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Governor Hogan’s Statement on the Maryland Natural Resources Police Anniversary

Governor Hogan’s Statement on the Maryland Natural Resources Police Anniversary

I’m proud to help commemorate an important milestone in Maryland history—150 years since the founding of the Maryland Natural Resources Police. The department is our first state law enforcement agency, predating the Maryland State Police by almost a half-century, and is also one of the oldest conservation law enforcement organizations in the nation. On...
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Drug Overdose Deaths Continue to rise; Increase Fueled by Synthetic Opioids

Drug Overdose Deaths Continue to rise; Increase Fueled by Synthetic Opioids

An in-depth analysis of 2016 U.S. drug overdose data shows that America’s overdose epidemic is spreading geographically and increasing across demographic groups. The report, from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appears in today’s issue of MMWR. Drug overdoses killed 63,632 Americans in 2016. Nearly two-thirds of these deaths (66%)...
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Motor Vehicle Accident on Indian Bridge Road Sends Woman to Hospital

Motor Vehicle Accident on Indian Bridge Road Sends Woman to Hospital

On Friday, March 30, 2018, at approximately 12:10 p.m., police, fire and rescue crews responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on Indian Bridge Road, in California. Crews arrived on scene to discover a Toyota vehicle off the roadway with a single female patient. For unknown reasons the Toyota left the roadway...
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Bay District Responds to Machinery Fire at Concrete Plant in Lexington Park

Bay District Responds to Machinery Fire at Concrete Plant in Lexington Park

On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at approximately 5:15 p.m., firefighters from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded to Sanners Lane in Lexington Park for a brush fire. As firefighters were responding, the call was changed to an unknown fire. Units arrived on scene to find a concrete crusher on fire at the Carruth...
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Possible Relief for Motorists with Huge E-Z Pass Fines Passes Senate

Possible Relief for Motorists with Huge E-Z Pass Fines Passes Senate

A bill bringing possible relief to Maryland motorists who face thousands of dollars in fines from unpaid E-ZPass tolls passed the Senate unanimously last Thursday and gets a hearing in a House committee next week. Bill sponsor, Sen. Roger Manno, D-Montgomery, made fixes to his bill that died last year in committee, conforming it...
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Speed Camera Locations for Charles County 4/2/2018 to 4/6/2018

Speed Camera Locations for Charles County 4/2/2018 to 4/6/2018

During the week of April 2, to April 6, 2018, automated speed enforcement cameras will be activated in the following school zones: Leonardtown Road at Thomas Stone High School Indian Head Highway at Smallwood Middle School Marshall Corner Road at James Craik Elementary School Poplar Hill Road at Malcolm Elementary School Cameras are activated...
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An Evolving Force: Natural Resources Police Celebrates 150th Anniversary

An Evolving Force: Natural Resources Police Celebrates 150th Anniversary

This year, the Maryland Natural Resources Police is celebrating its 150th anniversary, a milestone that makes it the fourth-oldest state conservation law enforcement agency in the nation. Then as now, the mission is to protect the state’s most precious resources, its citizens and visitors. Back in 1868, the General Assembly created the “State Oyster Police Force”...
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FBI Offers $10,000 Reward for Information in Charles County Cold Case Murder

FBI Offers $10,000 Reward for Information in Charles County Cold Case Murder

UPDATE: The FBI is still offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the death of Martin Hawkins, Jr. Information given may remain confidential. 6/1/2016: Today, the FBI in Baltimore is announcing a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the identification and...
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Family Garage in Waldorf Destroyed by Fire

Family Garage in Waldorf Destroyed by Fire

On Friday, March 30, 2018, at approximately 3:25 a.m., firefighters from the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding stations responded to Luben Road, in Waldorf, for a garage fire. Units arrived on scene to find a one story detached garage on fire. Over 48 firefighters responded and it took approximately 20 minutes to bring the...
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New telephone scam has surfaced, Maryland Judiciary warns

New telephone scam has surfaced, Maryland Judiciary warns

The Maryland Judiciary is warning the public about a new telephone scam that uses the threat of wage garnishment in order extort money from potential victims. The new scam has been reported in Prince George’s County. The scam involves a caller threatening to garnish wages for “evading service.” In at least one case the...
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Maryland Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to ISIS and Terrorism Financing

Maryland Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to ISIS and Terrorism Financing

Mohamed Elshinawy, 32, of Edgewood, Maryland, was sentenced on Friday, March 30, 2018, to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization; providing and attempting to provide material support...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Public’s Help in Cold Case

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Public’s Help in Cold Case

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau is requesting the public’s assistance with any information involving an ongoing missing person case. Jeanette Allen Ratino was reported as a missing person in 1986. Jeanette Allen Ratino was approximately 20 years old when she was reported missing by her father, Joseph Ratino. Jeanette hasn’t been...
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Charlotte Hall Man Arrested in Connection with Several Thefts from Autos

Charlotte Hall Man Arrested in Connection with Several Thefts from Autos

On Thursday, March 8, 2018, following an investigation by detectives with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and members of the La Plata Police Department, detectives arrested Joseph Clyde Bolick Havrilla, 20, of Charlotte Hall in connection with several thefts from autos. The thefts occurred during the overnight hours of March 4...
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County Seeks Input for Waldorf Bicycle and Pedestrian Workshop on April 4

County Seeks Input for Waldorf Bicycle and Pedestrian Workshop on April 4

The public is invited to a community workshop to provide input on how to make Waldorf’s streets safer and more appealing for walking and biking.  The workshop will be held on Wednesday, April 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Greater Waldorf Jaycees (3090 Crain Highway, Waldorf). The workshop is part of...
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Annual NAVAIR Commander’s Awards Celebrate Speed, Readiness and Innovation

Annual NAVAIR Commander’s Awards Celebrate Speed, Readiness and Innovation

The 18th annual NAVAIR Commander’s Awards, held here March 14, celebrated teams that helped further the command’s strategic priorities: increasing readiness and speed of capability to the fleet. “The depth and breadth of what is represented in this room is eye-watering,” NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. Paul Grosklags told a room full in Patuxent River...
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Carlos DeAngelo BellnSentenced To 105 Years In Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

Carlos DeAngelo BellnSentenced To 105 Years In Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

United States District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Carlos DeAngelo Bell, 30, of Waldorf, Maryland was sentenced to 105 years in prison, followed by a lifetime period of supervised release for 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of Minors for the Purpose of Producing Child Pornography. Judge Grimm ordered that, should he complete the term...
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Retired Prince George’s County Man Wins $100,000 Scratch-off Prize

Retired Prince George’s County Man Wins $100,000 Scratch-off Prize

A 71-year-old Mitchellville man ended the winter of 2018 with a bang. He played a few of his favorite Maryland Lottery games this past Friday, including scratch-offs, and won a cool $100,000 top prize on the Winter Ice Multiplier. The retired U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employee made a stop at Meyers Liquors in...
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Lusby Man Dies From Heroin Overdose in Anne Arundel Jail

Lusby Man Dies From Heroin Overdose in Anne Arundel Jail

On March 24, 2018 at approximately 12:00 p.m., officers responded to the Anne Arundel County Detention Center located at 600 E Ordnance Road in Glen Burnie for injured/sick subject. When officers arrived they spoke with Detention Center staff who stated they were alerted at 11:55 a.m. by inmates that Douglas Edward Sutherland, 53, of...
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New Cruise Company to Service Chesapeake Bay Area

New Cruise Company to Service Chesapeake Bay Area

Chesapeake Windsail Cruises Corporation (CWC) will set sail out of Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa in the town of Chesapeake Beach, April 17. CWC is the first cruise company of this type to depart from the historic bayside town. CWC will offer four, 2 ½-hour cruises Tuesday through Sunday aboard a 42-foot limited edition...
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UPDATE – Official Press Release from the Office of the State Fire Marshal: Two Children Die in Early Morning House Fire in Loveville

UPDATE – Official Press Release from the Office of the State Fire Marshal: Two Children Die in Early Morning House Fire in Loveville

UPDATE – Official Press Release from the Office of the State Fire Marshal: Deputy State Fire Marshals are currently investigating the origin and cause of an early morning fatal house fire that claimed the lives of two children ages two and three years old. The fire occurred at 28603 Point Lookout Road in Loveville....
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Funeral Services for Jaelynn Rose Willey Announced

Funeral Services for Jaelynn Rose Willey Announced

Visitation Thursday, March 29, 2018 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department 24801 Three Notch Road Hollywood, MD 20636 Prayer Service Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:00 PM Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department 24801 Three Notch Road Hollywood, MD 20636 Funeral Service Friday, March 30, 2018 10:00 AM Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department 24801 Three...
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Driver Crashes Through Cemetery on Hermanville Road in Lexington Park

Driver Crashes Through Cemetery on Hermanville Road in Lexington Park

On Monday, March 26, 2018, at approximately 1:00 p.m., emergency personnel and deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Zion United Methodist Cemetery on Hermanville Road in Lexington Park for a motor vehicle accident. Police arrived on scene and discovered a Audi passenger vehicle several hundred feet off the roadway...
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Volunteers to Help Maintain and Preserve Point Lookout State Park

Volunteers to Help Maintain and Preserve Point Lookout State Park

Marylanders can help preserve and maintain historic Civil War sites during the Civil War Trust’s annual Park Day event April 7. Volunteers are needed at Point Lookout State Park in St. Mary’s County to work on the Historic Civil War Fort #3 and Prison Pen area from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Needs include general maintenance of...
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Family Displaced and Three Children Injured in Lusby House Fire

Family Displaced and Three Children Injured in Lusby House Fire

On Sunday, March 25, 2018, at approximately 8:00 a.m., firefighters were alerted to the 12400 block of Rousby Hall Road, in Lusby for the house fire. Responding units were advised of multiple calls to 911. Firefighters arrived on scene and reported heavy fire and smoke showing. Three burn victims were transported to area hospitals...
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UPDATE: Jaelynn Willey, Victim of Great Mills High School has Succumbed to her Injuries

UPDATE: Jaelynn Willey, Victim of Great Mills High School has Succumbed to her Injuries

UPDATE: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, on behalf of the Willey family, advises that on March 22, 2018, at 11:34 pm, Jaelynn Rose Willey died, surrounded by her family. It is with heavy hearts and great sadness we provide this update. 3/22/2018: The family of Jaelynn Willey contacted the media so they could deliver...
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