Every Friday evening, “Mega Money Mama” purchases Maryland Lottery tickets for her favorite games, including Mega Millions. She almost didn’t stop for tickets on June 15 but made the wise decision to swing by Grinders Liquors in Marbury and stick with her game-playing routine. That was a $1 million decision! The next morning, the Indian Head...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Calvert County Parks and Recreation have produced a new water trails map and guide for county waterways and public water access sites. “The development of these paddling routes expands the statewide network of water trails to almost 800 miles, and adds to the number and variety of water trail guides for Southern Maryland,” Maryland...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the community’s assistance in providing the identities of multiple individuals in several recent thefts. On Sunday at 8:50 a.m., June 24, 2018, two suspects took a Troy-Bilt curved-shaft grass trimmer, model TB635EC from the Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Worth Avenue in California. Anyone with information...
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On Friday, June 22, 2018, Cpl. Daniel Snyder of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 22000 block of Iverson Drive in California to assist the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office in a warrant service. While in the dwelling, Snyder observed a bag of hypodermic needles, a smoking device, a metal spoon with...
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On June 22, 2018, at approximately 2:15 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2700 block of Marlette Place in Waldorf for a possible death investigation after a witness told officers the suspect may have killed his roommate. When officers arrived, they found the body of an adult male; he...
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Jerry and Son Carry Out located at 21692 Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park has been burglarized four times since May 21, 2018. The three most recent burglaries occurred on June 15th, June 18th and again on June 25th. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the robberies and anyone with information should...
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UPDATE 6/26/2018: Vape Jungle was burglarized again on approximately 11:55 p.m., on Monday June 25, 2018. This is the second burglary in less than 24 hours. Video from the first burglary can be seen below. On Monday night the front window was smashed out and property damaged and items stolen. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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During the week of June 24, to June 30, 2018, automated speed enforcement cameras will be activated in the following school zones: Leonardtown Rd. at Thomas Stone High School Indian Head Hwy. at Smallwood Middle School Piney Church Rd. at St. Charles High School Marshall Corner Rd. at James Craik Elementary School Cameras are...
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On Sunday, June 24, 2018, at approximately 5:30 p.m., police, fire and emergency medical personnel responded to the Hermanville Sunoco on Three Notch Road for the report of a male passed out in a vehicle at the gas pumps. Emergency personnel arrived on scene and found the male unresponsive and suffering from an apparent overdose....
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On May 13, 2018 multiple deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Holiday Inn, in Prince Frederick for the report of a fight in progress. As units were arriving on scene Sergeant G. Shrawder observed two vehicles attempting to leave from the scene. Corporal Harms stopped one of the vehicles with...
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On Saturday, June 23, 2018, at 9:55 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Marshalls Corner Road and Turkey Hill Road, in La Plata, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with people trapped. Dispatch advised responding units that one vehicle was overturned, and was believed to have at least...
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On Saturday, June 23, 2018, at 9:31 p.m., police, fire and rescue responded to Three Notch Road, in the area of Town Creek Drive, in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the roadway, in a rear-end style collision. One patient was transported to an...
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Nancy Lee Overby-Walker, 70, of Waldorf, MD passed away on June 15, 2018 at her residence. Nancy was born on April 19, 1948 in Williamsburg, VA to the late Lawrence and Ruby Overby. Nancy was a warehouse manager for Tasco Company. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her grand and great-grandchildren....
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Norma Ann Hancock, 90, of La Plata, Maryland, died on June 17, 2018, at her residence. Born on February 15, 1928, in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Elsie Wenzel McDonagh and Clarence O. McDonagh. Mrs. Hancock was raised in Hughesville, Maryland and was a graduate of Notre Dame School in...
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Peggie Kissinger Jerkins, 92, of Port Tobacco, Maryland, died on June 20, 2018 at the Charles County Hospice House in Waldorf, Maryland. Born on June 30, 1925 in Tampa, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Mary Helice Wentzel Kissinger and Stephen Kissinger. Mrs. Jerkins was a homemaker and mom. In addition to...
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Harry Raymond Ritter, Jr. 93 of Waldorf, Maryland (formerly Accokeek, Maryland), died on June 15, 2018 at the Charles County Hospice House. Born on July 17, 1924 in Takoma Park, Maryland, he was the son of the late Harry R. Ritter and the late Grace Mae Payne. He was a veteran of the United...
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Lawrence Vincent Lucas, 84, of La Plata, Maryland, died on June 20, 2018 at his home. Lawrence was a Veteran of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. He was of the Catholic faith and a parishoner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Newport. He was a Senior Project Manager with Verizon...
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CWO4 Jesse James Fleury III, USN (Ret.), 68, of Lexington Park, MD passed away at his home with his loving family at his side. He was born in Baltimore, MD to the late Jesse James Fleury II and Norma Shirley Armstrong Fleury. In 1969 Jesse enlisted in the United States Navy and proudly served...
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Dennis Lee Cox, 63, of Baden, MD, passed away on June 18, 2018. Born February 12, 1955 in Takoma Park, MD to the late Archie J. and Blanche E. Cox. Dennis was a Fire Fighter with the Prince George’s County Fire Department from 1977 to 2002. He served as Battalion Chief from 1995 to...
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Raymond Alvey Davis, Sr., 82, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on June 18, 2018 at Genesis Healthcare in Frederick, MD. He was born in Washington, D.C., on November 27, 1935 to the late Lloyd Davis and Mae Quade Davis. On September 22, 1957 Raymond married his beloved wife, Anna Marie Davis. Together they celebrated...
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Linda Sue Potter, 66, of Ridge, MD passed away on Friday, June 15, 2018 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 16, 1952 in Prince George’s County, MD to Margaret Alberta Garner of Lothian, MD and Charles Harold Jett. Linda was a very...
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Irvin Montrose Harvey, 79, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on June 20, 2018 at his residence. Born on February 11, 1939 in Savannah, Georgia he was the son of the late Marjorie Buckner Harvey and Glenn Harold Harvey. Montrose was the loving husband of Susan Harvey whom he married on December 21, 1965 in...
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Walter Rupert Speith “Walt”, 69, of St. George’s Island, MD, formerly of Loudon County passed away on June 20, 2018 at his residence. Born on April 25, 1949 in Leonardtown, MD he was the son of Catherine Ann Wathen Speith and the late Jarrett Speith. Walt is survived by his siblings: Kathryn Speith and...
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Agnes Theresa Hicks, 54 of Charlotte Hall, MD, passed away on June 17, 2018. Family and friends will unite on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 for visitation at 10 am until Christian Burial Service at 11 am at St. Mary’s Newport Catholic Church, 11555 St. Mary’s Church Rd, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622. Interment will be...
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