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Former EMS Chief In MD Arrested For Tampering With Narcotics Boxes, Fentanyl Vials: Sheriff Former EMS Chief In MD Arrested For Tampering With Narcotics Boxes, Fentanyl Vials: Sheriff
Former EMS Chief In MD Arrested For Tampering With Narcotics Boxes, Fentanyl Vials: Sheriff The former Chief of Medical Services for the St. Mary's County government has been arrested and charged for tampering with narcotics boxes in Southern Maryland, authorities announced. Leonardtown resident Thomas Patrick Raley, 39, who was the subject of an investigation into the suspected tampering with the security seal on a narcotics box at a local medical unit is facing nearly three dozen charges following his arrest on Wednesday, Sept. 11.  In July, the sheriff's office determined that the seal on a medic box containing vials of fentanyl had been broken. Further investigation…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Death Investigation Launched After Employee Found At Maryland Elementary School (DEVELOPING) Death Investigation Launched After Employee Found At Maryland Elementary School (DEVELOPING)
Death Investigation Launched After Employee Found At Maryland Elementary School (Developing) The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office has launched a death investigation at an area elementary school after an employee was found dead, according to officials. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, deputies from the sheriff's office responded to Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary School in Mechanicsville for a death investigation. According to the agency, detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division and a forensic investigator from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the school to investigate. No foul play is suspected. Investigators say that the victim of the in…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Armed Robbers Targeting Anne Arundel Gas Station At Large, Police Say Armed Robbers Targeting Anne Arundel Gas Station At Large, Police Say
Armed Robbers Targeting Anne Arundel Gas Station At Large, Police Say A pair of armed robbers are at large after targeting an Anne Arundel gas station early on Wednesday, Jan. 3, according to police. Anne Arundel County Police responded to the Citgo on Ridge Road in Hanover to investigate reports of a robbery around 5:30 a.m., the department said. Officers learned that the robbers had wielded a handgun to the clerk and demanded that he open the register. The clerk complied, and the robbers took an unknown amount of cash before fleeing on foot. The suspects are described as two Black men in full face masks. One of the men was tall and dressed in all-black cl…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Drug Dealers Busted Attempting To Flush Weed During Search And Seizure In Maryland Drug Dealers Busted Attempting To Flush Weed During Search And Seizure In Maryland
Drug Dealers Busted Attempting To Flush Weed During Search And Seizure In Maryland Two Maryland men are facing drug and weapon charges following a bust by sheriff’s deputies in St. Mary’s County, officials announced. Juwan Deontre Ford, 19, and James Sylvester Ford, Jr., 21, both of Lexington Park have been arrested following a weeks-long investigation into alleged drug deals throughout the region, according to a spokesperson with the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. In October, detectives began an investigation into the distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) at the 21200 block of Winding Way in Lexington Park. According to the spokesperson, during the …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspended Sheriff's Officer In Maryland Indicted For Rape, Solicitation Claims, Officials Say Suspended Sheriff's Officer In Maryland Indicted For Rape, Solicitation Claims, Officials Say
Suspended Sheriff's Officer In Maryland Indicted For Rape, Solicitation Claims, Officials Say A Charles County Sheriff's officer who has been suspended since January in connection to a rape and solicitation investigation has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges. Bryan Antwain Keys, Jr., 36, was arrested on a criminal warrant over the weekend in connection to second-degree rape, solicitation of prostitution, and misconduct in office claims. A seven-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, Keys was relieved of his duties in January after his agency was made aware of the allegations, prompting an extensive administrative investigation by the department’s Office of Professiona…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Apprehended For Illegal Possession Of A Firearm During Bust: Sheriff Maryland Man Apprehended For Illegal Possession Of A Firearm During Bust: Sheriff
Maryland Man Apprehended For Illegal Possession Of A Firearm During Bust: Sheriff A man prohibited from possessing a firearm is facing charges in Maryland after being busted by investigators with a handgun in a quiet St. Mary’s town. St. Inigoes resident Taquan Anthony Berry, 24, was arrested by members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, Sept. 27 following an investigation into an alleged weapons offense. Officials said that detectives from the sheriff’s office Criminal Investigations Division executed a search and seizure warrant at his home, where they seized a loaded handgun, which Berry is prohibited by law from possessing. Berry remains in custod…

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by Zak Failla