Law enforcement officers in St. Mary’s County have seen an increase in the number of impaired drivers reflected in the DUI arrests made this year by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack. In the first four months of 2018, Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies made 36 DUI arrests. During...
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On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at approximately 3:00 a.m., police responded to the area of Yorktown Road and Kearsarge Place in Lexington Park, for multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired. One 911 caller reported hearing at least 3 gunshots and reported a white sedan was fleeing the area at a high rate of speed....
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the addition of two new K-9s to its ranks. K-9 River, a 14-month-old Red River Labrador, completed a strenuous four-week course in tracking, specifically for missing persons and suicidal persons. K-9 River is assigned to Corporal William Rishel, a 20-year veteran of the Sheriff’s...
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CCPS: Charles County Public Schools is remembering Keith Hettel, a longtime CCPS educator who retired in 2016 as the assistant superintendent of supporting services. Mr. Hettel passed away earlier this week on Tuesday, May 3. The CCPS maintenance and operations departments are honoring Hettel through a visual memorial located outside of the maintenance bay...
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With a generous endowment from The Patuxent Partnership (TPP), St. Mary’s Ryken (SMR) has installed a STEM lab flight program. The donated National Flight Academy program was funded by a grant from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). SMR Flight Academy is an interactive classroom space that provides students with the opportunity to...
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The Student UAS Competition (SUAS) has a long history in St. Mary’s County. Since 2002, the SUAS Competition has operated at Webster Outlying Field. The Department of Economic Development is pleased to announce the 2022 SUAS is moving to the AeroPark Innovation District. The move to the new location is a cooperative effort between...
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On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at approximately 12:22 p.m., in the 2000 Block of 12th Street, Northwest, suspects approached the victim at the listed location. The suspects assaulted the victim and took the victim’s vehicle keys. The suspects then fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle. Two dogs were inside of the vehicle when...
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Dean Teague, President and CEO of Calvert Health System (CHS), the largest private employer and the only hospital in Calvert County, has announced his plans to retire next year. A national search to select his successor is already underway with the board engaging a firm with considerable experience in recruiting senior healthcare executives. CHS...
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The St. Mary’s College of Maryland presents the Mulberry Music Festival: Jazz, featuring Joseph Brotherton, the Kelly Bell Band, Carly Harvey, and headlined by Sharón Clark on Friday, June 17, beginning at 6 p.m. on the College’s Townhouse Green. The event is free of charge and open to the public. It will be simultaneously...
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Wilber Vigil-Benitez, 26, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawfully possessing and trafficking firearms, including an assault rifle and a semi-automatic handgun with a large capacity magazine. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Wayne A. Jacobs, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI...
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U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Zaid Rushdan, age 41, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, to 126 months in federal prison, followed by seven years of supervised release, on charges of conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of stolen firearms. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the...
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On April 25th, 2022, Deputy Tavares, of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office was conducting speed enforcement in the area of southbound Rt. 4 and Chaney Road in Dunkirk, and observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of traffic. A traffic stop was attempted, but the suspect fled...
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A Charles County Sheriff’s Office school resource officer (SRO) is investigating an assault that occurred on May 3, 2022, on a school bus transporting students from Milton Somers Middle School home after dismissal. At one point in the altercation, a seventh-grade male placed a sixth-grade male in a chokehold causing the victim to have...
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On April 26, 2022, several 911 calls were received reporting a male subject staggering in the southbound lane of Chesapeake Ave in North Beach. Callers reported the male to be under the influence, wobbling, and stumbling close to the road. Cpl. Fox responded to the area and made contact with Angalo Cole Anastasi, 27...
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UPDATE on 5/7/2022: On Wednesday, Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit detectives opened an investigation into the murder of 34-year-old Benjamin Ampong of Lorton. Ampong was fatally shot at approximately 1:00 pm on Corning Avenue in Fort Washington. A description of the suspect’s vehicle was immediately broadcast to officers. One of the responding officers observed...
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On Thursday, May 5, 2022, at approximately 12:14 p.m., police responded to the area of North Essex Drive and Saratoga Drive in Lexington Park, for the reports of shots fired. Witnesses reported seeing at least four black males running from the area after the shots were heard. Police arrived on the scene and found...
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05/05/2022 Written/published by MarylandWine Jim Bauckman (ANNAPOLIS, MD) – The Port of Leonardtown Winery (POL Winery) claimed the Maryland Comptroller’s Cup for their 2021 Vintner’s Select White at the 2022 Winemasters Choice Competition held in late April at Linganore Winecellars in Mt. Airy. The Vintner’s Select White earned double gold by unanimous decision from...
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On Thursday, May 4, 2022, at 1:43 a.m., patrol officers initiated a traffic stop in the area of Crain Highway near Shepherds Creek Place in La Plata, after observing a headlight out on the vehicle. A check of the registration plates revealed the car had been reported stolen from Baltimore County. The driver initially...
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CommUNITY Prayer Walk 2022 will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday May 7, 2022 at the Solomons Pavilion. Fellowship, Praise and Worship at the Pavilion will be followed by a walk on the Island to pray at designated Prayer Stops including at the base of the Thomas Johnson Bridge. This annual event is in...
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The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and the Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) are thanking Marylanders across the state for taking part in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30. Participants dropped off their unused prescription medications at dozens of sites located throughout the state. Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford also...
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The Blue Crabs’ pitchers allowed five total hits in tonight’s shutout victory, as Southern Maryland won 3-0. With tonight’s win, the Blue Crabs extend their franchise-record win streak to ten games. The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs’ starter, Denson Hull (W, 1-0), pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and one walk. This was...
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By Lisa Rendzio, Airborne Electronic Attack Systems (PMA-234) communications The Airborne Electronic Attack Systems Program Office (PMA-234) Test and Evaluation Lead escorted a team of students, known as the Bot Brigade Quartic, to the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Chesapeake Regional Championships, in Hampton, Virginia, where they won first place...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, May 3, 2022, with the invocation and pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners presented Proclamations in recognition of National Drug Court Month, National Nurses Week, National Skilled Nursing Care Week and Small Business Month....
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Homicide Unit detectives charged a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred last Friday in Oxon Hill. The suspect is 25 year-old Norman Bethea, Jr. of Washington, DC. He is charged with fatally stabbing 28-year-old Steven Artkale Davis of Oxon Hill. On April 29, 2022, at approximately 2:45 pm, patrol officers responded...
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On Monday, May 2, 2022, at 12:56 p.m., officers from Southern District responded to Maryland Route 665 (Aris T. Allen Boulevard) just after Route 2 (Solomons Island Road) for a single-vehicle crash involving a commercial dump truck. Preliminary investigation suggests the 2013 Peterbilt dump truck was traveling eastbound on Route 665 when for unknown...
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