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On Saturday, July 3, 2021, police arrested De’Quan Savien Gantt Sr., 20, of Lexington Park. Gantt was arrested and charged with first degree assault. According to court documents Gantt was involved in the shooting of a 41-year-old man at the Pax River Inn located on Three Notch Road in Lexington Park On May 16, 2021, at 12:35 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the hotel and located a male victim, age 41 of Lexington...
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VIDEO: One Injured After Vehicle Drives Through a Building in Hollywood, Maryland State Police Investigating

On Saturday, July 3, 2021, at approximately 2:13 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 24502 Mervell Dean Road in Hollywood, for the reported motor vehicle collision with a vehicle inside a structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle completely inside of the structure with the operator trapped. As firefighters attempted to stabilize the vehicle and start extrication, the operator began pressing the accelerator down. However, the vehicle was stuck and no First Responders...
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Police Arrest Two Suspects in Murder at Birthday Party in Bryans Road

Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of Leon Nathaniel Inabinett, Jr., 25, who was shot and killed on June 20 in the parking lot of a firehouse banquet hall at 3099 Livingston Road in Bryans Road. Inabinett was in the back parking lot when two suspects approached and fired multiple shots at him, he was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased. A tip to Charles County Crime...
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UPDATE: Malachi Aaron Banks, 19, Pleads Guilty to Murder in Lexington Man

UPDATE 7/2/2021: Malachi Aaron Banks, 19, of Lexington Park, has tendered a plea of guilty to Second Degree Murder in connection with the homicide of Dyante Lee Battle, 32, which occurred in Lexington Park, Maryland, during the evening hours of August 22, 2020 in a wooded path at the end of Enterprise Road. Mr. Battle was shot five times and succumbed to his injuries. State’s Attorney Richard Fritz would like to thank the members of the Maryland State...
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Detectives Identify and Charge Washington D.C. Man in Connection with Armed Carjacking and Armed Robbery Cases

On November 1, 2020, two male suspects were in the parking lot area of Prestancia Place in Waldorf, after arranging to purchase tennis shoes through someone selling them on an online app. While the suspects were waiting, they observed a man sitting inside a car. The suspects got in the car, pulled out a gun and held the driver at gunpoint while waiting for the person selling the shoes. When the