The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a property destruction investigation. On Monday, Dec. 23, 2022, during the overnight hours, the pictured female met with someone at the Inn at Leonardtown. The female is suspected of causing intentional extensive water damage to the rented room, as...
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The Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, will host free paper shredding events for county residents and businesses. Shredding documents helps prevent identity theft by destroying confidential or sensitive information. The following shred events will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, at...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit continues to actively investigate a fatal domestic-related incident at a home Sunday morning. Two adults in the home suffered fatal injuries. They are identified as 42-year-old Monique Duncan and 42-year-old Maurice Moore. Both decedents lived in the home and were in a relationship. On January 1,...
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Join us in congratulating nurse Meghan R., Intensive Care Center, who was recently honored with a DAISY! Organized nationally through the DAISY Foundation, the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses celebrates nurses’ compassionate, skillful care and dedication to patients and families. Dawn Yeitrakis, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital’s chief nursing officer and vice president, and the...
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Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust has announced the November 29, 2022, closing of its latest conservation easement: 133.5 acres of forests and wetland east of Leonardtown. Aaron Leroy and Judith Fay Mast own the property, which is located off of Leonardtown-Hollywood Road. This easement protects forever a particularly sensitive landscape in the McIntosh Run watershed....
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On Sunday, January 1, 2022, at approximately 9:40 a.m., firefighters from Ridge and NAS Webster Field responded to the area of 49962 Cornfield Harbor Road in Scotland, for the reported vehicle fire. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist. Crews arrived on the scene to find a vehicle fully engulfed...
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Chesapeake Life Center’s has revamped its grief support programs for children and teens to better suit the schedules of families. A Phoenix Rising Workshop for children ages 6 to 18 will allow an opportunity for grieving children and teens to come together to socialize and feel supported in their grief. Groups will be divided...
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On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department was notified that we had been selected by the Assistance to Firefighters Federal Grant program of selection of our 2021 application for award. MVFD will be receiving approximately $75,000 for 6 new hydraulic battery tools. Two cutters, two spreaders, and two rams as well...
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On Sunday, January 1, 2023, at approximately 12:48 a.m., firefighters from Valley Lee, Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Leonardtown, Hollywood, and Seventh District responded to the 44000 block of Widgeon Place in Callaway, for the reported attached garage on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story residence with smoke showing from...
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On Friday, December 30, 2022, at approximately 7:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Ben Oaks Drive in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped and semi-conscious. Crews arrived and confirmed one trapped and semi-conscious. Firefighters extricated the single occupant in...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the January firearm deer hunting season opens Jan. 6, 2023, in Deer Management Region B, which includes all of the state except the westernmost counties. Hunters with a valid hunting license may use firearms to harvest sika and white-tailed deer during this season. The winter firearm season...
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With New Year’s Eve here, Maryland State Police are urging those who plan to celebrate with alcohol to be safe and smart and avoid impaired, distracted and aggressive driving. With an increase in impaired drivers expected throughout the state this weekend, state police will be conducting saturation patrols at each of the 23 barracks...
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UPDATE 1/1/2023: On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 4:06 p.m., officers responded to the area of Crain Highway and Port Tobacco Road in La Plata for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located the victim, Donnell Henry Hawkins, 30 of La Plata, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Hawkins was pronounced deceased at...
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Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office 2022 Accomplishments Significant Prosecutions Harold Bernard Gross was convicted of possession of fentanyl in large volume and, on November 14, 2022, was sentenced to 5 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Travis Benjamin Ridgely was convicted of the first degree premeditated murder of Selena Noel Persinger and...
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Prince George’s County Police patrol officers arrested a man who had minutes earlier attempted an armed carjacking in District Heights. The suspect is 18-year-old Messiah Jones of District Heights. On December 28, 2022, at approximately 7:15 pm, officers responded to the 2700 block of Lorring Drive in District Heights. The victim advised officers the...
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at approximately 7:05 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the Navy Recreational Center located at 13855 South Solomons Island Road in Solomons, for the reported commercial vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene and found fire showing from a 18 foot pull behind camper....
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Recently, citizens have reported receiving fraudulent calls claiming to be law enforcement officers with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, demanding money or gift cards with the threat of arrests. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office reminds citizens that the agency does not solicit money or gift cards, nor does the Sheriff’s Office call...
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Governor Larry Hogan announced nearly $10 million in grant awards through the Community Safety Works program to more than 150 business districts, neighborhood associations, local governments and nonprofit organizations across Maryland, expanding on the governor’s Re-Fund The Police Initiative. Administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), this program improves the livability and...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating how a child accessed a gun inside of an apartment in Temple Hills this afternoon. While playing with the gun, it went off causing a slight graze wound. No one else in the apartment was injured. On December 29, 2022, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Prince George’s...
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On Thursday, December 29, 2022, at approximately 7:05 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and Anne Arundel County responded to the North Beach Public Works Building, 4030 11th Street in North Beach, for the reported commercial building fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene in just 2 minutes and found fire showing from a 40 x 75...
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December 29, 2022, (GREAT MILLS, MD) – Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Criminal Enforcement Division are currently attempting to locate a man reported missing earlier this month from St. Mary’s County. James Volodimir Nalborcyk, 50, of Great Mills, Maryland, was reported missing by family members to the Maryland State Police on Dec. 21,...
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Did you hear something around noon today? An aircraft out of NAS Patuxent River was identified as going supersonic above 30,000 feet at the time of the loud boom heard on Thursday, December 29, 2022. NAS Pax River Air Operations confirmed that the flight was authorized. NAS PAX flight test squadrons conduct several types...
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An adjusted fee schedule for Calvert County Parks & Recreation programs, facilities and services will take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Modest increases in some programs and services account for changes in community needs, cost of goods, program offerings and the addition of programs and services. New discounts have also been added to provide a...
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On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, Deputy J. Smith responded to the 500 block of Short Court in Lusby, for the report of a burglary in progress. Investigation revealed the homeowner heard a loud banging outside the residence. Deputies arrived on the scene and also heard yelling and a loud banging noise coming from a...
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December 28, 2022 (GLEN BURNIE, MD) Maryland State Police are searching for the suspect vehicle and driver believed to be connected to a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred this morning in Anne Arundel County. Shortly before 1:55 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack responded to the area of southbound I-97...
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