The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit recently conducted a series of alcohol compliance checks at 18 businesses in northern and central St. Mary’s County. Seventeen of the establishments were found to be compliant, while only one business failed to ask an underage person for identification. The covert compliance checks were conducted...
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The following is a joint news release from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office & the St. Mary’s County Health Department: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is warning the public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with a powerful non-opioid animal sedative, xylazine – a deadly combination commonly known...
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UPDATE 4/10/2023: On Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 9:48 p.m., firefighters responded to 4860 Smallwood Church Road in Indian Head, for the reported house on fire. The owner/occupant was identified as Scott Hoppe with the estimated lost of structure and contents valued at $750,000.00 Smoke alarms were present, activated and alerted the occupants. The...
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“Dear Editor: Did you know hospice care is provided by an interdisciplinary team of professionals that often includes one extraordinarily well-trained individual — a volunteer? Combined with the highly skilled professionals, the volunteer perspective is truly unique. Patients and families often tell us how important the volunteer is as a listening ear, an open...
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Maryland’s growing sports wagering market had its best month in March 2023, as the 10 retail and eight mobile sportsbooks combined to generate a single-month record of $5,310,057 in contributions to the state. The return to the state in March was 89.9% more than the previous high of $2,796,880 in February. Each sportsbook contributes...
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4/6/2023 – This Earth Day was an extra-special one for Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River. The Navy base’s Environment Division will be honored by St. Mary’s County with a Sustainability Award for a shoreline restoration project to stop soil erosion and rebuild natural habitat areas on the Patuxent River. The Commissioners of St....
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on almost simultaneous abortion medication decisions by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Washington. The Texas Court suspended the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, an abortion medication that was approved over twenty years...
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Indian Head, Maryland – Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) announced a new public-private partnership (P3) agreement with X-Bow Launch Systems Inc. (X-Bow), following a formal signing, March 24, 2023. Under this 20-year agreement, the two organizations will work together to develop, qualify and manufacture propulsion systems for current and future...
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On Thursday, April 6, 2023, at approximately 4:46 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and surrounding departments were dispatched to the 6600 block of J.P. Morgan Court, for the reported commercial building fire. Dispatchers advised they received multiple 911 calls reporting smoke coming from the building. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from...
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A reunion, almost 12 years in the making. was a surprise for the officer! Let’s go back to a hot summer day in July of 2011, when then-Detective Walter Sweeney responded to a home in Severn for a drowning. When he arrived, Sweeney encountered a lifeless 14-month-old Mathew. With each passing second, the situation...
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On April 5, 2023 at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers responded for an unknown disturbance in the 7300 block of Red Pond Court in Glen Burnie. As officers approached the residence they heard gunshots and multiple people began rushing out of the residence. As officers made their way into the residence they located two male...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged three juveniles and an 18-year-old male in connection with an armed carjacking on Wednesday. The 18-year-old suspect is Zaquan Graham of Landover. Three 15-year-old males are also charged in the case. One of those juveniles is from Washington, DC, and the two others are...
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On Thursday, April 6, 2023, at approximately 6:50 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood, Bay District, Leonardtown, Solomons, Seventh District and NAS Patuxent River responded to 45171 Christman Road in Hollywood, for the report of smoke coming from the house. The 911 caller stated the neighbors house across the street was struck by lightning and smoke...
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U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Daniel Ongele, age 33, of Bowie, Maryland to 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a $1.2 million bank fraud scheme. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Special Agent...
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A St. Mary’s County woman who loves Maryland Lottery scratch-offs took a break from playing her new favorite game, which is the $3 Frogger instant ticket, to try her luck with the Gold X50 scratch-off. It turned out to be a great decision: She won a $50,000 second-tier prize! The “Scratch-off Queen,” as she nicknamed herself, said she...
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On Tuesday, April 4, 2023., at 7:50 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1000 block of Bannister Circle for the call of an armed robbery in which the victim reported he was robbed, at gunpoint, of his cell phone. The victim provided officers with a description of the suspect....
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Charles County Detention Center (CCDC) Director Brandon Foster, along with Sheriff Troy Berry and members of the CCSO and CCDC Command Staff, are proud to announce that Corporal Nicholas Cargill has been named the 2022 Correctional Officer of the Year. Corporal Cargill was nominated to receive this recognition due to his outstanding dedication to...
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On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at approximately 6:38 p.m., a structure fire assignment was dispatched for a reported house fire in the Carpenter Park neighborhood on NAS Pax River. NAS Patuxent River firefighters responded with Engine 132, Truck 13, Chief 13 and Ambulance 139. Crews arrived on the scene in under 2 minutes and...
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On April 2 at 1:38 a.m., a patrol officer initiated an investigation into a suspicious vehicle that was found parked after-hours near businesses in the 11900 block of Acton Lane in Waldorf. As the officer approached the vehicle, he detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. One of the vehicle’s occupants,...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County are pleased to announce that the St. Mary’s County Museum Division has been awarded $219,000 in grant funds by the Maryland Department of Commerce to purchase a new water taxi. The new water taxi will provide reliable rides for visitors to St. Clement’s Island State Park and will...
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UPDATE 4/6/2023: Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Charles County. The deceased is identified as Alan Reinburg, 34, of Mechanicsville. Emergency medical service personnel pronounced Reinburg deceased on the scene. The operator of an F-150 truck involved in the crash is identified as Jeffrey Grasso, 37, of Newburg, Maryland. He...
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Superintendent Dr. Andraé Townsel and district leaders revealed the Calvert County Public Schools (CCPS) 2023 District Employees of the Year at surprise visits to each recipient’s school on March 15, 2023. Mr. John Allen was selected as the CCPS 2023 District Teacher of the Year and Ms. Keren Tuck was selected as the CCPS...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the woman pictured, a person of interest, in a theft investigation. On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 2:35 am, a catalytic converter was stolen from a parked vehicle at the SouthPoint Church on St. Andrew’s Church Road in Leonardtown. The pictured female was...
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Governor Wes Moore today announced that Maryland is awarding nearly $92 million to expand high-speed internet access to an estimated 14,500 households and businesses across the state through Connect Maryland, an initiative to close the digital divide through the Office of Statewide Broadband. The Connect Maryland Network Infrastructure Grant Program made 35 awards to Internet...
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UPDATE 4/5/2023: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the two pictured suspects in an attempted auto theft investigation. On Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 1:42 am, the two suspects entered a 2022 Dodge Charger that was on the lot of Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Lexington Park in an apparent...
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