Monthly Archives: March 2022

UPDATE: Maryland State Police Seeking Assistance in Fatal Shooting on Route 50 in Prince George’s County

UPDATE: Maryland State Police Seeking Assistance in Fatal Shooting on Route 50 in Prince George’s County

UPDATE 3/22/2022: Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate a suspected road rage shooting that took the life of a man Saturday evening in Prince George’s County. At approximately, 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, troopers were notified of a shooting on eastbound U.S. Route 50 at Veterans Parkway. According to a preliminary investigation, a tow...
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Charles County Students Earn Awards at 7th Annual HITS Expo

Charles County Students Earn Awards at 7th Annual HITS Expo

Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) held its seventh annual History, Industry, Technology and Science (HITS) Expo on Saturday, March 12, at St. Charles High School. The Expo included an array of student science and history fair projects on display for judging. The science fair projects were categorized by Behavioral/Medicine and Health Science, Chemistry, Engineering,...
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Governor Hogan Celebrates Grand Opening of Museum of Historic Annapolis

Governor Hogan Celebrates Grand Opening of Museum of Historic Annapolis

Governor Larry Hogan attended the grand opening celebration for the Museum of Historic Annapolis and its new permanent exhibition, Annapolis: An American Story. “I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to call this beautiful city, which was our nation’s first peacetime capital, home for the last seven years,” said Governor Hogan. “The...
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Leadership Southern Maryland Executive Directior Denise Foster to Step Down

Leadership Southern Maryland Executive Directior Denise Foster to Step Down

A message from LSM Executive Director Denise Foster: “When I joined the Leadership Southern Maryland team four years ago, I was excited for the opportunity to lead an organization with such an outstanding reputation for creating positive change in our communities. During my time here, I’ve been privileged to interact with five Executive Program...
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Calvert Hospice Hosting 5K Fun Run/Walk at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum on Saturday, March 26, 2022

Calvert Hospice Hosting 5K Fun Run/Walk at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum on Saturday, March 26, 2022

Calvert Hospice is pleased to partner with Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum this year for the JPPM & Calvert Hospice 5K Fun Run/Walk. The 5K will be held on Saturday, March 26 on the grounds of Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum located at 10515 Mackall Road in St Leonard, starting at 7:00 a.m. Tickets...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to Mark Four-Year Anniversary of School Shooting

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to Mark Four-Year Anniversary of School Shooting

Sheriff Tim Cameron, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Corps invite the public to a memorial and remembrance ceremony on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at 2 pm to mark the four-year anniversary of the shooting at Great Mills High School and to remember other local victims of violent crime....
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Governor Hogan Signs Emergency Legislation to Immediately Suspend State’s Gas Tax for 30 Days, Maryland Becomes First State to Suspend Gas Tax

Governor Hogan Signs Emergency Legislation to Immediately Suspend State’s Gas Tax for 30 Days, Maryland Becomes First State to Suspend Gas Tax

Governor Larry Hogan signed emergency bipartisan legislation (SB1010/HB1486) to immediately suspend the state of Maryland’s gas tax for 30 days. With this action, which both the House and Senate passed with unanimous support, Maryland became the first state in the nation to enact an immediate suspension of the gas tax. “This bipartisan action will...
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Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Proudly Present Their New Fire/EMS Station

Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Proudly Present Their New Fire/EMS Station

The Officers and members of the Second District Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad are excited and proud to announce that as of March 8, 2022, they have officially relocated into their new Fire/Emergency Medical Services station located at 19330 Piney Point Road, directly behind the old station. The Department has been in their...
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No Injuries Reported After House Fire in Hollywood, State Fire Marshal Investigating

No Injuries Reported After House Fire in Hollywood, State Fire Marshal Investigating

On Friday, March 18, 2022, at approximately 8:25 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood, Leonardtown, Bay District, Valley Lee, NAS Patuxent River, and Calvert County responded to 45389 Tippett Road in Hollywood, for the reported house on fire. St. Mary’s County Emergency Communications Center received multiple 911 calls reported the house was on fire. Firefighters arrived...
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Charles County Detectives Identify Waldorf Man As Suspect in Shooting That Injured Woman at Waldorf Restaurant

Charles County Detectives Identify Waldorf Man As Suspect in Shooting That Injured Woman at Waldorf Restaurant

On January 6, 2022, at 3:21 a.m., a woman reported she was shot by an acquaintance outside of a restaurant in the 2900 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf; she was treated at a hospital and released prior to making the report. Through investigation, detectives were able to positively identify the suspect as Deangelo...
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One Person Flown to Area Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Mechanicsville

One Person Flown to Area Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Accident in Mechanicsville

On Friday, March 18, 2022, at approximately 9:50 a.m., police firefighters and rescue personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident in Mechanicsville. Emergency responders arrived on scene at the corner of Three Notch Road and Loveville Road in Mechanicville to find a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. One occupant was flown to an...
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Police Investigating Crash Involving School Bus and Passenger Car / Minor Injuries Reported

Police Investigating Crash Involving School Bus and Passenger Car / Minor Injuries Reported

On March 17, 2022, at 9:10 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Berry Road near Bunker Hill Road in Waldorf for the report of a crash involving a passenger car and a school bus. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of the bus was attempting to make a U-turn from...
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Prince George’s County Police Department Charges Suspect for 1989 Homicide Cold Case

Prince George’s County Police Department Charges Suspect for 1989 Homicide Cold Case

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit charged a suspect in connection with an unsolved 1989 murder in Forestville. He is 64-year-old James Clinton Cole. He’s charged with the murder and sexual assault of 27-year-old Cynthia Rodgers of Forestville. Cole is currently in custody in Cumberland, MD. He is serving a life sentence from an unrelated first degree...
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Police in Charles County Recover Firearm in Vehicle, Arrest Virginia Man

Police in Charles County Recover Firearm in Vehicle, Arrest Virginia Man

On March 14, 2022, at 11:30 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were conducting a parking lot check at a public boat ramp in the 1000 block of Marshall Hall Road in Bryans Road, when they observed several people and cars in the lot; the ramp and parking lot were closed at...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Theft Suspect

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 3:25 pm, the suspect walked out of the California Walmart store with a 75-inch Samsung television without paying for it, placed it in the back of a white SUV and...
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Police in Charles County Recover Two Loaded Firearms and Drugs From Convicted Felon in La Plata

Police in Charles County Recover Two Loaded Firearms and Drugs From Convicted Felon in La Plata

On March 11, 2022, at 6:41 p.m., patrol officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in the area of Charles Street and Church Street in La Plata. Upon approaching the driver, the officers immediately observed a firearm on the dashboard. The driver, Jamaal Khali Sterling, 22, of Virginia, was arrested....
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Serial Fraudster Pleads Guilty in U.S. District Court in Maryland to Two New Fraud Schemes and to Violating His Supervised Release for a Previous Federal Fraud Conviction

Serial Fraudster Pleads Guilty in U.S. District Court in Maryland to Two New Fraud Schemes and to Violating His Supervised Release for a Previous Federal Fraud Conviction

Jason Evans, age 47, formerly of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, in connection with two separate fraud schemes, to aggravated identity theft, and to violating his supervised release on a previous federal bank fraud conviction. The guilty pleas were announced by United States Attorney for the District...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – March 15, 2022

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – March 15, 2022

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, March 15, 2022, with the invocation and pledge followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners recognized National Social Work Month and Equal Pay Day by presenting Proclamations. The Department of Finance received approval for a request...
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Huntingtown Volunteer Fire & Rescue Squad Announces 321 Bingo is Back with Big Prizes!

Huntingtown Volunteer Fire & Rescue Squad Announces 321 Bingo is Back with Big Prizes!

321 BINGO is BACK! Over $8000 in Pay Outs!!! Click here to purchase your reservation, details below! On Saturday, March 19, 2022, doors open at 4:oo p.m., reservation required – Limited to 100 Players – $150.00 Entry fee includes: Catered Dinner by Dream Weavers Catering & Events Two Large Bingo Packets – 24 Games! Packet...
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Police Searching for Drivers/Vehicles Involved in Fatal Pedestrian Hit-and-Run in Forestville

Police Searching for Drivers/Vehicles Involved in Fatal Pedestrian Hit-and-Run in Forestville

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in Forestville. The deceased pedestrian is 64-year-old Jeannette Diggs of Forestville. On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at approximately 8:35 p.m., patrol officers were called to the 3300 block of Walters Lane for a report of a pedestrian...
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Charles County Narcotics Detectives Charge Suspect in Drug Distribution Case

Charles County Narcotics Detectives Charge Suspect in Drug Distribution Case

On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, members of the Narcotics Enforcement Section served a search warrant in the 2200 block of Old Washington Road in Waldorf related to a narcotics investigation. During the search, detectives located approximately 14 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of crack cocaine, marijuana, and manufacturing and distribution paraphernalia. Sean Maurice Hawkins,...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Three Suspects Pictured in Assault Investigation

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identities of Three Suspects Pictured in Assault Investigation

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the persons pictured in an assault investigation. On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., at the corner of Coral Place and Tulagi Place in Lexington Park, the suspects ambushed and assaulted the victim who had to be transported to an area hospital...
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St. Mary’s County Government Job Fair on Saturday, April 23, 2022

St. Mary’s County Government Job Fair on Saturday, April 23, 2022

Are you looking for a rewarding career? Do you want to make the St. Mary’s County community a fantastic place to live and work? Consider working for St. Mary’s County Government! St. Mary’s County Government is hosting a job fair on Saturday, April 23, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Garvey Senior Activity Center...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Office, La Plata Police Department Conducting Sobriety Checkpoint on Thursday, March 17, 2022

Charles County Sheriff’s Office, La Plata Police Department Conducting Sobriety Checkpoint on Thursday, March 17, 2022

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Traffic Operations Unit is partnering with the La Plata Police Department to conduct an impaired driver checkpoint on Thursday, March 17, 2022 in La Plata. Special patrols and enforcement focused on impaired and aggressive driving are conducted year round with the goal of educating the community and deterring...
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Court of Appeals of Maryland Issues Order Moving Primary Election to July 19

Court of Appeals of Maryland Issues Order Moving Primary Election to July 19

The Court of Appeals of Maryland issued an Order, In the Matter of 2022 Legislative Districting of the State, moving the 2022 Primary Election from June 28 to July 19. The Order also amends certain deadlines for the Primary Election Calendar. The following deadlines have been amended: The deadline for filing certificates of candidacy,...
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