Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) is offering college scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year. Four high school seniors will be awarded $1,500 each. Students are eligible to apply if they live with parents or guardians who are SMECO members. Seniors must be enrolled or plan to enroll full-time in an accredited college, university, or trade school. The deadline...
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On Friday, December 28, 2018, Deputy Sady from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Red Lobster located at Mall Circle, in Waldorf, for the report of a disorderly customer. Once on scene police met with the general manager, who advised Dannisha Chanelle Walker, 21 of Waldorf, was sitting at the bar and...
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On Friday December 21, 2018, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported domestic assault in progress. A third-party caller advised police that a black male, later identified as Kevin Lucien, 26, of Lexington Park and black female were fighting over a pink bag in the parking lot of Big...
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On Tuesday December 11, 2018 at approximately 9:30 p.m. deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Port Tobacco Road for the report of a theft. The victim told police the he had three handguns stolen from his residence and that there were no signs of forced entry. He told police that he...
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New Year’s Day brought one more reason for Rachel and John “Jay” Howson IV to celebrate: their second child, John “Jack” Yates Howson V, was born at 7:55 a.m. January 1, 2019, at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. Rachel wasn’t due until Jan. 3, but woke up around 5 a.m. feeling uncomfortable, and shortly thereafter her water...
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Detectives with the Prince George’s County Police Homeland Security Division have identified and located a 14 year-old female student who confessed to writing a series of emailed threats targeting two local high schools and a middle school. Her identity is being withheld because she is a juvenile. Late this afternoon, our detectives charged...
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The holiday season often marks a time of reflection of the past year, and law enforcement is no different. As 2018, the 360th anniversary year for the CCSO, has come to a close, Sheriff Troy Berry and the Charles County Sheriff’s Office look back on the events of the last 12 months. For 2018,...
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On Wednesday September 19, 2018 Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department were conducting a foot patrol at Foxchase Apartments when approached by the female victim say that she wanted to report a crime. The victim told police that over the past year she had been sexually assaulted by Nathan Williams, 51, of...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Eric Vincent Moore, 37 of Tall Timbers. Moore absconded from a court approved program on December 27, 2018. Moore was incarcerated on the charges of Assault Second Degree, and Unlawful Taking of a Motor Vehicle; he is currently wanted for the charge of...
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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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