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Police Investigating Hit and Run After Pedestrian is Struck in Hobby Lobby Parking Lot

Police Investigating Hit and Run After Pedestrian is Struck in Hobby Lobby Parking Lot

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at approximately 2:40 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the Hobby Lobby on Alton Lane and Old Rolling Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find an adult female with minor injuries. The woman stated a...
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Firefighters Save House After Shed Catches on Fire in Lexington Park

Firefighters Save House After Shed Catches on Fire in Lexington Park

On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 5:25 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood and Valley Lee responded to the house next to 46590 Midway Drive and Wasp Road, for the reported house on fire. The 911 caller reported the house down the street was on fire, and hung up on...
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Firefighters in Charles County Respond to Large Brush Fire in White Plains

Firefighters in Charles County Respond to Large Brush Fire in White Plains

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at approximately 6:35 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and La Plata responded to the area of 10832 Willetts Crossing Road in White Plains, for the reported brush fire. A 911 caller reported a large brush fire was threatening his barn, and firefighter requested more units. A structure fire was dispatched...
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UPDATE: Firefighter who Suffered Heart Attack While on Scene of Apartment Fire in Indian Head will Require Heart Surgery

UPDATE: Firefighter who Suffered Heart Attack While on Scene of Apartment Fire in Indian Head will Require Heart Surgery

UPDATE 10/2/2019: The Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department member that suffered a sudden cardiac arrest event while on the scene of the structure firer remains hospitalized. Over the past several days, he has undergone multiple tests while at Southern Maryland Hospital Center, leading to the determination that he will require heart surgery. He was...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Single Vehicle Rollover in Mechanicsville

Minor Injuries Reported After Single Vehicle Rollover in Mechanicsville

On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at approximately 8:00 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of D J’s One Stop on Three Notch Road and Cedar Grove Street in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle...
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Couple Passed Out at Stop Sign Arrested for Possession of Heroin and Crack Cocaine

Couple Passed Out at Stop Sign Arrested for Possession of Heroin and Crack Cocaine

On September 27, 2019 Deputy Gilmore and Deputy Wood conducted a welfare check in the area of Breezy Point Road and Blue Heron Drive in Chesapeake Beach. A citizen advised there were two individuals asleep in the vehicle while stopped at the stop sign. Upon making contact with the occupants, Kelly Lynn Emmell, 29,...
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Year-Long Construction Ends in May, 2020

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Year-Long Construction Ends in May, 2020

All work will be performed weather permitting. The MDTA urges motorists to drive with caution and obey all traffic-control devices and lane-control signals. Headlights are required at all times on the bridge. Lane closures are subject to change and closure times are dependent on traffic volumes. The right lane on the westbound span will...
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Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack to Host Open House

Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack to Host Open House

The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, in conjunction with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Emergency Services will host a Public Safety Open House from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on October 19, 2019 Members of the community are invited to attend this free event, which will take place at the...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Rollover Crash in Leonardtown

Minor Injuries Reported After Rollover Crash in Leonardtown

On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 2:40 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and St. Andrews Church Road in Leonardtown, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway, overturned and into a...
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See Some of the New Maryland Laws That Go Into Effect Today

See Some of the New Maryland Laws That Go Into Effect Today

Hundreds of Maryland laws are going into effect today, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, spanning subjects from criminal justice reform to election law to medical cannabis. A generous number of the bills fall under the subjects of criminal justice and health. Senate Bill 707, which passed in the 2018 legislative session but is going into...
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Fire at Running Hare Vineyard Causes More Than 2.5 Million in Damages in Prince Frederick, Cause Still Under Investigation

Fire at Running Hare Vineyard Causes More Than 2.5 Million in Damages in Prince Frederick, Cause Still Under Investigation

UPDATE: On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 6:05 a.m., firefighters responded to 150 Adelina Road in Prince Frederick, for the reported smoke investigation. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 1-story structure fully engulfed. The owner is Michael Scarborough. The estimated loss of structure is deemed to be $200,000 and contents over...
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St. Mary’s County Drug Dealer Charged with Murder

St. Mary’s County Drug Dealer Charged with Murder

In May of 2018, Christian Scott Ellis, 25 of Leonardtown, died of a Fentanyl overdose. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division conducted an investigation into Ellis’ death, and identified Andrew Gordon Duncanson, 24 of California, as the distributor of the fatal dose to the decedent. The investigation determined the distribution of...
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Reckless Driving Sends Driver to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Lexington Park

Reckless Driving Sends Driver to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Lexington Park

On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 11:40 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one subject trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle off the roadway, and one vehicle...
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Leonardtown Woman and her Husband Claim $50,000 Scratch-off Prize

Leonardtown Woman and her Husband Claim $50,000 Scratch-off Prize

Her tears started to flow when a grateful Leonardtown player entered the Maryland Lottery Winner’s Circle on Thursday when she heard the welcoming applause and cheers of Lottery employees. The 53-year-old was still floating on clouds after scratching off a $50,000 win on the DEAL OR NO DEAL™ game the day before. The St....
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Minor Injuries Reported After Deer Goes Through Vehicles Windshield in Port Tobacco

Minor Injuries Reported After Deer Goes Through Vehicles Windshield in Port Tobacco

On Sunday, September 29, 2019, at approximately 2:00 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the The Blue Dog Saloon on 7940 Port Tobacco Road in Port Tobacco, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle had struck a deer, with the deer...
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Firefighters Quickly Extinguish House Fire in La Plata

Firefighters Quickly Extinguish House Fire in La Plata

On Sunday, September 29, 2019, at approximately 7:10 p.m., firefighters from La Plata, Waldorf and surrounding departments responded to 1010 Eastbourne Drive in La Plata, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two story residence with nothing evident. Upon investigation and completing a walk around the entire...
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The Friends of St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums Offer Membership Levels to Benefit Major Developments

The Friends of St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums Offer Membership Levels to Benefit Major Developments

Since their founding, The Friends of the St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums have supported historic sites in the care of the St. Mary’s County Museum Division. Recently, because of the backing of membership, the organization has helped preserve the Charlotte Hall and Drayden School houses, worked to build and expand the permanent...
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Medic Unit Involved in Motor Vehicle Accident in Lexington Park

Medic Unit Involved in Motor Vehicle Accident in Lexington Park

On Saturday, September 28, 2019, at approximately 1:00 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Great Mills Road and South Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving an emergency apparatus. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involving a Mercedes...
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Alcohol Contributing Factor in Head-on Collision on Thomas Johnson Bridge

Alcohol Contributing Factor in Head-on Collision on Thomas Johnson Bridge

On September 27, 2019 at approximately 7:50 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported head-on collision involving three vehicles on top of the Thomas Johnson Bridge in Solomons. Preliminary investigation revealed, a 1989 Volvo operated by Raymond Jones Sr., 51 of Lexington Park, was traveling South on Route 4...
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Firefighters in St. Mary’s County Quickly Extinguish Large Brush Fire in California

Firefighters in St. Mary’s County Quickly Extinguish Large Brush Fire in California

On Thursday, September 26, 2019, at approximately 11:50 a.m., firefighters from Bay District and Hollywood responded to the backyard of 44195 Cross Bow Lane in California, for the reported outside fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find an approximate 150×150 foot area on fire in the woods to the rear of multiple residential...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Currently Investigating Death in Lexington Park

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Currently Investigating Death in Lexington Park

On Thursday, September 26, 2019, at approximately 8:30 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the Crossroads Apartments on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported CPR in progress. Crews arrived on the scene and pronounced a 20-year-old male deceased on the scene. Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office...
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St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office Welcomes a New and Returning Deputies

St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office Welcomes a New and Returning Deputies

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Tim Cameron welcomed a new deputy and a returning deputy on Wednesday. Deputy Bianca Salas and returning Deputy Artina Manns took the oath of office, administered by St. Mary’s County Clerk of the Court Debra Burch at Sheriff Cameron’s office, observed by family members and Sheriff’s...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Non-Licensed Business Operating in St. Mary’s County

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Non-Licensed Business Operating in St. Mary’s County

On Thursday, Sept. 16, 2019, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a business dispute involving substandard driveway sealcoating at the 37000 block of Newlands Street in Mechanicsville. A subject representing Mitchell’s Paving was contracted to repair and seal the complainant’s driveway. The cracks were not repaired, and it appeared...
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Dr. Joseph T. Luke Welcomes New Associate and Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Practicing in Southern Maryland

Dr. Joseph T. Luke Welcomes New Associate and Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Practicing in Southern Maryland

Southern Maryland-based dentist Joseph T. Luke, D.D.S., M.S. is proud to announce that his son Jonathan T. Luke, D.D.S. has joined his practice. Jonathan T. Luke received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry where he was a member of the Gamma Pi Delta Prosthodontic Honor Society Member....
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St. Mary’s County Museum Division Hosting Final Public Open House of 2019 at Drayden African American Schoolhouse on October 5, 2019

St. Mary’s County Museum Division Hosting Final Public Open House of 2019 at Drayden African American Schoolhouse on October 5, 2019

The St. Mary’s County Museum Division, in partnership with the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions (UCAC), will be offering the final Open House of the year for visitors and the community at the Drayden African American Schoolhouse in Drayden, MD, October 5, 2019. The Drayden African American Schoolhouse is one of the nation’s best-preserved...
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