The University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center’s (UM CRMC) Stroke Center recently received a five-year re-designation from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). The institute found that UM CRMC maintains a strong commitment to its treatment of complex stroke patients as well as a robust community education program. “We are...
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UPDATE: On July 9, 2023, at 8:24 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Patrol Bureau responded to report of a serious motor vehicle crash with injuries in the area of MD Rt. 4 and White Sands Drive in Lusby. Upon arrival, deputies determined the one of the operators of the vehicles succumbed to...
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On Sunday, July 9, 2023, police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 9122 Maytide Street and Linden Grove Drive in Waldorf, for the report of a small aircraft down. 911 callers reported a small helicopter conducted a emergency landing and was currently in their backyard. Crews arrived on the scene to...
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In May of 2023, the Anne Arundel County Police Department became aware of multiple sexual allegations against an Anne Arundel County Public School (AACPS) teacher. During the investigation, two students came forward advising Karl Houston Walls, a teacher at Northeast High School, had allegedly been sending sexually explicit text messages and photographs/videos. The suspect...
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A Brooklyn Park man pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Murder and Use of a Handgun in a Crime of Violence on Friday in connection to the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Darius Davon Matthews outside a Glen Burnie liquor store, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced. Gregory Lydell Siscoe, 70, entered the plea in Anne Arundel...
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The Homicide Unit released video of an SUV wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in the city of Seat Pleasant in late May. The victim in this case is 32-year-old Joe Louis Washington of Brandywine. On May 31, 2023, at approximately 8:45 pm, officers with the Seat Pleasant Police Department responded to the...
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A state prison inmate has been indicted by the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Grand Jury in the homicide of a fellow inmate at the Jessup Correctional Institute in Jessup, Maryland earlier this year. The suspect, Daniel Myers, 26, is charged with first-degree murder and related charges. He is in custody at the North...
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The Charles County Department of Health has been alerted by the Maryland Department of the Environment of a sewage spill that occurred in Virginia. This spill may impact the identified portion of the Potomac River (Swan Point to Cobb Point). The Charles County Department of Health has been informed by the Maryland Department of...
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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 Thursday, July 6, 2023, at approximately 9:25 a.m., College Park Volunteer Fire Department Engine 812 was stationary on Leonardtown Road in the area of Forest Knolls Place in Waldorf when it was struck from behind by an SUV. Police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene due to reports of one trapped...
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Ta’vyon Cortaz Wills, 18, of Waldorf, to 10 years in prison for Armed Robbery and Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence. On May 10, 2023,...
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Thelma T. Crandell, 97, a lifelong resident of Lothian, MD passed away July 3, 2023. Thelma was born May 22, 1926 to Josephine (Griffith) and William E. Tucker. She was raised in Lothian and graduated from Southern High School. She married Julius F. “Buzz” Crandell, Jr. on August 9, 1946 and they lived and...
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James Ray McSwain, Sr. ,55, of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away at his home on July 2, 2023. James was born on June 17,1968 in Gastonia, North Carolina. He is preceded in death by his mother Diane Braswell, his step father Jospeh Ramsey, Jr. and step brother Joey Ramsey. James liked meeting new people,...
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William Russell “Rusty” Deale, 46, of Deale passed away June 30, 2023. He was born February 8, 1977, in Prince Frederick to William Tubby and Julia Kathleen (Holmes) Deale. Rusty lived in Calvert County and moved to Deale when he was 10. He graduated from Southern High School. He was employed as a union...
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June Kathleen Whittington, 88, of Dunkirk passed away June 29, 2023. She was born September 24, 1934 to George Meade and Marguerite Kathleen (Myers) Barbehenn. June was preceded in death by her husband Charles Arthur “Arky” Whittington. She is survived by her children Sharon Sauvé and her husband Dave, Deborah Kopack, (late husband Dr....
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Cathy was born in December 1953, in Washington, D.C., the second of five children to George F. and Dorothy V. Kissinger. Her passions in life were being in touch with people and waking up each morning. Cathy had a talent for sending cards; spending hours looking until finding one that spoke to the recipient....
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Linda Jean Maloney, “Breezy”, 74, of Mechanicsville, MD, formerly of Weirton, WV, passed away on July 1, 2023 in Mechanicsville, MD. Born on June 28, 1949 in Steubenville, OH, she was the loving daughter of the late Doris Bertwell and the late William Bertwell. Linda is survived by her sons, Shane Maloney and Chad...
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Lillian Margaret Prettyman, 80, of Leonardtown, MD, formerly of Avenue, MD, passed away on July 1, 2023 in Prince Frederick, MD. Born on April 5, 1943 in Orange, VA, she was the daughter of the late Edna May Jones and the late John William Ellis, Sr. Lillian was the loving wife of the late...
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Noreen Marie Neel, 85 of Solomons, formerly of Piney Point, Maryland died peacefully on June 24, 2023 at The Hermitage at Solomons Assisted Living facility. She was well loved by family, friends, and the Hermitage staff. She was the daughter of the late Irvin A. Buckler and Francis M. Buckler. She is survived by...
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Ronald Enoch Allen Sr., 66 of Charlotte Hall, MD passed away on the 29th of June 2023 in Baltimore, MD, with his loving family by his side. Ron was born August 31, 1956, to Clyde Allen Jr. and Dorothy Hoffman Allen of Accokeek, MD. Ron’s passion was bass fishing and spending time on his...
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Julia Frances Bohle, 86, of Mechanicsville MD, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2023, with her husband and daughter Allison by her side. Born on April 24, 1937, in Mayfield, KY, she was the daughter of the late Solon Williams and Ethlyn Taylor Williams. Julia was the oldest of three children. Julia graduated from...
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Deputy State Fire Marshal’s along with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, responded to Bannister Circle in Waldorf of Charles County for an injured subject due to the detonation of a firework. On July 5, 2023, around 9 pm, a group of friends were gathered setting off fireworks behind a residence when one firework went...
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On July 5, 2023, at 2:41 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 4100 block of Lancaster Circle in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they located a 20-year-old male with a gunshot wound; he was transported to a hospital with injuries that are not life...
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On July 6, 2023, at 12:10 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash in the area of Old Washington Road and Trade Zone Court in Waldorf. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a Chrysler Pacifica was exiting a business and turning onto Old Washington Road when...
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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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