Monthly Archives: October 2018

Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

Lexington Park Man Arrested on Multiple Drug Charges After Traffic Stop in Prince Frederick

On October 27, 2018, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Deputy Sampson of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a black Chrysler 200 in the area of Solomons Island Road and Dares Beach Road, in Prince Frederick, for having multiple windows cracked and the front bumper appearing to be falling off. Police...
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With Kanopy, Calvert Library Customers Will Have Access to more than 30,000 Films, For Free

With Kanopy, Calvert Library Customers Will Have Access to more than 30,000 Films, For Free

The popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy is now available for free at Calvert Library. Library card holders can access Kanopy and sign up to start streaming films instantly by visiting http://calvert.kanopy.com. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku. Offering...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioners Proclaim National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

St. Mary’s County Commissioners Proclaim National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence regardless of age, gender, ability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status or religion.  According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in the U.S., nearly 20 people per minute experience intimate partner physical violence. This equates to over 10 million abuse victims annually, 1 in 3 women...
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New Patuxent River Science & Technology (PRS&T) Consortium Scholarship Fund Provides Students with Financial Support

New Patuxent River Science & Technology (PRS&T) Consortium Scholarship Fund Provides Students with Financial Support

St. Mary’s College of Maryland announces the new Patuxent River Science & Technology (PRS&T) Consortium Scholarship Fund. Envisioned and championed by AMEWAS, this scholarship fund is the result of a collaboration among six local government contracting companies and aims to ensure some of Southern Maryland’s brightest students can afford college. Through investments from consortium...
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Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Police Make Arrest in the Murder of 18-Year-Old Calvert County Woman

Anne Arundel County Police have made an arrest in the murder of Danielle Valerie Gunson in late September. Anne Arundel County Homicide detectives were able to link the murder of Danielle Gunson to the attempted murder of Terence John Caruso Jr. On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at approximately 12:45 p.m., Terence Caruso was found...
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Margaret “Peggy” Miller Clifton, 96

Margaret “Peggy” Miller Clifton, 96

Margaret “Peggy” Miller Clifton, 96 of Clinton, MD passed peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones on Friday, October 26, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Richard Clifton, Sr.; Dear Mother of Richard Clifton Jr. of Clinton, MD, Catherine Hollar of Woodstock, VA and Rebecca (Richard) Pullman of Owings, MD; loving grandmother of Sean...
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LTC Douglas L. Streeter, 69

LTC Douglas L. Streeter, 69

LTC Douglas L. Streeter, 69, of Huntingtown, MD passed away on Saturday October 27, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan he was a son of the late Maurice and Dolores (Inman) Streeter. He was the beloved husband of Laurie G. (Begbie) Streeter. He loved the Lord and was guided...
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Donald M. Cornwell, Sr., 78

Donald M. Cornwell, Sr., 78

Mr. Donald M. Cornwell, Sr., 78, of Dunkirk, MD, passed away peacefully in his home after a long illness on Monday, October 29th, 2018. Don was a native of Washington, DC and the tenth of 12 children born to Norman and Mary Rose Cornwell. Don married his wife of 55 years, Toni Lynn (Wimmer)...
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Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

Oxon Hill Man Arrested for Violating Protective Order, Assault and Reckless Endangerment in Mechanicsville

On October 27, 2018, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assault involving a knife in the 39800 block of Graves Road, in Mechanicsville. Alvarez Simeon Johnson Sr., 46 of Oxon Hill, arrived at the victims’ residence, in violation of a current protective order. Johnson then engaged in a verbal...
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New Lexington Park Police Substation Approved

New Lexington Park Police Substation Approved

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, awarded a construction contract for a new Sheriff’s Office District Office in Lexington Park. The $3-million contract was awarded to Rainbow Construction Corp. of Waldorf, the lowest of six bidders. Construction is expected to start in December and should take 11 months –...
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Alvin Nelson Bradbury, 72

Alvin Nelson Bradbury, 72

Alvin Nelson Bradbury, 72, of Waldorf died October 18, 2018, at the Washington DC VA Medical Center. He was born on September 15, 1946, in Washington, DC to the late David and Annie Dean Bradbury. He was predeceased by his brothers, Furman and Reginald Bradbury and his sister, Shirley Peed. He is survived by...
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Annette Trower, 78

Annette Trower, 78

Annette Trower, age 78 of Waldorf, Maryland (formerly of New Jersey), died October 23, 2018 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland. Annette was a licensed practical nurse for many years and then a homemaker. She was also a member of the Church of God Pentecostal 2 Church....
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Jacqueline Eileen “Jackie” Palmer, 67

Jacqueline Eileen “Jackie” Palmer, age 67, of Promfret, MD died on October 26, 2018 in La Plata, MD. Jackie worked as a Program Analyst Supervisor at the Justice Department for 33 years and was a member at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pomfret, MD. She was very active with community bowling and county softball...
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Leonard L. Lanham, 90

Leonard L. Lanham, 90

Leonard L. Lanham, 90, son of the late Frank M. and Mary E. Lanham, died October 27, 2018 at home. He was born April 18, 1928 in Washington, DC. He attended McKinley High School before joining the U.S. Navy. He served during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Bermuda and Rhode Island. He received an...
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Major Leslie Clinton Slaybaugh (USAF Retired), 87

Major Leslie Clinton Slaybaugh (USAF Retired), 87

Major Leslie Clinton Slaybaugh (USAF Retired) age 87 of Brandywine, MD died October 21, 2018 at the Charles County Hospice House. He was born October 14, 1931 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was the son of the late Virginia D, Shoemaker and Leslie Johnson Slaybaugh. He was proceeded in death by his beloved wife...
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Laura Montgomery Williams

Laura Montgomery Williams

Laura Montgomery Williams departed this earthly life on Saturday, Ocober 27, 2018. Family and friends will unite on Friday, November 2, 2018 from 10:00am until time of service at 11:00am at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 2294 Old Washington Rd., Waldorf, MD. Interment is private.
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Garyton Colvard Echols, Jr., 85

Garyton Colvard Echols, Jr., 85

Garyton Colvard Echols, Jr., 85, of LaPlata, Md. passed away on Friday, October 26, 2018, surrounded by family at Hospice of Charles County. Born October 17, 1933, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Garyton Colvard and Christine Combs Echols. He moved to LaPlata in 1958 with his wife Carol raising...
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Dr. Guillermo E. Sanchez, 82

Dr. Guillermo E. Sanchez, 82

Dr. Guillermo E. Sanchez, 82, of La Plata, MD, passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center. Dr. Sanchez was born and raised in Cochabamba, Bolivia. His father, Jose Sanchez was a lawyer and newspaper editor, and his mother, Aida Sanchez, was a homemaker. He graduated from...
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Donald Gregory Sinsel, 51

Donald Gregory Sinsel, 51

Donald Gregory Sinsel, 51, of Port Tobacco, MD passed away on October 20, 2018 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in LaPlata, MD. Greg was born on June 16, 1967 in Fairfax, VA to Bonnie Sinsel and the late Donald Sinsel. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his...
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UPDATE: Former State Trooper Sentenced to 3 Months of Home Detention for Assault on Teens with Handgun

UPDATE: Former State Trooper Sentenced to 3 Months of Home Detention for Assault on Teens with Handgun

UPDATE 10/29/2018: Joseph L. Greenwell, 39, of Dameron plead guilty to impersonating a police officer and second-degree assault. On Monday, October 22, 2018, Judge M. Brooke Murdock, imposed an 18-month jail sentence, suspended to 3 months of home detention and two years of probation. Greenwell was sentenced to home detention for his guilty plea to...
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57-Year-Old Lusby Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Chesapeake Ranch Estates

57-Year-Old Lusby Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Chesapeake Ranch Estates

On October 28th, 2018 at approximately 10:07 p.m., Deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to a single vehicle crash on Catalina Drive located in the Chesapeake Ranch Estates. Preliminary Investigation of the collision revealed a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by Bobby Price Jr, 57 years...
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Man Who Murdered Neighbor in Nanjemoy Sentenced to 64 Years in Prison

Man Who Murdered Neighbor in Nanjemoy Sentenced to 64 Years in Prison

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, October 25, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Marcus Darnell Johnson, 34 of Nanjemoy, to 64 Years for the Second-Degree Murder of Wayne Proctor, Jr. and 6 counts of reckless endangerment. Covington, commenting on the case, said, “I’ve been...
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UPDATE: Minor Injuries Reported From Motor Vehicle Involving School Bus and Dump Truck in Waldorf

UPDATE: Minor Injuries Reported From Motor Vehicle Involving School Bus and Dump Truck in Waldorf

UPDATE: On  Friday, October 26 at 9:12 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Poplar Hill Road at Mattawoman Beantown Road in Waldorf for the report of an accident involving a school bus and a dump truck. Upon arrival, officers located the bus which had 17 students on board as well...
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Boat Fire in California Under Investigation

Boat Fire in California Under Investigation

On Saturday, October 27, 2018, at approximately 8:40 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, Solomons, Hollywood, and NAS Patuxent River responded to 23703 Bill Dixon Road, and North Patuxent Beach Road, in California for the reported boat fire. Dispatch advised responding units they were receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a medium sized boat in the...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police are investigating a pedestrian crash that killed one person early Sunday morning in Prince George’s County. On October 28, 2018, shortly before 4:00 a.m., troopers from the College Park Barrack responded to eastbound Route 50 in the area of Maryland Route 410 on a report of two crashes. The first occurred...
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