So. Md Police News

Latest news from the local sheriff's offices and state police barracks.
During the week of December 5– December 11, 2022, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to 1,495 calls for service throughout the community. Damaged Property: 22-71250 On December 7, 2022, Deputy Dymond responded to a commercial building in the 1200 block of East Mount Harmony...
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Maryland State Police, will be conducting a roadside sobriety checkpoint on Friday evening, Dec. 16, 2022. The sobriety checkpoint will take place on Route 5 in the Leonardtown area where law enforcement officers will evaluate...
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the two males pictured in a theft investigation. On Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, at 1:25 am, the two subjects were in the Mechanicsville Wawa convenience store when the male in the gray shirt reached behind the counter and removed a Juul...
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the two men pictured in a theft investigation. On Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at 5 pm, the two suspects took an Axis mini bike from the Lowe's store in California without paying and left in a white GMC SUV. Anyone with information...
Rogue & Vagabond / Intoxicated Public Disturbance: On December 11 at 3:40 a.m., officers responded to the Riverside Run Community in Indian Head for the report of an unknown male banging on doors, attempting to break into vehicles, and acting disorderly. Officers canvassed the area and located...
School Resource Officer Investigating Overdose at High School: On December 14 at 10:12 a.m., a student at Lackey High School notified a School Resource Officer (SRO) that he had used a vaping device that contained what he believed to be THC and which made him feel sick. The SRO escorted the...
Patrol Officers Locate and Arrest Subjects Breaking into Vehicles/Recover Stolen Vehicle: On December 14 at 2:01 a.m., officers responded to Oyster Reef Place in the Sheffield Links neighborhood for the report of several subjects walking around with flashlights attempting to get into vehicles...
Fleeing and Eluding: On December 13 at 6:09 p.m., a patrol officer attempted to stop a pickup truck in the area of Crain Highway and Holly Lane in Waldorf for a traffic violation but the vehicle failed to stop. A short distance later it was involved in an accident at which time officers took...
Sheriff David Zylak, Sheriff Tim Cameron, Sheriff Steven A. Hall and Sheriff Richard Voorhaar Sheriff Steven A. Hall stands with Sheriff David Zylak (2002-2006), Sheriff Tim Cameron (2006-2022) and Sheriff Richard Voorhaar (1994-2002). The three previous St. Mary's County sheriffs joined...
School Resource Officers Investigate Threat of Mass Violence at High School: On December 14 at 11:11 a.m., a School Resource Officer (SRO) at North Point High School was notified that during an argument, a student made a threat to commit mass violence. The SRO initiated an investigation and...
School Resource Officers Investigating Illegal Possession of Ammunition at High School: On December 14 at the beginning of the school day, a School Resource Officer at Lackey High School was notified by administrators that a student was found to have four handgun magazines in his bookbag, one of...
Patrol Officers Arrest Attempted Kidnapping Suspect: On December 12 at 12:53 p.m., a twelve year old victim was walking home in the Meadows at White Oak neighborhood in Waldorf when a man began to follow her in his vehicle and yell out of the window for her to get into his car. After the victim...
Hamsel Lugo Peralta Deputy First Class Phillip Henry was conducting a premise check at the Lexington Village shopping center in Lexington Park early Wednesday morning when he came upon a suspicious vehicle and individual behind the Golden Chicken restaurant. Defendant Hamsel Lugo Peralta...
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office has responded to reports of handicap parking placard thefts this month, stolen from parked vehicles in residential areas. Sheriff Steven A. Hall reminds citizens who use handicap parking placards to keep them in a safe and secure place when not in use. To...
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identities of the two men pictured in a theft investigation. On Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at 10:33 am, the two males entered the Dollar General store in Charlotte Hall, brought merchandise and two Visa gift cards to the register and then...
On December 8, 2022, at 7:44 a.m. Deputy Shubrooks responded to the 11100 block of Point Lookout Road in Scotland, for the reported assault. Investigation determined Brama Joseph Bussell, age 28 of King George, Virginia, approached the victim from behind, and proceeded to strike the victim...
The loved ones of Kimberly Carter place her ornament while DFC Artina Alvey and Sgt. Keith Moritz observe The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office held its 21st Annual Silent Angel Memorial on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, to remember and memorialize those who have lost their lives to the hands of...
On Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at 12:29 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involving a SUV and a tow truck with serious, life-threatening bodily injury at the area of Budds Creek Road and Mechanicsville Road in Chaptico. The St. Mary’s...
On December 10, 2022, the Optimist Club partnered with the St. Mary's County Fraternal Order of Police and hosted the annual "Shop With a Cop" program. Children who participated in the program were picked up at their homes by local, state, and federal law enforcement officers and taken to...
On December 9, 2022, at 8:13 a.m. Dep. Campbell responded to the 21400 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported stolen vehicle. Investigation determined an unknown suspect entered several vehicles parked in the secured lot, and ultimately stole a 2012 Ford F-250. The suspect...
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