UPDATE 10/3/2017 @ 10:oo a.m. – Official St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Press Release: On 10/2/17, at approximately 8:39 P.M., deputies responded to the 45000 block of Foxchase Drive in Great Mills for a report of an assault. Contact was made with an individual who sustained a minor laceration to their hand. The victim was...
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Missing Person David M. Higgins has been located. Higgins is described as a 38-year-old white male Contact the Sheriff’s Office 301-475-4040 if you know his location. No further information is available at this time.
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On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Deputy Phillip Robinson of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to two burglaries to businesses located in the Piney Point area. During the investigation a similar method of operation was identified and video surveillance captured a vehicle in the area at the time of the offenses. Deputy Robinson...
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There will be a full-cycle test of the alert and notification sirens throughout St. Mary’s, Calvert and Dorchester counties on Monday, October 2, 2017 at noon. The test includes a three-minute activation of all sirens within the 10-mile area around the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Citizens are asked to remember the scheduled testing...
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Communities surrounding the naval air station are advised that noise-generating night-time testing events are scheduled to take place on October 2 through October 6, 2017 between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. each evening. Pilots at PAX will be testing and training for realistic night flight scenarios that are essential for the precision and safety...
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UPDATE 10/20/201 @5:35 p.m.: On Monday, October 2, 2017, at approximately 6:35 a.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported serious motor vehicle collision in the area of Three Notch Road and Will’s Road. Upon arrival, units discovered two vehicles involved and one operator deceased. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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UPDATE 10/2/2017: Suspect Trevon Chisley turned himself in to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, Waldorf station. Anyone with information is still urged to call Detective J. Elliott at 301-609-6515. 10/1/2017: On Sunday, October 1, 2017, at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2000 block of Amber Leaf...
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On September 25, 2017, Margaret Shirley “Peggy” Thomas, of Nanjemoy, MD passed away. Beloved wife of the recently departed Gottlieb Fred Thomas. Devoted Mother of Shirley Michele Boswell and Stephanie Michaela Lemke (Timothy). Loving grandmother of Shannon Michele Boswell (Luis) and Jonathan Gottlieb Lemke (Taylor); and grandsons-by-choice CJ Maddox and Tra Combs. Also survived...
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Sheila V. Fields, of Clinton, MD passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at the age of 75. Born in Washington, DC to Fannie (Lee) and Claude Harrison. Sheila grew up in the Washington, DC area, attending and graduating from Dunbar High School. She attended Howard University before meeting the love of her life,...
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Mary Ann A. Higgs, 80, of Waldorf, MD passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family Tuesday, September 26, 2017. She had a long career with the federal government eventually retiring from the Department of Agriculture. She truly enjoyed hosting family dinners and often joked that she used family as guinea pigs to...
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Marjorie Daniel Ledford, 71, of Crofton, MD, passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 surrounded by love. She was born in Washington, DC on February 28, 1946, to Powhatan (Jack) and Doris Daniel. She grew up in Fort Washington, MD and graduated from Oxon Hill High School in 1964. She began her early career as...
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Brian Keith Herbert, age 46 of Waldorf, Maryland, died September 27, 2017 at his home with Hospice. Brian was a Screen Printer with Corporate Sports, Inc. in Millersville, Maryland and a life-time resident of this area. He loved, especially the Dallas Cowboys, and he was always out and about with friends. He also enjoyed...
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James Carolan Bush, age 65, of Port Tobacco, Maryland, passed away peacefully with his family and friends at his bedside on September 26, 2017. Jim was born on January 16, 1952 to Carolan Arthur Bush and Betty Jean Foster Bush at Bolling Airforce Base in Washington DC. Jim attended schools in Delta, Colorado, graduating...
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Mary Ruth (Middleton) Simmons, born April 7, 1925 in Waldorf, Maryland, departed this life on September 24, 2017 at Harvest, Alabama. She was the youngest daughter of the late Henry Dyer and Bertha Evelyn (Cooke) Middleton. She attended St. Mary’s school, Bryantown, Waldorf Elementary and La Plata High School where she graduated as Valedictorian...
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Alexander James Roper was born on May 3, 1999 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Alex was raised in Calvert County. He grew up mainly in Huntingtown, surrounded by much of his extended family. Alex had many hobbies. He loved to go fishing, watch football (the Redskins were his favorite team), listen...
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Robert Brian Dillow, 54, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on September 20, 2017 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD. He was born March 26, 1963 in Leonardtown, MD to Mary Ruth Bradburn Dillow and the late Charles D. Dillow. Robert was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County and a 1981graduate of...
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Edith Inez Corbin was born to the late Edna P. Corbin and Simon Corbin on July 10, 1930 in Ridge, MD. She peacefully departed this life at Chesapeake Shores Nursing Home in Lexington Park, MD on Thursday, September 21, 2017. She was a loving mother, grandmother, aunt and friend to many. Inez was a...
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Page Hudson “Hud” Leake, 58 of Hollywood, MD passed away suddenly on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. He was born April 14, 1959 in Luray, VA to Page Strother and Sapphire “Lea” Leake of Lexington Park, MD. Page was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. He was a 1977 graduate of Great Mills High...
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Philip Bernard Carroll, 79 of St. Inigoes, MD died on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 19, 1937 in Dameron, MD to the late Bernard “Pete” Carroll and Edna Agnes Ridgell Carroll. Philip graduated from St. Michael’s High School in 1955. After graduation, he...
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On Thursday, September 21, 2017, Robert Jenkins departed this earthly life. Family and friends will unite on Friday, October 6, 2017 from 10:00 am until time of service 11:00 am at Mount Paran Baptist Church, 6413 Old Alexandria Ferry Rd., Clinton, MD. Interment following at Harmony Memorial Park, Hyattsville, MD.
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UPDATE 1:15 p.m.: A preliminary investigation conducted by Troopers from the La Plata Barrack indicates that a 1985 Buick Regal operated by Timothy Moreland, of Waldorf, was traveling in the 1st left turn lane of Westbound Route 228 east of Western Parkway in Waldorf. At the same time, Dwayne Thompson, of Loveville, was attempting to...
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On Friday, September 29, 2017, at approximately 3:55 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Billingsley Road near Leonardtown Road and Piney Church Road in Waldorf for the report of a motorcycle accident. Initial investigation revealed that a motorcycle was traveling west on Billingsley Road when the driver...
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