Since our inception in 2011, Southern Maryland News Net has strived to provide accurate and objective information to our community. We are homegrown Southern Marylanders like many of you. We’re not some out-of-touch corporate megalomaniacs that are doing this to maximize every penny on the dollar. We’re doing this because we love the community...
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On Sunday, August 19, 2018, at approximately 9:50 pm, Trooper First Class Matthews from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack stopped a vehicle on Route 4 south of Broomes Island Road in St. Leonard after an tag reader hit for a suspended registered vehicle owner. The 3 occupants of the vehicle provided their...
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Sometime between Monday August 20, and Tuesday, August 21, 2018, a 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster 883 motorcycle with a trike conversion kit was stolen from Old Village Road in Mechanicsville. The motorcycle/trike is described as Light Pink and white in color with saddle bags. If you have information about the theft of this motorcycle...
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Robert Paul “Bobby” Dautrich, 13 of Waldorf, Maryland, died suddenly on August 19, 2018 at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Bobby was born on September 7, 2004 to William Bernard Dautrich III and Heather Lynn (O’Neil) Dautrich. Bobby attended Theodore G. Davis Middle School. He attended South Potomac Church in La Plata. Bobby...
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Nancy Lee, age 67 of Waldorf, Maryland, died August 15, 2018 at Sagepoint Senior Living in La Plata, Maryland. Nancy was a Budget Analyst with the Department of Defense. She enjoyed crocheting, needlepoint, crafts, baking who was known as a great cook. She especially enjoyed being with her grandchildren. She was the daughter of...
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Joshua Mark “Josh” Vinson, age 30 of Waldorf, Maryland, died August 17, 2018 at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore City, Maryland. Josh was a truck driver for Celtic Demolition Company in Forestville, Maryland. He was a member of Southern Maryland BMX who enjoyed hunting, fishing, motorcycle riding, and dirt bikes. He loved...
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Joseph Lawrence (Larry) Higgs, Sr, 77, of Leonardtown, MD, peacefully passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at his home surrounded by his children and family members. Larry was born on April 08, 1941 to the late John Leon Higgs, Sr and Victoria Helen Higgs in Compton, Maryland. Larry was a retired lifetime waterman....
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William Stanley Fraser, 70, of Hughesville, MD passed away at his residence on August 17, 2018. William was born on July 13, 1948 to the late Stanley Fletcher Fraser and Adelaide Humphrey Fraser in Washington, DC. William was an Army Veteran. He worked for Mid Atlantic Printing as a Press Operator, and later was...
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James Allen “Jim” McFadden, 83, of Leonardtown, MD passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Levindale Specialty Hospital in Baltimore, MD, with his loving family at his side. He was born on July 25, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late James Jerome McFadden and Elizabeth Allen. In August 1952 Jim enlisted in the...
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John Donald Bernd II, 60, of Compton, MD passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018. He was born on August 8, 1958 in Washington, D.C. to Loretta I. Veitch Bernd of Leonardtown, MD and the late John Donald Bernd. John is a graduate of Randolph Macon Academy. He spent his career working as a Drywall...
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James (Jim) Beane of Bushwood, MD passed away on August 16, 2018. Jim was born in Baton, North Carolina (Caldwell County). He was the son of the late Clara May Honeycutt Beane and Ransom Jones Beane. Jim is survived by his loving wife Rita Faye Smith Beane of fifty seven years and one son,...
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The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in St Mary’s County the evening of Thursday, August 23, 2018. The exact time and location of the checkpoint will not be announced. The purpose of the checkpoint is to detect and arrest drivers who are driving under the influence. The State...
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On Friday, August 17, 2018 at approximately 5:55 pm, Trooper First Class Matthews from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack responded to Hallowing Point Road and Skipjack Road in Prince Frederick to assist a possible injured person lying in the grass alongside the road. Christopher A. Hall, 56, of Lusby, was found in...
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On July 25, 2018 at 2:07 p.m., the Calvert Control Center was notified of a robbery at the Discount Liquor Store located at 5005 Solomons Island Road in Huntingtown. The caller advised the store was robbed at gunpoint by two suspects. The first suspect was described as a black male wearing a bright yellow...
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Give your family a fun and memorable ending to the summer with this weekend’s Drive-In Movie Event at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds! Buy your tickets now and you’ll be entered to win a Family 4-Pack of Jump Passes to Sky Zone Waldorf! For every 10 parking passes sold, we will be giving away...
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On Sunday, August 19, 2018, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Trooper M. Foster from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack conducted a traffic stop on a Black Mitsubishi Lancer for exceeding the posted speed limit on Rosewick Road, north of Washington Avenue, in La Plata. Upon making contact with the operator, Francisco Argueta Santamaria,...
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On Sunday, August 19, 2018, at approximately 9:15 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the Valley Lee Post Office on Blake Creek Road and Piney Point Road, in Valley Lee for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with people trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find an SUV off the roadway and...
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On August 19 at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 100 block of N. Oak Avenue in La Plata for the report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found a 27-year-old male with a stab wound to his abdomen. The victim told officers he was involved...
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On August 5, 2018, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Mutual Elementary School, on Ball Road in Port Republic for a reported suspicious vehicle and suspicious persons. A witness was walking his dog on Ball Road, when he witnessed an older white sedan park in the rear...
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Can you identify these individuals? On July 11, 2018, the four people in these photos (two females, both wearing black shirts, and two males, one wearing a black shirt and the other wearing a camouflage jacket) walked out of a restaurant in Waldorf leaving their bill unpaid. If you have any information about the...
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During the week of August 19, to August 25, 2018, automated speed enforcement cameras will be activated in the following school zones: Smallwood Drive at Wade Elementary School Marshall Corner Road at James Craik Elementary School Berry Road at Berry Elementary School Oliver’s Shop Road at T.C. Martin Elementary School Cameras are activated Monday...
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Mary Anglia Jones, 81, passed away on August 13, 2018. Family and friends will unite on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 for visitation at 9:30 am until time of service at 11:00 am at St. Mark UAME Church, 45685 Happyland Rd, Valley Lee, MD 20692. Interment to follow at the church cemetery.
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