On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at approximately 3:21 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Wentworth Nursery located at 41170 Oakville Road…
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Prosecutors Successfully Argue for Murderer’s LIFE Sentence to Endure
By The Citizen on December 2, 2024
State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that a convicted murderer’s sentence of LIFE without the possibility of parole will stand. Earlier this year, Dana Collins,…
Lexington Park Woman Arrested After Handgun Found During Traffic Stop
By The Citizen on December 2, 2024
On November 27, 2024, Rayshona T. Jones, 35, of Lexington Park, was arrested after a traffic stop conducted by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office…
Fourteen of 18 Businesses Pass Tobacco and Alcohol Compliance Checks
By The Citizen on December 2, 2024
On November 26, 2024, The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted a succession of Tobacco and Alcohol compliance checks within St. Mary’s…
Lexington Park Man Arrested on Drug Charges Following Traffic Stop
By The Citizen on December 2, 2024
On November 27, 2024, John F. Dorsey, a 36, of Lexington Park, was arrested after a routine traffic stop in St. Mary’s County led to…
UPDATE: Police Arrest 25-Year-Old Wanted Man in Hollywood After His Fifth Violation of a Protective Order Within the Past Year
By The Citizen on December 2, 2024
Kaimrhon Emmanuel Bonaventure, 25, of Douglas Georgia, was arrested in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, on November 27, 2024, for violating a protective order and attempting…
Police Investigating One Shot in Great Mills, One in Custody With Gun Recovered
By The Citizen on November 29, 2024
On Friday, November 29, 2024, at approximately 8:25 p.m., police responded to the 45000 block of Military Lane in Great Mills, for the reported suspicious…
Police Make Arrest After Home Invasion in Great Mills
By The Citizen on November 29, 2024
UPDATE 11/30/2024: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested Robert Eric Hyatt Jr., 38, of Fort Washington, following a 911 report of a home invasion…
Archaeologists Work with Indigenous Peoples, Department of Natural Resources to Uncover History at Chapel Point State Park
By The Citizen on November 29, 2024
Before John Smith arrived and even before the glaciers melted to create the Chesapeake Bay, Indigenous Peoples had called the land that is now Maryland…
Christmas on the Square & Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Leonardtown is Here!! Friday Nov.29th, 2024
By The Citizen on November 29, 2024
The holiday season begins in Leonardtown when Santa arrives for Christmas on the Square & the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in the Town Square on Friday, November…
Four Flown to Trauma Centers After High Speed Rollover in St. Inigoes While Fleeing Police
By The Citizen on November 29, 2024
On Thursday, November 28, 2024, at approximately 9:20 p.m., Officers from the Department of Natural Resources Police advised a vehicle fled at a high rate…
UPDATE: Police Capture 25-Year-Old Wanted Man in Hollywood
By The Citizen on November 27, 2024
UPDATE 11/27/2024 @ 2:35 p.m.: Troopers from the Maryland State Police Tactical Team captured Kaimrhon Emmanuel Bonaventure, age 25. Details will be provided as they…
St. Mary’s County Woman Arrested After Stabbing in Lexington Park
By The Citizen on November 27, 2024
Raven Savannah Gardiner, 22, of Leonardtown, has been charged in connection with an altercation that left a man with multiple stab wounds and another woman…
Santa Claus Coming to Southern Maryland on December 10th, 2024 Courtesy of the U.S. Navy
By The Citizen on November 26, 2024
Good boys and girls of all ages across Southern Maryland should keep their eyes on the skies as Adm. Saint Nicholas conducts pre-deployment mission planning…
Commissioners of St. Mary’s County & NAS PAX Announce Joint Meeting
By The Citizen on November 26, 2024
The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) and the Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS PAX) will hold a joint meeting on…