The Town of Leonardtown comes together once again on Saturday, July 15, 2023, to honor their fallen local hero. The Town and local Leonardtown Businesses will dedicate Saturday’s Summer Bar Crawl and music festival concert in Brice’s memory. Attendees may also lend their support by making donations for the family at the participating businesses...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T), in partnership with the University of Maryland Extension will host an Environmental Stewardship Event, featuring workshops on rain barrels and composting on Saturday, August 19, 2023, from 10 a.m. to noon at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds. Registration is required by August 15,...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the subject pictured, regarding a theft investigation. On Thursday, May 4, 2023, between the hours of 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM, the subject pictured entered Michael’s store in California. While in the store, the suspect entered the closed employee lounge, pried open a...
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Communities surrounding the Webster Outlying Field are advised that low altitude aircraft flight test events involving helicopters are scheduled to take place July 10 through July 14 from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing activities on the community. For more...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) will be installing a box culvert under Manor Road in Chaptico at the Bull Run stream crossing beginning on or about Monday, July 17, 2023. Manor Road will be closed between Lori Lane and 37252 Manor Road for approximately 30 days. A traffic...
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BALTIMORE, MD (July 6, 2023) – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of Attorneys General and cities in moving to intervene in lawsuits challenging decisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that authorize California to establish regulations that would speed the adoption of zero-emission trucks and reduce emissions from...
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On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at approximately 1:42 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 37000 block of Mohawk Drive in Charlotte Hall, for the reported golf cart crash with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a golfcart in the roadway with one pediatric female trapped underneath of the...
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Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Funds. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterways, emergency vessels and equipment for local first responders, and other important infrastructure and initiatives. “Investing in infrastructure is integral...
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UPDATE 7/7/2023: U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Antione William Tuckson, age 38, of Waldorf, Maryland, to 37 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for false impersonation of an officer and employee of the United States and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The...
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On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, Trooper Black from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack conducted a traffic stop on Three Notch Road at First Colony Boulevard, California. The driver of the vehicle initially provided a false name, but was able to be identified as Tavon Charles Taylor, 27 of Laurel. Investigation revealed that Taylor...
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PLEASE SHARE – Viewing will be held on Wednesday July 5th 2023, from 1:00 p.m., to 7:00 p.m., with Fireman’s Prayers at 7:00 p.m., at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department, 24801 Three Notch Road in Hollywood, MD 20636. Funeral Services are the following day, Thursday July 6th, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., (approx. 2 hours)...
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On July 03, 2023 at 3:42 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a single vehicle accident in the area of St. Andrew’s Church Rd and Fairgrounds Rd. Deputies arrived to find a single vehicle had left the roadway. The driver and passenger were extricated from the...
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St. Mary’s County Government, in partnership with Naval Air Station Patuxent River announces the following advisories for St. Mary’s County on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, and Thursday, July 6, 2023, for Firefighter Brice Trossbach’s viewing and funeral. Viewing & Fireman’s Prayers – Wednesday, July 5, 2023 The viewing for Firefighter Brice Trossbach will be...
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Brice Clayton Trossbach, 25, of California, MD passed away tragically in the line of duty on June 27, 2023. He was born on October 4, 1997 in Leonardtown, MD to Warren Trossbach, Jr. and Diane Katherine Trossbach of Leonardtown, MD. Brice was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County; proud of his heritage in...
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Maryland State Police will bolster enforcement efforts over the Fourth of July weekend to prevent dangerous driving behaviors and save lives as more motorists are expected to travel this holiday. State troopers from 23 barracks, including members of the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort Team, known as the SPIDRE team, will be focusing...
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St. Mary’s County Health Department LEONARDTOWN, MD (June 29, 2023) – Smoke from the Canadian Wildfires is expected to cover parts of Maryland over the next several days resulting in poor outdoor air quality. During air quality alerts, sensitive groups should take special precautions as they may be at higher risk for health effects...
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St. Mary’s City on Friday, June 30, 2023, 7:00 p.m., at the St. Mary’s College – 2023 River Concert Series. Fireworks are tentatively scheduled to follow the June 30th concert. The concerts and parking are free and open to the public. On-site vendors offer food and beverages for purchase and you can bring your...
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Investigators have cleared the scene of the house fire that tragically killed Naval District Washington Firefighter Brice Trossbach. While the on-site examination is complete, the investigation is ongoing and will continue as evidence is pieced together. The Office of the State Fire Marshal, supported by their federal partners in fire investigation, the Bureau of...
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When a community has experienced a traumatic event or crisis, children and adults may feel significant fear, anxiety or stress. This impact may be felt by those who were directly involved in the event (such as victims, witnesses, and responders) as well as others who may not have been directly involved. There are resources...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the subject pictured in a Property Destruction. On Friday, June 23, 2023, at approximately 11:40 a.m., the suspect spray-painted graffiti on several exterior walls on a building on Corporate Drive in Lexington Park. The suspect is described as a black male in a...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) began their regular business meeting with a moment of silence in honor of fallen Firefighter Brice Trossbach, who lost his life fighting a structure fire in Leonardtown. They then did an invocation and the pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners then presented a...
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With profound sadness, the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Company 1 (LVFD) announces the passing of one of our own, Brice Trossbach, 25. Brice died in the line of duty while responding to a structure fire in Leonardtown with the Naval District Washington Fire Department, where he was a career firefighter. “Being a firefighter is...
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It is with profound sadness that NAS Patuxent River announces the tragic loss of one of our brave firefighters, Brice C. Trossbach, 25, who died in the line of duty while responding to an emergency on June 27, 2023. Trossbach made the ultimate sacrifice while responding to a mutual aid call of a structure...
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UPDATE 6/28/2023: Kyle Dylan Dishner, 30, of Mechanicsville, was sentenced Wednesday, June 21, 2023, to 20 years, suspend all but eight years of active incarceration in the Division of Corrections for his involvement with possession with intent to distribute 296 capsules of fentanyl. The capsules were analyzed by the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioners, & The St. Mary’s County Emergency Services: At 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 27, 2023, St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services announced a partial activation of the Emergency Operation Center in response to the report of a serious house fire in the 20000 block of Deer Wood Park Drive in...
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