Monthly Archives: July 2023

Maryland Moves to Intervene in Lawsuits Defending Truck Emissions Regulations to Reduce Air Pollution

Maryland Moves to Intervene in Lawsuits Defending Truck Emissions Regulations to Reduce Air Pollution

BALTIMORE, MD (July 6, 2023) – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of Attorneys General and cities in moving to intervene in lawsuits challenging decisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that authorize California to establish regulations that would speed the adoption of zero-emission trucks and reduce emissions from...
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Winning Anne Arundel County Family Strikes Gold Again!

Winning Anne Arundel County Family Strikes Gold Again!

Patriarch takes home $100,000 top prize on Gold X50 scratch-off Whoever said winning the Lottery is a once in a lifetime thing must have never met a fortunate family from Glen Burnie. In the past five years, the family has won five big prizes on scratch-offs. The most recent prize of $100,000 came this...
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Detectives Arrest 59-Year-Old PG County Man Who Committed “Pigeon Drop” Scams

Detectives Arrest 59-Year-Old PG County Man Who Committed “Pigeon Drop” Scams

Following an extensive investigation, Prince George’s County Police Department Financial Crimes Unit detectives identified and arrested a man who is linked to two “pigeon drop” scams. The suspect is 59-year-old Keith Twiggs of Temple Hills. A pigeon drop scam involves convincing a victim to give the suspect(s) a large amount of cash as collateral...
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Fashion for a Cause Breaks Its Record After Raising Close to $200K for Children’s Care Programs

Fashion for a Cause Breaks Its Record After Raising Close to $200K for Children’s Care Programs

A high-spirited crowd took over an automotive service center to break a record – the most money raised in one night in the 13-year history of Fashion for a Cause. On June 8, 2023, at Porsche Annapolis, businesses, organizations and individuals broke that record, raising nearly $200,000 for Chesapeake Kids, the Hospice of the...
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Teen Flown to Children’s Center After Golf Cart Crash in Charlotte Hall

Teen Flown to Children’s Center After Golf Cart Crash in Charlotte Hall

On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at approximately 1:42 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 37000 block of Mohawk Drive in Charlotte Hall, for the reported golf cart crash with one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a golfcart in the roadway with one pediatric female trapped underneath of the...
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Christmas Tree Shops Set to Close Remaining 73 Stores in 20 States

Christmas Tree Shops Set to Close Remaining 73 Stores in 20 States

Christmas Tree Shops plans to close all of its remaining stores and has kicked off their going out of business sales just two months after the home goods retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May of this year. The Massachusetts based chain filed for bankruptcy in May 2023 (full press release here)...
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Governor Moore Announces $13.5 Million in Maryland Waterway Improvement Funds

Governor Moore Announces $13.5 Million in Maryland Waterway Improvement Funds

Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Funds. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterways, emergency vessels and equipment for local first responders, and other important infrastructure and initiatives. “Investing in infrastructure is integral...
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Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division to Conduct Night Range Testing from July 16th to 21st

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division to Conduct Night Range Testing from July 16th to 21st

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) plans to conduct night range testing during non-normal operating hours July 16-21 typically beginning at 7 p.m. through 7 a.m. Testing is scheduled to begin July 16 at 12:01 a.m. and conclude July 21 at 7 a.m. While this testing does not involve weapons firing and no...
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Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 7-Years in Federal Prison for a Conspiracy to Obtain Over $1 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 7-Years in Federal Prison for a Conspiracy to Obtain Over $1 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Jerry Phillips, a/k/a “Tian Juzo,” age 25, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and illegal possession of a machine gun, related to a scheme to fraudulently obtain more...
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Maryland Casinos Generate $163.7 Million in Gaming Revenue During June 2023

Maryland Casinos Generate $163.7 Million in Gaming Revenue During June 2023

Maryland’s six casinos combined to generate $163,717,230 in revenue from slot machines and table games during June 2023, an increase of $971,931 (0.6%) compared to June 2022. Casino gaming contributions to the state in June 2023 totaled $69,430,233, an increase of $1,072,086 (1.6%) compared to June 2022. Contributions to the Education Trust Fund in...
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UM Charles Regional’s Stroke Center Earns 5-Year Re-Designation From State

UM Charles Regional’s Stroke Center Earns 5-Year Re-Designation From State

The University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center’s (UM CRMC) Stroke Center recently received a five-year re-designation from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). The institute found that UM CRMC maintains a strong commitment to its treatment of complex stroke patients as well as a robust community education program. “We are...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Collision in Calvert County That Killed Lusby Woman

UPDATE: Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Collision in Calvert County That Killed Lusby Woman

UPDATE: On July 9, 2023, at 8:24 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Patrol Bureau responded to report of a serious motor vehicle crash with injuries in the area of MD Rt. 4 and White Sands Drive in Lusby. Upon arrival, deputies determined the one of the operators of the vehicles succumbed to...
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Police Investigating Helicopter Crash in Charles County, No Serious Injuries Reported

Police Investigating Helicopter Crash in Charles County, No Serious Injuries Reported

On Sunday, July 9, 2023, police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 9122 Maytide Street and Linden Grove Drive in Waldorf, for the report of a small aircraft down. 911 callers reported a small helicopter conducted a emergency landing and was currently in their backyard. Crews arrived on the scene to...
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Northeast High School Teacher Charged with Rape and 13 Other Charges After Students Report Sexual Assaults

Northeast High School Teacher Charged with Rape and 13 Other Charges After Students Report Sexual Assaults

In May of 2023, the Anne Arundel County Police Department became aware of multiple sexual allegations against an Anne Arundel County Public School (AACPS) teacher. During the investigation, two students came forward advising Karl Houston Walls, a teacher at Northeast High School, had allegedly been sending sexually explicit text messages and photographs/videos. The suspect...
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70-Year-Old Anne Arundel County Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of 29-Year-Old Outside Glen Burnie Liquor Store

70-Year-Old Anne Arundel County Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of 29-Year-Old Outside Glen Burnie Liquor Store

A Brooklyn Park man pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Murder and Use of a Handgun in a Crime of Violence on Friday in connection to the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Darius Davon Matthews outside a Glen Burnie liquor store, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced. Gregory Lydell Siscoe, 70, entered the plea in Anne Arundel...
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VIDEO: Police Release Video of SUV Wanted in Connection of Fatal Shooting in Seat Pleasant

VIDEO: Police Release Video of SUV Wanted in Connection of Fatal Shooting in Seat Pleasant

The Homicide Unit released video of an SUV wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in the city of Seat Pleasant in late May. The victim in this case is 32-year-old Joe Louis Washington of Brandywine. On May 31, 2023, at approximately 8:45 pm, officers with the Seat Pleasant Police Department responded to the...
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Maryland State Prison Inmate Charged with Murder of Fellow Inmate

Maryland State Prison Inmate Charged with Murder of Fellow Inmate

A state prison inmate has been indicted by the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Grand Jury in the homicide of a fellow inmate at the Jessup Correctional Institute in Jessup, Maryland earlier this year. The suspect, Daniel Myers, 26, is charged with first-degree murder and related charges. He is in custody at the North...
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Charles County Health Department – Swimming and Water Contact Areas Closed in Potomac River Due to Sewage Spill

Charles County Health Department – Swimming and Water Contact Areas Closed in Potomac River Due to Sewage Spill

The Charles County Department of Health has been alerted by the Maryland Department of the Environment of a sewage spill that occurred in Virginia. This spill may impact the identified portion of the Potomac River (Swan Point to Cobb Point). The Charles County Department of Health has been  informed by the Maryland Department of...
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Waldorf Man Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Impersonating Deputy U.S. Marshal and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

Waldorf Man Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Impersonating Deputy U.S. Marshal and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

UPDATE 7/7/2023: U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Antione William Tuckson, age 38, of Waldorf, Maryland, to 37 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for false impersonation of an officer and employee of the United States and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The...
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One Transported to Trauma Center After Vehicle Strikes College Park Fire Engine in Waldorf

One Transported to Trauma Center After Vehicle Strikes College Park Fire Engine in Waldorf

On Thursday, July 6, 2023, at approximately 9:25 a.m., College Park Volunteer Fire Department Engine 812 was stationary on Leonardtown Road in the area of Forest Knolls Place in Waldorf when it was struck from behind by an SUV. Police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene due to reports of one trapped...
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18-Year-Old Waldorf Teen Sentenced to 10 Years for Armed Robbery and Use of Firearm

18-Year-Old Waldorf Teen Sentenced to 10 Years for Armed Robbery and Use of Firearm

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Ta’vyon Cortaz Wills, 18, of Waldorf, to 10 years in prison for Armed Robbery and Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence. On May 10, 2023,...
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Thelma T. Crandell, 97,

Thelma T. Crandell, 97,

Thelma T. Crandell, 97, a lifelong resident of Lothian, MD passed away July 3, 2023. Thelma was born May 22, 1926 to Josephine (Griffith) and William E. Tucker. She was raised in Lothian and graduated from Southern High School. She married Julius F. “Buzz” Crandell, Jr. on August 9, 1946 and they lived and...
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James Ray McSwain, Sr. ,55,

James Ray McSwain, Sr. ,55,

James Ray McSwain, Sr. ,55, of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away at his home on July 2, 2023. James was born on June 17,1968 in Gastonia, North Carolina. He is preceded in death by his mother Diane Braswell, his step father Jospeh Ramsey, Jr. and step brother Joey Ramsey. James liked meeting new people,...
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William Russell “Rusty” Deale, 46,

William Russell “Rusty” Deale, 46,

William Russell “Rusty” Deale, 46, of Deale passed away June 30, 2023. He was born February 8, 1977, in Prince Frederick to William Tubby and Julia Kathleen (Holmes) Deale. Rusty lived in Calvert County and moved to Deale when he was 10. He graduated from Southern High School. He was employed as a union...
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June Kathleen Whittington, 88,

June Kathleen Whittington, 88,

June Kathleen Whittington, 88, of Dunkirk passed away June 29, 2023. She was born September 24, 1934 to George Meade and Marguerite Kathleen (Myers) Barbehenn. June was preceded in death by her husband Charles Arthur “Arky” Whittington. She is survived by her children Sharon Sauvé and her husband Dave, Deborah Kopack, (late husband Dr....
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