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MSP Leonardtown Barrack Arrests, DUIs And Warrants Served
On 4/27/2024, Tpr Oliva Flores responded to an address on Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood, MD for the report of an indecent exposure. Upon arrival, a witness provided video surveillance of the incident, which showed Tina Lorie Ford, 45 of Hollywood, MD exposing herself. Ford was arrested and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center where she was charged with Indecent Exposure.
Southern Maryland 29th Annual Spring Festival, May 2-5, 2024
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – It’s almost here! The 29th Annual 2024 Southern Maryland Spring Festival will be held on Thursday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 5th at the St. Mary’s County Fairground in Leonardtown, Maryland. For over twenty-five years, the Southern Maryland Spring Festival has enjoyed bringing the...
Opinions clash on solving school discipline crisis
The conversation of how best to restore order at the county’s oldest high school continues in the community and board rooms. On April 25, the Calvert County Board of Education’s evening work session started with a motion from member Lisa Grenis to direct Superintendent Andraé Townsel to provide the panel with an action plan for addressing disciplinary issues at Calvert High School for presentation at their May meeting. “I have...
'Historic Motor Vehicle' Registration Leads To Cocaine Bust In St. Mary's County, Sheriff Says
Great Mills resident Michael Joseph Brooks, 57, was arrested on Tuesday after being stopped by a deputy who spotted his 2003 Dodge Caravan, which was operating with a phony registration. According to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office, while speaking with Brooks during the traffic stop in Great Mills, the...
Lawmakers warn of looming tax and fee increases
The 2024 Maryland General Assembly session has been over for less than a month and already there are warnings from some members of Calvert County’s delegation that additional taxes and fees that didn’t get passed this year will return in 2025. That was the message delivered to county leaders and members of the business community at the legislative breakfast hosted by the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning at the Hilton Garden Inn in Solomons. ...
Front Parking Lot Of The Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter Closed, Shelter Remains Open
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. – The Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter front parking lot is closed until further notice due to damage to pavement. The shelter will remain open with normal operating hours while the parking lot is repaired. Visitors are advised to use caution and obey signage. The Linda...
A rough road: Students see bad choice consequences in mock crash
A statewide initiative to curb road fatalities continues to send a sobering message to Maryland’s newest drivers. What began nationwide decades ago as a lesson in the dangers of blending alcohol with driving now includes in its scenario the sad consequences of not wearing seatbelts or allowing diversions such as cellphones and conversations to take a driver’s attention away from the road. Public high schools in Calvert County have annually...
6-Year-Old Girl Struck By Vehicle In Mechanicsville, Airlifted To Children’s Hospital
MECHANICSVILLE, Md. – A 6-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle at approximately 9:45 a.m., on May 1, 2024, on Friendship School Road, near Zimmermans Archery Proshop in Mechanicsville. Crews arrived on the scene and found the child suffering from injuries. The vehicle involved in the accident remained on...
MISSING PERSON: Shanae Elizabeth Dorsey, Age 34, Possibly In Lexington Park
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack is currently seeking the whereabouts of Shanae Elizabeth Dorsey, a 34 year old black female. Dorsey’s family has not heard from her since March 10, 2024. She is known to frequent the Lexington Park, MD area. If you have...
Mock Crash Educates Huntingtown Students On The Dangers Of Distracted And Impaired Driving
HUNTINGTOWN, Md. – On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, junior and senior classes from Huntingtown High School attended a “mock crash” scenario depicting distracted and impaired driving to help educate young drivers on the dangers and consequences of doing so. Scenario depicted by Marty Sealey:. HHS administration direct...
St. Mary's deputy suspended after assault charges filed
A deputy approaching his fourth year with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was suspended this past weekend after being charged with misdemeanor second-degree assault. According to a St. Mary’s sheriff’s office press release, the deputy, Donald Anthony Shubrooks, 29, of Lexington Park, reported the incident after it had happened. According to the press release, St. Mary’s County Sheriff Steve Hall (R) said that in accordance with the agency’s policy...
Autumn Leighanne Compton Dies In Mechanicsville Crash
Cobb Island resident Autumn Leighanne Compton has been identified as the victim who was killed in a crash in Mechanicsville over the weekend after striking a truck being driven by 24-year-old North Beach native Zachary Joseph WIlburn, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's office...
Board adjusts capital projects plan for Calvert sheriff's office
A need to address the precarious situation at the current headquarters of the Calvert sheriff’s office in Prince Frederick has prompted county leaders to make an adjustment to its long-range planning. In a memo to the county commissioners, Mark Willis, county administrator, recapped a presentation made in early April regarding the shape of the 105-year-old building that has served as sheriff’s headquarters for the past 22 years. At their meeting...
Huntingtown man charged with firing a gun a bicyclists
A 66-year-old Huntingtown man has been charged with assault and reckless endangerment after allegedly firing a shotgun at a couple participating in a charity bicycle rally in Calvert County on Saturday. According to court documents filed by Detective William Freeland of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, David Earl Bustin is alleged to have fired the weapon on Hardesty Road in Huntingtown around 10 a.m. April 27. No one was injured. ...
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