Citizens are advised for safety purposes, a special traffic plan will be in effect from 10 am to 10 pm on Friday 9/29/17 (Youth Day), Saturday 9/30/17, and Sunday 10/01/17. No vehicles will be allowed to turn left off of Route 231 into the Fairgrounds during those days and times. An alternate route would...
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On Saturday, September 2, 2017, Deputy Yates of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Walmart in Prince Frederick for a reported theft. Calvert County Deputies Yates and Kreps arrived at the Walmart to find the suspect, later identified as Rashaun Peebles, 38, of Prince Frederick, had fled on foot. Police located Peebles...
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During the week of September 25, to September 29, 2017, automated speed enforcement cameras will be activated in the following school zones: Smallwood Drive at Wade Elementary School Indian Head Highway at Smallwood Middle School Marshall Corner Road at McDonough High School Oliver’s Shop Road at T.C. Martin Elementary School Cameras are activated Monday through...
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Doris Jeanne Smith, 81, of Chesapeake Beach passed away September 23, 2017 at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House. She was born November 17, 1935 in Plymouth, MA to Joseph Urban and Bertha Bernadette (Boulais) Roy. Doris was raised in Rhode Island and attended Catholic boarding schools. She married Bernard L. Smith, Sr. on November 22,...
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Pauline O’Neill Tilley, 90, of Lothian passed away September 14, 2017 at her home surrounded by family. She was born November 15, 1926 in Floyd County, VA to Vander Bilt and Elizabeth (Shelton) Cox. The family moved to Calvert County and Pauline graduated from Calvert High School in 1945. After graduating, Pauline worked at...
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Joan Marie Cituk, 67, of Hollywood, MD passed away September 21, 2017 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. She was born March 14, 1950 in Pittston, PA to the late Vincent and Dorothy Kolmansberger. Joan loved going to country music concerts, spending time in her pool, and had a love for playing...
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Dolores Ann Jackson, age 73 of White Plains, Maryland, died September 22, 2017 at Chesapeake Shores Nursing Home in Lexington Park, Maryland. Dolores was a retired Accountant with 33 years of service with Heller Electric in Brandywine, Maryland. She was the daughter of George W. Petty and Ethel Suthard Petty. Friends received on Friday,...
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Roy Eldon Clark of Accokeek, Maryland, died on September 19, 2017 at BridgePoint Hospital National Harbor in Washington, DC. He was 87 years old. Born July 31, 1930 in Pender County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Fannie Mae Wells Clark and the late Alec Clark. Mr. Clark was a carpenter...
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Charles Vincent Long, Sr., 85 of Lexington Park, MD departed this life and met his first Angels on September 22, 2017, surrounded by love ones at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. Born in Leonardtown, MD on August 28, 1932, he was the seventh of nine children born to the late Willard Biscoe Long, Sr. and...
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Stella K. Vones, 94 of Leonardtown, MD formerly of Newark, Delaware, passed away on September 20, 2017 in Leonardtown, MD. Born August 27, 1923 in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Mary Pawagakis Koronakos and Peter Koronakos. Stella is survived by her daughter Debbie (Bill) Okoniewski of California, MD, sibling; Terry...
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Peacefully on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, Donna Jean Conner passed away in Washington, DC. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, September 23, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. until time of memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 2294 Old Washington Rd., Waldorf, MD 20601.
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UPDATE – 9/24/2017 @ 10:00 a.m.: At this time the police are still investigating this as a death investigation and not a murder. 9/23/2017: On Saturday, September 23, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., emergency personnel, responded to a residence on Old Horse Landing Road, in Mechanicsville, for a CPR in progress call. Witnesses at the...
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The Maryland State Veterinarian Dr. Michael Radebaugh yesterday inspected the pigs under quarantine at the Charles County Fairgrounds as a result of an Influenza A (H3N2 subtype) detection in swine exhibited there. “Upon further epidemiological investigation and ongoing trace backs to previous fairs and shows, the Maryland Department of Agriculture believes the swine influenza outbreak...
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UPDATE: Sheriff Mike Evans Posted the following information on his Facebook page. Early this morning DFC Vaughn Evans was southbound on Rt 4 in Prince Frederick when another vehicle traveling north in the southbound lane struck his patrol vehicle. DFC Evans was flown to Shock Trauma and has since been released with non-life threatening...
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Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to recognize CCSO Detective Jennifer McKenzie and Sgt. Jon Burroughs for their work in this year’s legislative process, during which two legislative proposals they suggested were subsequently passed into law. One bill prohibits scrap metal dealers from paying money for cell tower batteries to unauthorized persons,...
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On Friday, June 9, 2017 an inmate housed in the work release section of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center was found unresponsive and transported to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment. The investigation determined the inmate had overdosed on heroin/fentanyl which had been brought into the facility by another inmate identified as Saeed...
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On Saturday, August 26, 2017, Deputy J. Bush of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46000 block of Chapman Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of an indecent exposure. The victim alleged Rodolfo Palacios Ramirez, 52, of Lexington Park, was banging on the her back door. She answered the door...
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On Thursday, July 20, 2017 Deputy Fennessey of the St. Mary’s County Sherriff’s Office responded to downtown Leonardtown for a reported traffic incident with a gun involved. Deputy Fennessey met with the victim who stated he observed a male operating a black pick-up truck, remove a shotgun from the rear of his vehicle and...
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Judith Gwendolyn Cato, of White Plains, MD passed into eternal life on September 13, 2017 at the age of 78. Born in Youngstown, OH to Dolly Jean Harris and Charles Fairfax Mitchell. Beloved wife of Elias Franklin Cato, Sr.; loving mother of Elias Franklin Cato, Jr. pf White Plains, MD and Harriet Camille Pinkerton...
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Geoffrey Stewart Venables of Alexandria, VA, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017, at the age of 68. He was born on March 9, 1949, in Jersey City, NJ, to Alice V. (Pearson) and Rupert G. Venables. Geoffrey was a veteran of the United States Army during the Vietnam era. He was involved in...
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Sallie Money, a long-time resident of the Maryland area, died Monday the 18th of September at La Plata Hospital. Born in 1927 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina., Sallie was the eldest of four siblings and was always close to her two brothers and little sister. Her childhood was also strongly influenced by her father’s...
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Anna C. Scott died on Sunday September 17, 2017 in LaPlata, MD. She was born in New York and resided in Maryland for the majority of her life. . Married to William A. Scott for 66 years before his death in 2006. Predeceased by her brother Robert Hair as well as her sister Susan...
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