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Waldorf Man Arrested for Arson After Lighting His Mothers House on Fire

Waldorf Man Arrested for Arson After Lighting His Mothers House on Fire

On Friday, May 3, 2019., The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Charles County Sheriff’s Office arrested Quintin Rene Palmore, 20, of Waldorf, in connection to a small fire that took place on Thursday night. Palmore’s mother, Renee Speight, contacted authorities after he proceeded to ignite her living room on fire using...
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No Injuries Reported After Rollover Crash in Lexington Park

No Injuries Reported After Rollover Crash in Lexington Park

On Saturday, April 20, 2019, at approximately 8:05 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident with one vehicle overturned, with subjects trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find one vehicle in the roadway with the other...
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State Police Arrest Prince Frederick Man After Brandishing a Handgun at a Motor Vehicle Accident

State Police Arrest Prince Frederick Man After Brandishing a Handgun at a Motor Vehicle Accident

On Thursday, May 2, 2019, the Troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack received a call from a concerned citizen advising they observed a two-vehicle collision in the roadway in the area of southbound Capital Beltway at Saint Barnabas Road, in Oxon Hill. A second caller advised one of the parties involved in...
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LOCATED – Calvert County – Female Juvenile

LOCATED – Calvert County – Female Juvenile

Thank you to all of our followers and the surrounding communities for sharing this. R’Mari has been located and has been returned home safely! Thank you! ____________ The Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack issued an alert for a missing female Juvenile (Runaway): R’Mari Rosario Baxter was last seen May 2, 2019, on Butler...
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Man with BB Gun Puts Benjamin Stoddert Middle School on Lock Down and Leads to Arrest of Waldorf Man

Man with BB Gun Puts Benjamin Stoddert Middle School on Lock Down and Leads to Arrest of Waldorf Man

On Thursday, May 2, 29019, at approximately 1:40 p.m., Charles County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer Cpl. S. Cook received a report of a man in a wheelchair with what appeared to be a gun in the vicinity of Benjamin Stoddert Middle School. The school was immediately placed in a “shelter-in-place,” meaning no one...
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Maryland State Police Prepare For Increased Patrols For Cinco De Mayo

Maryland State Police Prepare For Increased Patrols For Cinco De Mayo

As Cinco de Mayo approaches on Sunday, Maryland State Police are urging those who plan to celebrate with alcohol to be safe and smart and avoid impaired and distracted driving. With an increase in impaired drivers expected throughout the state this weekend, state police will be conducting saturation patrols at each of the 23...
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Annual Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association Parade to be Held this Sunday in Ridge

Annual Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association Parade to be Held this Sunday in Ridge

The Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association will be holding its annual Firemen’s parade on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in downtown Ridge. The parade starts at 1 pm rain or shine and will travel along Route 5 from the Ridge firehouse (13820 Point Lookout Road, Ridge, MD) south past the Carnival grounds. There will be...
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UPDATE: Police Say Drunk Driving a Factor in Wrong Way Collision that Killed a 47-Year-Old Silver Spring Man in Hughesville

UPDATE: Police Say Drunk Driving a Factor in Wrong Way Collision that Killed a 47-Year-Old Silver Spring Man in Hughesville

UPDATE: On Thursday, May 02, 2019, at approximately 1:52 a.m., the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles on northbound Maryland Route 5 in the area of Huckleberry Drive in Hughesville. A preliminary investigation conducted...
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Student Arrested for Armed Robbery That Occurred at North Point High School During School Hours

Student Arrested for Armed Robbery That Occurred at North Point High School During School Hours

On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at 7:45 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office arrested Lovelle Caleb Cannaday, 17, of Waldorf, in connection with a robbery that occurred inside North Point High School. On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, during lunchtime, the victim was in a main hallway with several students when the suspect...
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Walter Homer Sater, Jr., 73

Walter Homer Sater, Jr., 73

Walter Homer Sater, Jr., 73, formerly of Martinsburg, WV, passed away on April 27, 2019 in Prince Frederick, MD. He was born February 26, 1946 in Albany, NY to Virginia Mae (McCormick) and Walter Homer Sater, Sr. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and obtained his GED while serving. He...
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Robert T. McLaren

Robert T. McLaren

Robert T. McLaren of Harwood passed away 26 April 2019 in Edgewater. He was born 23 May 1936 in Staten Island, NY. Mr. McLaren graduated from Tottenville High School and as a teenager hitchhiked around the country. He served in the U.S. Army, the Merchant Marines, worked for Consolidated Edison Company and obtained his...
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UPDATE: Suspended Driver with a Toddler in His Car Ticketed for Road Rage Incident Involving a Firetruck

UPDATE: Suspended Driver with a Toddler in His Car Ticketed for Road Rage Incident Involving a Firetruck

UPDATE: Trooper First Class Joseph Rutkoski, from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, ticketed Christopher Tyler, 30, of Lexington Park, for the following: driving a motor vehicle without required license and authorization driving a motor vehicle on a highway or public use property on a suspended out-of-state license negligent driving a vehicle in a...
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Teenager Flown Out After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park

Teenager Flown Out After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at approximately 8:35 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Willows Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on scene to find the single patient on the shoulder of the roadway. A 14-year-old male...
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Neighbor Alerts Homeowner of House Fire in Waldorf

Neighbor Alerts Homeowner of House Fire in Waldorf

On April 30, 2019, at approximately 5:25 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and surrounding departments responded to 11198 Carroll Drive in Waldorf for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a 1-story single family dwelling with fire showing from the roof and attic area. The owner was identified as Dorothy Conner. The...
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Mary Anne (Whitson) Shifflett, 47

Mary Anne (Whitson) Shifflett, 47

Mary Anne (Whitson) Shifflett, 47, of Huntingtown, Maryland passed away quietly at her home on Sunday, April 14, 2019. She was a native of White Plains, Maryland, born August 4, 1971, and a graduating member of the Southern Maryland Christian Academy, Class of 1989. She met her match and married the love of her...
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Michael “Mike” Paramore Darbie, Jr., 55

Michael “Mike” Paramore Darbie, Jr., 55

Michael “Mike” Paramore Darbie, Jr., 55, of Solomon’s Island, MD passed away April 23, 2019. He was born January 7, 1964 in Washington, D.C. to Michael Paramore, Sr. and Linda Anne (Owens) Darbie. Mike graduated from Thomas Stone High School in 1982. Mike was a sales associate at Flooring Max in Leonardtown, MD. Mike...
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George Henry Bliss, III, 81

George Henry Bliss, III, 81

George Henry Bliss, III, 81 of Solomons, MD passed away on April 16, 2019 at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Born September 7, 1937 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late George H. Bliss, Jr. and June (Thomas) Bliss. George graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in 1955...
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Stephen Joseph Hudson, 70

Stephen Joseph Hudson, 70

Stephen Joseph Hudson, 70, of Solomons, formerly of Carroll County Maryland, passed away on April 17th, 2019 at Washington Hospital Center. Born on October 5th, 1948, in Baltimore Maryland, he was the son of Charles Hudson and Josephine Hudson (nee Hodek). Stephen was a devoted husband to JoAnne (nee Bloom) and a loving father...
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James Bernard “Jimmy” Lindon, Jr., 76

James Bernard “Jimmy” Lindon, Jr., 76

James Bernard “Jimmy” Lindon, Jr., 76, of Deale passed away April 28, 2019. He was born February 1, 1943 in Harrisburg, PA to James Bernard Sr., and Marie J. (Dolman) Lindon. Jimmy was raised in Hyattsville and graduated from Northwestern High School. He was employed as a printer for the Printing Union Local 72...
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Elizabeth “Betty” Lankford, 93

Elizabeth “Betty” Lankford, 93

Elizabeth “Betty” Lankford, 93 of Solomons, Maryland passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2019. Betty was born on July 15, 1925 in Diluth, Minnesota to the late Chad and Emily Martin. Betty moved to Solomons, Maryland in 1942, where she met the love of her life Raymond Lankford at the Evans Pier now known...
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Marjorie Hickman Janes, 80

Marjorie Hickman Janes, 80

Marjorie Hickman Janes, 80, of Waldorf, MD died April 23, 2019 surrounded by her family in Waldorf, MD. Marjorie was born on October 11, 1938 in Louisville, KY to the late James F. Hickman and Jessie C. Moskos. She is also predeceased by her son, Mark Janes and 3 grandchildren. Marjorie is survived by...
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Margaret Thelma Harrison, 75

Margaret Thelma Harrison, age 75, of St. Leonard, MD passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Margaret worked as a real estate agent for H.T. Brown. As a pastime, she enjoyed gardening, playing free cell solitaire, going to the Casino, reading and a good glass of wine....
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Kyle Joseph Compton, 23

Kyle Joseph Compton, 23

Kyle Joseph Compton departed this life on April 28, 2019. Kyle was born on November 10, 1995 in Laurel, MD to parents Douglas Compton, Jr. and Tracy Compton. Kyle’s love for trucks, tractors and heavy machinery began as a toddler, repeatedly watching children’s educational videos of farming and excavating. For his 4th birthday party,...
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Dennis Patrick MacQuilliam, 58

Dennis Patrick MacQuilliam, 58

Dennis Patrick MacQuilliam, 58, of Hollywood, MD died on April 29, 2019, died from bladder cancer, surrounded by his family in their home overlooking Cuckold Creek. He was born in Warrenton, VA-the youngest of six siblings, to the late John Joseph and Christine Lee MacQuilliam. Dennis spent his younger years with his best friend,...
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Joseph Aloysius Blackiston, 77

Joseph Aloysius Blackiston, 77

Joseph Aloysius Blackiston, 77 of California, MD, was born on January 7, 1942 to Alice Cecilia Stewart. After a long illness, he departed this life on April 16, 2019. Joseph, affectionately known as “Gator”, attended Banneker School. After high school, Joseph began his employment at United Masonry. Unfortunately, he was severely injured on the...
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