During the September 25th, 2025, Charles County Board of Fire and Rescue meeting, the Charles County Dive Team presented grant details that will provide them new technology with an underwater drone for search and rescue missions. CCDR received the $15,000 grant from the DC Fire and EMS Foundation, Legacy on Ice, to help offset...
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The Town of La Plata has named Matthew J. Norris as the new Police Chief to lead its Police Department. Serving as the Acting Police Chief since March of 2025, Chief Norris has been a key member of the La Plata Police Department (LPPD) for the last 16 years. “Throughout his time in the...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds residents that black bears are beginning a period of increased feeding activity in preparation for winter hibernation. As the leaves change and the weather cools, bears will travel across roads more frequently. They also can become more attracted to human-provided food sources and lose their natural fear of people, which...
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A federal jury found Philip James Dupree, 41, of Pikesville, Maryland, and Mark Ross Johnson, Jr., 38, of Camp Springs, Maryland, each guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, arson, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and bank fraud. Dupree, a former Fairmount Heights Police Department officer, and Johnson, a former Prince George’s...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Officers are seeking the whereabouts of Marc Aaron Thompson, 36, of Waldorf, MD. Thompson has an active warrant for first- and second-degree assault, and handgun on person. On September 1st, Thompson violated a Protective Order. During a heated verbal argument, he pointed a black handgun at the victim. An arrest warrant...
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U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced it filed a criminal complaint against Amir Phillip Wilson, 23, of Greenbelt, Maryland, charging him with assaulting Federal law enforcement officers. Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the criminal complaint with Special Agent in Charge William J. DelBagno, Federal Bureau...
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Governor Wes Moore has announced plans to close the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup, known as MCI-J, located in Anne Arundel County. The decision to close the facility by June 30, 2026, will enable roughly $21 million per year in operational cost savings for Maryland taxpayers, in addition to helping the Maryland Department of...
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Christopher Shaun Forde, 43, of Hampton, Virginia, has been formally charged with intoxicated endangerment and disorderly conduct following an incident on September 16, 2025, at a retail store in Prince Frederick. The charges, both misdemeanors, were filed in the District Court for Calvert County after Forde was taken into custody by the Calvert County...
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Kevin Lewis Miller, 43, of Upper Marlboro, has been charged with felony theft and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing a ambulance valued at approximately $250,000 from the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center on the night of September 13, 2025. According to court documents, the Charles County Department of...
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UPDATE: Judicial Services received the indictment and began looking for the suspect, who had since moved to Mechanicsville. On October 1, members of the CCSO’s Warrant Unit located Fullerton and arrested him. He was transported to the Charles County Detention Center. Less than 24 hours later on October 2nd, 2025, a judge ordered that...
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UPDATE 9/29/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Jayson David Pressley, 39, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was sentenced to LIFE in prison plus an additional five years for first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence for a domestically related fatal shooting. On January 3,...
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Irene Elizabeth Hammond, 33, of Mechanicsville, has been formally charged with two counts of misdemeanor child neglect following an incident on August 21, 2025, in which her two children called 911 after she allegedly passed out from drinking inside their home. According to charging documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County,...
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Cliffton Cornelious Pickeral, 43, of Mechanicsville, was arrested on September 26, 2025, and faces multiple drug-related charges after St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s deputies reported finding cocaine packaged for distribution during a traffic stop. According to charging documents, Pickeral has been charged with: Possession with intent to distribute narcotics (felony), Possession of equipment for the...
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Maliq Rasheed McGill, 23, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple criminal charges in St. Mary’s County stemming from two separate incidents — one involving the alleged theft of a firearm from a family member’s home, and another involving an alleged assault while in custody at the county detention center. McGill has been indicted...
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Newly obtained court documents provide additional information about the September 26, 2025, crash in Mechanicsville that left a St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s deputy injured and led to multiple charges against Juwaun Tirek Queen, 22, of Hollywood. According to the statement of probable cause, Queen was driving a silver Toyota Corolla when he ran a...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation is joining partner agencies, nonprofits and communities across the state for the annual Walktober celebration, a series of walking events and online webinars throughout October highlighting Maryland’s official state exercise and the importance of pedestrian safety, equitable access, transportation options and healthy lifestyles. For 2025, Governor Wes Moore has...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is aware of social media posts circulating in the community that claim Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is conducting raids in Lexington Park neighborhoods today, September 29, 2025. After confirming directly with the regional ICE office, we can state that there are no ICE operations taking place in...
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Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission Grants $16,000 to Maryland Market Money Program The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC), a division of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, announced today that it has granted $16,000 to the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) to support the ongoing operation of the Maryland Market Money (MMM) program....
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St. Mary’s County Government’s (SMCG) Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T) has installed a second 30,000-gallon water storage tank to support local fire departments in emergency response efforts. The tank was placed on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Ridge Firehouse carnival grounds, as part of a multiyear capital project in partnership with...
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Police are currently investigating an incident that sent a 4-year-old child to the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night, September 28, 2025. Around 9:20 p.m., First Responders responded to the 5900 block of Port Tobacco Road in Indian Head, for the reported 4-year-old female having ineffective breathing. 911 callers had...
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Thanks to an impressive lineup of sponsors, the dedication of volunteers and the hundreds of golfers who came out to play, Hospice of the Chesapeake’s annual Golf Tournament was another great success. The event raised more than $210,000 in support of the nonprofit’s mission to care for families in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles and...
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Chief Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Kamal Khalid, 44, of Pasadena, Maryland, to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he pled guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud stemming from his role in an odometer rollback scheme. Judge Russell previously sentenced Khalid’s younger brother and co-conspirator, Fnu...
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Walking the sandy shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay can be a tranquil and rewarding experience for lovers of Maryland’s outdoors. Some beachcombers pursue sea glass and shells, while some have been lucky enough to find prehistoric fossils including shark teeth and ancient artifacts such as arrowheads. The majority of shark teeth found in Maryland are remnants...
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Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson announced that 35-year-old Rishaud Dickens has been convicted of 4 counts of first-degree child abuse. In addition, 32-year-old Tierra Kelly pleaded guilty to 11 counts of child neglect. After responding to a 911 call in February 2024, detectives from the Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit began...
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Update: Construction work continues on Armory Road in Prince Frederick through September and is expected to be completed by the end of October, weather permitting. Original release: Armory Square, LLC has entered into a public works agreement with Calvert County Government for the required improvements to the Armory Square development on Armory Road in...
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