On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at approximately 6:00 p.m., Trooper First Class B. Meurrens, of the Maryland State Police La Plata barrack conducted a traffic stop on a white Hyundai Accent for exceeding the posted speed limit on while heading southbound on Middletown Road and McDaniel Road, in Waldorf. Upon making contact with the...
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On Monday, October 8, 2018, fire and rescue personnel responded to a construction site near Chapline Place Boulevard, and Solomons Island Road, in Prince Frederick, for the reported traumatic injuries. Crews arrived on scene to find a single patient with a leg injury after a piece of machinery rolled over, injuring the worker. Prince Frederick...
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On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at approximately 11:00 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Second District, and Solomons, responded to the 22200 Block of Valleyview Drive, in Great Mills, for the reported garage fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a 2-story split-foyer residence with heavy smoke showing from the front of the house,...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect in a rash of stolen Halloween decorations in the California area over the weekend. While the suspect has not been arrested at this time, numerous theft charges are pending through deputy application. Once charges are issued, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office will notify...
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On Monday, October 8, 2018, at approximately 1:25 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Park Road, and Indian Bridge Road, in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the roadway, the vehicles involved in the accident were a United States Postal...
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Jeffrey Alan Radtke, 50, of Waldorf, Maryland, passed into eternal life on October 5th, 2018 after a brave fifteen year standoff against kidney cancer. Born on July 11th, 1968, he was the son of the late Isabell (Williams) Radtke and the late John Radtke. Jeff spent most of his life in Charles County, graduating...
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Lydia Delores Monte, of La Plata, MD passed away on October 5, 2018 at BridgePoint National Harbor, at 80 years of age. Lydia was born on April 9, 1938, in Washington, DC to the late Domnic and Ann Appuglies. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband and...
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Jacob Soo Hyung West, age 26 of La Plata, Maryland, died October 4, 2018. Jacob was an Accountant with Spalding Consulting in Lexington Park, Maryland. He was a 2010 graduate of La Plata High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting at UMUC in 2014. His favorite past-times were playing computer...
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Susan Leigh Shaughnessy, 71, of Accokeek, MD, died September 23, 2018, at the Georgetown University Hospital. She was born on August 24, 1947, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Dorothy Leigh Williamson and Frederick W. Smith, a Marine Corps veteran of the recent Pacific Campaigns. After graduating from Norfolk’s Maury High School, she attended classes at...
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Frederick “Fred” Leo Callan, Jr., 90, died September 30, 2018, at Burnett-Calvert Hospice House, Prince Frederick, MD. He was born in Worcester, MA on February 13, 1928, to Frederick Leo Callan and Bertha Hope Callan. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1946 and in the U.S. Air Force in 1952. In 1950...
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On October 5, 2018, Deputy Matthew Beyer of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the California Wawa store for the report of an assault. The victim advised that Dimitri Paul Brooks, 23, of Lexington Park, grabbed a black pistol and pointed it at the victim. Brooks struck the victim in the back...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is investigating two separate shootings in the Lexington Park area, which occurred on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, and Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Two victims were traveling on North Shangri-La Drive near Three Notch Road in a red Ford Ranger when the occupants in another vehicle...
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The St. Mary’s County Department of Recreation & Parks announces the 23rd Annual Scott Verbic Memorial Golf Tournament. This year’s event takes place Friday, October 12, at the Wicomico Shores Golf Course in Mechanicsville. The event is held in remembrance of Scott Verbic who was a Recreation Advisory Board Member, volunteer coach and advocate for...
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From the roof of his childhood home in El Paso, Texas, gazing up at a blanket of stars from a telescope, John “Danny” Olivas could see what felt like forever. Years later, when he became a NASA astronaut, Olivas would look out at the same stars from the flight deck of the International Space...
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Governor Larry Hogan announced the launch of “Safe Schools Maryland,” a tip line and mobile app designed to streamline reporting of possible threats to students school facilities. The governor made the announcement at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) with student leaders, education officials, law enforcement leaders and others in attendance. “Incidents of targeted...
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During the week of October 8, to October 12, 2018, 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 Poplar Hill Road at Malcolm Elementary School Middletown Road at Westlake High School Cameras are activated Monday through Friday,...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured. On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018 at 7:37 p.m., while inside of the Dollar General in Ridge, the suspect picked up and placed in his pocket a handheld merchandise scanner that an employee had left on a box in the aisle....
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Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) has announced its Heritage Award for Leadership will be presented to Commissioner Tom Jarboe on October 28 at LSM’s 10th Anniversary & Class of 2019 Welcome Celebration to be held at Middleton Hall in Waldorf. Leadership Southern Maryland created the Annual Heritage Award Reception in 2012 in celebration of the...
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Anglers, boaters and hunters who purchase their licenses or registrations from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources have a new way to give back to natural resources they enjoy and love. In partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the department announced today a new voluntary option in the online checkout for the Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund....
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Prince Frederick water customers may again experience limited effects as crews continue to relocate a water main in the area. Work was successful in phase one of the project; crews are simply finalizing two additional tie-ins to complete the project. Construction will again be done during overnight hours beginning at 10 p.m. Tuesday, October...
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A Fort Washington resident removed by firefighters from her burning home has died. At around 8:20 pm, Thursday, October 4, 2018, firefighters arrived at a 1-story single family home at 9000 Old Palmer Road with smoke showing. Firefighters located an unconscious female just inside the front door and removed her to awaiting medics outside. Medics...
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Chesapeake Bay Events announced that the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival will be not be held in 2019, but will return in 2020. Don Hooker, promoter, said “A variety of factors were involved in this decision. Primarily, we felt that we need to take a year off to evaluate the changing conditions in the outdoor...
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