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Piney Point Lighthouse Museum Pier Has Reopened After Suffering Partial Collapse

Piney Point Lighthouse Museum Pier Has Reopened After Suffering Partial Collapse

The pier at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park has been reopened to the public. It suffered a partial collapse during the summer due to extensive shore erosion but has been repaired thanks to emergency funding received from the St. Mary’s County Commissioners and work done by the St. Mary’s County Department...
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Considering a Career in Health Care? MedStar Announces Deadline for Annual Scholarship is February 28, 2020

Considering a Career in Health Care? MedStar Announces Deadline for Annual Scholarship is February 28, 2020

If your dream is to pursue a career in the healthcare field, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital may be able to help. With the goal of recruiting specially-trained associates, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital awards annual scholarships to candidates pursuing degrees in healthcare related fields such as nursing, imaging, respiratory therapy, laboratory technology, and pharmacists. In...
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Police Arrest Chesapeake Beach Man Wanted by Police for Murder in Manassas

Police Arrest Chesapeake Beach Man Wanted by Police for Murder in Manassas

UPDATE : Ryan Thomas Waker, 22, of Chesapeake Beach, who was wanted in connection to the Denny’s homicide in Manassas, VA, has been apprehended by the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Maryland. Additional information to follow. ________________ WANTED: Ryan Thomas Waker, 22, of Chesapeake Beach, is actively being sought in connection to the...
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VIDEO: No Injuries Reported After Wrong Way Drunk Driver Crashes in Great Mills

VIDEO: No Injuries Reported After Wrong Way Drunk Driver Crashes in Great Mills

On Saturday, December 28, 2019, at approximately 1:45 a.m., police responded to the area of Three Notch Road and First Colony Boulevard in California, for the report of a vehicle travelling Northbound in the Southbound lanes. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area and attempted to locate the vehicle,...
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Police Say Alcohol and Speed Contributing Factors in Fatal Prince George’s County Crash

Police Say Alcohol and Speed Contributing Factors in Fatal Prince George’s County Crash

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision in Greenbelt early Wednesday morning. The decedent is 37-year-old Jose Galvan-Montesinos of Riverdale. On December 25, 2019, at approximately 2:00 am, officers responded to the area of Kenilworth Avenue and Old Calvert Road for a single-vehicle collision. Upon...
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Man Impersonates Police Officer and Sexual Assaults Woman He Met Through Dating App in Prince George’s County

Man Impersonates Police Officer and Sexual Assaults Woman He Met Through Dating App in Prince George’s County

Detectives arrested a man and charged him with sexually assaulting a woman he had just met on a dating app. The suspect is 23-year-old Michael Crutchfield II of the 6900 block of Halleck Street in District Heights. On December 24th, at approximately 3:30 am, detectives responded to a hospital in Washington D.C., for the...
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State Fire Marshal Investigating Arson of Occupied Residence in Leonardtown

State Fire Marshal Investigating Arson of Occupied Residence in Leonardtown

On Sunday, December 22, 2019, at approximately 11:20 p.m., police and firefighters responded to 22640 Wheatleys Apartment Way in Leonardtown, for the fire reported out. Crews from Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene to find nothing evident from a 1-story single family residence, and after further investigation firefighters found a fire already...
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Delivery Driver Gets Surprise Christmas Gift After Winning $100,000 on Scratch-off in Charlotte Hall

Delivery Driver Gets Surprise Christmas Gift After Winning $100,000 on Scratch-off in Charlotte Hall

“I’ve got a feeling,” a Baltimore man told his sister just last week. “I’m going to win one of these.” In his hand that day, he held a Maryland Lottery Cash Club scratch-off. On Thursday, he held the paperwork for a check for $100,000! The delivery driver found the top prize on the $10...
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Maryland State Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating a Second Person Shot on Friday in a Separate Shooting

Maryland State Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating a Second Person Shot on Friday in a Separate Shooting

On Friday, December 27, 2019, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, for the reported gunshot victim. Police arrived on the scene to find a patient, a male in his 20’s,...
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Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Regrets to Announce Passing of Past Lieutenant Joseph (Joey) F. Angle, 48

Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Regrets to Announce Passing of Past Lieutenant Joseph (Joey) F. Angle, 48

Ridge Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the death of past Lieutenant Joseph (Joey) F. Angle. Joey passed away yesterday at his home in Calvert County. Joey joined RVFD on October 13, 1987. He was a member from 1987 to 1993 and held the position of Lieutenant in 1992. Joey resigned in 1994 and...
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Two Charles County Residents to Take Part in the “First POWERBALL Millionaire of the Year” Event in New York City

Two Charles County Residents to Take Part in the “First POWERBALL Millionaire of the Year” Event in New York City

New Year’s Eve is always an exciting night, but for one lucky Maryland Lottery player, it could be life-changing. Five Maryland Lottery winners will be among more than 300 lottery participants from across the nation vying to become the First POWERBALL Millionaire of the Year℠.  A VIP trip to New York City will culminate with a...
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UPDATE: Charles County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Identify and Arrest Shooting Suspects in Waldorf

UPDATE: Charles County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Identify and Arrest Shooting Suspects in Waldorf

UPDATE 12/27/19: Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested three suspects involved in a shooting which took place earlier this year. On September 27, 2019, at approximately 12:15 p.m., officers responded to the area of Medinah Street and Mesquite Court in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located the...
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UPDATE: State Police Release Name of 18-Year-Old Shot at Sheetz in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE: State Police Release Name of 18-Year-Old Shot at Sheetz in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE 12/27/2019 @ 4:20 p.m.: Maryland State Police are searching for a suspect involved in a reported shooting in St. Mary’s County. The suspect is identified as an African American male. He reportedly fled the scene in an SUV with Virginia plates. The victim is identified as Ea’sen Lee Mackall, 18, of St. Mary’s...
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Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Continues 20 Year Tradition to Visit Chesapeake Shores for Christmas

Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Continues 20 Year Tradition to Visit Chesapeake Shores for Christmas

On Christmas Eve, Santa and all of his helpers from Bay District loaded up on apparatus and took a trip to Chesapeake Shores to visit with the residents. Santa came prepared with gift bags full of goodies for ALL. Our first stop was the recreation area where the staff had a large number of...
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UPDATE: Police Ticket Lexington Park Man They Say Crashed Car Into Great Mills Post Office

UPDATE: Police Ticket Lexington Park Man They Say Crashed Car Into Great Mills Post Office

UPDATE 12/26/2019: On May 18, 2019, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Delante Montario Butler, 27, of Lexington Park, was stopped by Deputy Muschette, of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Pegg Road in the area of Pacific Drive driving a brown Mercury Marquis with Virginia tags. On that day Butler was issued two traffic...
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Maryland State Police Warn Motorists Not To Drive Impaired Or Distracted This Holiday Season

Maryland State Police Warn Motorists Not To Drive Impaired Or Distracted This Holiday Season

Troopers from each of the 23 Maryland State Police barracks who patrol every county will continue to focus enforcement efforts on impaired driving, aggressive driving, speeding, distracted driving and other violations that often contribute to highway tragedies, especially during the holiday season. Additional troopers will be working overtime assignments funded by highway safety grants...
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Track Santa Claus Now – LIVE

Track Santa Claus Now – LIVE

Track Santa Claus as he travels around the world delivering presents to all the boys and girls everywhere! Where is Santa now? Is he in Southern Maryland? Check back to find out! TRACK SANTA For 60 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. The tradition began...
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Charles County Detention Center Raises Record Donations for Christmas Connection

Charles County Detention Center Raises Record Donations for Christmas Connection

For at least the last ten years, Corrections Officers at the Charles County Detention Center have hosted an annual Toy Drive to benefit the Charles County Children’s Aid Society’s Christmas Connection program. Prior to 2019, the Toy Drive’s most successful year raised over $3,000 in donations. However, with help from organizations such as the...
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Drunk DJ at Buckets Sports Bar in Lusby Arrested for Disorderly Conduct

Drunk DJ at Buckets Sports Bar in Lusby Arrested for Disorderly Conduct

On December 22, 2019, Deputy S. Naughton, of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Buckets Sports Bar in Lusby to assist Deputy Rzepkowski with crowd control. A short time after arriving, Deputy Naughton observed Desam Neri Stewart, 49, of California, enter the DJ booth and begin to play loud music on and off...
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Motor Vehicle Accident in Lexington Park Sends Four to Hospital

Motor Vehicle Accident in Lexington Park Sends Four to Hospital

On Friday, December 20, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Exploration Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three SUVs in the parking lot on Quality Way, and one...
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State Police Investigating Death of Mechanicsville Man After Motor Vehicle Crash in Charlotte Hall

State Police Investigating Death of Mechanicsville Man After Motor Vehicle Crash in Charlotte Hall

On Monday, December 23, 2019, at approximately 11:25 a.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a single vehicle on Maryland Route 234 (Budds Creek Road) in the area of Jenkins Road in Charlotte Hall. Due to the circumstances, the Maryland State...
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Indian Head Man Found Guilty of Assault and Attempted Arson After Dousing Victim with Gasoline

Indian Head Man Found Guilty of Assault and Attempted Arson After Dousing Victim with Gasoline

Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, December 19, 2019, a Charles County jury convicted Melvin Edward Johnson, 63,  of Indian Head, of Home Invasion, First-Degree Assault, Attempted First-Degree Arson, Second-Degree Assault, Reckless Endangerment and related charges. On July 1, 2018, officers responded to a residence in the 3300 block...
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Naval District Washington Police Department, Sergeant Anthony Oglesby, Jr. Memorial Service

Naval District Washington Police Department, Sergeant Anthony Oglesby, Jr. Memorial Service

Sergeant Anthony Oglesby was killed in a single-vehicle crash on December 18, 2019, when his patrol car left the roadway and crashed into a tree. The tree fell onto the patrol car and caught fire. Sergeant Oglesby died at the scene. Sergeant Oglesby is the 40th law enforcement officer to be killed in a...
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Calvert County States Attorney’s Office to Handle Case Where High School Teacher, Wife of Salisbury Mayor charged with Trying to Buy Drugs from Student

Calvert County States Attorney’s Office to Handle Case Where High School Teacher, Wife of Salisbury Mayor charged with Trying to Buy Drugs from Student

On December 9, 2019 deputies of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division began an investigation into a reported CDS violation involving a teacher soliciting a student for prescribed medication. The investigation revealed that the teacher, Elizabeth Day, solicited a 16-year-old student to purchase two (2) ADHD pills for $20.00. Day is a...
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Mental Illness Nonprofit Hosts Free Speaker Event in Southern Maryland

Mental Illness Nonprofit Hosts Free Speaker Event in Southern Maryland

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Maryland and its local affiliate, NAMI Southern Maryland, are hosting Voices of Experience: Living Well with Mental Illness for the first time ever in Southern Maryland on January 14, 2020. This free program features trained speakers who share their personal journeys with mental illness and recovery. There will...
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