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UPDATE: Motor Vehicle Collision Caused by Impaired Driver Results in Three Arrests

UPDATE: Motor Vehicle Collision Caused by Impaired Driver Results in Three Arrests

UPDATE: On October 31, 2018 at approximately 8:30 p.m. units from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the area of Route 4 and the Prince Frederick Rescue Squad, Prince Frederick, Maryland for a report of an accident with injuries. Prior to the arrival of the deputies, one of the drivers advised the...
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Lucky Pair of From St. Mary’s County Win $50,000 prize in Powerball Drawing

Lucky Pair of From St. Mary’s County Win $50,000 prize in Powerball Drawing

A dynamic duo arrived at Lottery headquarters this week to claim one of a series of $50,000 Powerball prizes from October’s dual jackpot frenzy. The two government employees managed the feat by matching four numbers and the Powerball for a third-tier win in the Oct. 24 drawing! The lucky pair from St. Mary’s County are on a quest...
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California Man Arrested for Assault

California Man Arrested for Assault

On October 21, 2018, Deputy Forbes of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 23300 block of Holly Hill Lane in California, for the reported assault. Investigation determined Chad Allan Deitz, 38, of California, assaulted the female victim during an argument by throwing a cup at her. The victim was struck in...
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Callaway Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine in Hollywood

Callaway Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine in Hollywood

On Monday, October 29, 2018 at approximately 5:00 p.m., Trooper R. Kaszubski, from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to 24494 Mervell Dean Road, in Hollywood, to assist other police officers on a welfare check. Trooper First Class A. Oyler was on scene working as an advanced life support EMS staff member that...
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VIDEO: Three Vehicle Crash in Great Mills Sends Two Patients to Trauma Center

VIDEO: Three Vehicle Crash in Great Mills Sends Two Patients to Trauma Center

On November 2, 2018, at approximately 6:15 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Great Mills Road, and Cypress Way, in Great Mills, for a motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find three vehicles in the roadway with all vehicles having heavy front end damage, and all occupants out of the...
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34-Year-Old Missing Calvert Man Found Dead at Jefferson Patterson Park

34-Year-Old Missing Calvert Man Found Dead at Jefferson Patterson Park

On October 31, 2018 at approximately 4:16 p.m. deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Jefferson Patterson Park in St. Leonard Maryland for a report of a missing person. Andrew Marshall Turner, a 34-year-old male, was working near the water when family members last heard from him. Several units from the Maryland...
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Three Children Flown to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Lothian

Three Children Flown to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Lothian

On November 2, 2018, at approximately 5:00 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel from Calvert, Anne Arundel & Prince George’s Counties responded to the area of Route 4 and Lower Pindell Road in Lothian, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with multiple subjects trapped Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles involved,...
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State Police Investigating Murder of Convicted Child Abuser at Jessup Correctional Institution

State Police Investigating Murder of Convicted Child Abuser at Jessup Correctional Institution

Maryland State Police are investigating the apparent murder of a state prison inmate found dead in his cell on November 2, 2018, in Anne Arundel County. The victim is identified as David Isaac Stephenson, 44, who was incarcerated at the Jessup Correctional Institution in Jessup. In 2010, Stephenson was ordered to serve 20 years of a...
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VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Arrest Subway Armed Robber

VIDEO: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Arrest Subway Armed Robber

On Nov. 1, 2018, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested and charged a suspect in the robbery of the Subway restaurant in California. Christian McFarland Phillips, 35, of Lexington Park was arrested and charged with Armed Robbery, Theft: $100 to under $1,500 and Resist/Interfere with Arrest by Sheriff’s Deputies, and is currently being...
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Lusby Woman Caught Stealing Halloween Decorations, Arrested For Failing to Appear in Court for a Previous Theft of 40 Bathing Suits

Lusby Woman Caught Stealing Halloween Decorations, Arrested For Failing to Appear in Court for a Previous Theft of 40 Bathing Suits

UPDATE 11/2/2018: Ashley Michelle Zorn, 34 of Lusby, was arrested on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear for a theft, and theft scheme by Cpl. Kerby, of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. The theft case Zorn failed to appear in court was for a theft in July of...
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Callaway Man Arrested for Robbery, Theft, Assault, and Destruction of Property

Callaway Man Arrested for Robbery, Theft, Assault, and Destruction of Property

On October 26, 2018, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Cpl. Beishline of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office made contact with a female victim regarding a robbery which occurred in the 20900 block of Point Lookout Road, in Callaway. Investigation determined Larry Wayne Adkins Jr., 34 of Callaway, who is known to the victim, attacked...
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Robbery and Assault Reported on Halloween Night in Lexington Park

Robbery and Assault Reported on Halloween Night in Lexington Park

On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at approximately 8:35 p.m., Police responded to the parking lot of Donut Connection, on North Shangri-La Drive, and Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park, for the reported strong arm robbery. Police arrived on scene to find one juvenile with multiple injuries had been assaulted and robbed by who he...
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland #5 in “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 399 Green Colleges: 2018 Edition”

St. Mary’s College of Maryland #5 in “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 399 Green Colleges: 2018 Edition”

St. Mary’s College of Maryland is ranked fifth among 399 most environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The education services company known for its test prep and tutoring services, books, and college rankings features St. Mary’s College in the 2018 edition of its free book, The Princeton Review Guide to 399 Green...
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Box Truck Hits Several Vehicles in Parking Lot of Outback Steakhouse in Wildewood

Box Truck Hits Several Vehicles in Parking Lot of Outback Steakhouse in Wildewood

On Thursday, November 1, 2018, at approximately 2:50 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Outback Steakhouse in the Wildewood Shopping Center, for a reported serious motor vehicle crash with one person unresponsive. Crews arrived on scene to find a large box truck had left the roadway for unknown reasons and into the...
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Serious Motor Vehicle Accident in Mechanicsville Sends Teenager to Trauma Center

Serious Motor Vehicle Accident in Mechanicsville Sends Teenager to Trauma Center

On November 1, 2018, at approximately 2:00 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Thompson Corner Road, and Lockes Crossing Road, in Mechanicsville, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with entrapment. Police were first to arrive on scene and found a single vehicle in the roadway that had struck a utility pole,...
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Firefighters and Police Respond to Fire at California Post Office

Firefighters and Police Respond to Fire at California Post Office

On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, police firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the United States Post Office on MacArthur Boulevard in California, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find nothing evident from the outside, and after investigating firefighters found a small fire in a plastic trash container, with no extensions to...
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Upper Marlboro Woman Arrested for Setting Fire to Mothers Home

Upper Marlboro Woman Arrested for Setting Fire to Mothers Home

A 25-year-old female has been arrested and charged with Arson and other related crimes for setting her mother’s home on fire. Prince George’s County Firefighters responded to a fire just before 1:00 am, Monday, October 29, 2018 at a mobile home park in Upper Marlboro. Public Safety Communications (PSC) had initially received a 911...
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Newburg Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying of 21-Year-Old Hughesville Woman

Newburg Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for the Vehicular Slaying of 21-Year-Old Hughesville Woman

UPDATE 11/1/2018: On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier sentenced Daniel Juwan Butler, 23 of Newburg, to 6 years in prison and 5 years supervised probation for the vehicular slaying of Taylor Halbleib. Butler, previously entered a guilty plea to the Negligent Vehicular Manslaughter of Halbleib on August 30, 2018....
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Glen Burnie Man Claims $25,000 Keno Prize

Glen Burnie Man Claims $25,000 Keno Prize

A lucky Glen Burnie man will always remember his first big Maryland Lottery win that turned a $2 wager into a $25,000 Keno prize. “As soon as I scanned the ticket I looked down at the screen and immediately said, ‘This has to be a joke,’ ” recalled the Anne Arundel County resident. “Skins,” as he...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

On October 27, 2018, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Deputy Sampson of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a black Chrysler 200 in the area of Solomons Island Road and Dares Beach Road, in Prince Frederick, for having multiple windows cracked and the front bumper appearing to be falling off. Police...
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With Kanopy, Calvert Library Customers Will Have Access to more than 30,000 Films, For Free

With Kanopy, Calvert Library Customers Will Have Access to more than 30,000 Films, For Free

The popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy is now available for free at Calvert Library. Library card holders can access Kanopy and sign up to start streaming films instantly by visiting http://calvert.kanopy.com. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku. Offering...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioners Proclaim National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

St. Mary’s County Commissioners Proclaim National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence regardless of age, gender, ability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status or religion.  According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in the U.S., nearly 20 people per minute experience intimate partner physical violence. This equates to over 10 million abuse victims annually, 1 in 3 women...
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New Patuxent River Science & Technology (PRS&T) Consortium Scholarship Fund Provides Students with Financial Support

New Patuxent River Science & Technology (PRS&T) Consortium Scholarship Fund Provides Students with Financial Support

St. Mary’s College of Maryland announces the new Patuxent River Science & Technology (PRS&T) Consortium Scholarship Fund. Envisioned and championed by AMEWAS, this scholarship fund is the result of a collaboration among six local government contracting companies and aims to ensure some of Southern Maryland’s brightest students can afford college. Through investments from consortium...
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Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Anne Arundel County Police have made an arrest in the murder of Danielle Valerie Gunson in late September. Anne Arundel County Homicide detectives were able to link the murder of Danielle Gunson to the attempted murder of Terence John Caruso Jr. On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at approximately 12:45 p.m., Terence Caruso was found...
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Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

On October 27, 2018, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assault involving a knife in the 39800 block of Graves Road, in Mechanicsville. Alvarez Simeon Johnson Sr., 46 of Oxon Hill, arrived at the victims’ residence, in violation of a current protective order. Johnson then engaged in a verbal...
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