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St. Mary’s County 2020 Presidential General Election Voting Centers and Drop Box Locations

St. Mary’s County 2020 Presidential General Election Voting Centers and Drop Box Locations

The St. Mary’s County Board of Elections announces voting centers and drop box locations for the 2020 general election. St. Mary’s County will have one early voting center location that will be open Oct. 26 through Nov. 2, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days per week. The early voting center is located at:...
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AUDIO: No Injuries Reported After Police Deploy Pepper Spray After Pit Bull Attempts to Attack Child and Responding Officers in Lexington Park

AUDIO: No Injuries Reported After Police Deploy Pepper Spray After Pit Bull Attempts to Attack Child and Responding Officers in Lexington Park

On Thursday, October 1, 2020, at approximately 4:30 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 46400 block of Sue Drive in Lexington Park, for the animal attack in progress. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller reported a 3-year-old male was actively being attacked by a Pit Bull with the child having unknown severity...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Ashley Lauren Markart – Wanted for Escape

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Ashley Lauren Markart – Wanted for Escape

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Ashley Lauren Markart, age 27 of California. Markart failed to report to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center on September 30, 2020, to begin a court ordered sentence for the charge of handgun in a vehicle. Markart is a black female,...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Jessica Lyn Smith – Wanted for Drug Distribution

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Jessica Lyn Smith – Wanted for Drug Distribution

Jessica Lyn Smith – she is currently wanted for Drug Distribution. Any information on the subject, please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 410-535-2800 and or Dfc. Chip Ward at 443-532-0603, Sgt Phillip Foote at 443-624-7137
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Man Suspected of Overdosing While Driving Crashes Car Into Patuxent River Naval Air Station Front Gate

Man Suspected of Overdosing While Driving Crashes Car Into Patuxent River Naval Air Station Front Gate

On Sunday October 4, 2020, at approximately 12:25 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to Gate 2 located at Cedar Point Road and Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the possible overdose and motor vehicle collision. Police arrived on the scene to find a green Ford Focus had struck, and was resting...
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Anne Arundel Teen Arrested in Ohio for Murder of 5-Year-Old Half Sister

Anne Arundel Teen Arrested in Ohio for Murder of 5-Year-Old Half Sister

UPDATE 10/4/2020: On October 3, 2020 at approximately 8:15 a.m. officers responded to the 4100 block of Apple Leaf Court and discovered a deceased 5-year-old child. The child was suffering from apparent trauma. Anne Arundel County Police Homicide Detectives and the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Evidence Collection Unit responded to the scene. Evidence...
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Man Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Bullet While Viewing Property for Sale in Saint Inigoes

Man Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Bullet While Viewing Property for Sale in Saint Inigoes

On Sunday, October 4, 2020, at approximately 1:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 17211 Bramble Way in St. Inigoes, for the reported gunshot victim. The 911 caller was a realtor who was showing a property to a client on Bramble Way  when she told 911 operators that her client was struck...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 10/4/2020

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 10/4/2020

During the month of September, deputies of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to over 6,316 calls for service throughout the community. On September 21, 2020, Deputy Savick responded to E. Chesapeake Beach Rd. Owings (Dash-In) for a disorderly complaint. The complainant advised a male subject Vernon K. Pumphrey, Jr. (64) was inside the...
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Building Service Workers Ensure Schools and Facilities are Ready for Re-Opening

Building Service Workers Ensure Schools and Facilities are Ready for Re-Opening

The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on professions that often don’t get to center stage. In the wake of closures and lockdowns, governors around the country deemed food service workers, healthcare providers, service industry employees and others “essential employees.” Key workers provide services that focus on health and safety. One of the critical...
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Wanted for Escape – Jovan Denise Fenwick

Wanted for Escape – Jovan Denise Fenwick

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Jovan Denise Fenwick, age 27 of Bushwood. Fenwick is wanted for the charge of escape after removing her monitoring device while released on pretrial supervision. Fenwick is a black female, 5’6” and weighs 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair....
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One Transported to Area Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Clements

One Transported to Area Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Clements

On Thursday, October 1, 2020, at approximately 3:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Colton Point Road and Hurry Road in Clements, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one subject trapped and not alert. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involved...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Indian Head

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision in Indian Head

On October 1 at 7:19 a.m., officers responded to the area of Smallwood Church Road near Mason Springs Road in Indian Head, MD for the report of a car that struck a tree. Upon arrival, officers discovered the driver of the car, Michael Ryan Heckman, 28, of Indian Head, was deceased. Members of the...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Regrets to Announce Passing of K-9 Vefi

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Regrets to Announce Passing of K-9 Vefi

It is with great sadness that the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office has to announce the passing of retired K-9 Vefi. K-9 Vefi was the partner to M/DFC Paul Wood and served the agency from 2014-2020. K-9 Vefi was a German Shepherd that was donated from Master Trainer Kent Gregory in 2014 to the Sheriff’s...
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Jaymi Sterling (Governors Daughter) Releases Statement on Her Resignation From the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office

Jaymi Sterling (Governors Daughter) Releases Statement on Her Resignation From the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office

For the last nine and a half years, I had the distinct honor to serve the citizens of St. Mary’s County as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, Chief of Staff and Deputy State’s Attorney. On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 I submitted my resignation from the office. In my most recent role...
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Maryland State Police Warn Citizens of Law Enforcement Telephone Scams

Maryland State Police Warn Citizens of Law Enforcement Telephone Scams

Maryland State Police are warning the public about a telephone scam in which the caller has cloned, or, “spoofed,” a Maryland State Police telephone number in an attempt to scare victims into thinking they are the target of a criminal investigation. A complainant reported today that she had received a call in which the...
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ATF and NSSF Offering $10,000 Reward in Firearm Theft and Burglary in Mechanicsville

ATF and NSSF Offering $10,000 Reward in Firearm Theft and Burglary in Mechanicsville

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, have announced a combined reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the theft of numerous...
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CARES Act Funding Federal Grant Update

CARES Act Funding Federal Grant Update

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County heard an update on the CARES Act Funding during their regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Chesapeake Building in Leonardtown, MD. Jeannett Cudmore, Chief Financial Officer for St. Mary’s County, briefed the Commissioners with a complete CARES Grant expenditures breakdown. The 9.9M portion of the grant designated...
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No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes Walgreens Pharmacy in Lexington Park

No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes Walgreens Pharmacy in Lexington Park

On Friday, September 25, 2020, at approximately 10:58 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 21729 Great Mills Road and North Shangri-La Drive at the Walgreens Pharmacy, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle on the sidewalk with intrusion into the building....
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Wanted Great Mills Man Arrested After Overdosing Behind the Wheel in Lexington Park

Wanted Great Mills Man Arrested After Overdosing Behind the Wheel in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at approximately 11:48 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 48200 block of Hillside Drive in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident with one subject unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway with minor damage, with the adult male...
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Suspended Prince George’s County Officer Faces Charges for Sex Crimes Involving a Minor

Suspended Prince George’s County Officer Faces Charges for Sex Crimes Involving a Minor

A Prince George’s County grand jury indicted a suspended Prince George’s County Police officer. Corporal Tristan Thigpen faces several charges to include sexual abuse of a minor, second degree assault, third degree sex offense and fourth degree sex offense. He is now suspended without pay. Thigpen is accused of inappropriately touching a young child...
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MDOT and County Officials Meet Virtually to Take Statewide Transportation Investment Tour Live at 2:00 p.m.

MDOT and County Officials Meet Virtually to Take Statewide Transportation Investment Tour Live at 2:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Office of the Secretary and representatives from MDOT’s business units will meet virtually with St. Mary’s County officials to discuss transportation investments. Representatives include: The Secretary’s Office: Deputy Secretary Sean Powell; MDOT Motor Vehicle Administration: Administrator Chrissy Nizer; MDOT Maryland Transit Administration: Local Transit Support...
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Charles County Public Schools and Health Department Offering Free Vaccinations to Students

Charles County Public Schools and Health Department Offering Free Vaccinations to Students

Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) and the Charles County Department of Health are collaborating to offer required vaccinations for students at no cost. Maryland law requires students to have up-to-date immunizations, but with some physician’s offices having altered schedules in effect to slow the spread of COVID-19, some students may not have received vaccinations...
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COVID-19 Public Exposure Risk Reported in St. Mary’s County Hair Salon

COVID-19 Public Exposure Risk Reported in St. Mary’s County Hair Salon

The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) has determined that persons confirmed to have COVID-19 may have come into close contact with other community members. The potential public exposure location, dates, and times are as follows: Expressions of Beauty Hair Salon 28103 Three Notch Rd, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 Dates: September 12, 16, 17 and...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred last night on Rt. 1 in Prince George’s County. The preliminary investigation indicates just after 9:00 p.m. yesterday, a Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by Jason Iloh, 27, of Laurel, Md., was traveling south on Rt. 1, north of Cypress Street in Laurel, Md....
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Prince George’s County Murder Suspect Arrested in North Carolina

Prince George’s County Murder Suspect Arrested in North Carolina

The suspect charged in connection with a domestic-related homicide in Chillum is now in custody in Raleigh, North Carolina. With the assistance of law enforcement partners in Raleigh, 22-year-old Winston Hughes of the 2600 block of Queens Chapel Road in Chillum, was located and arrested on Sunday. Hughes is charged with fatally shooting his...
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