A North Carolina woman and a Maryland man were each sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, aiding in the preparation of false tax returns and stealing government funds. According to court documents, between 2013 and 2016, Sandra Denise Curl of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Percy Leroy...
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On Friday, February 24, 2023, at approximately 5:37 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Mervell Dean Road and Clarkes Landing Road in Hollywood, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with two trapped. 16 volunteers from Hollywood and Bay District VFD responded and arrived on the scene to find...
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UPDATE 2/24/2023: The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested and charged a man with kidnapping a child prompting an Amber Alert on Thursday evening. The suspect is 18-year-old Ariel Florentino-Galeas of Hyattsville. The child was located unharmed approximately two hours later. Approximately two hours later, a driver called 911 after being the victim of...
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On Thursday, February 23, 2023, at 3:59 p.m., Southern District officers responded to Solomons Island Road at Birdsville Road for a crash involving multiple vehicles. The investigation revealed that a 2023 Kenworth W900 dump truck was traveling northbound on Solomons Island Road, approaching Birdsville Road. A 2001 Dodge Dakota pick-up truck was traveling eastbound...
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The Financial Crimes Unit is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the man who tried to steal approximately $130,000 from an account at a Fort Washington bank. The preliminary investigation revealed the suspect went to the bank in the 10000 block of Indian Head Highway on November 22, 2022. Once he reached a teller,...
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As the one-year anniversary of a fatal road rage shooting approaches, investigators release more details and continue to seek the identity of the suspect pictured in video footage captured during the incident. Investigators believe the suspect vehicle is a 2018 or 2019 Hyundai Sonata. The color of the vehicle is either black or gray....
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A $34,683 FAST PLAY win will help the “Power Couple” from White Plains pay off their food truck. A White Plains husband-and-wife team of Lottery players decided to try their luck recently with FAST PLAY progressive jackpot games. Last week, they were focused on the growing jackpot in the Gold Fish® game and the...
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Steven King is a volunteer firefighter with the Second District Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad in St. Mary’s County, MD. Steven has been a volunteer for over 20 years with departments in Southern Maryland. Steven has been diagnosed with Colon Cancer and is currently in the care of Hospice. Steven’s family is hosting...
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That’s a wrap on our 2022 Torch Run fundraising! The final total raised in t-shirt and hat sales for 2022 by Charles County was over $111,000‼️ Sheriff Troy Berry, Community Organizer Gus Proctor, and the men and women of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank YOU, Charles County, for your AMAZING...
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On February 22, 2023, at 2:34 p.m., officers with the Neighborhood Enforcement Team conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of St. Thomas Drive and St. Charles Parkway in Waldorf. Officers detected the odor of marijuana, and further investigation revealed there was marijuana inside the vehicle as well as a loaded...
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Leroy Raymond Buckler Jr., 72, passed away on February 18, 2023 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD, surrounded by his loving family. Born on April 18, 1950 in Mechanicsville, MD, to the late Leroy Raymond Buckler Sr. and Gwynette Catherine (Moran) Buckler. Leroy was the loving husband of Teresa Tippett Buckler, whom he married...
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Helen Ogle Ashley was born on June 6, 1927, the daughter of Estel Woltz Ogle and Dorothy Gladys Sumpter Ogle in the town of Hillsville, Virginia and passed away peacefully on February 18, 2023 at the age of 95. She was the middle child of seven children and is survived by her siblings Mary...
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Lt. Col. William “Bill” Collins Reagan, U.S.A.F. (Ret.), 83, passed on February 18, 2023, at the Hospice House of St. Mary’s, Callaway, Maryland, after a long illness. Born September 1, 1939, in Washington, D.C., to Harrell and Harriet Reagan, Bill was a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, where he was elected senior class...
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Barbara Jean DeMent, 86, of Murrells Inlet, SC, passed away on February 6, 2023. Barbara was born on January 1, 1937, to Fred and Doris Branson in Washington, DC. After graduation, Barbara worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company for a short period of time. Barbara then left work to get married and...
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Mary Anne “Mom Mom” Clark passed away peacefully at her home in Dameron, MD on January 31, 2023. Anne was born on February 2, 1926, in Kalmia (Bel Air), Maryland to the late Josiah Wilson and Mary Wheeler Wilson. She is preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Windfield “Tom” Clark (2010),...
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Robert Wayne Beverage, 65, of Chaptico, MD passed away February 20, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born October 4, 1957, in Washington DC, he was the son of Ellsworth P. Beverage and Marjorie Jean Gates Beverage. Bobby worked at the Morgantown Generating Station in maintenance and operations. Following his retirement from this position, Bobby...
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Clarence “Butch” M. Gillott, Jr., 86, passed away February 17, 2023, at his home in Mechanicsville, MD. Butch was born February 17, 1937, in Washington, DC, to Clarence M. Gillott, Sr. & Helen C. (White) Gillott Deane. Butch served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, as a fireman. When he came...
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Cynthia Leah Fields, 66, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on February 13, 2023 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD with her family at her side. She was born in LaPlata, MD on November 8, 1956 to the late Bernard Drury and Betty Ann Harding Drury. On September 3, 1976, Cindy married the...
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Stanley “Stan” Richard Edwards, 76, of Mechanicsville, MD, peacefully passed away on February 14, 2023, at home. Stan was born July 20, 1946, to Raymond Maphies Edwards Jr. and Charlotte Regina Huntington in Washington, DC. Stan married Sherry Edwards and together they had two children, Stanley and Steven. Stan and Sherry celebrated 47 years...
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Gerald Lee “Jerry” Young, 78 of California, MD passed away on February 13, 2023 at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. Jerry was born on October 4, 1944 in Dennison, OH to the late Emmett Young and Margaret Ervin McKay Young. Jerry grew up in Dennison, Ohio. He entered into the U.S. Navy where he proudly...
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UPDATE: 2-24-2023 – The victim in this case, identified as 48-year-old Sharod Moore of Brooklyn, succumbed to his injuries on February 23, 2023. This case is now being investigated as a homicide. 2/22/2023: On February 22, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m., officers responded for a report of a shooting that just occurred in the unit...
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A grand jury today indicted a suspended Prince George’s County Corporal Anthony Brooke on a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in office. The charge stems from a February 2021 stop on a vehicle in Capital Heights. Corporal Brooke is indicted for the allegation of assaulting the driver during the arrest. After reviewing body camera footage...
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On February 19, 2023, an officer responded to the Marshall Hall Boat Ramp in Bryans Road for the report of a suspicious vehicle. Upon making contact with the driver, the officer detected the odor of marijuana. Further investigation revealed that the driver was in possession of marijuana and a loaded handgun. The driver, Josue...
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Detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division located and arrested a Lexington Park man on Wednesday resulting in several handgun charges. Keyshon Marquez Gant, age 22 of Lexington Park, was arrested without incident and subsequently charged with Handgun on Person; Loaded Handgun on Person; Concealed Dangerous Weapon and Prohibited Detachable...
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She buys scratch-offs regularly, a District Heights resident told Lottery officials this week. And, while she wins often enough to maintain interest in her favorite pastime, the Lottery’s newest $50,000 winner just knew that she’d never hit it big. A $5 Crazy 8s instant ticket proved her wrong. “I knew the chances were against...
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