The P in IHOP Doesn't Mean Pancakes
 

Biker Dead in Wreck
 

Semi Crashes into Cars at Light, Woman Killed

Southern Maryland Police Blotter

'Gunfight at O.G. Corral' 8 Arrests Made in Shootout 10 Thugs Hop Out Of Cars and Start Firing at Crowd Near Playground; Two Shoot Back    Two Lexington Park men have been arrested and several more are sought after a Tuesday night gunfight at Suburban Drive trailer park.    One victim, at right, was sprayed with "bird shot" from a shotgun.    Another victim is thought to have escaped with the carloads of shooters. Get The Story Medics arrive to take a look at the victim ST. MARY'S TODAY photo by Sean Rice

School Evacuated for Fake Bomb Threat
 

Drunken, Rowdy 12-Year-Old Arrested . . .  CSM Bomb Threat a Hoax . . . Plymouth with Piles of Pot

Pipes  . . .  More Police Reports
 

 Obituaries

4 Helicopters Needed for Rt. 6 Wreck

    (April 21, 2007) - At Approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday, a portion of Rt. 6 near Zekiah Swamp in Charles County was shut down for a serious crash that required the service of four helicopters to transport patients from the scene to regional hospitals.
    Subjects were trapped in both vehicles of the crumpled wreck, and one occupant was reportedly unrestrained and in very critical condition.
    A total of four helicopters were used: US Park Eagle, Trooper 6 out of Centerville and two birds from Med-star.
    Route 6 was shut down for an extended period of time.
    The crash may have involved a police vehicle, and dog was involved in the crash.
    Officials called in a A K9 unit from Charles County Sheriff’s Office to restrain another dog in the crash. Typically, officials would use animal control if it was a citizen’s dog.

• 27 Charged in High School Brawl •
 

Driver of Dump Truck Dead After Hitting Tree

WALDORF ---  A Charlotte Hall man died on Thursday just before noon when the dump truck he was operating left Rt. 5 and ran through a field before striking a tree.  According Maryland State Police Lt. Randy Stephens, commander of the La Plata Barrack, Brent Guy Bowling died in the crash.
Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to southbound Maryland Route 5 north of Maryland Route 488, Forest Park, Charles County, Maryland for the report of a personal injury collision involving a commercial vehicle.
The investigation revealed the dump truck was traveling southbound Maryland Route 5 north of Maryland Route 488 were the vehicle traveled off the roadway 3/10 of a mile across a field and collided into a tree.  Emergency medical personnel on the scene initial assessment indicated the operator may have suffered a medical emergency prior to the crash.  The operator was pronounced deceased at the scene and the cause of death will be determined pending the autopsy, say police.

Dow Closes Closes Up Again!      -           Story

Coast Guard Says No One Knows Why Eight 123' Patrol Boats Have Hulls That Don't Work

"Multiple extensive studies and analyses by both Coast Guard engineers and third-party naval architects and marine engineers over many months have described the failures in these vessels. They have been unable to determine a single definitive root cause for the 123-foot patrol boat structural problems." --- Admiral Thad Allen    see complete statement to Congress

Murder trial comes to a close over two bodies found in trunk of car

BALTIMORE --- According to the U.S. Attorney’s office for Maryland, closing arguments were expected to be held on Wednesday, April 18 in the trial of James Moore, of Andrews, South Carolina, and Walter Babbs, of Greensboro, North Carolina, before U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis, courtroom 5B. The indictment alleges that the defendants murdered Willie Robinson and Alexandria Withers on November 5, 2003 by use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking conspiracy, and that the victims' bodies were found the next day in the trunk of a vehicle after it was stopped on I-95 in Cecil County, Maryland for a traffic violation. Defendant Porsha Harper of Greensboro, North Carolina previously pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and is awaiting sentencing.

Rolled SUV Kicked Off Weekend Windstorm

                                                                                      ST. MARY'S TODAY photo by SEAN RICE

Two Men Charged  With Rape of 13-Year Old Girl
    CHAPTICO ---  According to St. Mary's Sheriff's Lt. Rick Burris, on April 17 the St. Mary's County Bureau of Criminal Investigations began an investigation into a reported rape.
    The investigation revealed that Irvin Joseph Branson, 25 of Chaptico, and, Gary Ignatius Branson, 21 of Clements, had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old female. Irvin Branson had intercourse with the female on four separate occasions over a two week period, and Gary Branson had sexual intercourse with her on one occasion.
    Both were arrested and transported to the St. Mary's County Detention Center. Irvin Branson was charged with 4 counts of 2nd Degree Rape, and Gary Branson was charged with one count of 2nd Degree Rape, and were incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.
    BCI is a joint criminal investigation team of the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and the St. Mary's Sheriff's Dept.

Brawlers Dish Out Punches on Deputies
  On April 16, St. Mary's County Sheriff's Deputy Todd Fleenor responded to a reported fight in progress in Lexington Park.
    Once on the scene suspect Charles Edwin Compton, 20 of Leonardtown, and Kenneth Ryan Caldwell, 25 of Park Hall, were observed attempting to leave the area.
    Deputy Fleenor attempted to speak to them about the incident and Caldwell struck the Deputy and a physical altercation ensued.
    While Deputy Fleenor was attempting to get Caldwell into custody on the ground, suspect Compton punched Deputy Fleenor in the face with a closed fist.
    Additional Deputies responded and both were placed into custody. Compton was placed in the rear of a marked police unit and kicked out the rear window.
    He was charged with Assault on a Police Officer, Property Destruction, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest. Suspect Caldwell was charged with Assault Second Degree, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest.

 

Brake Time at Club Mickey D's

Did St. Mary's school bus driver fail to use the McBrake on the McBus when having lunch
 at McDonalds on Rt. 235 in California? 

This photo for ST. MARY'S TODAY was sent to us by a reader, who will receive a year's subscription for her great photo....


St. Mary's Cops Nab Man for 3 Armed Robberies After Clerk Chased Gunman Out of Store  

Bozo gunman who held up 3 different Shell stations snared by cops
LEONARDTOWN ---  St. Mary's Sheriff's Lt. Rick Burris reports that on April 14, 2007 at approximately 10:14 pm a suspect entered the Callaway Shell in Callaway Maryland. He displayed a handgun and demanded money from the store clerk. The clerk chased the suspect from the store and he fled on foot. Detectives from St. Mary's County joint criminal investigation unit of the State Police and St. Mary's Sheriff's Dept. responded and pursuant to their investigation located Otis Scorpio Williams 22, from Lexington Park, at a residence in Piney Point Maryland. He was taken into custody and charged with three counts of Armed Robbery for the Callaway Shell robbery, the April 12^th robbery of the Esperanza Shell in Lexington Park, and the April 4^th robbery of the Pegg�s Road Shell in Lexington Park. He was incarcerated at the St. Mary's County Detention Center.

cops hunt Jenkins in shooting of Charles County deputy James Thompson
St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron told ST. MARY'S TODAY that two St. Mary's homes were searched after the residents voluntarily admitted police to show that they were not hiding Jenkins....
 

And now Cheap Shots take on Imus Flap:  Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton visit St. Mary's Commissioner's Secret Meeting...see this Cheap Shots special...

.... and did you ever wonder why the dead heroes of St. Mary's are organized by race on the WWI memorial in center of Leonardtown...right where all the politicians file onto the stage each year for Memorial Day and Veterans Day and never shame the town fathers over this disgrace. Those who went off to war and died were buried elsewhere, but in the center of the town, the memorial which notes their sacrifice has them listed under the words "White" and "Colored".

Burch files ethics complaint on appointment of developers to RPD Task Force


Friday the 13th Lucky Day for Calvert's Boozing Drivers as

Cops Quit Checkpoint after 1 Hour

War Takes Toll on Two Maryland Families

Lt. Gwilym Newman, 24 of Waldorf, Died Thursday

   WASHINGTON (April 14, 2007) - The Department of Defense announced the death of two Maryland soldiers on Saturday; one soldier was serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the other was in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom.
   1ST Lt. Gwilym J. Newman, 24, of Waldorf, died April 12 in Tarmiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from enemy small arms fire while on dismounted patrol.
   He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
   Sgt. Edelman L. Hernandez, 23, of Hyattsville, died April 11 in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, while on combat patrol. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

DoD Story from 12/06 on Vital Task Newman's Unit Undertook- 'Putting CROWS to Work'
“The only real way to catch the insurgents emplacing the IEDs to to catch them when they do it,” said 1st Lt. Gwilym Newman, a platoon leader with Co. D, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment. “It is also important that we use the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System (CROWS) while conducting route reconnaissance and when setting up observation points because it gives us the ability to cover a large area regardless of the cover that an insurgent may be using because of the thermal sights that detect heat signatures for a distance (greater than 1000 meters).”

More on those who have served and died in Iraq and Afghanistan...Faces of the Fallen
65 Maryland soldiers have died in war since attack on America on Sept. 11, 2001.

Watch Out For That Mustang Looking

to Race in Waldorf, It Might Be a Cop