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St. Mary's County, MD
Police & Fire
Nurse With Suspended License In VA Charged With Fraud, Theft From Assisted Living Facility
A multi-agency investigation into the theft of medication from a Maryland assisted living facility led to dozens of charges for a 45-year-old Prince George's County woman whose license had been suspended in the DMV, according to investigators in St. Mary's. Temple Hills resident Stephanie Marie Murphy was arrested in connection to reported thefts at the Charlotte Hall Veterans home months after a probe was launched by local, county, and state police. Investigators say that it was determined that Murphy had misrepresented her identity while using an online platform designed to assist wi…
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Dealer From DC Who Sold Fentanyl Leading To Fatal Overdose In Maryland Gets Lengthy Sentence
A man previously linked to a shooting in St. Mary's County has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for distributing the fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose, the state's attorney's office announced. Darrick Monte Evans, 45, now living in Washington, DC, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling fentanyl stamped as Oxycodone, leading to the deadly incident. Prosecutors say that in March 2022, Evans distributed the misbranded fentanyl to a user who overdosed and died. An autopsy later determined that the cause of death was fentanyl intoxication, and through…
Police & Fire
Fugitive Who Ditched Electronic Monitor, Court Date In Maryland At Large: Sheriff
A 24-year-old fugitive is at large after violating the condition of his monitoring after being released in connection to multiple offenses in Charles County. Anthony Kavon Brown, 24, who is no stranger to law enforcement with active felony warrants for armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm, is wanted after failing to appear in court last month. Following Brown's arrest for the robbery, a judge released him from the Charles County Detention Center on electronic monitoring; however, he ditched his court appearance on June 18 and has not been seen since. Brown has a lengthy …
Police & Fire
Three Minors Airlifted To Hospital After Crashing UTV, Sheriff Says
Five minors were injured on Friday afternoon after losing control of a UTV in St. Mary's County, officials say. Shortly before 5;15 p.m. on Friday, deputies from the sheriff's office were called to the area of Holly Bank Drive and Burning Oaks Drive in Mechanicsville, where there was a report of a Utility Task Vehicle that had just been involved in a crash. According to a spokesperson from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office, a Massimo Buck UTV being driven by a minor with four other juveniles was driving on Holly Bank Road when the vehicle left the roadway and all five were ejected. Th…
Police & Fire
Routine Traffic Stop Turns Up Magazines, Handguns On Virginia Pair In Maryland: Police
A pair of men from Virginia posted bond and were released after they were found in possession of handguns during a traffic stop in Maryland, authorities said. St Mary's County Sheriff Deputy Joseph Senatore stopped a Dodge pickup truck for an equipment violation on Three Notch Road in Lexington Park on Wednesday, May 31, a spokesperson for the agency said. During the stop, Senatore immediately spotted a black handgun with an extended magazine stuffed between the passenger seat and center console, within reach of the passenger. Chevis Dominique Smith, 43 of Poquoson, was charged w…
Police & Fire
Would-Be Virginia Ditch Drowner Charged With Attempted Murder Following Maryland Fight: Sheriff
Authorities say that a Virginia man who assaulted and attempted to drown someone in a ditch during an altercation in Maryland has been charged with attempted murder. Brama Joseph Bussell, 28, of King George, is in custody in St. Mary's County following an early-morning fight last week, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office announced on Monday, Dec. 12. Officials said that the incident began shortly before 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, when deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 11100 block of Point Lookout Road in Scotland, for a reported assault in the a…
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Maryland Man Who Breached US Capitol On Jan. 6, Fought Police Admits To Obstruction
A Maryland man has become the latest to cop to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, federal officials announced. Piney Point resident John Andries, 36, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to obstruction of official proceedings after participating in the riot that “disrupted a joint session of the US Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.” As part of the plea, Andries admitted to illegally entering the Capitol Building through a broken window near the Senate Wing Door at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Jan…
Obituaries
Mother Was At Gender Reveal Party When Learning Teen Son Was Shot At Maryland Carnival
A joyous occasion turned into a disastrous one for a Maryland mother who learned that her teen son had been shot while attending a gender reveal party for her second grandchild, those supporting her said. On Friday, July 15, Deanna Cornish was preparing for the gender reveal when she received a phone call alerting her that her son, 16-year-old Syncere Smith, was shot at a fire department carnival in St. Mary's County, according to her brother, who set up a GoFundMe page for the family. Cornish rushed more than two hours home, but received the devastating news that her son didn't make it aft…
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Police Locate, ID 10-Year-Old Swimmer Found Dead After Going Missing In Maryland Waters
A 10-year-old child's body was found in Maryland on Monday, July 18 after she was reported missing while swimming near the Virginia border. The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office announced that Genesi Elizabeth Sosa-Bonilla's body was located near the location where she was last seen in the water in St. Mary's County. An alert was issued by the US Coast Guard over the weekend as they attempted to track down the girl, who went missing while swimming near Camp Merryelande in Piney Point. Officials said that two family members were swimming together with an adult when one lost sigh…
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Maryland Teen Killed In Crash Was 'Extraordinary,' Loved Ones Say
Support was surging for the family of a 15-year-old boy killed in a crash earlier this week. Robert Proctor Jr., of Great Mills, was airlifted to an area hospital after the car he was a passenger in was struck by another vehicle on Route 235 in Lexington Park Tuesday, June 14, authorities in St. Mary’s County said. More than $2,300 had been raised as of Thursday for the boy's family on a GoFundMe. Affectionately known as RJ, the teen was being remembered as someone extraordinary. "...when he walked into a room his smile and laugh lit up the place, he had plans on entering his sophomo…
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