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State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling Testifies on Jamari’s Law to Strengthen Penalties for Manslaughter by Vehicle

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling Testifies on Jamari’s Law to Strengthen Penalties for Manslaughter by Vehicle

On January 24, 2024, St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling testified before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in strong support of Senate Bill 26, Criminal Law – Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel – Increased Penalties (Jamari’s Law). The bill proposes to increase the maximum penalty of manslaughter by vehicle or vessel from...
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Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office and Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Secure $440,000 Agreement with MedStar Health, Inc. to Provide People with Disabilities Equal Access to Medical Care

Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office and Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Secure $440,000 Agreement with MedStar Health, Inc. to Provide People with Disabilities Equal Access to Medical Care

A complaint and proposed consent decree have been filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland to resolve allegations that MedStar Health, Inc., a healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying people with disabilities equal access to medical care by excluding their necessary support persons....
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Maryland International Raceway Announces 2024 Season Schedule

Maryland International Raceway Announces 2024 Season Schedule

Maryland International Raceway ™ (MIR) proudly announces the release of the 2024 schedule. The 2024 racing season will include a new event to MIR, Holden Extavaganza held on May 11, 2024. The Florida based event makes the trek north for the first time as the largest Holden gathering in the US will make an...
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Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Saturday, February 3, 2024, at approximately 7:07 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for a motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision with four patients to be evaluated. Both...
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Elizabeth (“Liz”) Passarelli

Elizabeth (“Liz”) Passarelli

Elizabeth (“Liz”) Passarelli passed away peacefully on Friday, January 26, 2024, at Hospice House in Callaway, MD, after a long and courageous battle with cancer, with her cousin, John P. Price, by her side. Liz was born from the union of the late Alfred Thomas Passarelli (her hero) and Anne Frances Nakraseive Passarelli. She...
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One Flown to Trauma Center After Mini-bike Crash in Lexington Park

One Flown to Trauma Center After Mini-bike Crash in Lexington Park

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, at approximately 3:17 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Mattapany Road in Lexington Park, for a motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single patient had crashed a mini-bike and suffering a head...
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Domestic Situation Ends with One Transported to Trauma Center and House Intentionally Set on Fire

Domestic Situation Ends with One Transported to Trauma Center and House Intentionally Set on Fire

On Friday, February 2, 2024, at approximately 7:45 p.m., police were dispatched to 38179 Beach Road in Coltons Point, for the check the welfare/possible domestic situation. Responding officers were advised the 911 call was transferred from Westmoreland County, VA, with a woman whispering for help and being heard asking a man to stop while...
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Prince Frederick Couple Arrested in St. Leonard on Drug Charges

Prince Frederick Couple Arrested in St. Leonard on Drug Charges

On Friday, January 26, 2024, at approximately 10:25 p.m., Deputy Zinn initiated a traffic stop on a a red Chevrolet Trailblazer speeding in the area of S. Solomons Island Road and Western Shore Blvd. in St. Leonard. Police made contact with the driver, who was identified as Solana Katherine Fulmore, 33, of Prince Frederick,...
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Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in California Sends Two to Hospital

Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in California Sends Two to Hospital

On Friday, February 2, 2024, at approximately 6:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to the area of Wildewood Boulevard and White Oak Parkway in California, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one overturned and one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find all occupants out of the vehicles with...
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Police Investigating Worker Reportedly Struck by Vehicle While Holding Chainsaw

Police Investigating Worker Reportedly Struck by Vehicle While Holding Chainsaw

On Friday, February 2, 2024, at approximately 3:10 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Hermanville Road and Piper Court in Park Hall, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. 911 callers reported a truck struck a construction worker in the area of the given address. Crews arrived...
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Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Another Daytime Armed Robbery of a Business

Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Another Daytime Armed Robbery of a Business

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., police responded to an armed robbery at the Tacos Hernandez Authentic Mexican Restaurant on Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park. Witnesses reported an unidentified male entered the business and demanded service. Upon refusal of service, the individual pulled a gun from his waistband. The suspect...
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Naval Air Station Patuxent River Annual Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain Feb. 5-16, 2024

Naval Air Station Patuxent River Annual Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain Feb. 5-16, 2024

Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2024 (CSSC24) is conducted by Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command(USFFC) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) on all Navy installations in the continental U.S. “Pax River joins Navy bases across the region and country in training to protect our personnel and mission from possible attack,” said NAS Patuxent River Commanding...
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SPB Dashboard Raises Stakeholders’ Awareness of Long-term Sustainment Health

SPB Dashboard Raises Stakeholders’ Awareness of Long-term Sustainment Health

Program office decision makers, engineers, logisticians and other stakeholders now have an improved and comprehensive information technology solution that supports quicker and deeper analyses of weapon systems’ long-term sustainment health and interdependent processes. Called the Sustainment Program Baseline (SPB) Dashboard, it tracks a weapon system’s sustainment phase performance against an established baseline. First developed...
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Love is in the Air at the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter

Love is in the Air at the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter

In the spirit of spreading love and joy this Valentine’s Day, the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter wants to make your Valentine’s Day extra special by offering $14 adoptions to qualified adopters from Tuesday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. The Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter is offering an adoption package that includes...
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Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership Releases Update to Community Health Improvement Plan

Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership Releases Update to Community Health Improvement Plan

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership (HSMP) released its annual update to the Healthy St. Mary’s 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for St. Mary’s County. The CHIP for St. Mary’s County provides a community blueprint for improving the health of local residents from 2021- 2026. The plan provides insight into community health solutions for the long...
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Waldorf Woman Wins $50,000 Pick 5 Prize

Waldorf Woman Wins $50,000 Pick 5 Prize

Charles County resident drops numbers after three days Some Lottery fans play the same numbers every day and worry that changing those numbers could result in missing out on a big prize. A Waldorf woman took the opposite approach and won $50,000 on Pick 5. She won with the lucky digits 83205 in the...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – January 30, 2024

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – January 30, 2024

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) began their business meeting with an invocation and the pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners then presented a proclamation for Transit Equity Day, followed by a commendation to Sheila Graziano in celebration of her retirement. The Office of the County Attorney then held...
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UPDATE: Forestville Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder

UPDATE: Forestville Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder

UPDATE 2/01/2024: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Malcolm Carl Young, 47, of Forestville, Maryland, was sentenced to 60 years in prison with 30 years of active incarceration for a homicide that occurred on August 9, 2022, in Lexington Park, Maryland. During the sentencing hearing, the State asked the Court to sentence Young to...
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Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Hollywood Under Investigation

Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Hollywood Under Investigation

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, at approximately 9:10 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to the area of Three Notch Road and Clover Hill Road in Hollywood, for a serious motor vehicle collision with one or more vehicles on fire. 911 callers reported the driver of a black Nissan sedan was possibly...
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Charles County Detectives Investigating Robberies Involving ATMs in Waldorf

Charles County Detectives Investigating Robberies Involving ATMs in Waldorf

On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at 3:13 a.m., officers responded to a convenience store in the 3300 block of Leonardtown Road in Waldorf for the report of a robbery. A preliminary investigation showed the suspects entered the store, which was open for business, forcibly stole money from an ATM, and fled. A short time...
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17-Year-Old PG County Teen Arrested for Armed Robbery in Hughesville

17-Year-Old PG County Teen Arrested for Armed Robbery in Hughesville

Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division have identified and charged a juvenile in connection with a robbery. The robbery occurred on December 28, 2023, at a convenience store located in the 7700 block of Leonardtown Road in Hughesville. In this case, the suspect entered the store, produced a firearm, and stole money from...
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NAVAIR Names Their 2023 Mentors of The Year

NAVAIR Names Their 2023 Mentors of The Year

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) named its 2023 Mentors of the Year as part of its National Mentoring Month observance on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Out of 86 nominations, 11 employees received the honor. Initiated in 2013, to earn a Mentor of the Year award, peers or mentees nominate mentors through a written submission...
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Teresa Gallinaro Coughlin

Teresa Gallinaro Coughlin

On 30 January 2024 at approximately 12:37 p.m.  Teresa, passed away peacefully in hospice.  Teresa Maria Gallinaro was born in Italy on 7 January 1928.  She immigrated to the Boston MA area at the age of 3 years with her parents, Giovanni and Maria Gallinaro. She grew up in the Medford, MA area, where...
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Donnie Kenneth Marquess, 85,

Donnie Kenneth Marquess, 85,

Donnie Kenneth Marquess, 85, of Owings passed away January 29, 2024. He was born April 14, 1938, to Lawrence and Nora (Cochran) Marquess. Donnie grew up on the family farm on Skinners Turn Road and graduated from Calvert High School in 1956. After high school Donnie traveled to Nebraska to play for the Superior...
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Joyce Mildred Boswell

Joyce Mildred Boswell

Joyce was born and raised in Richmond, VA until the age of 7. She then moved to Mitchellville and helped on the farm with her mom and new stepdad, William Plotts. She met her husband in the 50’s and they were married shortly after. They had 3 children, Sharon, Ronnie, and Cheryl, and built...
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