Monthly Archives: September 2018

Two Injured After Serious Crash in La Plata

Two Injured After Serious Crash in La Plata

On Friday, September 7, 2018, at approximately 4:00 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of La Plata Road, and Radio Station Road, in La Plata, for the reported serious motor vehicle accident with subjects trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find a Toyota Mini-van off the roadway with one trapped,...
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UPDATE: Body of Missing Swimmer at Myrtle Point Park Located

UPDATE: Body of Missing Swimmer at Myrtle Point Park Located

UPDATE: On Sunday, September 9, 2018, at approximately 3:35 p.m., the St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services received a call from a citizen on 24786 Half Pone Point Road about a body floating in the Patuxent River. Police and emergency personnel arrived on scene and  recovered the body of 20-year-old, Manuel DeJesus Portillo Romero, of Alexandria, Virginia. The...
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46-Year-Old Man Dies in Motorcycle Accident in Nanjemoy

46-Year-Old Man Dies in Motorcycle Accident in Nanjemoy

On Friday, September 7, 2018, at approximately 2:55 p.m., police fire and rescue responded to the area of Port Tobacco Road, and Spike Virginia Place, in Nanjemoy for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle. Upon arrival, Troopers observed the driver, Dedric Kenya Ross, 46, from Upper Marlboro, being treated by EMS personnel....
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Two Flown for Motor Vehicle Accident in St. Leonard

Two Flown for Motor Vehicle Accident in St. Leonard

On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at approximately 10:05 p.m., firefighters and EMS personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident with two subjects trapped on Bond Street, in St. Leonard. Crews arrived on scene to find a Volkswagen Sedan off the roadway and into a tree. After approximately 15 minutes of extrication, both patients were...
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Anne Arundel County Drug Bust Charges Two with Distribution

Anne Arundel County Drug Bust Charges Two with Distribution

On Wednesday, August 29, 2018, the Narcotics and Special Investigations Section, Major Offenders Unit from the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from Fugitive Apprehension Team executed a search warrant on a residence in the 6400 block of Mount Vernon Lane, in Glen Burnie. Police recovered the following during the search: $20,000 US...
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Firefighters Respond to Vehicle Fire in Mechanicsville

Firefighters Respond to Vehicle Fire in Mechanicsville

On Sunday, September 2, 2018, at approximately 6:40 p.m., firefighters and emergency personnel responded to 39210 Syringa Court and Birch Manor Circle, in Mechanicsville fore the reported vehicle fire. Firefighters from Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department arrived on scene to find a mini-van in the driveway with fire showing from the engine compartment. Crews operated...
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Former Prince George’s County State Delegate Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Accepting Bribes and for Conspiracy

Former Prince George’s County State Delegate Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Accepting Bribes and for Conspiracy

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced former Maryland State Delegate Michael Lynn Vaughn, 60, of Bowie, to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a bribery conspiracy in connection with a scheme in which he accepted bribes in exchange for influencing the performance of his official duties. A federal...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help Locating Suspect in Assault Case

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help Locating Suspect in Assault Case

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating Stanley Jerome Hatton, 40, of Marbury, who is wanted for assaulting a female acquaintance with a knife. A warrant is on file charging Hatton with first-degree assault in connection with that case. Hatton also has two open warrants: one for a domestic-related...
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Robert Louis “Bob” Brady, 80

Robert Louis “Bob” Brady, 80, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. He was born on December 4, 1937, in Washington, D.C., to the late Albert Norris Brady and Emma Louise Grimley Brady. Bob is a 1955 graduate of Suitland High School. He met...
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Kimberly Jeane Bundrick, 48

Kimberly Jeane Bundrick, 48

Kimberly Jeane Bundrick, 48, of Great Mills, MD passed away at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital on Tuesday, August 29, 2018. Kimberly was born on November 19, 1969 to Marilyn Eulene Laubach and the late Eugene Carl Laubach in Erving, Texas. Kimberly was a substitute teacher for St Marys County Public Schools. She enjoyed collecting...
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John Francis “Johnny” Adams, 74

John Francis “Johnny” Adams, 74

John Francis “Johnny” Adams, 74, of Waldorf, MD passed away at home after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday, August 31, 2018. John was born on July 13, 1944 to the late William Walter Adams and Zella “Libby” Hungerford Adams, in Washington, DC. John was a gearhead. From the time he was...
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Dolores Keefer Farr, 86

Dolores Keefer Farr, 86

Dolores Keefer Farr, 86, of Chaptico, MD passed away on August 31, 2018 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. Dolores was born to the late Paul Arthur Keefer and Ethel Marie Mayhew on July 12, 1932 in Washington, DC. She was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church where she once...
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Laura Cecilia Hayden Cusick

Laura Cecilia Hayden Cusick

Laura Cecilia Hayden Cusick of Avenue, Maryland passed away peacefully at Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home on September 3, 2018. Born on August 25, 1936 in Abell, Maryland, Laura was the daughter of the late James Elton Hayden, Sr. and Daisy Harden Hayden. She grew up in St. Mary’s County, graduated from Margaret Brent High...
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Agnes Cecelia Holley

Agnes Cecelia Holley entered eternal rest on September 2, 2018 at the St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown, Md. She was surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 11, 1921 to the late Lee Herbert and Mary Thomas. Agnes was affectionately known to her family and friends as “Grandma”. She enjoyed...
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Robert Wayne Carpenter, “Bob, Pops, & Pop Pop”, 70

Robert Wayne Carpenter, “Bob, Pops, & Pop Pop”, 70

Robert Wayne Carpenter, “Bob, Pops, & Pop Pop”, 70, passed away on August 30, 2018 in Baltimore, MD. Born on October 16, 1947 in Portland, Maine, he was the son the late Evelyn Enman Carpenter and Ralph Stanley Carpenter. Bob was the loving husband of Shirley Carpenter, whom he married on May 31, 1970...
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Sharon Thompson

Sharon Thompson

Peacefully on Monday, September 3, 2018, Sharon went home to be with the Lord. Friends may unite with the family on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 10 a.m. until time of service 11:00 a.m. at the BRISCOE-TONIC FUNERAL HOME located at 2294 Old Washington Road in Waldorf, MD. Interment will follow at Fort Lincoln...
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Francis Aubrey Dickerson, Jr., 55

Francis Aubrey Dickerson, Jr., 55

Francis Aubrey Dickerson, Jr., 55 of Hollywood, MD, departed this life peacefully, being called to eternal rest on Sunday, September 2, 2018. Moochie, as he was affectionately known, was born to the late Francis Aubrey and Agnes Loretta Dickerson on August 11, 1963. Moochie was educated in the St. Mary’s County public school system,...
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St. Mary’s County Man Arrested for Attempted Murder

St. Mary’s County Man Arrested for Attempted Murder

On August 27, 2018, at approximately 3:20 a.m. Deputy First Class McClure responded to the 21000 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported assault. Investigation determined Niko Tristan Jones, 35 of no fixed address, had picked up the victim, and drove the victim to a separate location. Jones then retrieved...
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Wanted Bryans Road Man Arrested for Drugs and Theft After Traffic Stop in Waldorf

Wanted Bryans Road Man Arrested for Drugs and Theft After Traffic Stop in Waldorf

On Thursday, August 30, 2018, at approximately 6:40 p.m., Trooper M. Foster from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack was working a stationary speed enforcement assignment in the area of Mattawoman Beantown Road, south of Shlagel Road, in Waldorf. Trooper Foster observed a GMC Yukon exceeding the posted maximum speed limit of 45 mph....
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office August Juvenile Arrests

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office August Juvenile Arrests

A 17-year-old male of Mechanicsville was arrested for Second-Degree Assault on Aug. 14, 2018. A 15-year-old male of Lexington Park was arrested on Aug. 14, 2018 for Theft: $100 to under $1,500 at the Lexington Park Library. A 16-year-old male of Mechanicsville was arrested on Aug. 17, 2018 for Second-Degree Assault in the lobby...
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VIDEO: Tractor Trailer Fire Reported at California Furniture Store

VIDEO: Tractor Trailer Fire Reported at California Furniture Store

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at approximately 10:10 a.m., emergency personnel responded to the Baldwin Design Group at 23306 Three Notch Road, in California for a reported semi-truck crash into a telephone pole. Crews arrived on scene to find a tractor trailer delivering furniture had struck a utility line. One utility pole was snapped...
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NAS Pax River Successfully Transitions Civilian Watercraft Fuel Leak Containment, Clean Up to U.S. Coast Guard

NAS Pax River Successfully Transitions Civilian Watercraft Fuel Leak Containment, Clean Up to U.S. Coast Guard

Naval Air Station Patuxent River successfully turned over containment and cleanup efforts for the partially submerged civilian watercraft in the Patuxent River to the U.S. Coast Guard Aug. 30. Containment efforts by NAS Patuxent River’s Port Operations Division had been ongoing since 7:15 a.m. Aug. 28, when they noticed a sheen on the water...
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No Driver Found at Scene of Vehicle into Utility Pole in Park Hall

No Driver Found at Scene of Vehicle into Utility Pole in Park Hall

On Sunday, September 2, 2018, at approximately 3:25 a.m., police responded to the area of The Green Door, on Point Lookout Road, in Park Hall, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Police arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a utility pole with the pole snapped in half....
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Two Men Face Criminal Charges for Abandoning Boat in Patuxent River

Two Men Face Criminal Charges for Abandoning Boat in Patuxent River

On August 21, 2018 at approximately 8:30 a.m. Officer David Helterbran and Sgt. Tim Kraemer of the Maryland Natural Resources Police responded on the Patuxent River north of the West Basin, in St. Mary’s County for a report of a sunken vessel. Upon their arrival  they located a 108 foot vessel sunken and in...
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VIDEO- Intoxicated Lexington Park Man Arrested After Motor Vehicle Accident in Great Mills

VIDEO- Intoxicated Lexington Park Man Arrested After Motor Vehicle Accident in Great Mills

On Monday, September 3, 2018, at approximately 6:20 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Great Mills Road and Point Lookout Road, in Great Mills. Emergency personnel arrived on scene to find an older model Dodge Ram pick-up truck and a Chevrolet...
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