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Four Charged In Connection To June Murder In Maryland: Sheriff Four Charged In Connection To June Murder In Maryland: Sheriff
Four Charged In Connection To June Murder In Maryland: Sheriff Four people have been charged for their alleged roles in the June death of 24-year-old Deangelo C’Quan Beale in Charles County, the sheriff’s office announced. Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were called at approximately 5:45 a.m. on Friday, June 9, to the 2500 block of Lake Drive in Waldorf, where there was a reports of shots fired with at least one person down. Upon arrival at the apartment complex, investigators found Beale, who was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation was launched, which led to multiple state and federal indictments for eight suspects, fou…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Student Suspected Of Threatening To Blow Up Maryland Middle School, Sheriff Says Student Suspected Of Threatening To Blow Up Maryland Middle School, Sheriff Says
Student Suspected Of Threatening To Blow Up Maryland Middle School, Sheriff Says A student was apprehended after a threatening note was found at the Theodore G. Davis Middle School in Charles County. Early on Wednesday morning, officials say that a sticky note with a written message threatening to blow up the Waldorf school was discovered on an outside wall of the building.  Administrators and the School Resource Officer assigned to the building were able to identify a student as a possible suspect.  His family and Charles County Department of Juvenile Services were both alerted to the incident, though no information about possible discipline was announced by…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Recently Indicted Man Wanted For Sexual Child Abuse In Maryland: Police Recently Indicted Man Wanted For Sexual Child Abuse In Maryland: Police
Recently Indicted Man Wanted For Sexual Child Abuse In Maryland: Police Seen him?  An alert has been issued by the Charles County Sheriff's Office as they attempt to locate a 24-year-old fugitive who is wanted for sexual child abuse. Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, who was recently indicted on charges that include sex abuse of a minor, third-degree sex offense, and other related offenses is at large, and the sheriff's office is attempting to track him down. The Waldorf native is known to frequent Oxon Hill, and areas in Washington, DC, investigators say, and he was described as being 5-foot-9, weighing 185 pounds. Anyone with information regarding Vercher's w…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
See Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Movie Comes To Maryland Theaters (And Tickets Are Just $19.89) See Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Movie Comes To Maryland Theaters (And Tickets Are Just $19.89)
See Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Movie Comes To Maryland Theaters (And Tickets Are Just $19.89) Couldn't get tickets to see Taylor Swift's The Era Tour in person? You're very much not alone. But don't worry, Swifties, there's a way to experience the pop culture juggernaut. Get tickets now to see TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film only in theaters in North America beginning 10/13. Taylor Swift "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" will be premiering at AMC Theatres across Maryland starting on Friday, Oct. 13 (obviously) with tickets going on sale Thursday, Aug. 31. Showtimes will run Thursdays to Sundays.  Standard showings are priced at $19.89 (cute!) for adults and $13.13 for se…

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by Sam Barron
News
Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Women In Their Maryland Home Over Drug Dispute: Prosecutors Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Women In Their Maryland Home Over Drug Dispute: Prosecutors
Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Women In Their Maryland Home Over Drug Dispute: Prosecutors It took a jury more than a week to convict a Maryland man of murdering a pair of women in Charles County, the state's attorney's office announced. Deon Watkins, 51, has been found guilty for his role in the deaths of Kandeon Niravanh, 24, and Genesis Garrett, 22, both of Waldorf, in January 2021. Charles County State's Attorney Tony Covington said that shortly before 1 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2021, officers were called to the 2400 block of Hanover Court in Waldorf, where there was a front door suspiciously left open in a neighborhood home. Once inside, they found Niravanh and Garrett dead with gu…

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Police ID 16-Year-Old Maryland Girl Stabbed To Death In NW DC; Teen Suspect In Custody Police ID 16-Year-Old Maryland Girl Stabbed To Death In NW DC; Teen Suspect In Custody
Police ID 16-Year-Old Maryland Girl Stabbed To Death In NW DC; Teen Suspect In Custody A community is in mourning after a 16-year-old girl from Southern Maryland was killed by another teen in Washington early on Sunday morning one day before she was set to return to school. Waldorf resident Naima Liggon has been identified by the Metropolitan Police as the teen who was killed by another 16-year-old on Sunday, Aug. 27. Police say that at approximately 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, detectives were called to the 1900 block of 14th Street NW to investigate reports of a girl who had been repeatedly stabbed outside an area business. Liggon was taken to an area hospital in a private vehicle…

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by Zak Failla
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Police ID Driver Killed In Chain Reaction Crash With Pick-Up Truck In MD Police ID Driver Killed In Chain Reaction Crash With Pick-Up Truck In MD
Police ID Driver Killed In Chain Reaction Crash With Pick-Up Truck In MD New details have been released following the fatal multi-vehicle crash in Prince George's County that left a Waldorf man dead. Lamont Hoyer, 54, has been identified by the police as the driver killed in a chain-reaction crash involving a pick-up truck and two other vehicles. Shortly before 10 p.m. on Thursday, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to Indian Head Highway near Farmington Drive in Accokeek to investigate a reported crash. The fatal crash was reported near Indian Head Highway and Farmington Drive.Google Maps street view Investigators say th…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Wanted In Connection To Maryland Murder Apprehended Months Later: Sheriff Man Wanted In Connection To Maryland Murder Apprehended Months Later: Sheriff
Man Wanted In Connection To Maryland Murder Apprehended Months Later: Sheriff Another suspect has been apprehended in connection to the fatal shooting of Aden Christopher Garcia in Charles County last year. Ricardo Kevon Colbert-Lyles, 22, of Waldorf, who had an active warrant out for his arrest for the death of the 19-year-old, who was killed on Abermarle Place in Waldorf last October. The Charles County Sheriff's Office received an emergency call shortly after 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, to investigate a shooting when a man - later identified as Garcia - was found with life-threatening injuries. They say that they found Garcia inside a vehicle with multipl…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Assailant Pulls Out All The Stops In MD Assault, Sheriff Says Assailant Pulls Out All The Stops In MD Assault, Sheriff Says
Assailant Pulls Out All The Stops In MD Assault, Sheriff Says Jasper Bernard Ford did not go down quietly in Charles County after allegedly threatening a man with a sword, authorities say. Ford went to the well and broke out all the tools in his tool belt during a bizarre assault that broke out after he got into an argument with a man in the 3000 block of October Place inn Waldorf that turned violent. The 36-year-old Waldorf resident reportedly got into an argument with a man living in the residence when he left, but later returned with a metal pole and a sword. He then allegedly used that pole to break a side window and threatened the resident with a…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Sheriff IDs Motorcyclist Left With 'Incapacitating Injuries' In Maryland Crash Sheriff IDs Motorcyclist Left With 'Incapacitating Injuries' In Maryland Crash
Sheriff IDs Motorcyclist Left With 'Incapacitating Injuries' In Maryland Crash Driver error and poor weather conditions are believed to be the cause of a crash that left a motorcyclist with incapacitating injuries, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office announced. Fabian Cardona, 49, had to be airlifted to an area hospital after he crashed into a Hyundai Elantra being drive by a 20-year-old Waldorf resident and suffered serious injuries on Friday night, officials say. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, sheriff’s deputies were called to the 30000 block of Three Notch Road at the intersection of Oak Station, where there was a report of a crash involving a motorcyc…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
$96K In Drugs Recovered By Investigators In Charles County: Sheriff $96K In Drugs Recovered By Investigators In Charles County: Sheriff
$96K In Drugs Recovered By Investigators In Charles County: Sheriff The Charles County Sheriff's Office made a massive drug and weapons bust that landed a man behind bars. Nearly $100,000 worth of drugs will not make it to the streets following the arrest of Waldorf resident Irving Andraus Hill, 37, at his Stream Vista Place home. While serving an arrest warrant, the sheriff's office seized:  Methamphetamine; Cocaine HCL; Crack cocaine; Suspected Eutylone/N,N Dimehylpentylone; 274 grams of cannabis; Loaded rifle with a destroyed serial number;  Fully loaded handgun with a 30-round magazine; 50-round drum magazine; 100-round drum magazine. Accord…

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News
Teen Charged For Gambling, 'Ghost Gun' In Charles County Teen Charged For Gambling, 'Ghost Gun' In Charles County
Teen Charged For Gambling, 'Ghost Gun' In Charles County The investigation into alleged gambling and drug activity in Charles County led to the arrest of a teenager who was caught with an illegal "ghost gun," according to the sheriff's office. Officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office busted up an alleged gambling ring in the area of Albermarle Place in Waldorf, leading tot he arrest of a 15-year-old, the agency announced on Wednesday, Aug. 2. When investigators arrived, officials said that they spotted the teen, who appeared to have a handgun in his waistband and proceeded to flee when officers approached before he was apprehended after …

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