Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division have identified and charged a 17-year-old male in connection with an armed robbery case and a carjacking case that both occurred in November 2023 In one case, the suspect approached the occupant of a car on Grouse Place, brandished a firearm, and demanded the car keys. After...
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Billie Rhea Seaton, 73, of Chesapeake Beach passed away December 6, 2023, at home. She was born August 18, 1950 to Wilford Stanley and Mary Sue (Abbott) Seaton. Billie Rhea enjoyed crafting, cooking, food, books, and movies. She loved spending time with her family and taking her nieces and nephews to the movies. She...
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Linda Lee Norris, 74, of Owings, MD passed away December 4, 2023, at her home. She was born on July 12, 1949, in Baltimore, MD to John Alston Andrews and Delores Kaise nee Tucker. Linda grew up in Federalsburg, MD where she attended elementary school, and attended junior high school in the Fort McHenry...
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On December 3, 2023 Betty Fotheringham Darcey of Solomons, MD, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully at the age of 95. She was an avid sailor, gardener, pet parent, and reader. Betty enjoyed teaching high school in Montgomery County. In retirement, she was an active member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary...
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John Francis Grim, 73, of Chesapeake Beach, passed away on December 1, 2023. He was born on June 5, 1950 in Washington, D.C. to Joseph Michael and Margaret Katherine Henrietta (Himmelberg) Grim. John was raised in Washington D.C. and attended McNamara high school for two years then graduated from Potomac Senior High School. He...
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Garrie L. Shope, Jr. of Owings passed away peacefully with family by his side on December 1st at the age of 76. Garrie was born on November 19th, 1947 in Washington, D.C. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1969 and served in the 82nd Airborne Division until 1971 earning a National Defense Service Medal, a...
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November 30th, 2023, Mrs. Fay Marie Fratz, age 90 of Lusby, MD, passed away peacefully at home with loving family and pets by her side. Fay was born October 4th, 1933 in Putnam, CT to Ernest E. O’Connor & Lucie Clark. She would meet her husband, Ernest Fratz, a deep sea Navy diver, during...
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Mary Jane Ritter, 85, passed away November 30, 2023 with her family by her side. She was born October 5, 1938 in Canastota, NY to Giacomo and Angeline (Tornatore) Mazzoli. Mary Jane loved gardening, flowers and birds, especially Hummingbirds and Cardinals. Most of all, she loved being with her family, especially her grand and...
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Rose M. (Abbasciano) Regan of North Beach, MD, and formerly of Mashpee, MA, passed away peacefully on November 29, 2023. Rose was born in Boston, MA, on October 17, 1952, to the late Vito J. Abbasciano and Eleanor T. (Hutchinson) Abbasciano. She married her high school sweetheart, the late James T. Regan, in 1975....
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Freda Elizabeth Scruggs, 76, of Laurel, DE passed away November 28, 2023. She was born September 4, 1947 in Prince George’s County to James Herman and Dorothy Lee (Nation) Buckler. She was the owner and operator of an HVAC company and also wrote the book, The Dirty Little Worm. She loved going to the...
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Henry Morgan Haase, 41, of Prince Frederick, MD passed away November 28, 2023 at his residence. He was born December 28, 1981 in Sharon, PA to Diane E. (Metz) and Henry Howard Haase. He worked many jobs throughout his short life including mechanic, masonry, construction, remodeling, plumbing and upholstery work. He was known to...
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Stephen Lyle Back, 81, of Great Mills, MD (formerly of Centerville, OH and Largo, FL) passed away November 28, 2023 at MedStar St. St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on January 21, 1942 in Ohio to the late Ellis Lyle Back and Mary Frances Morgan Back. Stephen is a 1959...
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Our sister, Rosan Daos Lara, 60, of Lexington Park, MD, went into the arms of the Lord in the early morning of November 30, 2023, after a long illness. Rosan, known as “Sonny” by her friends and family, and “Sassy” by her nephews and nieces, was born in Botolan, Zambales, Philippines. She is the...
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Liga Ingrid Raumann, 90, of California, MD passed away on November 28, 2023 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. She was born on July 24, 1933 in Cesis, Latvia to the late Janis Rozens and Marta Slaidins. In November 1959, she married her beloved husband, Nicholas Alfred Raumann. Together they celebrated over...
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Roy Burks Dooley, 92, of Leonardtown, MD passed away peacefully on November 24, 2023, at Taylor Farms Assisted Living in Bushwood, MD. He was born on August 20, 1931 in Goode, Virginia to the late William Hilton Dooley and Anne Odell Robertson Dooley. Roy grew up in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains farm country...
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Stephen “Steve” Edgar Bonnin was born on August 21, 1967, in Silver Spring, Maryland. He passed away on December 5, 2023, peacefully at home with his loved ones by his side. Steve lived a life marked by his unwavering kindness, resilience, and a profound love for family and friends. In Steve’s early years, he...
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Kevin Michael Thompson, 33, of Brandywine, MD, passed away unexpectedly from a motorcycle accident on November 24, 2023, in Waldorf, MD. Born on July 15, 1990, he was the eldest son of Michael and Donna Thompson. After graduating from Gwynn Park High School in 2009, Kevin pursued a career as a Journeyman Ironworker with...
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Robert Stanley “Bobby” Johnson, Sr., 88, of Hollywood, Maryland, passed away on November 24, 2023 at Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland. A life long resident of St. Mary’s County, Bobby was born May 21, 1935 in Morganza, Maryland to the late John Norman Johnson and Queenie Mae Bowles Johnson. Bobby married the...
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Mary Ruth Bradburn Dillow, 87, of Lexington Park, Maryland passed away suddenly November 26, 2023 at her residence. A lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, Mary was born in Dameron, Maryland on July 23, 1936 to the late Josephine Spencer Bradburn and Ruth Madeline Trossbach. Mary was a 1954 graduate of St. Michael’s Catholic...
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Adam Michael Dunaway, 36 of Brandywine, MD went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 24, 2023. Adam was born in Meridian, MS on October 13, 1987. He graduated from Thomas Stone High School in 2006. He worked as an electrician for Power Solutions and was just recently inducted into IBEW...
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With profound sadness and cherished memories, we announce the passing of John William Mountjoy, Jr., age 63, who passed away on November 14, 2023. John’s final days were spent surrounded by his loving family at his Hollywood, MD home, showcasing the same courage that was an inspiration to other cancer patients whom he met...
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Janice Mae “Jay” McCleaf, 85, of Leonardtown, Maryland passed away November 29, 2023 in Solomons, Maryland surrounded by her loving family. Born on February 9, 1938 in Federick, Maryland, she was the cherished daughter of the late Robert Bailey and Pearl Culler Bailey. Jay’s life work included teaching before obtaining her Registered Nursing Degree...
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Phyllis Regina Richards Grimes, 75, of White Plains, Maryland, died peacefully on November 25, 2023, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in La Plata, Maryland, on September 29, 1948, to the late Philip Warren Richards and Hazel Berry (Willett) Richards. She was raised at Pleasant Fields, the family farm, in...
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George Lee Wight Sr, at 80 passed away on November 22, 2023, in Leonardtown, Maryland. George was born on September 4, 1943, to the parents of the late Judge Wright and Dobia Dominion Wright. He grew up in a loving home. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and studied pre-engineering at Norfolk...
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On Sunday, December 3, 2023, at approximately 8:10 p.m., police, fire and emergency medical personnel responded to the intersection of Muskrat Court and Hampshire Circle in Waldorf, for the unknown medical problems. The 911 caller reported an unknown aged male was unconscious in the driver seat of a black Cadillac which was parked in...
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