Monthly Archives: September 2020

ATF and NSSF Offering $10,000 Reward in Firearm Theft and Burglary in Mechanicsville

ATF and NSSF Offering $10,000 Reward in Firearm Theft and Burglary in Mechanicsville

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, have announced a combined reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the theft of numerous...
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CARES Act Funding Federal Grant Update

CARES Act Funding Federal Grant Update

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County heard an update on the CARES Act Funding during their regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Chesapeake Building in Leonardtown, MD. Jeannett Cudmore, Chief Financial Officer for St. Mary’s County, briefed the Commissioners with a complete CARES Grant expenditures breakdown. The 9.9M portion of the grant designated...
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No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes Walgreens Pharmacy in Lexington Park

No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes Walgreens Pharmacy in Lexington Park

On Friday, September 25, 2020, at approximately 10:58 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 21729 Great Mills Road and North Shangri-La Drive at the Walgreens Pharmacy, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle on the sidewalk with intrusion into the building....
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Wanted Great Mills Man Arrested After Overdosing Behind the Wheel in Lexington Park

Wanted Great Mills Man Arrested After Overdosing Behind the Wheel in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at approximately 11:48 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 48200 block of Hillside Drive in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident with one subject unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway with minor damage, with the adult male...
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Suspended Prince George’s County Officer Faces Charges for Sex Crimes Involving a Minor

Suspended Prince George’s County Officer Faces Charges for Sex Crimes Involving a Minor

A Prince George’s County grand jury indicted a suspended Prince George’s County Police officer. Corporal Tristan Thigpen faces several charges to include sexual abuse of a minor, second degree assault, third degree sex offense and fourth degree sex offense. He is now suspended without pay. Thigpen is accused of inappropriately touching a young child...
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Stephen Edward “Steve” Arnold, Sr., 72

Stephen Edward “Steve” Arnold, Sr., 72

Stephen Edward “Steve” Arnold, Sr., 72 of Leonardtown, MD tragically passed away on September 1, 2020 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. He was born on December 15, 1947 in Elizabeth City, NC to the late Frank Leo Arnold and Daisy (White) Arnold. Steve enlisted in the U.S. Navy and...
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Rosalea Denise “Lea” Arnold, 66

Rosalea Denise “Lea” Arnold, 66

Rosalea Denise “Lea” Arnold, 66 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 17, 2020 at the University of Maryland Medical Center of Baltimore, MD. She was born on November 6, 1953 in Washington, D.C. to the late John Dunlap Freeman and Minna Marie (Graves) Freeman. Lea is a 1970 graduate of Sherwood High School....
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MDOT and County Officials Meet Virtually to Take Statewide Transportation Investment Tour Live at 2:00 p.m.

MDOT and County Officials Meet Virtually to Take Statewide Transportation Investment Tour Live at 2:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Office of the Secretary and representatives from MDOT’s business units will meet virtually with St. Mary’s County officials to discuss transportation investments. Representatives include: The Secretary’s Office: Deputy Secretary Sean Powell; MDOT Motor Vehicle Administration: Administrator Chrissy Nizer; MDOT Maryland Transit Administration: Local Transit Support...
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Charles County Public Schools and Health Department Offering Free Vaccinations to Students

Charles County Public Schools and Health Department Offering Free Vaccinations to Students

Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) and the Charles County Department of Health are collaborating to offer required vaccinations for students at no cost. Maryland law requires students to have up-to-date immunizations, but with some physician’s offices having altered schedules in effect to slow the spread of COVID-19, some students may not have received vaccinations...
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COVID-19 Public Exposure Risk Reported in St. Mary’s County Hair Salon

COVID-19 Public Exposure Risk Reported in St. Mary’s County Hair Salon

The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) has determined that persons confirmed to have COVID-19 may have come into close contact with other community members. The potential public exposure location, dates, and times are as follows: Expressions of Beauty Hair Salon 28103 Three Notch Rd, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 Dates: September 12, 16, 17 and...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Pedestrian in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred last night on Rt. 1 in Prince George’s County. The preliminary investigation indicates just after 9:00 p.m. yesterday, a Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by Jason Iloh, 27, of Laurel, Md., was traveling south on Rt. 1, north of Cypress Street in Laurel, Md....
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Prince George’s County Murder Suspect Arrested in North Carolina

Prince George’s County Murder Suspect Arrested in North Carolina

The suspect charged in connection with a domestic-related homicide in Chillum is now in custody in Raleigh, North Carolina. With the assistance of law enforcement partners in Raleigh, 22-year-old Winston Hughes of the 2600 block of Queens Chapel Road in Chillum, was located and arrested on Sunday. Hughes is charged with fatally shooting his...
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Governor Hogan Announces Extension of Homeowners’ and Renters’ Property Tax Credit Deadlines

Governor Hogan Announces Extension of Homeowners’ and Renters’ Property Tax Credit Deadlines

Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) is extending the deadline to apply for 2020 Homeowners’ and Renters’ Property Tax Credits from October 1 to October 31. These two tax credit programs save Marylanders more than $65 million per year, with homeowners receiving an average credit...
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Mary Tresia Briscoe, 79

Mary Tresia Briscoe, 79 of Capitol Heights, MD, entered into eternal rest on September 22, 2020. Visitation will begin at 10 am until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at Sacred Heart Church, 23080 Maddox Rd., Bushwood, MD. Interment to follow at St. George’s Church Cemetery, Valley Lee,...
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Peggy Ann Hamilton, 83

Peggy Ann Hamilton, 83

Peggy Ann Hamilton, age 83 of La Plata, Maryland, died September 8, 2020 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland. Peggy was a Cafeteria Manager at White Marsh Elementary School in Mechanicsville, Maryland and a member of the La Plata United Methodist Church. She was a devoted wife...
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Helen Elizabeth Grinder, 88

Helen Elizabeth Grinder, 88

Helen Elizabeth Grinder, 88, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on September 21, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on November 16, 1932 in Park Hall, MD to the late Sherman T. Brown and Genevieve Elizabeth Hayden Brown. Helen is a high school graduate of St. Michael’s Catholic...
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Michael Lee Hewlett, 74

Michael Lee Hewlett, 74, of Patuxent River, MD passed away on September 20, 2020 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. He was born February 17, 1946 in Cleburne, TX to the late Clarence Thomas Hewlett and Mildred A. White. On August 16, 1974, he married his beloved wife, Janice P. Hewlett in...
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Joseph Donald Mattingly, 86

Joseph Donald Mattingly, 86

Joseph Donald Mattingly, 86 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 23, 2020 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown. Donald was born on July 29, 1934 in Compton, MD to the late John Freeman Mattingly, Sr. and Agnes Elizabeth (Bowles) Mattingly. Donald was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. He attended Margaret Brent...
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Thomas Kenneth Casey

Thomas Kenneth Casey

Our beloved, Thomas Kenneth Casey, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on March 22, 1947 to the late Olin Arthur Casey and the late Naomi Elizabeth Christian Casey. He was called home to eternal rest on September 18, 2020. Thomas, a 1965 graduate of I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, VA, and then went on...
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Robert “Bob” Eugene Ward, 78

Robert “Bob” Eugene Ward, 78

Robert “Bob” Eugene Ward, 78, of Brandywine, MD passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. He was the devoted son of the late William Faulkner and late Bertha (Dodson) Faulkner. He was born on January 18, 1942 in Washington, DC. Bob proudly served in the United...
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Annette Marie Brash, 55

Annette Marie Brash, 55

Annette Marie Brash, 55 of Mechanicsville, Maryland passed on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with cancer. She was born on August 14, 1965 in Washington, DC to the late Michael Patton Warren, Sr. and Bernadette M. (Spaight) of Mechanicsville, MD. She was the...
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Jean Ridgeway Carpenter, 85

Jean Ridgeway Carpenter, 85

Jean Ridgeway Carpenter, 85 of Huntingtown, MD formerly of Allison Park, PA passed away on September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. She was born on May 11, 1935 in Coraopolis, PA and was the loving daughter of the late Dorothy O’Bryon Ridgeway and Raymond Glover Ridgeway. Jean was the loving wife of the late...
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Ann Marie Diehl, 70

Ann Marie Diehl, 70

Ann Marie Diehl, 70, of Hughesville, MD passed away on September 19, 2020 at her home. She was born on January 18, 1950 in La Plata, MD. She was the daughter of the late Lucille Cole Flerlage and Henry Lawrence Flerlage. Ann is survived by her son Robert Allen Diehl of California, MD, 2...
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Caroline Hayden Murphy, 89

Caroline Hayden Murphy, 89

Caroline Hayden Murphy, 89, of Hollywood, MD passed away at her home on September 23, 2020. She was born on January 30, 1931 in Hollywood, MD and was the daughter of the late Dorothy Frances Garner and Thomas Alvin Hayden. Caroline was the loving wife of the late John S. Murphy, Sr. “Jack” whom...
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Kerry J. Hrabosky, 72

Kerry J. Hrabosky, 72

Kerry J. Hrabosky, 72, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 18, 2020 peacefully in her sleep at the home she shared with her loving husband. She was born on April 25, 1948 in Le Mars, Iowa to the late Gordon Burkett and Alberta Burkett of Castle Rock, Colorado. Most of her childhood was...
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