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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, awarded a construction contract for a new Sheriff’s Office District Office in Lexington Park. The $3-million contract was awarded to Rainbow Construction Corp. of Waldorf, the lowest of six bidders. Construction is expected to start in December and should take 11 months –...
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UPDATE 10/29/2018: Joseph L. Greenwell, 39, of Dameron plead guilty to impersonating a police officer and second-degree assault. On Monday, October 22, 2018, Judge M. Brooke Murdock, imposed an 18-month jail sentence, suspended to 3 months of home detention and two years of probation. Greenwell was sentenced to home detention for his guilty plea to...
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On October 28th, 2018 at approximately 10:07 p.m., Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to a single vehicle crash on Catalina Drive located in the Chesapeake Ranch Estates. Preliminary Investigation of the collision revealed a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by Bobby Price Jr, 57 years...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, October 25, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Marcus Darnell Johnson, 34 of Nanjemoy, to 64 Years for the Second-Degree Murder of Wayne Proctor, Jr. and 6 counts of reckless endangerment. Covington, commenting on the case, said, “I’ve been...
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UPDATE: On Friday, October 26 at 9:12 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Poplar Hill Road at Mattawoman Beantown Road in Waldorf for the report of an accident involving a school bus and a dump truck. Upon arrival, officers located the bus which had 17 students on board as well...
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On Saturday, October 27, 2018, at approximately 8:40 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, Solomons, Hollywood, and NAS Patuxent River responded to 23703 Bill Dixon Road, and North Patuxent Beach Road, in California for the reported boat fire. Dispatch advised responding units they were receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a medium sized boat in the...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a pedestrian crash that killed one person early Sunday morning in Prince George’s County. On October 28, 2018, shortly before 4:00 a.m., troopers from the College Park Barrack responded to eastbound Route 50 in the area of Maryland Route 410 on a report of two crashes. The first occurred...
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Abuse of alcohol and other drugs nationwide has reached epidemic proportions. It is imperative that visible, unified prevention education efforts by community members be launched to eliminate the demand for drugs. To kick off a campaign to offer citizens a chance to demonstrate their commitment to a drug-free lifestyle, the St. Mary’s County Health...
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The St. Mary’s College of Maryland Music Department will present The Clazzical Project in a Halloween Eve concert featuring spooky classical themes and jazz renditions on Tuesday, October 30 at 7 p.m. in the Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s Hall. Highlighting music by Saint-Saens, Mozart, and others, the concert is free of charge and...
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