Monthly Archives: June 2023

Police in Charles County Arrest Virginia Man and Charge him with DUI and Possession of a Loaded Firearm

Police in Charles County Arrest Virginia Man and Charge him with DUI and Possession of a Loaded Firearm

On June 25, 2023, at 2:46 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a motorist traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Indian Head Highway. Officers located the vehicle stopped in a crossover at Indian Head Highway and Cedar Lane. The driver of the vehicle was lying on the...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrests 17-Year-Old and Recovers Drugs and Loaded Firearm

Charles County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrests 17-Year-Old and Recovers Drugs and Loaded Firearm

On June 26, 2023, at 10:30 p.m., an officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was conducting a patrol check in the 6900 block of Bensville Road when he observed a vehicle in a community park, which was closed at that time. As the officer approached the vehicle, he observed two people inside. He...
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Southern Maryland Under Code Red Air Quality Alert Due to Canada Wildfires

Southern Maryland Under Code Red Air Quality Alert Due to Canada Wildfires

St. Mary’s County Health Department LEONARDTOWN, MD (June 29, 2023) – Smoke from the Canadian Wildfires is expected to cover parts of Maryland over the next several days resulting in poor outdoor air quality. During air quality alerts, sensitive groups should take special precautions as they may be at higher risk for health effects...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office to Conduct Zero Tolerance Speed Enforcement, Aggressive Driving

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office to Conduct Zero Tolerance Speed Enforcement, Aggressive Driving

In a continuing commitment to address traffic complaints throughout the county, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau will be conducting traffic enforcement geared toward aggressive driving and speeding violations as part of a zero-tolerance campaign July 1 – July 8, 2023. The zero-tolerance enforcement will be targeted at reducing speed related...
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St. Mary’s and Charles County Independence Day Events

St. Mary’s and Charles County Independence Day Events

St. Mary’s City on Friday, June 30, 2023, 7:00 p.m., at the St. Mary’s College – 2023 River Concert Series. Fireworks are tentatively scheduled to follow the June 30th concert. The concerts and parking are free and open to the public. On-site vendors offer food and beverages for purchase and you can bring your...
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4th of July Fireworks Shows Coming to Calvert County

4th of July Fireworks Shows Coming to Calvert County

On behalf of the Board of County Commissioners, the Department of Economic Development has partnered with Calvert Broadcast to livestream local Independence Day fireworks shows from the towns of Chesapeake Beach and North Beach and Solomons Island. The fireworks displays will be streamed live by Calvert Broadcast on the Calvert County Government YouTube channel...
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Investigation Continues Into Fire That Claimed The Life of Firefighter Brice Trossbach

Investigation Continues Into Fire That Claimed The Life of Firefighter Brice Trossbach

Investigators have cleared the scene of the house fire that tragically killed Naval District Washington Firefighter Brice Trossbach. While the on-site examination is complete, the investigation is ongoing and will continue as evidence is pieced together. The Office of the State Fire Marshal, supported by their federal partners in fire investigation, the Bureau of...
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Local Crisis Support Services and Resources Available – St. Mary’s County

Local Crisis Support Services and Resources Available – St. Mary’s County

When a community has experienced a traumatic event or crisis, children and adults may feel significant fear, anxiety or stress. This impact may be felt by those who were directly involved in the event (such as victims, witnesses, and responders) as well as others who may not have been directly involved. There are resources...
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Homicide Investigation Underway in Accokeek

Homicide Investigation Underway in Accokeek

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is conducting an investigation into the death of a man in Accokeek. The victim is 35-year-old Reginald Harris of Clinton. On June 27, 2023, at approximately 7:55 pm, officers were called to the 500 block of Farmington Road W. Harris was located outside suffering from trauma....
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Suspect Wanted for Property Destruction

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Suspect Wanted for Property Destruction

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the subject pictured in a Property Destruction. On Friday, June 23, 2023, at approximately 11:40 a.m., the suspect spray-painted graffiti on several exterior walls on a building on Corporate Drive in Lexington Park. The suspect is described as a black male in a...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – June 27th, 2023

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – June 27th, 2023

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) began their regular business meeting with a moment of silence in honor of fallen Firefighter Brice Trossbach, who lost his life fighting a structure fire in Leonardtown. They then did an invocation and the pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners then presented a...
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Gregory Keith Roland, 57,

Gregory Keith Roland, 57,

Gregory Keith Roland, 57 of Waldorf, Maryland died on June 21, 2023. Born October 5, 1965 in Washington, DC to parents, Leslie Floyd “Butch” Roland and Joyce Irene Roland. Greg grew up in Waldorf, MD and graduated from La Plata High School, Class of 1983. He was a former electrician with Local# 26 Union....
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Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Mourns Loss of Firefighter Brice Trossbach

Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Mourns Loss of Firefighter Brice Trossbach

With profound sadness, the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Company 1 (LVFD) announces the passing of one of our own, Brice Trossbach, 25. Brice died in the line of duty while responding to a structure fire in Leonardtown with the Naval District Washington Fire Department, where he was a career firefighter. “Being a firefighter is...
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NAS Patuxent River Mourns Loss of Firefighter Brice C. Trossbach

NAS Patuxent River Mourns Loss of Firefighter Brice C. Trossbach

It is with profound sadness that NAS Patuxent River announces the tragic loss of one of our brave firefighters, Brice C. Trossbach, 25, who died in the line of duty while responding to an emergency on June 27, 2023. Trossbach made the ultimate sacrifice while responding to a mutual aid call of a structure...
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UPDATE: Mechanicsville Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Capsules Containing Fentanyl

UPDATE: Mechanicsville Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Capsules Containing Fentanyl

UPDATE 6/28/2023: Kyle Dylan Dishner, 30, of Mechanicsville, was sentenced Wednesday, June 21, 2023, to 20 years, suspend all but eight years of active incarceration in the Division of Corrections for his involvement with possession with intent to distribute 296 capsules of fentanyl. The capsules were analyzed by the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences...
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Statements Released After NAS Patuxent River Firefighter is Killed in Leonardtown House Fire

Statements Released After NAS Patuxent River Firefighter is Killed in Leonardtown House Fire

St. Mary’s County Commissioners, & The St. Mary’s County Emergency Services: At 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 27, 2023, St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services announced a partial activation of the Emergency Operation Center in response to the report of a serious house fire in the 20000 block of Deer Wood Park Drive in...
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Patricia “Trish” Priddy, age 52,

Patricia “Trish” Priddy, age 52,

Patricia “Trish” Priddy, age 52, of St. Leonard, Maryland passed away at home on June 23, 2023 following an almost three year battle with kidney cancer. She was born in San Diego, California and spent the majority of her childhood in Alabama. Trish moved to Calvert County, Maryland in 1999 and married her husband,...
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Major Richard L. Dreiser, Jr. (Rick) 70,

Major Richard L. Dreiser, Jr. (Rick) 70,

Major Richard L. Dreiser, Jr. (Rick) 70 of Solomons, MD and formerly of Augusta, GA. died peacefully in his sleep at Caribbean Breeze Assisted Living in Owings, MD on June 21, 2023.  Rick was born on November 3,1952 in Owensboro, KY to the late Beulah Craft and Richard L. Dreiser, Sr. Rick graduated high...
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Annie Louise Robinson, 90,

Annie Louise Robinson, 90,

Annie Louise Robinson, 90, of Broomes Island, MD, passed away at home on June 21, 2023 with her family by her side. She was born on March 31, 1933 in Mitchellville, MD to John C. and Martha A. Jones. Annie enjoyed cooking and collecting vast numbers of recipes, watching Lifetime movies, Wheel of Fortune...
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Margaret Ann (Miller) Sheriff, 80,

Margaret Ann (Miller) Sheriff, 80,

Margaret Ann (Miller) Sheriff, 80, of St. Leonard, MD passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at Assisted Living at Yellowbank in Dunkirk, MD after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Margaret was born on August 5, 1942, to Maynard Cecil and Cassie Louise (Mitchell) Miller in Washington County, Tennessee. She was preceded...
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Linda C. Dobson, 81,

Linda C. Dobson, 81,

Linda C. Dobson, 81, of Tracy’s Landing, MD passed away peacefully with her family by her side on June 20, 2023. She was born on June 4, 1942 in Charlotte, NC to Dallas and Ada Crotts. Her family moved to Deale, Maryland in 1945 and she traveled between Florida and Maryland during her school...
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Kenneth Allen Sampson, 76,

Kenneth Allen Sampson, 76,

Kenneth Allen Sampson, 76, of Huntingtown, MD passed away June 20, 2023. He was born March 23, 1947, in Hyattsville, MD to Arthur Clarence and Bessie (Chapin) Sampson. Kenny was a 1965 graduate of Bladensburg High School. He joined the United States Army January 9, 1966 and was stationed at Ft. Polk, LA before...
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Donald Leroy Davidson, 91,

Donald Leroy Davidson, 91,

Donald Leroy Davidson, 91, of Huntingtown, MD passed away June 19, 2023. He is survived by his wife Bobbie Davidson, sons Randy Davidson (Cari Wagner) of Mechanicsville, MD, and Greg Davidson (Jessica) of Prince Frederick, MD, daughter Lisa Davidson of Huntingtown, MD, grandsons Reese Davidson, Jadon Preston, Ryder Davidson, and Nick Thomas; and sister...
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Charles Marcello Buono, Jr., “Charlie”, 71,

Charles Marcello Buono, Jr., “Charlie”, 71,

Charles Marcello Buono, Jr., “Charlie”, 71, of Leonardtown, MD, formerly of San Diego, CA, passed away on June 19, 2023 at his home. Born on February 3, 1952, he was the son of the late Eva Jewel Sellers and the late Charles Marcello Buono, Sr. Charlie was the loving husband of Mary Susan Buono,...
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Thelma Theresa “Tookie” Hayden

Thelma Theresa “Tookie” Hayden

Thelma Theresa “Tookie” Hayden of Hollywood, Maryland, passed away on Monday, June 19, 2023, at the age of 94. She is survived by her four children, Patricia Mattingly of Mechanicsville, Maryland, Deborah Mattingly (Dennis) of Leonardtown, Maryland, Diane Koslofsky (Les) of Hollywood, Maryland, Robin VanKirk (Joe) of Mechanicsville, Maryland and her sister Phyllis Joseph...
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