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76th Annual St. Mary’s County Fair This Weekend! September 21-24th, 2023

76th Annual St. Mary’s County Fair This Weekend! September 21-24th, 2023

St. Mary’s County Government, on behalf of the St. Mary’s County Fair Association, invites all members of the community to join in the fun happening this weekend at the 76th Annual St. Mary’s County Fair! The St. Mary’s County Fair takes place annually, during the 3rd weekend of September. Highlights for this year’s program...
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Teen Flown to Trauma Center After Striking Mailbox with Dirt Bike in Mechanicsville

Teen Flown to Trauma Center After Striking Mailbox with Dirt Bike in Mechanicsville

On Friday, September 15, 2023, at approximately 4:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area Tin Top School Road and Kimberly Court in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 16-year old male laying in the roadway after striking a...
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UPDATE: 26-Year-Old Piney Point Man Killed After Fireworks Accident in Leonardtown

UPDATE: 26-Year-Old Piney Point Man Killed After Fireworks Accident in Leonardtown

UPDATE: A 26-year-old St. Mary’s County man died early Saturday morning after a firework he was holding exploded, marking the second fireworks-related death this year in Maryland. Deputy State Fire Marshals responded to the 19900 block of Poplar Hill Creek Lane in Leonardtown at around 2:45 a.m. for a man injured after a firework...
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UPDATE: Bryans Road Man Pleads Guilty to the Negligent Vehicular Manslaughter of Victim

UPDATE: Bryans Road Man Pleads Guilty to the Negligent Vehicular Manslaughter of Victim

UPDATE 9/15/2023: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Joseph Eugene Penn, 43, of Bryans Road, entered a guilty plea in Charles County Circuit Court, in front of the Honorable Judge William R. Greer, Jr., to the Negligent Vehicular Manslaughter of Inga Person. On January 20, 2022,...
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Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Waldorf Under Investigation

Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Waldorf Under Investigation

On Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 10:00 p.m., patrol officers responded to the area of St. Patrick’s Drive and Smallwood Drive in Waldorf for the report of a collision involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian. A preliminary investigation showed the driver of a pick-up truck was making a right turn onto St. Patrick’s...
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UPDATE: Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 30 Years Suspended Down to 10 for Multiple Sex Offenses Against a Child

UPDATE: Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 30 Years Suspended Down to 10 for Multiple Sex Offenses Against a Child

UPDATE 9/14/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Justin Tyler Dunbar, 34, of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 20 years in the Division of Corrections, with ten years of active incarceration to serve in prison. Mr. Dunbar was convicted of three counts of felony sexual offense on the same child, with each act...
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UPDATE: Body of Missing Father Who Jumped Into Mattawoman Creek to Save Son is Recovered

UPDATE: Body of Missing Father Who Jumped Into Mattawoman Creek to Save Son is Recovered

9/13/2023: We regret to announce that the body of Marvin Harris was recovered this morning a short time after 11 a.m. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police are handling the investigation. Updates will be provided when they become available. 9/12/2023:On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 10:24 a.m., police,...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Gang Related Shooting Results in Suspect Being Shot in Head by His Accomplice

UPDATE: Lexington Park Gang Related Shooting Results in Suspect Being Shot in Head by His Accomplice

UPDATE 9/13/2023: On August 18th, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., police responded to the 46100 block of West Westbury Blvd in Lexington Park for multiple 911 calls reporting shots being fired. Police arrived on the scene and located a large number of 5.56×45 and 9mm shell casings in the middle of the roadway, along with an...
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UPDATE: Prentiss Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Assault

UPDATE: Prentiss Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Assault

UPDATE 9/12/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Walter Crouse Prentiss, III, 43, was sentenced to a total of 30 years in the Division of Corrections, with 15 years of active incarceration to serve in prison for his involvement in a series of domestic violence assaults. Mr. Prentiss was convicted of assaulting a...
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Police Seeking Any Video of Murder Suspects Vehicle in Maryland and Pennsylvania

Police Seeking Any Video of Murder Suspects Vehicle in Maryland and Pennsylvania

9/12/2023: The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying any video surveillance from businesses and/or home cameras capturing murder suspect Brandon Holbrook’s white Dodge pick up truck with a white bed cap during the time period of Sunday September 3rd to Tuesday September 5th, 2023. The pictured truck is identified...
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Two Charles County Officers Injured During Arrest of Wanted Fugitive in Lexington Park

Two Charles County Officers Injured During Arrest of Wanted Fugitive in Lexington Park

UPDATE 9/12/2023: On Tuesday, September 12 at 10:58 a.m., members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit attempted to arrest Anthony Kavon Brown, 23, of Waldorf, who was at a business in St. Mary’s County. Brown was the subject of four active warrants charging him with violation of a protective order, failure to...
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Police in Charles County Arrest Waldorf Man After Killing His Father

Police in Charles County Arrest Waldorf Man After Killing His Father

On Thursday, September 7, 2023,  at 11:57 p.m., officers responded to the 5000 block of Vane Court in Waldorf, for the report of a male who had been assaulted. Upon arrival, the victim, John Carl Lachenmayer, 71, was found inside his home with numerous injuries. He was transported to a hospital where he was...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shooting in Owings

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shooting in Owings

On Sunday, September 10, 2023, around 10:52 p.m., deputies with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the 2900 block of 5th Street in Owings, MD for the report of a shooting. Deputies arrived on scene and located one adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. A preliminary investigation revealed the male...
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Public Forums Scheduled in St. Mary’s County to Obtain Community Feedback on The Future of The Thomas Johnson Bridge and Potential Replacement

Public Forums Scheduled in St. Mary’s County to Obtain Community Feedback on The Future of The Thomas Johnson Bridge and Potential Replacement

LEONARDTOWN, Md., Sept. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire – As follow-up to United Bridge Partners’ presentation before the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) on April 18, where it demonstrated its track record of previously deploying over $900 million across five states, and rebuilding, and operating six bridges in need that were perpetually unfunded, and how it could deliver a similar solution...
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Two Flown to Trauma Center After Single Vehicle Rollover in Chaptico

Two Flown to Trauma Center After Single Vehicle Rollover in Chaptico

On Sunday, September 10, 2023, at approximately 2:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Hurry Road and Fancy Discovery Lane in Chaptico, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one overturned and multiple trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Dodge Pickup truck overturned with two...
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Police Make Four Arrests in Connection to Waldorf Murder, Detectives Recover 14 Firearms and Other Evidence

Police Make Four Arrests in Connection to Waldorf Murder, Detectives Recover 14 Firearms and Other Evidence

Detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have charged four suspects in connection with a murder that occurred on June 9, 2023, in the 2500 block of Lake Drive in Waldorf. Detectives pursued leads, which led to a joint investigation with members of the FBI Washington Office and the Metropolitan...
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VIDEO: PG County Active Internal Affairs Division Investigation Underway Into Officer’s Actions After Viral Video

VIDEO: PG County Active Internal Affairs Division Investigation Underway Into Officer’s Actions After Viral Video

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division (IAD) is actively investigating the actions of a Prince George’s County Police officer that were recorded and posted on social media. The Department is aware of two videos involving Corporal Francesco Marlett and an adult female. As soon as the agency became aware of the...
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Police Make Drug Arrest in Lexington Park

Police Make Drug Arrest in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, following an investigation, Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Unit executed a series of search and seizure warrants on Michael Lashawn Johnson, 35, of Lexington Park, and a 2012 Hyundai Genesis Johnson was operating. With the assistance of units from the Criminal Investigations and Special...
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Two Transported with Minor Injuries After Serious Four Vehicle Collision in Great Mills

Two Transported with Minor Injuries After Serious Four Vehicle Collision in Great Mills

On Tuesday, September 6, 2023, at approximately 5:50 p.m., a St. Mary’s County Emergency Services Employee witnessed a motor vehicle collision at Chancellors Run Road and Great Mills Road and requested a serious motor vehicle collision assignment due to one vehicle overturned with entrapment. Police, fire and rescue personnel were alerted to and Bay...
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2023 Patriot Day 5K and Kids Fun Run to Honor Brice Trossbach and All Local Patriots

2023 Patriot Day 5K and Kids Fun Run to Honor Brice Trossbach and All Local Patriots

This year, Little Flower School will be hosting the 8th Annual LFS Patriot Day 5K on September 9, 2023. Each year, this event is held on the Saturday preceding Patriot Day, September 11, to honor our local “patriots” to include military, firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians. Participants in the 5K can run...
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No Injuries After Ambulance Catches Fire in Marlboro Volunteer Firehouse, All Apparatus Suffers Damage

No Injuries After Ambulance Catches Fire in Marlboro Volunteer Firehouse, All Apparatus Suffers Damage

On Sunday, September 3, 2023, around 5:00 a.m., smoke alarms alerted firefighters inside of the Upper Marlboro Fire/EMS Station 820 to a fire in their own firehouse. A working fire dispatch was requested by members on scene which alerted nearby stations to respond to the firehouse located at 14815 Pratt Street in Upper Marlboro....
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UPDATE: Police Identify Chesapeake Beach Man As Victim in Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

UPDATE: Police Identify Chesapeake Beach Man As Victim in Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision

UPDATE 9/5/2023: On September 3, 2023, at approximately 4:48 a.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to the area of Bayside Road and Research Lane in Chesapeake Beach, for the report of a serious motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Due to the circumstances, the Crash Reconstruction Team responded to...
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Man Charged with Murder of Missing Greenbelt Woman

Man Charged with Murder of Missing Greenbelt Woman

Following an extensive investigation, the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has identified and charged a suspect with the murder of 59-year-old Mariame Sylla of Greenbelt. Ms. Sylla was reported missing in the city of Greenbelt in late July. The suspect is 33-year-old Harold Francis Landon III of University Park. At this time,...
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Former University Financial Advisor Sentenced to 4-Years in Federal Prison for Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $5 Million in Student Loans

Former University Financial Advisor Sentenced to 4-Years in Federal Prison for Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $5 Million in Student Loans

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Randolph Stanley, age 44, of Lexington Park, Maryland, yesterday to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Judge Chuang also ordered that Stanley must pay restitution in the full amount of the victims’ losses, which is...
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UPDATE: 16-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Being Struck by Bus at Lackey High School

UPDATE: 16-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Being Struck by Bus at Lackey High School

UPDATE: “School officials released the following information. August 30, 2023. Dear parents and guardians: Today, during out afternoon dismissal, we had an incident in which a student reportedly walked in the path of a moving bus and was struck. School administrators called 911 for police and medical support for the student. Charles County Public...
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