On Saturday, April 11, 2020, at approximately 5:35 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, and Hollywood responded to 45529 Shannon Street in California, for the reported structure fire. Dispatchers advised all units the 911 called reported a furnace on fire in the basement. Firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Company 3...
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On March 21, 2020, Dep. Burgess attempted to stop a vehicle in the 20500 block of Treetop Road in Lexington Park. James Craig Proctor, age 32 of Lexington Park, failed to stop and deputies pursued the vehicle. Proctor stopped the vehicle and fled on foot. Proctor was quickly located and taken into custody. Located...
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On Friday, April 10, 2020, at 7:40 p.m., officers responded to the Hilton Garden Inn at 10385 O’Donnell Place in Waldorf, to check on the welfare of a man and woman after receiving information from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) in Indiana that they had just received a tip indicating one of the...
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Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the state is instituting a budget and hiring freeze amid estimates that Maryland is facing a projected $2.8 billion shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor also announced that he has directed the Maryland Department of Labor to take steps to bolster the state’s unemployment insurance process...
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Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland, chairman of the National Governors Association, and Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, vice chair, issued the following statement today: “Governors across the country are leading the on-the-ground response to the national COVID-19 pandemic, implementing a variety of stay at home orders and other aggressive measures that are successfully...
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On Friday, April 10, 2020, at approximately 5:14 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Ridge, Valley Lee, and Hollywood responded to 19801 Sam’s Way and Leachburg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported trailer on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a single wide trailer. Firefighters made...
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Maryland COVID-19 reports as of Saturday, April 11, 2020, Maryland now has 7,694 confirmed cases, with 206 total deaths, an increase of 726 cases and 35 deaths overnight. Number of Confirmed Cases: 7694 Number of negative test results: 39,544 Number of Deaths: 206 Hospitalizations: 1,709 ever hospitalized Released From Isolation: 431 Cases and Deaths...
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UPDATE 4/10/2020: On Thursday, April 9th, at approximately 12:50 p.m., the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department responded to the 6400 block of Milburn Drive near Seat Pleasant for a reported house fire. As units were en route, 911 calls indicated that people might be trapped in the house. Upon arrival, units...
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UPDATE: The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a collision that killed two drivers in Brandywine early this morning. The deceased drivers are identified as a career firefighter and emergency medical technician Marcus Paxton, who was a member of the Baltimore City Fire Department, and many other departments and 52-year-old Tammy Linkous of...
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On March 11, 2020, at 10:22 a.m., police responded to the 26000 block of Liberty Street in Lexington Park, for the report of a domestic disturbance. Dispatchers advised that the male subject in this incident had a confirmed arrest warrant through the Maryland State Police for failure to appear. When Officers arrived on the...
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Maryland COVID-19 reports as of Friday, April 10, 2020. Number of Confirmed Cases: 6,968 Number of negative test results: 37,480 Number of Deaths: 171 Hospitalizations: 1,413 ever hospitalized Released From Isolation: 397 Cases and Deaths by County (deaths): Allegany 10 Anne Arundel 554 (16) Baltimore City 689 (17) Baltimore County 1,072 (21) Calvert 76 (1) Caroline 12 Carroll 214...
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On Thursday, April 9, 2020, at approximately 3:05 p.m., firefighters from Bay District and NAS Patuxent River responded to 46416 Chapman Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported structure on fire. Crews arrive on the scene to find a small shed fully engulfed in flames threatening two trailers, with the surrounding woods on fire....
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The Federal Trade Commission has reported that scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the coronavirus, including through the sale of counterfeit products and the solicitation of money and personal information. When charities request donations in response to the coronavirus, Marylanders may feel duty-bound to donate in an effort to help their neighbors. Maryland’s...
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UPDATE 4/9/2020: on February 28, 2020, at approximately 9:45 a.m., police responded to the 44000 block of Pasture View Way in Valley Lee, for the reported assault and violation of protection. Deputies arrived on the scene to find the female victim was assaulted by the suspect, identified as Jamel Tiant Mitchell, 35 of no fixed...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Dana Marie Royster, 36, for Second-Degree Escape from the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center. Royster did not return to a rehabilitation center in Frederick as required. Royster is described as 5’4” tall and weighs 130 lbs with brown hair and brown...
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Maryland COVID-19 reports as of Thursday, April 9, 2020. Number of Confirmed Cases: 6,185 Number of negative test results: 35,344 Number of Deaths: 138 Hospitalizations: 1,348 ever hospitalized Released From Isolation: 376 Cases and Deaths by County (deaths): Allegany 8 Anne Arundel 505, (12) Baltimore City 638, (13) Baltimore County 979, (16) Calvert 66,...
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UPDATE: On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, The Maryland Natural Resources Police Underwater Operations Team found Gideon McKean’s body at approximately 1:40 p.m., this afternoon nearly 2.3 miles south of his grandmother’s residence in Shady Side, and approximately 2,000 feet from where his mother’s body was found two days ago, on Monday evening. The Maryland...
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Governor Larry Hogan today toured the state’s field hospital site at the Baltimore Convention Center, where he announced additional actions to slow the spread of COVID-19. Actions the governor announced today in Baltimore City include: New strike teams to help nursing home facilities in need of additional support A new executive order empowering local...
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Governor Larry Hogan held a press conference Tuesday, April 7, 2020, discussing the ongoing issues, plans and actions to combat COVID-19 in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. Hogan said in the conference, “over the past two weeks I have been sounding the alarm with the President, the Vice President, members of the President’s Task Force...
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As of Wednesday, April 8, 2020, Maryland reported 5,529 cases, and 124 deaths, with 1,158 new cases and 21 deaths overnight. Number of Confirmed Cases: 5,529 Number of negative test results: 32,933 Number of Deaths: 124 Hospitalizations: 1,210 ever hospitalized Released From Isolation: 365 These are the only confirmed cases that the Maryland Department...
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Due to diminished need, as evidenced by reduced call volume, the St. Mary’s County Coronavirus (COVID-19) Call Center will eliminate Saturday hours beginning Saturday, April 11. Additionally, the call center will have reduced hours Friday, April 10, due to the Good Friday holiday – the call center will be open from 8 a.m. –...
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J.F. Taylor, Inc. of Lexington Park is leveraging its engineering and manufacturing resources to provide our local emergency management heroes with needed Personal Protection Equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon hearing of the communities need for face-shields, their Additive Manufacturing Team, led by Mr. Doug Sundheim and Mr. Samuel Silva, J.F. Taylor’s 3D printing...
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The purpose of this page is to help the public distinguish between rumors and facts regarding the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Rumors can easily circulate within communities during a crisis. Do your part to the stop the spread of disinformation by doing 3 easy things; don’t believe the rumors, don’t pass them...
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Don and Nam Nguyen from County Liquors and Adam and Kim Dennis of Pawnit both made donations recently to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department. Don and his wife Nam who own County Liquors in St. Mary’s Square moved to Southern Maryland in 1996 from Virginia, they...
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