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Foxes Test Positive for Rabies in Lexington Park Area

Foxes Test Positive for Rabies in Lexington Park Area

The St. Mary’s County Health Department reports two foxes collected from the Lexington Park area have tested positive for rabies. On June 27, 2018, a fox was collected from Great Mills Road and on July 28, 2018, a second fox was collected on Buena Vista Lane. The test results were confirmed by the State’s...
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Wednesday’s Pet for 8-1-18 is FANCY

Wednesday’s Pet for 8-1-18 is FANCY

Wednesday’s Pet for 8-1-18 is FANCY Featured Pet: Fancy Rescue Group: Calvert Animal Welfare League (CAWL) Breed: Rat/Fox Terrier Mix Sex: Female Size: Small Vetted: Spayed and Up-to-date with routine shots Adoption Fee: $250.00 Fancy is a 1-year-old rat/fox terrier mixed girl. She is 200% ball of energy. She will need a fenced in...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 8/1/2018

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 8/1/2018

The following is a sample of recent arrests, crimes and investigations handled by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. On June 26, 2018 Deputy Gott conducted a traffic stop in the area of Grays Road and Cypress Swamp. He made contact with the driver, Matthew Adam Ward (31), and the passenger, Julia Dee Ward (32)....
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Hughesville House Fire Ruled Accidental

Hughesville House Fire Ruled Accidental

On Monday, July 30, 2018, at approximately 10:15 p.m., firefighters from the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and the surrounding area responded to 6150 Nubian Place, in Hughesville for the report of a house fire. Firefighters arrived on scene and discovered heavy fire and smoke coming from the one story single family home with attached covered...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to Hold Public Briefing on Recent Lexington Park Burglaries and Robberies

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to Hold Public Briefing on Recent Lexington Park Burglaries and Robberies

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office will present a briefing to the Lexington Park Business Association on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, about recent burglaries and robberies in the Lexington Park area. The public is also invited to attend to hear about the ongoing investigations. The meeting will be held at the Bay District Volunteer...
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Chesapeake Beach Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine

Chesapeake Beach Woman Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine

On July 24, 2018 Deputy Bowlan received a complaint at the Rod N Reel, Chesapeake Beach for a female stumbling in the parking lot. Deputy Bowlan made contact with the subject, identified as Carol Lyn Ortman, 52, of Chesapeake Beach, who was sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with an open beer...
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Ralph Wilbur Downs, Sr., 85

Ralph Wilbur Downs, Sr., 85

Ralph Wilbur Downs, Sr., 85, of Oak Grove, Virginia, passed away on July 28, 2018 at his residence. Ralph was born on November 6, 1932 in Washington, DC to the late George Myron Downs, Jr. and the late Helen Bernice Milburn Downs. Ralph was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a sheet...
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Robert “Bob” David Owen, 72

Robert “Bob” David Owen, 72

Robert “Bob” David Owen, 72, died on July 24, 2018, at his home in Great Mills, Maryland. He was born on August 29, 1945, in Redlands, California, to the late Jack Edward and Mary Cochran Owen. While attending the University of Missouri, Bob enlisted in the Naval Reserves. He also met his wife Carolyn....
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Karen Melissa Finch, 44

Karen Melissa Finch, 44

Karen Melissa Finch, 44, of Mechanicsville MD, passed away on July 27, 2018 at home surrounded by her loving family. Karen was born on June 9, 1974 in La Plata MD, to Eileen M. (Gardiner) and Harry C. Finch Jr. She is the loving mother of Jackson Chandler Finch. Karen is also survived by...
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Christopher Anthony Hernandez, 55

Christopher Anthony Hernandez, 55

Christopher Anthony Hernandez, 55, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on July 23, 2018 at his residence. Christopher was born on April 23, 1963 in New York, New York to the late Galo Hernandez II and Liz Sanchez of Albany, New York. Christopher married his loving wife Rachel Ando Hernandez on December 1, 1984,...
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58-Year-Old St. Mary’s County Man killed Sunday Afternoon at Leonardtown Wharf Summer Regatta

58-Year-Old St. Mary’s County Man killed Sunday Afternoon at Leonardtown Wharf Summer Regatta

A single boat accident occurred on Sunday, July 29, 2018, during the Summer Regatta at Leonardtown Wharf. Boat 5 from the Seventh District Volunteer Fire Department immediately responded to the accident scene and one crew member entered the water. The crew utilized the floating stokes basket and hoisted the patient into Boat 5. CPR was...
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Man Sentenced to Life Plus 50 Years for the Murder of Michael Beers

Man Sentenced to Life Plus 50 Years for the Murder of Michael Beers

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County announced that on Friday, July 27, 2018, Judge William R. Greer, Jr., sentenced Bryan Javier Aquice, 25, to a sentence of Life plus 50 years for the murder of Michael Beers and other related charges. The Court imposed a sentence of Life for the murder of Mr....
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UPDATE: Police Release Name of 31-Year-Old Man Lexington Park Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

UPDATE: Police Release Name of 31-Year-Old Man Lexington Park Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

UPDATE 7/30/2018 @ 6:00 a.m.: On July 29, 2018, at approximately 6:50 p.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21000 block of Three Notch Road, in the area of FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Responding deputies found a sport utility vehicle...
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Mabel Lucille Vaughn, 92

Mabel Lucille Vaughn, 92

Mabel Lucille Vaughn, 92, of Dunkirk, MD passed away July 26, 2018 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born December 21, 1925 in Prince George’s County to Georgia A. (Windsor) and Elmer George Perrie. She was raised in Croom, MD and graduated from Frederick Sasscer High School in Upper Marlboro. She married...
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Angela Nichole “Ang” Boyd, 36

Angela Nichole “Ang” Boyd, 36

Angela Nichole “Ang” Boyd, 36, of Lusby, MD passed away on July 22, 2018 in Great Mills, MD. Born January 29, 1982 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of Sandra (Mills) Boyd and Daniel Boyd. Angela moved to the area from Ranson, WV in 1995 and graduated from Patuxent High School in 2001....
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Dorothy Maxine “Mickey” Foley, 97

Dorothy Maxine “Mickey” Foley, 97

Dorothy Maxine “Mickey” Foley, 97, of North Beach passed away July 24, 2018. She was born December 31, 1920 in Providence, RI to Leon Bennett and Edith (Alden) Lamb. Mickey was raised in Cranston, RI and graduated from Cranston High School. During WWII Mickey traveled the country following her husband and volunteered as a...
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Daniel Wayne “Danny” Gibson, 81

Daniel Wayne “Danny” Gibson, 81

Daniel Wayne “Danny” Gibson, 81, of Huntingtown passed away July 26, 2018. He was born August 24, 1936 in Huntingtown to Wayne Sylvester and Marie Elizabeth (Bowen) Gibson. Danny was raised in Huntingtown and graduated from Calvert High School in 1954. Following high school Danny served in the National Guard. He married Dorothy Hardesty...
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Warren John Hoffmaster, 70

Warren John Hoffmaster, 70

Warren John Hoffmaster, 70, of Lusby, MD passed away on July 23, 2018 at the Burnett Calvert Hospice House with his wife, son, and close family friend next to him. Warren went by other names as well, Johnny, John, Dad, and Grandpa! Born March 13, 1948 in Washington, DC, John and his family moved...
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Frank Eugene Stine, 71

Frank Eugene Stine, 71

Frank Eugene Stine, 71, of La Plata, Maryland, died on July 27, 2018 at Sage Point in La Plata. He lived most of his life in La Plata. Born July 18, 1944 in Washington, DC, Gene was the son of the late Mary Vivien and Frank “Kaiser” Stine of White Plains, MD. Gene graduated...
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Dorothy Clifton Williams, 93

Dorothy Clifton Williams, 93

Dorothy Clifton Williams, 93, died July 23, 2018 at home in Discovery Commons of Wildwood, Assisted Living facility. Born November 19, 1924 in Washington D.C. she was the daughter of the late George E. Clifton and Annie Margaret Wolf. She was a homemaker and mother to her four beautiful children, the late Joyce Brookbank,...
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Shirley Ellen Adkins “Meemaw”, 82

Shirley Ellen Adkins “Meemaw”, 82

Shirley Ellen Adkins, affectionately known as “Meemaw”, 82, of Lexington Park, MD, passed away at Solomons Nursing Center, in Solomons, MD, on Sunday, July 22, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born on January 13, 1936 in McDunn, West Virginia, to the late John Henry Teasley and Dorothy Gwendlynn Harmon Teasley. Shirley...
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Catherine “Nora” Johnson Wible, 95

Catherine “Nora” Johnson Wible, 95

Catherine “Nora” Johnson Wible, 95, of Clements, MD passed away at her daughter’s home in Hollywood, MD on Thursday, July 26, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 7, 1922 in Clements, MD and was the daughter of the late Agnes Florine Raley Johnson and Edwin Parran Johnson, Sr. Nora...
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Wilbur Newton, Jr.

Peacefully on Sunday, July 22, 2018 Wilbur Newton, Jr. departed this earthly life at his home. Family and friends will unite on Friday, August 3, 2018 from 9:00am until time of service 11:00am at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home 2294 Old Washington Road, Waldorf, MD 20601. Interment will follow at Heritage Memorial Cemetery Waldorf, MD.
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Conducting a Shooting Investigation in Columbia Commons

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Conducting a Shooting Investigation in Columbia Commons

UPDATE 7/27/2018: On July 20, 2018, at approximately 3:30 a.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46000 block of Columbus Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of shots fired. Preliminary investigation determined a vehicle and residence had been shot with an unknown firearm. No injuries were reported, and...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Information on Wanted Individual

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Information on Wanted Individual

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of William Justin Gray, age 38, with no fixed address. Gray currently has an open warrant for unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and is wanted by the Maryland Parole Commission for parole violations. Gray is also wanted for questioning by the St. Mary’s...
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