Monthly Archives: January 2024

17-Year-Old and 12-Year-Old Rescued from Vehicle After Rollover Collision in La Plata

17-Year-Old and 12-Year-Old Rescued from Vehicle After Rollover Collision in La Plata

On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at approximately 5:07 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Durham Church Road near Port Tobacco Road in La Plata, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned and two trapped. Crews quickly arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle...
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Harold Junior Kahl

Harold Junior Kahl

Harold Junior Kahl passed away at home in the early morning hours of Tuesday January 16th, 2024. Harold was born in Accident, Maryland on September 2nd,1939. He attended Frostburg State College. Harold was a long-time banker and was the former president of Calvert Mercantile Bank for several years. He also contributed to many businesses,...
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Johnnie Lee Price, 74,

Johnnie Lee Price, 74,

Johnnie Lee Price, 74, of St. Leonard, MD, passed away on January 14, 2024. He was born on May 22, 1949, to Lee Clyde Price and Oney Evelyn Phipps. Johnnie was raised in Prince George’s county near Washington, D.C., where he attended public school. He joined the United States Army in 1972 and was...
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Oda Mae Grantham, 61,

Oda Mae Grantham, 61,

Oda Mae Grantham, 61, a longtime resident of North Beach passed away January 12, 2024. She was born November 2, 1962 in Placerville, CA to Henry Thomas and Mary Catherine (Smith) Grierson. Oda moved to North Beach with her family when she was 2 years old. She graduated from Northern High School. She married...
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Helen Powell Marsellas, age 103,

Helen Powell Marsellas, age 103,

Helen Powell Marsellas, age 103, of Lusby, MD, passed away peacefully on January 9th, 2024.  She was born and raised on the family dairy farm in Sudlersville, MD to the late Franklin Luther Powell, Sr. and Sarah “Sadie” Williams Powell.  Hard work was instilled in her at an early age.  After graduating Sudlersville High...
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William “Bill” Turner Halstead

William “Bill” Turner Halstead

Mr. William Halstead, a Calvert County high school teacher passed away on the night of January 8th, 2024. Mr. Halstead was born in East Liverpool Ohio, located in Columbiana County on March 22nd, 1942 to Dora Cain Halstead and James Turner Halstead. Some 16 months later they gave him a sister Donna Jean Halstead...
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Patricia Ann Hutchison, TO, 59,

Patricia Ann Hutchison, TO, 59,

Patricia Ann Hutchison, TO, 59, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2024.  Pat was born February 7, 1964, in Washington, DC, to James Phillip Hutchison and Teresa Catherine (Barry) Hutchison.  Pat grew up in Forestville, Maryland.  She graduated from Suitland High School, Suitland, Maryland in 1982.  Pat worked as a...
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Helen Ann Lambert

Helen Ann Lambert

Helen Ann Lambert passed away Saturday January 6, 2024 after a year long battle with dementia. Helen was married to Merrill Kenneth Lambert for 62 years and had two children, Hollis and Dale. Hollis is deceased and Dale lives in Calvert County. Helen and Merrill have lived in Calvert County for 34 years with...
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Paula Ann Jensen, 89,

Paula Ann Jensen, 89,

Paula Ann Jensen, 89, of Chesapeake Beach crossed over to Heaven peacefully from Masters Haven Assisted Living in Finksburg on January 5, 2024. She was born October 24, 1934 in Washington, DC to Daniel and Alice Matilda (Stanton) Powell. Paula was raised in foster care in Baltimore and moved to Capitol Heights as a...
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Vivienne Irene Trawick

Vivienne Irene Trawick

Vivienne Irene Trawick, was born in Washington, D.C., on November 27, 1942, and died on January 3, 2024 at Calvert Hospital. She was the Daughter of Julia Irene and James Charles Michaud of Hyattsville MD and a graduate of Regina High School. Vivienne and her husband Michael Trawick moved to Rose Haven, MD in...
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David Carter, 70,

David Carter, 70,

David Carter, 70, of Upper Marlboro passed away January 1, 2024. He was born October 13, 1953 in Prince George’s County to Ernest William and Sarah Rebecca (Sears) Carter. David graduated from Frederick Sasscer High School. He owned and operated Carter Brother’s Electrical with his best friends and brothers, Joseph and Ernest Carter for...
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Beverly Price

Beverly Price

Beverly Price did not chuckle. She didn’t snicker or giggle or titter or cover her mouth. No. This woman laughed. A full-throated, no-holds-barred laugh. You know that laugh that makes a stand-up comic stop mid-routine and point appreciatively at the audience member doing it? Yeah, hers was one of those laughs. Triggering it didn’t...
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Kendall Alexis Rooney, age 20,

Kendall Alexis Rooney, age 20,

A much-loved daughter and sister, Kendall Alexis Rooney, age 20, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully at her home in Hollywood, Maryland on Thursday, January 11, 2024. Kendall was born at Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland on January 27, 2003, to parents Rick and Sandy Rooney. At 5 months old, Kendall was diagnosed...
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Betty Elizabeth Kitzmiller

Betty Elizabeth Kitzmiller

Betty was called home peacefully on New Year’s Day 2024 at home with family. She was born October 25, 1930, in Freeport, West Virginia to the late Ethel (Bowser) and John Bowman. She was the seventh of nine children, preceded in death by Clinton Bowman, Allen Bowman, Daisy Stiles, Hazel Cage, Gilbert Bowman, Lena...
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Mary Lillian Hewitt, 92,

Mary Lillian Hewitt, 92,

Mary Lillian Hewitt, 92, of Callaway, MD passed away January 10, 2024 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD with her loving family at her side. She was born on July 4, 1931 in Leonardtown, MD to the late Joseph Hebb Johnson and Margaret Eleanor (nee: Payne) Johnson. Mary Lillian was a lifelong...
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Barbara Lorraine Robbins, 70,

Barbara Lorraine Robbins, 70,

Barbara Lorraine Robbins, 70, of Hughesville, MD, peacefully passed away on January 7, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. Barbara was born on February 14, 1953, to Vincent and Norma Buckler in Washington, DC. After graduation, she worked on the family farm for eight years, she then worked at Pepco for over two years, after,...
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Mary Ann Jenkins (Booty), 89,

Mary Ann Jenkins (Booty), 89,

A much-loved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mary Ann Jenkins (Booty), 89, of Waldorf, Maryland, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 1, 1934, in Washington, DC. Mary Ann was the daughter of Stanley George Mahon and Alma Mae Dovell of Warrenton, VA. She...
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Patricia (Pat) Elma Bowles, 82,

Patricia (Pat) Elma Bowles, 82,

Patricia (Pat) Elma Bowles, 82, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on January 4, 2024. Born on September 9, 1941, in Maine. She was the daughter of Stanley and Frances (Frost) Day Sr. and was 1 of 3 children. Pat married her beloved husband, Anthony (Tony) Bowles, on October 14, 1961. Together they had 3...
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Linda Jane Davis, 79,

Linda Jane Davis, 79,

Linda Jane Davis, 79, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, loving wife of the late Robert “Bob” Michael Davis, died Saturday, January 6, 2024. Linda was born March 9, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, the only child of the late Jane O.(Wood) Treadway and George Hare. Linda married Bob, her childhood sweetheart, in 1963. She and Bob lived...
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Joel Wesley Richards, 65,

Joel Wesley Richards, 65,

Joel Wesley Richards, 65, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on December 31, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Born on June 10, 1958, to Carroll James Richards and Patsy Jane Sanford in Texas. After Joel graduated from high school, he worked construction for a while and then enlisted in the US Navy. His Navy...
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Geraldine Evar Shipley (Jerry)

Geraldine Evar Shipley (Jerry)

Geraldine Evar Shipley (Jerry), was born on November 22, 1933, to Noel and Elizabeth Jessee. She passed away peacefully at the age of 90 on January 11, 2024, where she had been a resident of Hughesville, MD for the last 55 years. She is survived by her husband Thomas Shipley, daughters Bonnie Gartner and...
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Prince Frederick Man Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine After Traffic Stop in St. Leonard

Prince Frederick Man Arrested for Possession of Crack Cocaine After Traffic Stop in St. Leonard

On January 6, 2024, S/DFC Wilder from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop along St. Leonard Road in the area of the St. Leonard Post Office in St. Leonard, on a vehicle traveling 30 mph+ over the posted speed limit. During the traffic stop, a tear-off baggie with a hard white...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison After Killing Two Lexington Park Women in 2021 Impaired Driving Crash

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison After Killing Two Lexington Park Women in 2021 Impaired Driving Crash

UPDATE 1-17-2024: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Kevin Eugene Luther, 43, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was sentenced to 20 years in prison with 12 years of active incarceration for two counts of manslaughter by motor vehicle for a crash that tragically took the lives of two victims. On August 31, 2021, at...
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Great Mills Man Arrested in Calvert County for Possession of Cocaine After Traffic Stop in Lusby

Great Mills Man Arrested in Calvert County for Possession of Cocaine After Traffic Stop in Lusby

On January 6, 2024, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Deputy First Class Shoemaker from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop near the Cove Point Self Storage located on Cove Point Road in Lusby, after a gray in color Toyota Tacoma was observed traveling 75 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. Upon...
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Landover Teen and Two Juveniles Arrested After High Speed Chase in Calvert County

Landover Teen and Two Juveniles Arrested After High Speed Chase in Calvert County

On Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 9:39 p.m., a stationary tag reader located on Route 4 and Route 260, in Dunkirk, alerted deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office of a stolen vehicle in the county. The vehicle was described as a 2021 Toyota Corolla, bearing a Virginia registration that was reported stolen from...
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