So. Md Police News

Latest news from the local sheriff's offices and state police barracks.
Sheriff Troy Berry is pleased to announce that the Charles County Sheriff’s Office website recently received an updated new look and is now live. The site, www.ccso.us, was completely redesigned with the goal of providing an enhanced user experience. The improved design is much easier to...
On January 28 at 11:40 a.m., a student at North Point High School showed several students what appeared to be a handgun while inside the school. Another student alerted school staff who recovered an airsoft replica handgun from the student’s locker. The school resource officer, along with school...
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for St. Mary's County and the region starting at 4 pm on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Snow accumulations of 2-5 inches are possible Friday evening, followed by wind gusts of up to 40 mph on Saturday. Motorists are asked to avoid...
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On three occasions, Nov. 29, 2021; Dec. 10, 2021 and on Dec. 15, 2021, the suspect gathered up clothing and fled the Kohl's store in Lexington Park without paying for the items. The...
On January 27 at 2 p.m., a student at North Point High School made a statement during class that he was going to “shoot everyone in the school.” School staff and a Charles County Sheriff’s Office school resource officer assigned to the school were made aware and began an investigation which...
On Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 at approximately 8 am, patrol deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a serious motor vehicle collision on St. Andrew’s Church Road in the area of Fairgrounds Road in Leonardtown. Deputies arrived on scene to find a head-on collision...
On January 25, 2022, at approximately 9:40 p.m., a white male armed with a knife and wearing a mask entered the Papa John’s Pizza, located in the 21600 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, and demanded money. During the robbery, an employee of the business sustained a laceration to the...
On View Arrests: Violate Protective Order- On January 13, 2022, Dep. Mattera responded to the 25000 block of Baptist Church Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported protective order violation. Investigation determined Wyatt Corey Herriman, age 34 of Mechanicsville, was at the victim's residence...
On January 25 at 7:34 a.m., a school resource officer and school administrators were made aware of an altercation at Thomas Stone High School. A preliminary investigation showed two students were in a hallway engaged in a verbal altercation when one of them produced a knife, which he had in his...
On January 11 at 1:30 a.m., a patrol officer was conducting a business check at a convenience store in the 4700 block of Crain Highway in White Plains when he observed a Dodge pick-up truck parked in the lot and a man sleeping in it. A computer check indicated the truck was reported stolen in...
On January 22 at 1:50 a.m., a patrol officer initiated a traffic stop in the area of St Charles Parkway and St Marks Drive on a vehicle displaying suspended registration plates. During the stop, officers smelled marijuana and found drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana. Further...
Traffic Operations Unit Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash on Smallwood Drive: On January 22 at 10:42 p.m., officers responded to a single-car crash on Smallwood Drive at the intersection of St. Charles Parkway. A preliminary investigation revealed a Kia Cadenza, operated by Omar Kenyatta...
January 24, 2022 UPDATE: An additional arrest was made on January 21, 2022, in the fatal shooting in Lexington Park. Keion Steven James Brooks, age 23 of California, has been arrested in connection with the shooting and murder and charged with the following: Murder First Degree Murder Second...
On January 22, 2022, at 8:07 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 20900 block of Coronet Place in Lexington Park, for the reported shooting. Deputies located the 51-year-old male victim from Lexington Park, suffering from a gunshot wound to his left arm and...
DATE: January 21, 2022 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On January 10, Sheriff Troy Berry issued a press release regarding the management of COVID-19 at the Charles County Detention Center (CCDC) during the nation’s largest...
DATE: January 21, 2022 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On January 20, shortly after 8 p.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a Toyota Camry in the area of St. Charles Parkway near...
Amanda Renea Wedding The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the whereabouts of Amanda Renea Wedding, age 36 of Lexington Park, for Second-Degree Escape from the St. Mary's County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown. Wedding failed to enter a court-ordered inpatient...
DATE: January 20, 2022 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-165 On January 19, at 11:47 a.m., a call was placed to 9-1-1 stating there was “a shooting at a school,” but the name of the school was not provided by the caller. School...
DATE: January 20, 2022 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On January 19 at 6 p.m., officers responded to a single-family home in the 5500 block of Raphael Drive in Pomfret after receiving a call from a neighbor who indicated he...
For the remainder of January 2022, motorists can expect to see increased traffic enforcement by St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies along Three Notch Road/Route 235 in the California/Lexington Park area. Three Notch Road is the busiest highway in St. Mary’s County with more than 50,000...
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