Authorities say two teenagers were hospitalized Sunday after a multi-vehicle car crash in Upper Marlboro.
A teenager is in the hospital after being ejected from a car that was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in Upper Marlboro on Sunday.
Authorities with the Maryland State Police and the Prince George’s County Fire Department told WTOP that two of the individuals involved in the crash were teenagers, and that a third was an adult.
Authorities said the incident involved a tanker truck and took place around 2:15 p.m. on Crain Highway at Old Central Avenue.
Officials said the teenager ejected from the vehicle was taken to the hospital in critical condition as the second teen was hospitalized with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
The adult was taken in for evaluation.
Southbound Crain Highway was closed after the crash.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
A hazmat team was directed to the scene to handle the contents of the tanker. It’s unclear what contents were being transported.
This is a developing story. Stay with WTOP for the latest.
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One person is dead and two others are in the hospital Monday morning following a collision between a tractor-trailer and a dump truck on Interstate 95 in Maryland.
One person is dead and two others are in the hospital Monday morning following a collision between a tractor-trailer and a dump truck on Interstate 95 in Elkridge, according to Maryland State Police.
Police said the dump truck crashed into the back of a parked tractor-trailer between the Harbor Tunnel Thruway, also called Interstate 895, and Maryland Route 100 around 5:30 a.m.
The dump truck’s driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the dump truck was airlifted to a hospital.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was also taken to the hospital.
Police continue to investigate the crash.
At one point, all southbound lanes on I-95 were closed for the investigation. Drivers are able to get past the crash investigation, but anyone heading from Baltimore to D.C. should plan for delays. WTOP Traffic has the latest on the impact on the roadway.
Maryland State Police have arrested a D.C. police sergeant for allegedly pulling out a gun during a road rage incident in Anne Arundel County.
Maryland State Police have arrested a D.C. police sergeant who allegedly pulled out a gun during a road rage incident in Anne Arundel County.
Police said Sgt. Kaila Crews, 29, of Annapolis, Maryland, brandished a crowbar and then a firearm during a road rage incident on Dec. 18 in the westbound lanes of U.S. Route 50 near Interstate 97.
No one was injured during the confrontation.
Crews was arrested Wednesday and charged with first- and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in a felony crime, Maryland State Police said Friday in a news release. Police also searched her vehicle and found a loaded firearm.
In a statement to WTOP’s partners at 7News, D.C. police confirmed Crews has been placed on administrative leave from the department. An investigation into the case continues.
A 24-year-old woman is facing charges after police say she struck a Virginia State Police cruiser while attempting to drive away from troopers on a pursuit that crossed into Maryland.
A 24-year-old woman is facing charges after police say she struck a Virginia State Police cruiser while attempting to drive away from troopers during a pursuit that crossed into Maryland.
After reportedly ramming the cruiser Monday night, Naturi Hayes, of Elkridge, crashed her vehicle in Howard County and tried to leave the scene on foot, according to Maryland State Police.
But she was arrested and charged with first-degree assault, attempting to elude uniformed police, failure to stop after an accident involving damage, aggressive and reckless driving, and other traffic-related charges.
The Virginia officer inside the cruiser was taken to the hospital and later released, according to Maryland police.
Hayes was also taken to the hospital before she was brought to the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections.
Shortly before midnight Monday, Virginia State Police gave Maryland troopers a heads up that they were pursuing Hayes’ vehicle as it crossed the state border on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, according to the news release.
That’s when Hayes allegedly rammed a marked patrol vehicle, which forced it into a concrete barrier.
Police kept following Hayes’ vehicle, with the help of flight crews in a helicopter, through Prince George’s County and eventually Howard County. The vehicle pursuit came to a halt when Hayes crashed near Washington Boulevard and Meadowridge Road in Elkridge.
She tried to get away on foot but was arrested, Maryland police said.
During a preliminary hearing Wednesday, a judge ordered Hayes held without bond. According to online court records, she is expected to appear for a bond review hearing Friday.
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A 24-year-old Maryland woman was arrested and is facing charges with the murder of her infant child in Cecil County.
A 24-year-old Maryland woman was arrested and is facing charges with the murder of her infant child in Cecil County.
Destiny Faith Chiveral, of Charlestown, Maryland, has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree child abuse, according to Maryland State Police.
On Dec. 4, just after 9 a.m., authorities responded to a 911 call in the unit-block of Leedle Circle in Rising Sun, Maryland. When they arrived, they pronounced a five-week-old infant dead at the scene, the police said.
State police investigators conducted and executed search warrants for Chiveral, her phone and two residences in connection with her.
Police said that evidence found is what led to the arrest and charges against Chiveral.
She is being held without bond at the Cecil County Detention Center.
This is an ongoing investigation.
Below is a map of the area where the infant child was found dead:
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Gov. Wes Moore (D) tapped Sen. Michael A. Jackson (D-Calvert, Charles & Prince George’s) as the next superintendent of the Maryland State Police Friday, replacing Col. Roland L. Butler who is set to retire Nov. 1.
Before he was elected to the legislature, Jackson spent 22 years in the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, the last eight, from 2002-2010, as elected sheriff. He was elected to the House of Delegates in 2014 and appointed to the Senate in 2021, winning reelection to the seat in 2022. He serves on the Budget and Taxation Committee.
“He’s one of our best members,” Senate Majority Leader Nancy King (D-Montgomery) said of Jackson’s work on the commitee “I’m thrilled for him. It’s a good opportunity for him. That makes me sad because he’s a really good friend and he’s really good on Budget and Tax.”
Butler took the helm at the State Police in early 2023, shortly after Moore’s inauguration. He became the first Black superintendent of the State Police in the agency’s history.
In a statement Friday afternoon, Moore applauded Butler for 31 years in law enforcement, calling him a “true public servant.”
“During Colonel Butler’s tenure at the helm of State Police, Maryland has become a national leader in crime reduction and public safety gains. He leaves behind a profound legacy as he enters retirement,” Moore said. “And I also know Senator Michael A. Jackson—an exceptional public servant in his own right—will build on the foundation Colonel Butler laid.”
Butler took the job after a lengthy career in the State Police, including time as chief of the Field Operations Bureau. But he faced a difficult confirmation battle, as a group of Black lawmakers argued that Butler had not done enough to promote diversity and address complaints of racism and discriminatory treatment of Black officers.
At the time, Jackson was one of four senators, all from Prince George’s County, to vote against Butler.
Last year, the State Police agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a Justice Department investigation that found written and physical hiring tests used by the department discriminated against Black and female applicants.
The investigation in that began in 2022, before Butler’s tenure, and the funds were to be divided between 48 failed applicants. President Donald Trump’s (R) administration has since signaled that it intends to walk away from similar suits around the country.
Butler plans to retire Nov. 1, Moore said, and Jackson will take over Nov. 12. Lt. Col. Daniel C. Pickett will serve as superintendent in the interim.
— Reporter William J. Ford contributed to this report, which may be updated.
Gov. Wes Moore on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, when he talked about the economy, the president’s threat to send federal troops into Baltimore and — again — his electoral plans. (Screengrab of NBC video)
For a man who’s not running for president, Gov. Wes Moore sure has been making the rounds of the national Sunday talk shows recently. But there’s also been plenty to talk about, from vaccines to federal troop deployments.
Moore, appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” would not say he would “completely rule it out,” when asked about a presidential bit, but he did repeat his oft-stated assertion that he is not running for president in 2028, and is focused instead on seeking reelection next year as governor of Maryland.
“I’ll be serving a full term. I’m excited about reelection. I’m excited about what I’m going to be able to do for the people of Maryland,” he said in response to a question from moderator Kristen Welker, before reciting a list of his administration’s accomplishments..
It was similar to the discussion he had two weeks earlier on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” when he volunteered that he is not running for president during a discussion of President Donald Trump saying Moore is not “presidential timber.” Moore’s residential aspirations did not come up on last week’s “This Week” on ABC — but he wasn’t directly asked about it.
What Moore has been asked about in each appearance was the president’s threat to send troops into Baltimore, among other cities, to respond to crime there.
Moore — who on Friday announced a surge of Maryland State Police into the city to help further bring down crime rates — repeated his charge that Trump’s proposal would be “performative” and ineffective. He said Guard members are not trained for law enforcement and noted that those deployed last month to Washington, D.C., have been reduced in some instances to raking mulch and picking up trash, at what he said is an estimated cost of $1 million a day.
“You know, the president’s proposed budget actually cuts supports for the FBI and ATF [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] bureaus, which are things we actually could use,” Moore said. “When you’re looking at the Big Beautiful Bill, it actually cuts $30 million of funding for violence prevention programs that are happening in the city of Baltimore and across the state of Maryland.”
Trump has said that the presence of federal troops has led to a drop in crimes that have made the District a “safe zone.” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has said that crime was already at historic lows already, but she recently credited the presence of federal troops with a further drop in crimes.
Moore acknowledged that crime is down in D.C., but said it has fallen just as fast, or faster, in Baltimore during the same time frame without federal intervention.
“If you’re looking at the same time period of this D.C. occupation … if you look at assaults with a deadly weapon, they’ve actually increased in D.C. by 8%; in Baltimore, have decreased by 10%,” he said. “And on every other major indicator, from homicide, to carjacking, you could say that Baltimore has actually had the same type of drop as Washington D.C. has had during this period. And we didn’t mobilize the National Guard for it.”
What Moore did do was announce plans Friday for a “renewed collaboration” between the Baltimore City Police Department and the Maryland State Police.
“We are proud of the progress that we’ve been able to make, and we’re all very, very concerned about how much work still needs to happen,” Moore said at the time, flanked by Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and city and state police officials. “If one person does not feel safe in their neighborhood, that is one too many.”
Two people are dead following what the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland described as a domestic assault.
Two people are dead following what the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland described as a domestic assault.
Just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office got a call about a reported domestic assault on Rosewood Drive in Lexington Park.
There, they found 25-year-old Alaysia Janell Milburn suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, where she later died. A 7-month-old infant was also taken to the hospital with no reported injuries.
A man in a Hyundai Kona fled the scene, according to witnesses. The man was heading northbound on Route 5, and deputies began to chase the car. Charles and Calvert County Sheriff’s offices, as well as the Maryland State Police, joined the chase as the man crossed into Charles County.
While the man was driving on Prince Frederick Road in Hughesville, a Calvert County deputy crashed into his car, stopping it and rending it inoperable.
The man quickly got out of his car, then got back in. Once inside the car, the man fired a shot. Deputies found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a sheriff’s office news release said. Deputies performed lifesaving measures and took the man to a nearby hospital. He was prononounced dead just before 1 p.m.
The man has not yet been identified as investigators are waiting to notify his next of kin.
A Calvert County Deputy was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
St. Mary’s County Sheriff Steve Hall said in a release, “We mourn the loss of this young mother, and we hold her family in prayer. Today’s tragic set of circumstances brings light to the need to continue efforts on all fronts to prevent violence in domestic relationships.”
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Four kayakers who got stranded in the Potomac River’s rough waters Sunday were rescued by a Maryland State Police chopper.
Four kayakers who got stranded in the Potomac River’s rough waters Sunday were rescued by a Maryland State Police chopper.
Footage posted to social media shows Maryland State Police Aviation Command Trooper 3 — which is based out of Frederick — conduct the hoist during the missions.
Montgomery County swift water rescue personnel assisted on the ground.
A police chase that started in Fairfax County, Virginia, and ended with a crash across the Maryland state line involves an SUV connected to an Amber Alert for three young children who were reportedly abducted, authorities say.
The crash happened on the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, Maryland, near Branch Avenue. (Courtesy 7News)
The crash happened on the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, Maryland, near Branch Avenue. (Courtesy 7News)
A 1-year-old Virginia girl is dead after police say her father kidnapped her and her two young siblings, sparking an Amber Alert and a police chase that ended in a crash in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
The girl and her two brothers, 5 and 7, were taken by their father — 36-year-old Dana Plummer — from a residence on Jay Are Court in Virginia Beach on Wednesday night after stabbing a woman and girl inside, police in Virginia Beach said. Both stabbing victims were taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition.
The abduction sparked an Amber Alert about 2 a.m., and authorities said the three young children were believed to be in extreme danger.
About 8:45 a.m. Thursday, a citizen tip led to Virginia State Police troopers spotting Plummer’s 2024 Honda Passport SUV traveling northbound on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County.
The driver refused to stop for troopers, leading to a police chase that continued north on the Capital Beltway into Prince George’s County in Maryland before the SUV crashed near Branch Avenue, police said.
The 1-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital where she died from her injuries. The condition of the other two children is not known.
Plummer was apprehended at the scene.
“Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones who are grieving this morning,” said Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate in a statement. “This is an unimaginable tragedy, and on behalf of the VBPD, I extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by this loss.”
Maryland State Police were expected to provide more details about the crash later.
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Officers responded to reports of a woman “attempting to harm herself” at a home in the 1200 block of Ridge Road in Westminster around noon Saturday. When they got to the scene, they found Miriam Glowacki, 45, with multiple stab wounds.
Miriam Glowacki was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. An autopsy indicated the manner of death as a homicide.
Police initially made contact with Matthew Glowacki at the residence. Forensic evidence from the scene helped investigators identify him as the suspect.
Glowacki is being held at the Carroll County Detention Center without bond.
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Six people have been arrested and charged with taking part in illegal, large-scale car rallies in Prince George’s County.
Six people have been arrested and charged with taking part in illegal, large-scale car rallies in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
All of them are from Maryland and range in age from 19 to 24. Terrel Marshall, 22, of Suitland; Alex Agustin, 22, of Laurel; Kyle Allen, 24, of Lanham; Jarard Walters, 21, of Essex; Malik Coleman, 24, of Baltimore and London Flores, 19, of Silver Spring, are all being charged in connection with three separate rallies.
Maryland State Police spokesperson Elena Russo said the charges include disorderly conduct, reckless driving and malicious destruction of property, among other charges. They could face fines or possible prison time.
“These takeovers, as they call them, involve large groups of people and they go in and they take over intersections or streets,” Russo said. “They perform their stunts — skidding their wheels or spinning their wheels — and oftentimes end up destroying property.”
The arrests are part of a new effort by Maryland State Police and local law enforcement to crack down on the disruptive and potentially dangerous events.
The Maryland Car Rally Task Force includes Maryland State Police, the Maryland Transportation Authority police, Baltimore City police and police departments in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
Russo said the task force is also increasing patrols in known hot spots.
Two recent car meetups in Prince George’s County involved deadly shootings, including one in June in Accokeek.
Two people are dead after a motorcycle crash in Temple Hills, Maryland, on Saturday evening.
Two people are dead after a motorcycle crash in Temple Hills, Maryland, on Saturday evening, police said.
In a news release, Maryland State Police said that just before 8 p.m., troopers responded to the area of northbound Interstate 495 near Branch Avenue on a report of a crash involving a motorcycle.
Police said initial investigation showed that 37-year-old Quintin Barnes of Reisterstown was driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle along with a passenger, 19-year-old Jasmine Jeffries, north on I-495 when it struck the back of a Dodge.
Both Barnes and Jeffries were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
The driver and passenger of the Dodge were taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Lanes on northbound I-495 were temporarily closed due to the accident. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
Below is a map of the area where the crash occurred:
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Scott Cornell Binde, 64, of Alexandria, was struck and killed while riding his bicycle in Frederick County, Maryland, on Saturday.
A Virginia man was struck and killed while riding his bicycle in Frederick County, Maryland, on Saturday.
Maryland State Police said that officers responded to the intersection of U.S. Route 15 and Catoctin Furnace Road about a crash between a bicyclist and a vehicle just before 3:30 p.m.
Scott Cornell Binde, 64, of Alexandria was crossing Route 15 on Catoctin Furnace Road on his bicycle when he was struck by a Toyota 4Runner. He died at the scene.
The driver of the striking vehicle remained at the scene.
Police said alcohol isn’t considered a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Northbound Route 15 was reopened to traffic about 3 hours after the deadly crash.
A map of the area where the crash took place is below:
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A driver was struck and killed Saturday night while fleeing the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland, police said.
A person was struck and killed on Interstate 270 Saturday night while fleeing the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Montgomery County, Maryland, police said.
Maryland State Police told WTOP that officers were called to go to the area of northbound Interstate 270 near Montrose Road at around 10:30 p.m. for a crash with a possible overturned vehicle and fire.
A few minutes later, another call came in for a separate crash in the southbound lanes of I-270 near Route 28.
When police arrived, they learned that one of the drivers in the original crash fled the scene in the southbound lanes where that person was hit, according to police.
The person was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The identity of the driver has not been released yet.
Police said the cause of both crashes remain under investigation.
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Police divers continue to investigate the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge — even though visibility in the water is extremely poor.
The mission is daunting at the site of the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, as crews have to remove 50,000 tons of debris.
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Police divers at Baltimore bridge collapse struggle with ‘zero visibility’ underwater
Nonetheless, police divers are there continuing an investigation into the collapse.
Visibility under the water is extremely poor, however.
“Best case scenario is you might be able to see eight inches in front of your face,” said Maryland State Police Cpl. Lyle German, who’s with the department’s underwater recovery team. “Worst case scenario, it’s like wearing one of those sleep masks, and you have zero visibility.”
The divers wear stainless steel helmets for protection as they swim around twisted metal and concrete.
They don’t have scuba tanks. Instead, they breath through a tube that goes right up to the surface, allowing them to stay down for as long as they need.
“We train for this,” said Maryland State Police Detective Sgt. Justin Updegraff, the commander of the underwater recovery team. “More times than not, the divers will actually close their eyes because they can’t see.”
Updegraff said the divers “move their arms left and right like a windshield wiper.”
“We train like that in a pool, putting them in blacked-out masks,” Updegraff said.
German said it’s similar to someone messing up your room, turning the lights off and then telling you to find a specific item.
And using a flashlight doesn’t help.
Multiple agencies are working out of the bridge cleanup command center in Baltimore. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
“Have you ever driven through a snowstorm and put your brights on?” German asked. “It doesn’t help at all — there are a lot of particulates down there.”
The Maryland State Police dive team is working alongside numerous agencies at a command center that’s been established at the cruise terminal in Baltimore where cruise ships would normally be taking vacationers out to sea.
Agencies operating out of the center include the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Maryland Transportation Authority, among others.
“We work best when we’re working with our partners,” said Lt. Cmdr. Amanda Faulkner with the Coast Guard. “This is how we are meant to work — in collaboration.”
Faulkner said one of the first priorities will be to partially open the main shipping channel at the Port of Baltimore.
“That will allow us to get back up to 75% of pre-collapse operations through the waterway,” Faulkner said, adding that the hope is to get that done before the end of the month.
Crews will then need to remove bridge debris from the cargo ship, get the ship off the river and fully reopen the channel to commerce.
Officials have said all of that will likely take another month, at least.
The bridge collapsed on March 26 after being struck by the cargo ship Dali, which lost power shortly after leaving Baltimore, bound for Sri Lanka.
Those operating the ship issued a mayday alert with just enough time for police to stop traffic, but not enough to save a roadwork crew filling potholes on the bridge.
Authorities believe six workers — immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — plunged to their deaths in the Patapsco River.
The bodies of three have been recovered, but the search for the other victims continues.
