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UPDATE: Former Law Enforcement Officer Sentenced to 3-Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

UPDATE: Former Law Enforcement Officer Sentenced to 3-Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

UPDATE 3/30/2022: U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Anthony Michael Mileo, age 56, of Huntingtown, Maryland, to three years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography.  At the time of his indictment in January 2020, Mileo was a Corporal with the Maryland National Capital Park Police Department...
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Four Firefighters Rescued After Fireboat Capsizes During Training in Chesapeake Bay, No Injuries Reported

Four Firefighters Rescued After Fireboat Capsizes During Training in Chesapeake Bay, No Injuries Reported

On Monday, March 25, 2022, at approximately 3:00 p.m., while in the Chesapeake Bay near Gibson Island, Fireboat 19 advised their boat was taking on water and requested assistance. Anne Arundel County Firefighters from Cape St. Claire were conducting marine operations training on the Chesapeake Bay (near Gibson Island) on Tuesday afternoon. Anne Arundel...
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North Carolina Woman and Prince Frederick Man Convicted at Trial of Federal Tax Fraud Scheme

North Carolina Woman and Prince Frederick Man Convicted at Trial of Federal Tax Fraud Scheme

A federal jury convicted Sandra Denise Curl of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Percy Leroy Jacobs of Prince Frederick, Maryland, for conspiring to defraud the United States, helping file false tax returns, and theft of government funds. The convictions were announced by U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Acting Deputy...
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Calvert Man Sentenced to 3 Years and 6 Months for Felony Animal Cruelty and Dogfighting

Calvert Man Sentenced to 3 Years and 6 Months for Felony Animal Cruelty and Dogfighting

UPDATE 3/30/2022: Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey is pleased to announce that law enforcement has taken down a major dogfighting ring operating in Southern Maryland. Rodney Carlton Rance, 53, of Lusby, was sentenced on March 28, 2022 to 3 years and 6 months of active imprisonment to be served at the Department of...
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Anne Arundel Man Sentenced to 18-Years for Sexual Abuse of Niece

Anne Arundel Man Sentenced to 18-Years for Sexual Abuse of Niece

Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced that Dennis Moreno, 55, of Norwalk, Calif. entered an Alford plea to one count of sex abuse of a minor and was sentenced to 18 years of active incarceration on March 24, 2022. “It’s beyond devastating that a child’s great uncle would not only abuse...
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UPDATE: Two Southern Maryland Men Sentenced for Involvement in Dog Fighting Operation

UPDATE: Two Southern Maryland Men Sentenced for Involvement in Dog Fighting Operation

UPDATE 3/30/2022: Rodney Carlton Rance, 53, of Lusby, was sentenced on March 28, 2022 to 3 years and 6 months of active imprisonment to be served at the Department of Corrections for 14 counts of felony dogfighting. Rance was also ordered to pay $84,056 in restitution to Calvert County Animal Control. Following his release, Rance...
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Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Dirt Bike That Killed 18-Year-Old

Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Dirt Bike That Killed 18-Year-Old

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that took place Friday evening involving a dirt bike and an SUV. The dirt bike operator, 18-year-old Peter Joven of Capitol Heights, died of his injuries the next day. On Friday, March 25, 2022, at approximately 6:20 p.m., officers responded to Pennsylvania Avenue...
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State Fire Marshal Investigating 2-Alarm Structure Fire in Owings

State Fire Marshal Investigating 2-Alarm Structure Fire in Owings

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at approximately 10:20 p.m., firefighters from North Beach, Prince Frederick, Dunkirk, St. Leonard, Huntingtown, and surrounding departments responded to 140 West Mt. Harmony Road in Owings, for the reported building on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a commercial building with multiple exposures including...
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Hoyer, Cardin, Van Hollen Announce More Than $1.2 Million to Early Childhood Education Programs in St. Mary’s County

Hoyer, Cardin, Van Hollen Announce More Than $1.2 Million to Early Childhood Education Programs in St. Mary’s County

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced $1,277,001 in federal funding for the St. Mary’s County Board of Education’s Head Start programs to expand early learning, development, health services, and family well-being. “After a pandemic that has set our school systems and our students back,...
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Governor Hogan, President Ferguson, Speaker Jones Announce Bipartisan Tax Relief Agreement

Governor Hogan, President Ferguson, Speaker Jones Announce Bipartisan Tax Relief Agreement

Governor Larry Hogan, Senate President Bill Ferguson, and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones announced that they have reached a historic bipartisan agreement to provide $1.86 billion in tax relief over five years for Maryland retirees, small businesses, and low-income families. Combined with the recently-enacted gas tax suspension, this legislative session will deliver nearly $2 billion...
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Patrol Officers Apprehend Burglary Suspects in White Plains

Patrol Officers Apprehend Burglary Suspects in White Plains

On March 27,2022, at 3:45 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 8500 block of Kingsway Drive in White Plains for the report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, officers observed the suspects exiting the house and fleeing on foot, and three suspects were apprehended. Officers observed the glass...
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One Transported to Hospital After Suspected Impaired Driver Strikes Utility Pole in California, Police Investigating

One Transported to Hospital After Suspected Impaired Driver Strikes Utility Pole in California, Police Investigating

On Monday, March 28, 2022, at approximately 6:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Old Rolling Road in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with live power lines on a vehicle with one occupant trapped. SMECO was requested to expedite a response to...
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Ribbon Cutting Planned for New North County Farmers Market Opening in St. Mary’s County

Ribbon Cutting Planned for New North County Farmers Market Opening in St. Mary’s County

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County will host a Ribbon Cutting Event at the new North County Farmers Market located at 29133 Thompson Corner Road, Mechanicsville, at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The new complex located on 15 acres along Thompson’s Corner Road includes a 5,100-sq-ft Seasonal Market building with 14 vendor...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Package Theft Suspect in Lusby

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Package Theft Suspect in Lusby

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is looking to identify the male subject in these photos in reference to a package being removed from a residence in Lusby, MD. Anyone with information is asked to contact DFC. Wilder at [email protected]. Please refer to case 22-16077.
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Mother and Daughter Serving in the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office Together

Mother and Daughter Serving in the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office Together

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office continues to celebrate Women’s History Month in March. Meet Corrections Corporal Dannette Barrow and her daughter Andrea Barrow, who is currently a cadet with the agency. Cpl. Barrow joined the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office in 2011, relocating here with her family from Maine. Coming from a military family,...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Two Subjects Wanted for Failure to Register as Sex Offender

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Two Subjects Wanted for Failure to Register as Sex Offender

The St. Mary’s County Office of the Sheriff is seeking the whereabouts of two individuals, both wanted on warrants for Sex Offender Registry violations. Israel Holmes, age 22 of Great Mills, is wanted for Failure to Register as Sex Offender and Violation of Probation. Frank James Fenwick, age 46 of no fixed address, is...
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St. Mary’s County Health Department COVID-19 Testing Operations Change

St. Mary’s County Health Department COVID-19 Testing Operations Change

The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) is announcing changes to the days and hours of operation at the SMCHD COVID-19 testing sites. Effective April 1, 2022, COVID-19 testing will be available for community members at the:  Behavioral Health Hub at 21625 Great Mills Rd in Lexington Park Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m....
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IRS-CI Releases Latest COVID-Related Fraud Investigational Statistics Ahead of CARES Act Anniversary

IRS-CI Releases Latest COVID-Related Fraud Investigational Statistics Ahead of CARES Act Anniversary

The IRS-Criminal Investigation Washington, D.C. Field Office investigated 84 of the agency’s more than 660 tax and money laundering cases related to alleged COVID fraud, totaling $1.8 billion since the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law nearly two years ago. These cases involved a broad range of criminal...
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Governor Hogan Commemorates Maryland Day in Historic St. Mary’s City

Governor Hogan Commemorates Maryland Day in Historic St. Mary’s City

Governor Larry Hogan today joined federal, state, and local elected officials for the Maryland Day Weekend celebration in Historic St. Mary’s City, which was the site of Maryland’s first capital. During the event, the governor was presented with the Cross Bottony award—the museum’s highest honor—for his many years of support for Historic St. Mary’s...
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Calvert County Detectives Seeking Identity of Counterfeit Suspect

Calvert County Detectives Seeking Identity of Counterfeit Suspect

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a passing of counterfeit money that occurred on Wednesday, March 23, and Thursday, March 24, 2022, at two 7-Eleven locations in Calvert County. ▪️ 3855 Old Town Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639 ▪️ 15 N Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 The suspect pictured below passed...
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NAS Patuxent River Sets Noise Advisory for Webster Field March 28, to March 30, 2022

NAS Patuxent River Sets Noise Advisory for Webster Field March 28, to March 30, 2022

Communities surrounding the NAS Patuxent River and Webster Field airfields are advised that helicopter nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place March 28 and March 30, 2022 from 6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing activities on the community. For...
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Governor Hogan Announces $291.7 Million Supplemental Budget With Health Care and Disability Services Provider Rate Increases, Support For Child Care Providers and Facilities

Governor Hogan Announces $291.7 Million Supplemental Budget With Health Care and Disability Services Provider Rate Increases, Support For Child Care Providers and Facilities

Governor Larry Hogan submitted a $291.7 million supplemental budget to the General Assembly with substantial provider rate increases for health care and disability services providers, and additional resources to support child care providers and facilities. “Every day, we are inspired by the commitment of our health care and child care providers, and these investments will...
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Historic Sotterley Holding Two Day Common Ground: Passage to Strength and Change Symposium

Historic Sotterley Holding Two Day Common Ground: Passage to Strength and Change Symposium

On Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, 2022, Historic Sotterley will hold two days of on-site programming, entitled Common Ground: Passage to Strength and Change. This symposium will feature a roundtable with some of Sotterley’s diverse descendants, a living history performance, a study of genealogy to discover unknown relatives and ancestors using DNA,...
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26th Annual Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge, Nearly $3 Million Raised So Far!

26th Annual Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge, Nearly $3 Million Raised So Far!

The Polar Bear Plunge is part of Maryland’s history. For the past 25 years, thousands of plungers have jumped into the icy waters of the Chesapeake Bay all in support of Special Olympics Maryland. Your dedication to our 6,102 athletes is impactful and has created countless inclusion experiences across the state of Maryland. Help...
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PHOTOS: Governor Hogan and First Lady Visit Local Businesses in Calvert and St. Mary’s County

PHOTOS: Governor Hogan and First Lady Visit Local Businesses in Calvert and St. Mary’s County

Governor Larry Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan made several stops at local businesses throughout Calvert and St. Mary’s County on Friday, March 25, 2022, as part of a two-day swing through Southern Maryland in celebration of Maryland Day. Calvert County Public Library. Governor Hogan and the First Lady toured the Calvert County Public...
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