The search for six missing men who fell from the Patapsco River after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed around 1am on Tuesday morning has been called off, after officials said it was unlikely they would be found alive.
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Calvert man facing multiple assault charges
A 30-year-old Calvert County man is behind bars after he allegedly threatened four people with a knife during an early morning incident at at Prince Frederick residence on Armory Road. According to court records, the defendant, identified as Christopher Jarret De Sousa, has been charged with four counts each of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment, plus three counts of second-degree assault. Court records have conflicting information regarding the defendant’s home...
Additional Arrests, Charges Made Following Multiple Search Warrants In St. Mary’s County
LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – Terrance Lamar Barnes, 29, of no fixed address, and Joseph Matthew Queen III, of Lexington Park, Maryland, have been indicted on additional charges following their February 26, 2024, arrests. As a result of continuing investigative efforts, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office executed...
Calvert board adopt three 911 public safety ordinances
Policies calling for proactive measures to ensure public safety found unanimous approval from the Calvert County commissioners on Tuesday. The three ordinances passed include granting the department of public safety local enforcement authority for Kari’s Law. According to a memo to the commissioners from Stanley Harris, communications chief for the department of public safety, the federal law was enacted in 2018, five years after Kari Hunt was killed in a...
St. Mary's women feted at annual awards banquet
If Patrice Campbell wasn’t so busy with her Building Bridges Foundation, perhaps she might be in the hardware business as she has racked up some pretty impressive trophies recently. The third of those awards was being named as the Woman of the Year at the St. Mary’s County Commission for Women’s annual Women’s History Brunch on Saturday at the SMART Building in California. “I was really excited,” Campbell told Southern...
Teen Charged As Adult For Violent Assault In St. Mary's County High School: Sheriff
An investigation has been launched after five students attacked another in the hallway of Chopticon High School earlier this month, resulting in the arrest of at least one juvenile, who is facing criminal charges. The assault was reported on Monday, March 4. According to investigators, the five suspects attacked the...
MISSING PERSON: Tabitha Marie Wilson; Last Seen In Great Mills Area
GREAT MILLS, Md. – The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Tabitha Marie Wilson, who was last seen on Friday, March 1, 2024, in the Great Mills area. If you have information on this individual’s whereabouts, please contact Detective Andrew Burgess...
Students Charged With Hate Crime For Anti-Semitic Sentiment At Calvert County MS, Sheriff Says
Over the weekend, a spokesperson for the agency announced that three 13-year-old students at Plum Point Middle School have been charged as juveniles with harassment and violations of Maryland’s hate crimes statutes. According to charging documents, the students displayed swastikas, made Nazi salutes, and directed offensive comments to a...
Two Injured After Three Vehicle Collision Involving Tractor-Trailer In Leonardtown
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – On March 26, 2024, at approximately 3:25 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident on St. Andrews Church Road in the area of Wheatley Apartment Way. Crews arrived and found a tractor-trailer and two vehicles involved in a collision with two occupants injured....
Brysen Carter Dies In Leonardtown Crash
Ashley Nicole Nolan, 27, failed to negotiate a turn on Point Lookout Road around 1:44 a.m. Saturday, March 16, in Leonardtown, the St. Mary County Sheriff's Office said. The Honda Odyssey driven by Nolan left the road and overturned several times before striking a tree. Police said only that three...
Cambridge is 1 of 6 picked for Chesapeake Gateways pilot
CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge is one of six communities along the Chesapeake Bay that is taking part in the National Park Service Chesapeake Gateways Communities Initiative pilot. During the 78th annual Dorchester Chamber of Commerce business meeting and dinner Thursday night at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay, parks service Chesapeake Gateways Superintendent Wendy O’Sullivan spoke about the initiative and what it could bring to Cambridge and Dorchester County. The initiative is...
Planning commission OKs review for Dunkirk expansion
The vote wasn’t unanimous but a request to add less than 20 acres to the Dunkirk Town Center map is moving to its next stage following the March 20 meeting of the Calvert County Planning Commission. The proposed designated planning category change would annex just over 17 acres into the town center and would give owners of the Dunkirk Gateway Shopping Center some additional land for its septic facility. The...
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