CRIME & SAFETY
Huntingtown Man Fires Shots At Cyclists On Charity Ride
HUNTINGTOWN, Md. – On April 27, 2024, at approximately 10:10 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the 4600 block of Hardesty Road in Huntingtown, for the reports of shots fired. Preliminary investigation revealed, that two cyclists participating in the charity ‘End Hunger’...
Waldorf mall has three violent crimes in one night
Last Saturday marked a violent evening on Mall Circle in Waldorf with an armed robbery, gunfire and a stabbing. On April 27 at 9:05 p.m., Charles sheriff’s officers were working at the Reithoffer Spring Festival in the parking lot at the St. Charles Towne Shopping Center when a 15-year-old male approached and said he had been shot, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Diane Richardson, a spokesperson for...
Man Found Shot To Death Outside Charles County Condo, Sheriff Says
A 29-year-old was found shot to death outside of his home in Charles County overnight, investigators say.The Charles County Sheriff's Office has launched a homicide investigation after Kemo Key, 29, was found in the 4500 block of Ruston Place in Waldorf.Investigators say that at around 10:40 p.m. o…
Warning issued to Prince George's Co residents after skimming devices were located in 8 stores
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — A community-wide warning about skimming devices has been issued in Prince George’s County after police recovered eight credit card skimming devices across multiple convenience stores in the county. Skimming devices can be placed on card readers inside retail, grocery, and convenience stores or...
Teen stabbed near Waldorf carnival
A teenager was stabbed near a carnival held over the weekend at the mall in Charles County. On April 27 at 9:05 p.m., officers were working at the Reithoffer Spring Festival in the parking lot at the St. Charles Towne Shopping Center when a 15-year-old male approached and said he had been shot, according to a release from the Charles County Sheriff's Office. The officers provided first aid until EMS...
Joshua Marable Arrested For Armed Sneaker Robbery In Waldorf
Joshua Marable is behind bars following an investigation into an armed robbery after he accosted a person walking along the street in Waldorf last week. According to the Charles County Sheriff's Office, at around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, officers were called to the area of Lexington Drive and Lexington Place for the report of an armed robbery that had just taken place.
Autumn Leighanne Compton Dies In Mechanicsville Crash
Cobb Island resident Autumn Leighanne Compton has been identified as the victim who was killed in a crash in Mechanicsville over the weekend after striking a truck being driven by 24-year-old North Beach native Zachary Joseph WIlburn, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's office...
Detectives investigating Waldorf homicide
A man was shot and killed Tuesday in Waldorf, according to the Charles sheriff’s office. On April 30 at 10:40 p.m., officers responded to the 4500 block of Ruston Place in Waldorf for the report of an injured man. When officers arrived, the man had been pronounced deceased by EMS. A preliminary investigation showed Kemo...
6-Year-Old Girl Struck By Vehicle In Mechanicsville, Airlifted To Children’s Hospital
MECHANICSVILLE, Md. – A 6-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle at approximately 9:45 a.m., on May 1, 2024, on Friendship School Road, near Zimmermans Archery Proshop in Mechanicsville. Crews arrived on the scene and found the child suffering from injuries. The vehicle involved in the accident remained on...
Five identified in string of dating app robberies
On April 22, detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division Robbery Unit arrested five suspects for several armed robberies that go back to April 9. The suspects have been identified as Darius Lerenzo Mearis, 21, of White Plains, Justin Amari Banks, 18, of Waldorf, Jerrell Maurice Grey, 20, of Waldorf, and two 17-year-old males from Waldorf who were charged as adults but whose names are not being released, according to a sheriff’s office press release. ...
Lusby woman convicted of federal fraud schemes
A 45-year-old Lusby woman was convicted on April 25 by a jury in federal court for conspiracies to commit passport, wire and bankruptcy fraud, as well as making a false statement in a bankruptcy proceeding. A U.S. Department of Justice press release stated that, according to testimony during defendant Charmaine Miesha Brown’s five-day trial in Greenbelt, in January 2014 Brown, a U.S. citizen, married Andrews Oduro Brown, a/k/a “Andrews Oduro,” a Ghanaian national who entered the U.S. in May 2013. In 2021, Oduro obtained legal...
16-year-old killed, another man injured in shooting in Prince George's County: police
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - Police in Prince George’s County are investigating a fatal shooting in Oxon Hill. Officers were called to the 1000 block of Kennebec Street in Oxon Hill just before 10 p.m. on April 22 for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, police found 16-year-old...
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