On Monday December 24,2018 Deputy First Class Steinbach was working his secondary employment assignment at the California Walmart when he was alerted by an employee of a shoplifter. Evelyn Dean, 47 of Ridge, was seen trying to conceal merchandise inside a backpack that she had taken from the store. Dean had removed the tags...
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On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at approximately 3:20 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of North Essex Drive and Saratoga Drive, in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a scooter. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle had been struck by a scooter. The operator...
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On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at approximately 10:00 p.m., police responded to the area of Colton Point Road, and Oakley Road for a motor vehicle accident. Police arrived on scene to find a single vehicle, a Chevrolet pick-up truck had struck a guardrail and the driver had fled the scene after being picked up...
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On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at approximately 10:25 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Billingsley Road and St. Patricks Drive, in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving hazardous materials. Crews arrived on scene to find a single cement truck overturned with the single occupant out of the vehicle and uninjured....
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A crash this morning in Montgomery County highlights the importance of motorists adhering to the state’s “Move Over” law. On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at approximately 6:15 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack stopped a suspected impaired driver on Interstate 270 North prior to Shady Grove Road. Four troopers were on the...
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On Friday, December 28, 2018, Trooper T. Howard from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack attempted a traffic stop in the area of Pacific Drive, in Lexington Park, when the suspect crashed the vehicle and fled on foot. After a brief foot pursuit the operator was apprehended. A strong odor of marijuana was emitting...
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Carol Lynn Cogar, 63, of Hollywood passed away on December 27, 2018. Carol was born to the late Richard Charles Miller and Norma Jeanette Miller in Allentown Pennsylvania on February 19, 1955. Carol spent her early years traveling from Base to Base with her family as a “Military Brat”. She would eventually come to...
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On Thursday December 20, 2018, at approximately 9:20 a.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a green Honda Accord in the area of Westbury Blvd on Pegg Road, in Lexington Park. The driver, later identified as De Aundre Tyrique Keys, 21 of Lexington Park, stopped...
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On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at approximately 12:40 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Sunnyside Road, and Bacon Road in Loveville, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree, with the vehicles engine compartment on fire. The single...
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Susan Elizabeth Carroll, age 52 of La Plata, Maryland, passed away on December 28, 2018 after a brave battle with Alzheimer’s. Born on Halloween, October 31, 1966 in Alexandria, Virginia, the daughter of John (Bob) and the late Ellen S. Carroll of La Plata, Maryland, she attended F. B. Gwynn Education Center and graduated...
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Thomas Everett Coombs, 83 of Pomfret, Maryland, died December 24, 2018. Thomas was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a life-long member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pomfret, Maryland. He was also a life-long carpenter and handyman at Baldus Real Estate. He loved to hunt, fish, crab, and garden and was a...
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Carlton “Carl” Richard Yowell, age 71 of La Plata, Maryland, died December 22, 2018 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland. Carl was the firstborn son of Carlton Traveris Yowell and Emily Ramona O’Lare Yowell Clancy. Growing up, he was a hard-working and adventurous young man who fiercely...
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Lillian Joanne Frazier Holley Beamon (affectionately known as “Joanne”) of Scotland, Md departed this earthly life on December 25, 2018 in Leonardtown, Maryland. She was born on March 19, 1945 in Scotland, Md. She was the daughter of the late Ida Holley and Dennis Langley. Joanne graduated from George Washington Carver High School, Cortes...
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Kevin Joseph Michael, PhD, 53, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on December 26, 2018. Kevin was born on March 9, 1965 in Lanham, MD to the late William Frederick Michael and Margaret Mary Weir Michael. Kevin worked as an Engineer for the Census Bureau. He loved seafood, was an award-winning chili chef and was...
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Theodore Robert Skrabacz, 86, of Lexington Park, MD passed away December 24, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 29, 1932 in East St. Louis, IL to the late Walter and Mary Rodak Skrabacz. In 1953 Theodore enlisted in the United States Navy then transferred to the...
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William “Gary” Robrecht, 74, of Piney Point, MD formerly of St. George Island, MD passed away on December 28, 2018 in LaPlata, MD. Born on June 30, 1944 in Washington, DC he was the son of the late Laura Josephine Robrecht. Gary was the loving husband of Mary Jean Robrecht whom he married on...
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Barbara May “Barb” Baumgartner, 89 of Lexington Park, MD formerly of Topsham, Maine, passed away on December 28, 2018 in Lexington Park, MD. Born February 17, 1929 in Lewiston, ME, she was the daughter of the late Sara and Perly Gowell. Barb was the loving wife of the late Henry “Pete” Baumgartner whom she...
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Agnes Imogene Summers, 65, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on December 24, 2018 at her home. She was born on December 6, 1953 in Leonardtown, MD and was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Victoria Quade Morgan and John Mitchell Morgan, Sr. Agnes was the loving wife of George Edward Summers. She is survived...
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On December 22, 2018, Myrtle Cecelia Lyles Pinkney grasped her heavenly father’s hand and went on home to glory. Cecelia (her preferred name) was born in Bryantown, MD to Theodore and Irene Watson Lyles on February 10, 1928. She grew up and attended school in Charles County. Cecelia married Wesley Pinkney on March 7,...
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Margaret Elizabeth Kelly, 75 of Park Hall, MD, entered into eternal rest on December 30, 2018. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, January 5, 2019 for visitation at 10 am until time of service at 11 am at Park Hall True Holiness Church, 47690 Park Hall Road, Park Hall, MD 20667. Interment to...
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Peacefully on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Robert Adams Jr. departed this earthly life. Family and friends will unite on Friday, January 4, 2018 from 10:00 am until time of service at 11:00 am. at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 2294 Old Washington Rd Waldorf, MD. Interment is private.
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On Monday, December 31, 2018 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Medic 1 from the St. Mary’s County Advanced Life Support unit, called in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Piney Point Road and Point Lookout Road with one subject trapped. Police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene and found two vehicles in...
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On Saturday December 22, 2018 Deputies responded to a report of a traffic complaint in the area of Loveville Road. Police were advised that the vehicle was a green Nissan Altima that was heading Northbound on route 235. A vehicle matching the description was located and a traffic stop was initiated at the Charlotte...
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