Prince Frederick, Maryland (Calvert County)

On Monday, May 13, 2024, at approximately 1:45 A.M. EST, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to multiple calls of suspicious vehicles and suspicious subjects dressed in black masks actively breaking into vehicles in the Huntingtown area.

Deputies responded to Queensberry Drive and observed a suspect vehicle fleeing at a high rate of speed. A traffic stop was conducted in Neeld Estates in Chesapeake Beach, where multiple suspects bailed out leading to a foot pursuit. During the search for suspects, two additional vehicles entered the neighborhood at a high rate before fleeing in separate directions. Both vehicles fled on Plum Point Road, one heading toward Bayside Road (Rt.261) and another fleeing towards Route 4. Calvert deputies apprehended two suspects following a bailout on Harbor Road in Chesapeake Beach.

Deputies pursued the other vehicle into Anne Arundel County where it collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Birdsville Road and Solomons Island Road in Harwood. The driver of the pickup truck was taken to an area hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. The three occupants of the fleeing car were also transported to an area hospital. The frontseat passenger, a juvenile female, was later pronounced deceased. The driver suffered critical injuries and the rear passenger suffered nonlifethreatening injuries.
Including four suspects that were captured in Neeld Estates, all six are from Glen Burnie, MD. Investigation revealed all 3 vehicles involved were stolen. Multiple charges are pending for all suspects.

In accordance with Maryland law, the Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (ID) was contacted and responded to the scene of the fatal crash to lead the investigation. The investigation is ongoing.