs. The Golf Classic, which returned to Swan Point Country Club in Issue Aug. 10 for...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Aging & Human Services (DAHS) is excited to announce the annual Community Health & Wellness Fair, which will be held on Friday, October 13, from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland, located at 44219 Airport Road in California, MD. This...
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UPDATE 9/14/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Justin Tyler Dunbar, 34, of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 20 years in the Division of Corrections, with ten years of active incarceration to serve in prison. Mr. Dunbar was convicted of three counts of felony sexual offense on the same child, with each act...
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Leonardtown is excited to announce the launch of the Leonardtown Movie Festival with Sharkfest Weekend (Friday, September 15th – Sunday, September 17th). Enjoy the screenings of two popular Hollywood Blockbuster movies during this exciting weekend. First, join us in LTown Alley (at the Alice in Leonardtown Mural on Park Avenue across from the Good...
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Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place Sept. 12 through September 22, 2023. Flights will occur between 5 p.m. and midnight. Pilots at NAS Pax River will be training for realistic night flight scenarios including Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP). Night testing...
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9/13/2023: We regret to announce that the body of Marvin Harris was recovered this morning a short time after 11 a.m. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police are handling the investigation. Updates will be provided when they become available. 9/12/2023:On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 10:24 a.m., police,...
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UPDATE 9/13/2023: On August 18th, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., police responded to the 46100 block of West Westbury Blvd in Lexington Park for multiple 911 calls reporting shots being fired. Police arrived on the scene and located a large number of 5.56×45 and 9mm shell casings in the middle of the roadway, along with an...
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UPDATE 9/12/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Walter Crouse Prentiss, III, 43, was sentenced to a total of 30 years in the Division of Corrections, with 15 years of active incarceration to serve in prison for his involvement in a series of domestic violence assaults. Mr. Prentiss was convicted of assaulting a...
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Posted 9/12/2023 by Brandon Russell., who is an organizer & former Commissioner candidate informing the public on local gov’t. “Several properties, totaling over 8 acres, along 235 North before the Route 4 intersection are slated for development. Owned by CMA Properties in Charlottesville, VA, the property will become a Honda and Kia dealership right...
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9/12/2023: The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying any video surveillance from businesses and/or home cameras capturing murder suspect Brandon Holbrook’s white Dodge pick up truck with a white bed cap during the time period of Sunday September 3rd to Tuesday September 5th, 2023. The pictured truck is identified...
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UPDATE 9/12/2023: On Tuesday, September 12 at 10:58 a.m., members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit attempted to arrest Anthony Kavon Brown, 23, of Waldorf, who was at a business in St. Mary’s County. Brown was the subject of four active warrants charging him with violation of a protective order, failure to...
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On Monday, September 11, 2023, at 8:44 a.m., a student at John Hanson Middle School reported to a school resource officer that another student touched them in an inappropriate manner while in a locker room area. The school resource officer has initiated an investigation, which is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances of a double fatal shooting Sunday evening in Oxon Hill. The victims are identified as 28-year-old Charles Oxley of Oxon Hill and 30-year-old Lamont Oxley of Washington D.C. In this case, a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information...
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On Thursday, September 7, 2023, at 11:57 p.m., officers responded to the 5000 block of Vane Court in Waldorf, for the report of a male who had been assaulted. Upon arrival, the victim, John Carl Lachenmayer, 71, was found inside his home with numerous injuries. He was transported to a hospital where he was...
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On Monday, September 11, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. Johns Road and Meredith Court in Hollywood, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle into a tree with no entrapment and confirmed the...
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On Monday, September 11, 2023, at approximately 2:35 p.m., emergency medical personnel responded to the 23000 block of Sugar Maple Court in California, for the traumatic injuries. 911 dispatchers advised the 911 caller, a 59-year-old male, advised they think they broke a rib and was unsure when it happened. EMS arrived on the scene...
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On Sunday, September 10, 2023, around 10:52 p.m., deputies with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the 2900 block of 5th Street in Owings, MD for the report of a shooting. Deputies arrived on scene and located one adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. A preliminary investigation revealed the male...
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LEONARDTOWN, Md., Sept. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire – As follow-up to United Bridge Partners’ presentation before the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) on April 18, where it demonstrated its track record of previously deploying over $900 million across five states, and rebuilding, and operating six bridges in need that were perpetually unfunded, and how it could deliver a similar solution...
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U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Toumani Thomas, age 46, of Accokeek, Maryland, to 11 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a drug distribution conspiracy, and for violating his supervised release for a previous conviction for an attempted armed...
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On Friday, September 8, 2023, at approximately 1:40 p.m., firefighters from St. Mary’s and Charles County responded to the 26000 block of South Earnshaw Way in Helen, for the reported house on fire. Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department quickly responded with Engine 24, Engine 23, Tanker 2 and Chief 2 with 13 volunteers. Crews arrived...
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On Sunday, September 10, 2023, at approximately 2:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Hurry Road and Fancy Discovery Lane in Chaptico, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one overturned and multiple trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Dodge Pickup truck overturned with two...
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On Sunday, September 10, 2023, at approximately 12:40 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Little Flower School on Point Lookout Road in Callaway, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles involved with no entrapment. Emergency medical personnel transported...
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On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at approximately 2:39 a.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County were dispatched to the 3100 block of Whispering Lane in Prince Frederick, for the reported structure on fire. Crews arrived on the scene and reported heavy fire from an attached garage with extensions into the two-story residence. A...
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