John Melvin “Sonny” Colvin, of Mechanicsville, MD departed this life on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. He was born June 14, 1932 in Catlett, Virginia. He was the son of the late Laura (Cameron) Colvin. Sonny proudly served his country in the United States Navy beginning on October 13, 1950. He met the love of...
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Anthony Franklin Rock, 80, of Mechanicsville, MD departed this life after a courageous battle with cancer on Monday, April 29, 2019. Anthony was born December 3, 1938 in Washington, DC. He was the son of the late Thomas Oscar Rock and the late Rose Grace (Attanasio) Rock. He married Barbara Smith at St. John’s...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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, 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 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: 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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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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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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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 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, 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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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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