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Justice Department Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud

Justice Department Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud

The Department of Justice announced an update today on criminal and civil enforcement efforts to combat COVID-19 related fraud, including schemes targeting the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs. As of today, the Department of Justice has publicly charged 474 defendants with criminal offenses based...
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Suspect Dead, 2 Others Injured After Officer-Involved Shooting at Weigh Station Near Rt. 301/Nice Bridge

Suspect Dead, 2 Others Injured After Officer-Involved Shooting at Weigh Station Near Rt. 301/Nice Bridge

Virginia State Police and Deputies from the King George County Sheriff’s Office responded to a deadly shooting that occurred at a weigh station in King George County. According to police, it occurred at the Dahlgren Weigh Station on Rt. 301 near the Nice Middle Bridge on  Thursday, March 25, 2021, at approximately 11:00 a.m....
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Master Gunnery Sergeant (Retired) Jerry James Gooch

Master Gunnery Sergeant (Retired) Jerry James Gooch

Master Gunnery Sergeant (Retired) Jerry James Gooch passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland. He was born on September 9, 1949, in Camden, New Jersey, to James and Elizabeth Gooch, and was part of a large family. He grew up with his brothers Robert, Daniel, Donald,...
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Sanorm “Toy” DeBok, 80

Sanorm “Toy” DeBok, 80

Sanorm “Toy” DeBok, 80, died unexpectedly March 22, 2021, at her residence in White Plains, Maryland with her husband by her side. She was born August 6, 1940, in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, the daughter of Plian Boongim. In April 1969, she married Phillip C. DeBok, and her husband’s military career took them to postings...
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St. Mary’s County Commission for Women Honor 2021 Woman of the Year and Tomorrow’s Woman

St. Mary’s County Commission for Women Honor 2021 Woman of the Year and Tomorrow’s Woman

The St. Mary’s County Commission for Women was pleased to honor the 2021 Woman of the Year and Tomorrow’s Woman during the Virtual Women’s History Symposium – Valiant Women of the Vote. Debra Faller was named Woman of the Year for her work with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Her motto is: No child sleeps...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Joins FBI’s Data Collections Standard Through National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Joins FBI’s Data Collections Standard Through National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

In accordance with mandatory federal data collection standards, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, along with police departments across the country, has begun implementing the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). With a mandatory start date of January 1, 2021, law enforcement agencies, nationwide, began transitioning from the Summary Reporting System (SRS) under the Unified...
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Calvert County Lawyer who Stole $40,000 Sentenced in Felony Theft Case

Calvert County Lawyer who Stole $40,000 Sentenced in Felony Theft Case

Craig Langrall, 41, of Tracys Landing, was sentenced on March 12, 2021, to 10 years’ incarceration, with all but 6 months suspended, for the crime of Felony Theft over $25,000. Judge Mark S. Chandlee also required Langrall to complete 5 years of probation. Langrall was a practicing attorney in Calvert County when he was...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Lexington Park Drug Dealer After Search Warrant

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Lexington Park Drug Dealer After Search Warrant

On March 12, 2021, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division, with assistance from the Emergency Services Team (EST), and Vice Narcotics Support Team executed a search and seizure warrant in the 21600 block of Liberty Street in Lexington Park. On March 12, 2021, detectives from the St. Mary’s County...
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Police Investigating Death of Woman at Lexington Park Motel

Police Investigating Death of Woman at Lexington Park Motel

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at approximately 12:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Motel 6 located at 21847 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported subject not breathing. Crews arrived on the scene to find a female in her twenties in a motel room and pronounced the her...
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Suspect Who Shot at Officers Taken Into Custody

Suspect Who Shot at Officers Taken Into Custody

UPDATE 3/24/2021: The Prince George’s County Police Department identified and arrested the man who recently shot at officers in Temple Hills. He is 29-year-old Roy Alonzo Fowler of no fixed address. On March 10, 2021, at approximately 10:10 pm, officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a driver in the 3400 block of...
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Most Wanted Escapees for St. Mary’s County

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of the following Subjects.
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Rachel Ann Boutaugh

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Rachel Ann Boutaugh

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Rachel Ann Boutaugh. Boutaugh is wanted for Theft Scheme. Anyone with information in regards to Boutaugh, is asked to please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at (410) 535-2800 and/or DFC Chip Ward at (443) 532-0603 or Sgt. Phillip Foote at (443) 624-7137.
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Man Stabbed Multiple Times in Lexington Park

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Man Stabbed Multiple Times in Lexington Park

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at 1:50 a.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the area of Eric Road and Marshall Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported stabbing. First Responders arrived on the scene to find a 29-year-old male with multiple stab wounds to the upper body, he was reportedly conscious, alert...
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Charles County Speed Camera Program Week of March 23, to April 1, 2021

Charles County Speed Camera Program Week of March 23, to April 1, 2021

The Speed Camera Program will operate at schools that are open and or for those dispensing meals and educational supplies for our students. Please drive responsibly, especially when traveling in the area of these schools. Speed cameras are at the following locations for the week of Tuesday, March 23, 2021, to Monday, April 1,...
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No Injuries Reported After Single Vehicle Rollover in Lexington Park

No Injuries Reported After Single Vehicle Rollover in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at approximately 11:15 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Mattapany Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and overturned...
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Cherry Hill Park Celebrates 100 Years of Camping

Cherry Hill Park Celebrates 100 Years of Camping

This year, Cherry Hill Park, a top-rated campground serving the Washington, DC, region, is celebrating 100 years of camping and 5 generations of family ownership with special offers, activities, events, gifts, and more. In 1921, Jacob & Rose Gurevich founded Cherry Hill Poultry Farm, where the family’s first campers set up tents behind the...
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Calvert Hospice Joins National Program Dedicated to Improving Care Quality

Calvert Hospice Joins National Program Dedicated to Improving Care Quality

Calvert Hospice has enrolled in Quality Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Quality Connections is a new program designed to enhance the knowledge base, skills, and competency of hospice and palliative care providers through new tools and opportunities for engagement and interaction with other providers. Calvert Hospice is...
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Maryland Enters Phase 2A of Vaccine Distribution Plan, Hogan Announces Six More Mass Vaccination Sites In Maryland

Maryland Enters Phase 2A of Vaccine Distribution Plan, Hogan Announces Six More Mass Vaccination Sites In Maryland

UPDATE: Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland will open six more mass vaccination sites beginning in early April, doubling the number to 12 as the state prepares for a significant increase in vaccine supply from the federal government. “We have over 2,500 points of distribution and will grow by hundreds more...
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Historic St. Mary’s City Archaeologist Discovers Location Of 1634 St. Mary’s Fort, Maryland’s Original English Settlement, and the Fourth Oldest English Colony in North America

Historic St. Mary’s City Archaeologist Discovers Location Of 1634 St. Mary’s Fort, Maryland’s Original English Settlement, and the Fourth Oldest English Colony in North America

Historic St. Mary’s City announces that Dr. Travis Parno, Director of Research and Collections for Historic St. Mary’s City and his team have located the site of the original St. Mary’s Fort, the 1634 palisaded fort erected by the first wave of European settlers who founded Maryland. The site, which spans an area approximately...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Highlights Two Employees for Women’s History Month

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Highlights Two Employees for Women’s History Month

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating Women’s History Month by highlighting two trailblazing women who serve our community. Major Deborah Diedrich: Major Diedrich began her career with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office as a correctional officer in 1988. Diedrich was promoted to Major in March of 2017. Major Diedrich is the...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Erin Neveal Stokes, 29, Wanted for Escape

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Erin Neveal Stokes, 29, Wanted for Escape

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Erin Neveal Stokes, age 29 of Lexington Park. Stokes is currently wanted for the charge of escape for violating the conditions of a pretrial program. Stokes was originally charged with burglary and theft. Stokes is 5’6” and weighs 150 pounds and has brown...
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2021 Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants Total $312,500

2021 Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants Total $312,500

The State of Maryland and the Forever Maryland Foundation are proud to announce that 91 Keep Maryland Beautiful grants totaling $312,500 have been awarded toward environmental education, community cleanup, and beautification projects through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program. These annual grants are funded by Maryland Environmental Trust, a unit of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR); the Forever Maryland Foundation; the Maryland Department of Housing...
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Federal Law Requiring Boats to Have Engine Cut-Off Switches Go in Effect Starting Thursday, April 1, 2021

Federal Law Requiring Boats to Have Engine Cut-Off Switches Go in Effect Starting Thursday, April 1, 2021

On April 1, 2021 a new federal law goes into effect that requires the operator of a boat with an installed Engine Cut-Off Switch (ECOS) to use the ECOS link. The link is usually a coiled bungee cord lanyard clipped onto the operator’s person, Personal Floatation Device (PFD) or clothing and the other end...
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UPDATE: Police Arrest Man They Say Killed 28-Year-Old St. Mary’s County Man at Gold Mine Saloon in Waldorf

UPDATE: Police Arrest Man They Say Killed 28-Year-Old St. Mary’s County Man at Gold Mine Saloon in Waldorf

UPDATE 3/22/2021: Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have identified the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of Tre Thomas Wilburn, 28, who was shot and killed during an altercation on March 11 in the parking lot of the Gold Mine Saloon in Waldorf. Through investigation, Maurice Alexander...
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UPDATE: Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Multiple Robberies in Charles County; Co-Defendants Also Sentenced

UPDATE: Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Multiple Robberies in Charles County; Co-Defendants Also Sentenced

UPDATE: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, March 18, 2021, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Quintel Tyriq Lancaster, 21 of Indian Head, to 18 years in prison for five counts of Robbery, four counts of Attempted Robbery, and three counts of Wear/Carry and Transport...
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