James Marshall Blass died on February 15, 2017 at the age of 83 in Leonardtown, Maryland. He was born on March 5, 1933 in Roseville Township, Macomb County, Michigan of Kenneth Ulric Blass and Marie Friedricka Kleiner Blass. He spent his formative years in Detroit, Michigan and joined the Air Force in 1952. While...
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Donald Alexander Kemp, 72 of Mechanicsville, MD passed away at Med Star St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD on February 15, 2017. Donald was born on August 23, 1944 in Takoma Park, MD to the late Louis Brooke Kemp and the late Julia Semaka Kemp. Don was a Mechanical Engineer by trade. During his...
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On Monday, February 20, 2017, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office detectives were notified of a possible fraudulent prescription being passed at a Charlotte Hall pharmacy. Detectives arrived and detained suspect Daniel Ligolo Ongele, 27 of Upper Marlboro, who attempted to obtain “Promethazine/Codeine syrup.” He was found to be in possession of a USB thumb...
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2/1/2017: On Saturday, February 18, 2017, at approximately 4:30 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and car in La Plata. The accident occurred on Route 301 in the area of Sadie Lane and Fairgrounds Road. One fatality has been reported. Troopers from the Maryland State Police...
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UPDATE: On February 19, 2017 at approximately 7:20 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Leonardtown Road at Webbs Place. A preliminary investigation conducted by Troopers indicates that a 2009 Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle, operated by Nathan William Guterry, 25 of Lexington Park,...
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An unusual thirst for a soda put Judy Lilley of Lusby in the path of Lottery luck and a $10,000 top-prize win on a 10x Cash scratch-off. The mother of two grown children and two grandsons, Judy said she craved a soda last Sunday and headed to the community store, Mimi’s Station in Lusby,...
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Maryland hunters harvested 85,193 deer during the combined archery, muzzleloader and firearm seasons (Sept. 9, 2016-Jan. 31, 2017), according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The harvest exceeded the 2015-2016 total by more than 1,000 deer. Included in the statewide total were 7,684 deer taken on Sundays open for deer hunting, representing an increase...
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UPDATE: The bicyclist, George Ernest McNab, 59, of Waldorf, was pronounced deceased on February 17. The investigation is ongoing. 2/15/17: On Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at approximately 5:35 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Smallwood Drive West near Thoroughbred Court in Waldorf for the report of a crash...
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Two men became the first sentenced under a new state anti-poaching law after they were found guilty of multiple charges Wednesday in Dorchester County District Court. Andrew Collison Harding, 21, of Vienna, and Toby Allen Hughes, 21, of Seaford, Delaware, were convicted of casting rays with an implement (jacklighting), hunting deer at night, hunting...
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During the week of February 20, to February 24, 2017, automated speed enforcement cameras will be activated in the following school zones: Indian Head Highway at Smallwood Middle School Berry Road at Jenifer Elementary School Poplar Hill Road at Malcolm Elementary School Middletown Road at Westlake High School Cameras are activated Monday through Friday, all...
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William Wise Olsen, 88 of Waldorf, Maryland died February 15, 2017. Bill was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Korean conflict. He was a life-time member, since 1956, of the Waldorf VFD where he was very active with the Maryland State Fireman’s Association and the Scholarship Program. He was...
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Christine O. Clagett of Accokeek, MD died February 15, 2017. Christine came from Kansas to work for the Navy Department during WWII. She then worked for Emerson-Orme Car Dealership where she met her husband, Manning. She went on to spend the 50 years as the Office Manager with Clagett Realty and raising her family....
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Robert Lee “Bob” Gibson Sr. of Bel Alton/La Plata, Maryland, died peacefully on February 14, 2017 at Restore Health in White Plains. He was 77 years old. Born on July 29, 1939 in Takoma Park, MD, he was the son of the late Dorothy Harper-Gibson and Joseph William Gibson, Sr. Mr. Gibson owned and...
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Joel Nathan Wilson, 23, of Waldorf, MD died on February 14, 2017. Joel was a Steamfitter with the Local #602 Steamfitters Union. He loved skateboarding on his longboard and snowboarding. He had earned his 2nd Tae Kwon Do Black Belt. He took great pride in his new truck, which was loud and flashy. Joel...
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David Troy Langley “Toby”, 73, of Great Mills, MD passed away in Great Mills, MD. Born on March 20, 1943, in Leonardtown, MD, he was the son of the late Sarah Alberta Langley and Philip Neal Langley. Toby is survived by his siblings: Agnes Tippett, and Charles (Nookie) Langley. He was preceded in death...
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Clara Mae Thomas, 90, of Hollywood, MD passed away surrounded by her loving family on February 13, 2017 in Solomon’s, MD. Born on April 9, 1926 in Hollywood. She was the daughter of the late Mary Beatrice Wallace Mattingly and Albert Lee Mattingly. Clara was the loving wife of the late Robert Lee Thomas...
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Waltraud Marguerite Nelson, 80, of Great Mills, MD passed away February 15, 2017 at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC with her husband at her side. She was born on September 19, 1936 in Germany to the late Michael and Genoveva Henges Orth. In 1957 she married her beloved husband, Charles Henry Nelson...
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Judith Rosemary Rubcich, 74, of Hollywood, MD passed away on February 15, 2017 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 17, 1942 in Washington, D.C. to the late Charles W. Ellis and Edith I. Fennell. Judith was an excellent and personable car saleswoman. She was tenacious...
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Lottie Bernice Seger, 80, of Brandywine, MD passed away February 15, 2017 at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in LaPlata, MD. Born September 8, 1936 in Pender County, North Carolina she was the daughter of Pearlie English and Nina Welch English. She came to Maryland with her parents in 1950. There she...
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Lorraine Agnes Noonan Boyd, 93, of Chaptico, MD died on February 14, 2017, at her home, Chaptico Manor, in Chaptico, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late James Joseph Noonan and Esther Walbor Redman Noonan and was born in Washington, DC on February 18, 1923. Mrs. Boyd attended Eastern High School and George...
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John “Jack” O’Brien, 52 of Hollywood, MD, died February 13, 2017 at Hospice House of St. Mary’s in Callaway, MD. He was born October 7, 1964 in Abington, PA to the late Roger J. O’Brien and Catherine McDevitt O’Brien. Jack was raised in Warminster, PA until he moved to St. Mary’s County in 2007....
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Vincent A. Lentini, age 77, peacefully entered into eternal rest at his home in Leonardtown, Maryland on Sunday, February 12, 2017. He was born on August 22, 1939 in Auburn, New York to Antonio and Eleanor Lentini and moved with his family to Atlanta, Georgia when he was 13 years old. It was there...
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Maryann Brewer, 74, of Aquasco, MD passed away on February 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Born on June 11, 1942 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Charles L. Thorne II and the late Mary Ruth Raffo Gaudia. Maryann loved riding horses, hand dancing, riding motorcycles, and shooting pool. She was...
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On Saturday, February 18, 2017, at approximately 10:35 a.m., Emergency personnel responded to the AMC Loews movie theater on FDR Blvd, in Lexington Park, for a report of people trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find two male construction workers trapped under debris after an interior wall collapsed on them. Firefighters worked for over an...
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On Sunday, February 12, 2017, at approximately 10:30 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 8700 block of Plenty Highlands Place in La Plata for the report of suspicious activity. A witness observed people moving things from a vacant house. Upon approach, officers observed a large quantity of marijuana on...
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