The misuse of unused medications has become a significant public safety issue in our area, leading to accidental poisonings, abuse, and many overdoses. This event provides an opportunity for all of our community members to dispose of unwanted pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications in a safe way. Through this event, we aim to...
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Leadership Maryland announces that Maryland Leadership Workshops (MLW), the state’s premier leadership development program for middle and high school students, is accepting registration for its Summer 2023 programs through May 31, 2023. This year, MLW offers three peer-led, week-long residential programs that empower middle and high school students to succeed and be more engaged...
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Lynda A. Onyema, NP, recently joined the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Group – Behavioral Health practice and is accepting new patients. Behavioral Health offers diagnosis, professional assistance, and medication management for various mental health conditions such as ADHD, anxiety disorders and autism. “We are very excited Lynda has joined our Behavioral Health...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person driving the pictured gray Dodge Charger in a property destruction investigation. On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 7:35 pm, several people gathered in the parking lot of the Extreme Clean Car Wash on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park. The driver...
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Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) leadership presented three employees with the Department of the Navy (DON) Civilian Service Commendation Medal and 12 personnel with the DON Civilian Service Achievement Medal at an awards ceremony at the College of Southern Maryland’s Velocity Center in Indian Head, Maryland, recently. The Navy Civilian...
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Jaden Kemetrius Crowner, from Brooklyn, Maryland entered an Alford plea Friday to First-Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony in the March 2022 killing of 19-year-old Devin Scott Freeman behind Gonce Funeral Service, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced. Crowner, 19, faces life in prison at sentencing, scheduled...
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On Sunday, April 9, 2023, at approximately 9:55 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and surrounding departments responded to the 2900 block of Pintail Place in Waldorf, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a 2-story townhouse. Firefighters made entry and found fire in the kitchen and extinguished...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit recently conducted a series of alcohol compliance checks at 18 businesses in northern and central St. Mary’s County. Seventeen of the establishments were found to be compliant, while only one business failed to ask an underage person for identification. The covert compliance checks were conducted...
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The following is a joint news release from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office & the St. Mary’s County Health Department: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is warning the public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with a powerful non-opioid animal sedative, xylazine – a deadly combination commonly known...
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On Monday, April 10, 2023, at approximately 1:09 p.m., firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to the Greenview Knolls Elementary School, for the reported outside gas leak. At the same time, police were dispatched to the 48000 block of Park Pines Drive in Lexington Park for the reported active disturbance and...
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UPDATE 4/10/2023: On Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 9:48 p.m., firefighters responded to 4860 Smallwood Church Road in Indian Head, for the reported house on fire. The owner/occupant was identified as Scott Hoppe with the estimated lost of structure and contents valued at $750,000.00 Smoke alarms were present, activated and alerted the occupants. The...
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“Dear Editor: Did you know hospice care is provided by an interdisciplinary team of professionals that often includes one extraordinarily well-trained individual — a volunteer? Combined with the highly skilled professionals, the volunteer perspective is truly unique. Patients and families often tell us how important the volunteer is as a listening ear, an open...
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Maryland’s growing sports wagering market had its best month in March 2023, as the 10 retail and eight mobile sportsbooks combined to generate a single-month record of $5,310,057 in contributions to the state. The return to the state in March was 89.9% more than the previous high of $2,796,880 in February. Each sportsbook contributes...
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4/6/2023 – This Earth Day was an extra-special one for Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River. The Navy base’s Environment Division will be honored by St. Mary’s County with a Sustainability Award for a shoreline restoration project to stop soil erosion and rebuild natural habitat areas on the Patuxent River. The Commissioners of St....
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on almost simultaneous abortion medication decisions by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Washington. The Texas Court suspended the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, an abortion medication that was approved over twenty years...
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Indian Head, Maryland – Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) announced a new public-private partnership (P3) agreement with X-Bow Launch Systems Inc. (X-Bow), following a formal signing, March 24, 2023. Under this 20-year agreement, the two organizations will work together to develop, qualify and manufacture propulsion systems for current and future...
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On Thursday, April 6, 2023, at approximately 4:46 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and surrounding departments were dispatched to the 6600 block of J.P. Morgan Court, for the reported commercial building fire. Dispatchers advised they received multiple 911 calls reporting smoke coming from the building. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit arrested and charged an employee for abusing children in her care at a daycare center in Oxon Hill. The suspect is Kayla Shevon Greenwell age 23 of Oxon Hill, Maryland. On April 7, 2023, the PGPD received multiple videos showing the suspect...
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A reunion, almost 12 years in the making. was a surprise for the officer! Let’s go back to a hot summer day in July of 2011, when then-Detective Walter Sweeney responded to a home in Severn for a drowning. When he arrived, Sweeney encountered a lifeless 14-month-old Mathew. With each passing second, the situation...
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On April 5, 2023 at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers responded for an unknown disturbance in the 7300 block of Red Pond Court in Glen Burnie. As officers approached the residence they heard gunshots and multiple people began rushing out of the residence. As officers made their way into the residence they located two male...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged three juveniles and an 18-year-old male in connection with an armed carjacking on Wednesday. The 18-year-old suspect is Zaquan Graham of Landover. Three 15-year-old males are also charged in the case. One of those juveniles is from Washington, DC, and the two others are...
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On Thursday, April 6, 2023, at approximately 6:50 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood, Bay District, Leonardtown, Solomons, Seventh District and NAS Patuxent River responded to 45171 Christman Road in Hollywood, for the report of smoke coming from the house. The 911 caller stated the neighbors house across the street was struck by lightning and smoke...
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On Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 11:21 p.m., firefighters from Charles, Calvert, St. Mary’s and Prince George’s County responded to 6220 Goode Road in Hughesville, for the reported house on fire. The 911 caller was a firefighter who reported fire was showing from the residence. Firefighters arrived on the scene in under 4 minutes...
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U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Daniel Ongele, age 33, of Bowie, Maryland to 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a $1.2 million bank fraud scheme. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Special Agent...
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A St. Mary’s County woman who loves Maryland Lottery scratch-offs took a break from playing her new favorite game, which is the $3 Frogger instant ticket, to try her luck with the Gold X50 scratch-off. It turned out to be a great decision: She won a $50,000 second-tier prize! The “Scratch-off Queen,” as she nicknamed herself, said she...
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