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Detectives Charge 18-Year-Old with Manslaughter in Connection of Fatal Shooting of 16-Year-Old

Detectives Charge 18-Year-Old with Manslaughter in Connection of Fatal Shooting of 16-Year-Old

Detectives with the Homicide Unit arrested and charged Demetrius Clarke, age 18 of Oxon Hill with manslaughter and related charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old male from Oxon Hill. On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at approximately 1:40 p.m., officers responded to the Oxon Hill Volunteer Fire Department on Marcy Avenue...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Summonses Served – July 2022

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Summonses Served – July 2022

7/1/22: Benjamin Tylor Pistorio, age 22 of no fixed address, for two counts of Theft: $100 to under $1,500 and Theft Scheme: $100 to under $1,500 by Deputy Budd #325. 7/1/22: Steven Keith Jameson Jr., age 36 of Mechanicsville, for two counts of Violation of Protective Order by Deputy Kirscht #395. 7/5/22: Michael Hemi...
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Assault and Theft in Mechanicsville, Officers Make Two Arrests

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Assault and Theft in Mechanicsville, Officers Make Two Arrests

UPDATE 8/5/2022: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Release – On August 3, 2022, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office made contact with the victim who advised while traveling on Chaptico Road in the area of Route 234, the victim observed a vehicle stopped with occupants outside. Another female occupant of the vehicle...
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Student at Westlake High School Charged with First-Degree Assault and Theft

Student at Westlake High School Charged with First-Degree Assault and Theft

On August 4, 2022, at 12:15 p.m., the victim and suspect, who are students in the summer program at Westlake High School, were involved in an altercation in the stairwell inside the school when the victim’s phone fell out of his pocket. The suspect grabbed the phone and fled. The victim followed the suspect...
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Sheriff’s Office Make Arrest in Domestic-Related Shooting on Holly Springs Drive in Waldorf

Sheriff’s Office Make Arrest in Domestic-Related Shooting on Holly Springs Drive in Waldorf

On August 3, 2022, at 9:50 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 13300 block of Holly Springs Drive in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation revealed a man went to a house where he thought a female acquaintance was. He knocked on the front door...
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UPDATE: Townhouse Fire in Lexington Park Caused by Discarded Smoking Materials

UPDATE: Townhouse Fire in Lexington Park Caused by Discarded Smoking Materials

UPDATE: The Office of the State Fire Marshal ruled the preliminary cause of the fire to be accidental and caused by discarded smoking materials. 8/4/2022: On Thursday, August 4, 2022, at approximately 10:12 a.m., firefighters from NAS Patuxent River, Bay District, and Hollywood responded to 22025 Valley Estates Drive in Lexington Park, for the...
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Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department Announces Return of Annual Carnival – Held Friday, August 12 to Sunday, Aug. 14th

Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department Announces Return of Annual Carnival – Held Friday, August 12 to Sunday, Aug. 14th

The Membership of the Hollywood VFD is pleased to announce the return of our Annual Carnival. After several meetings and discussions with our Membership, Ladies Auxiliary, and other groups within the community, we have decided to continue with our 2022 Carnival from Friday August 12th through Sunday August 14th. One of the major changes...
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Temporary Daytime Signal Outage On Chancellors Run Road at FDR Boulevard Intersection on Thursday, August 4th

Temporary Daytime Signal Outage On Chancellors Run Road at FDR Boulevard Intersection on Thursday, August 4th

The Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T) is continuing its construction for the FDR Boulevard extension. Starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, August 4, crews will deactivate power to the traffic signal, and traffic will be directed using a flagging operation at the MD 237 (Chancellors Run Road) / FDR Boulevard intersection. A section...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Suspect Involved in Burglary to Motor Vehicle in California

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Suspect Involved in Burglary to Motor Vehicle in California

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a burglary-to-a-motor-vehicle investigation. On Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 4 pm, the victim came back out of the California Walmart store to find the victim’s vehicle window had been smashed and a wallet had been stolen from the vehicle....
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Charles County Detectives Investigating Reckless Endangerment After Multiple Houses in Waldorf Are Struck by Gunfire

Charles County Detectives Investigating Reckless Endangerment After Multiple Houses in Waldorf Are Struck by Gunfire

On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at 9:30 a.m., officers responded to the area of Jackson Court in Waldorf, for the report of the sound of gunshots. Several citizens reported seeing people running from the area. Officers arrived on the scene and observed shell casings on Jackson Court and on Brightwell Court. A house on...
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St. Mary’s County Man Arrested by Deputy State Fire Marshals After Apartment Fire in March 2022

St. Mary’s County Man Arrested by Deputy State Fire Marshals After Apartment Fire in March 2022

A sprinkler system and pawned items stolen after a Lexington Park apartment fire are credited with leading investigators to their suspect. Deputy State Fire Marshals charged Terrell Anthony Duckett, 26, yesterday with burglary, theft, and arson charges stemming from the March 2022 fire. On March 21, 2022, at around 3:00 p.m., Bay District Volunteer...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Conduct Traffic Safety and Speed Enforcement Operation on Budds Creek Road

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Conduct Traffic Safety and Speed Enforcement Operation on Budds Creek Road

In a continuing commitment to address traffic complaints throughout the county, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Operations Unit and Patrol conducted a traffic enforcement assignment on July 23 geared toward safety and speeding violations in the area of Budds Creek Road. During the operation, 58 vehicles were stopped resulting in citations...
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Police in Charles County Arrest Fugitive and Recover Handgun in Bryans Road, Judge Releases Suspect Less Than 48 Hours Later

Police in Charles County Arrest Fugitive and Recover Handgun in Bryans Road, Judge Releases Suspect Less Than 48 Hours Later

On July 30, 2022, at 4:00 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 3000 block of Livingston Road in Bryans Road, MD in reference to a person with an open arrest warrant at the location; the suspect was possibly armed with a gun and had a warrant for first-degree assault....
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The Center for Wound Healing at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Center Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

The Center for Wound Healing at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Center Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

The Center for Wound Healing at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center celebrates its 10th Anniversary on Aug. 7. In the last decade, the Center for Wound Healing has received multiple awards for patient care, including Healogics’ 2021 Center of Distinction and President’s Circle awards, while helping thousands of Southern Maryland patients...
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Governor Hogan Issues Update on State of Maryland’s Response to Human Monkeypox Outbreak

Governor Hogan Issues Update on State of Maryland’s Response to Human Monkeypox Outbreak

Governor Larry Hogan and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) issued an update on the state’s operational response to the human monkeypox outbreak, including efforts to make testing, vaccination, and public health resources widely available for high-risk populations. “Since before our first monkeypox case was identified, the state has been mounting an aggressive response...
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Citizens Invited to Help Clear the Linda Kelley Animal Shelter in August, 2022!

Citizens Invited to Help Clear the Linda Kelley Animal Shelter in August, 2022!

The Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter invites citizens to adopt during a month-long Clear the Shelters event in August. As added incentive beginning Aug. 1, the shelter will waive adoption fees for the first 20 cats, dogs and small exotic animals adopted, made possible through partnership with the nonprofit Friends of the Linda L....
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – August 2, 2022

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – August 2, 2022

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held an Encroachment Mitigation and Prevention joint meeting with the Commanding Officer, NAS Patuxent River, at the Frank Knox Building in Lexington Park at 9 a.m. Following adjournment, the Commissioners held their regular business meeting at 11 a.m. in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, with the...
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UPDATE: Missing Father and Son Recovered by Dive Teams During Search at Swan Point in Charles County

UPDATE: Missing Father and Son Recovered by Dive Teams During Search at Swan Point in Charles County

UPDATE 8/3/2022: Calvert and Charles County Dive Teams along with firefighters from Charles and St. Mary’s County operated on the scene for over 6 hours on Monday. Divers recovered the 10-year-old victim late Monday night just before 11:00 p.m. Once recovering the child, firefighters called the search off due to nightfall and one dive...
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UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole After Killing White Plains Woman During Armed Robbery

UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole After Killing White Plains Woman During Armed Robbery

UPDATE 8/2/2022: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Gregory Deshawn Collins, 23, of Waldorf, to life without parole plus 20 years in prison for the First- Degree Felony Murder of Lynn Maher, Armed Robbery, and related charges....
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Governor Hogan Announces Release of Maryland’s American Rescue Plan, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Report

Governor Hogan Announces Release of Maryland’s American Rescue Plan, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Report

Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland has submitted its 2022 American Rescue Plan, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) Annual Performance Report to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The report—which details expenditures from March 3, 2021 through June 30, 2022 and includes planned allocations for Fiscal Year 2023—describes...
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Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department Carnival 2022 – 5 Things You Need To Know

Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department Carnival 2022 – 5 Things You Need To Know

Stop by and support their annual carnival at Route 4 and Dares Beach Road in the heart of Prince Frederick, Md. There is no entry fee. Enjoy food, rides, games and plenty of F-U-N. The PFVFD food tent will be up and running. ➡️ HOURS AND DATES OF OPERATION: August 2 – 6, 2022...
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Entries for 2022 Veterans Day Parade Now Being Accepted

Entries for 2022 Veterans Day Parade Now Being Accepted

Registration is now open for those wishing to participate in the 47th Annual Veterans Day Parade in Leonardtown. Floats, bands, schools, scouts, clubs, cheerleaders, bikes, vintage cars, horses are some of the entries which will be accepted. The parade will step off at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 11, 2022 from Ryken High School....
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Patrol Officers Arrest Two Juveniles Involved in Armed Robbery at St. Charles Towne Center Mall

Patrol Officers Arrest Two Juveniles Involved in Armed Robbery at St. Charles Towne Center Mall

On August 1, 2022, at 8:00 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Mall Circle for the report of a citizen robbery. The victim, a juvenile, reported the suspects approached him in a hallway near the food court, displayed a firearm and stole his jacket and shoes. The suspects fled on...
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Calvert County National Night Out – August 2, 2022

Calvert County National Night Out – August 2, 2022

National Night Out is today!! Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Calvert County has participated in NNO since the early 1990s. Enjoy some photos from previous events and don’t forget to join this year’s participants. A list with all the details (location and time) can be found below, and at www.Hope4Calvert.org Bayside Forest 6 pm –...
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Dunkin’ of the DMV Awards Local Maryland Students with Academic Scholarships

Dunkin’ of the DMV Awards Local Maryland Students with Academic Scholarships

Dunkin’ and its DMV franchisees launched their inaugural Dunkin’ Regional Scholarship Program this past spring, which awarded $100,000 in academic scholarships to high school and college students throughout the DMV. In partnership with Scholarship America, Dunkin’ yesterday awarded 40 students throughout the DMV region with a $2,500 academic scholarship to an accredited two or...
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