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Falling Tree Sets Off Series Of Events Leading To Fatal Crash In Chesapeake Beach, Sheriff Says Falling Tree Sets Off Series Of Events Leading To Fatal Crash In Chesapeake Beach, Sheriff Says
Falling Tree Sets Off Series Of Events Leading To Fatal Crash In Chesapeake Beach, Sheriff Says One person was killed and a second suffered critical injuries after striking a falling tree in Calvert County, according to the sheriff's office. Gerald Robertson, 59, has been identified as the person involved in the fatal crash that was set off by a tree that landed on a Range Rover that was traveling through Chesapeake Beach on Wednesday night. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Feb. 7, members of the Calvert County Sheriff's Office were called to the intersection of Route 261 (Bayside Road) and 13th Street in Chesapeake Beach to investigate a reported crash that left two with serious injuries. A…

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Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native
Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native Support is surging for an Arlington photographer whose life was turned upside-down following one unexpected cancer diagnosis, and then another. As of Wednesday, Nov. 8, more than $20,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for Rachel Hegarty, who was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer that then spread to her lymph nodes. The 40-year-old Chesapeake Beach, MD native says she felt something was off for months. It began in January 2022 with unusual discharge, which Hegarty chalked up to minor infections, or possibly something thyroid related. At the time, she was working non-stop…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Fort Washington Intersection Remembered As Beloved Friend Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Fort Washington Intersection Remembered As Beloved Friend
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Fort Washington Intersection Remembered As Beloved Friend A community in Maryland is reeling after a popular 24-year-old electrician and businessman from Calvert County was struck and killed by a driver in Prince George's County. Chesapeake Beach resident Austin McCollum has been identified by the Prince George's County Police Department as the pedestrian who died over the weekend near the intersection of Indian Head Highway and Old Fort Road in Fort Washington after being hit by a car. Indian Head Highway and Old Fort Road in Fort WashingtonGoogle Maps street view The crash was reported at around 1 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, according to police…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Urinating Treats Diners To Show Outside Wine Bar In Calvert County: Sheriff Woman Urinating Treats Diners To Show Outside Wine Bar In Calvert County: Sheriff
Woman Urinating Treats Diners To Show Outside Wine Bar In Calvert County: Sheriff Patrons at a popular restaurant and wine bar in Maryland enjoying dinner were recently treated to a show of sorts when an irate woman went on a rampage, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office announced. Elizabeth Marie Ireton, 41, who has no fixed address, is facing charges following an indecent exposure incident outside of Baia Coastal Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar on Bayside Road in Chesapeake Beach, officials said on Monday. According to the sheriff's office, Ireton was seen urinating on the rocks in the parking lot of the eatery while several diners were eating and enjoying themselves in th…

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Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple
Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple A former Metropolitan Police Department officer has been sentenced to more than a year in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter in connection to a 2021 crash that killed a couple in Anne Arundel County, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Austin Kirk Smith, 27, of College Park, was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in jail for his role in an early-morning crash that took the lives of Chesapeake Beach resident Leah Mae Foster and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Nicholas Raymond Harris in May 2021. At approximately 12:50 a.m. on May 27, 2021, officers were called …

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by Zak Failla
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Driver Error: Police Investigating After Mobility Scooter Rider Struck In Chesapeake Beach Driver Error: Police Investigating After Mobility Scooter Rider Struck In Chesapeake Beach
Driver Error: Police Investigating After Mobility Scooter Rider Struck In Chesapeake Beach “Driver error” has been determined as the cause of a crash that left a man operating a personal mobility scooter with what are being described as serious injuries in Calvert County. Officials say that at approximately 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, 74-year-old Christopher Carryington, of North Beach, was operating his mobility scooter in the crosswalk when he was struck by Owings resident Kathy Ann Jones, 67, in Chesapeake Beach. The initial investigation determined that Carryington was in the crosswalk across Bayside Road when he was struck by a 2001 Honda Accord that made a lefthand turn i…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Chesapeake Beach, Sheriff Says Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Chesapeake Beach, Sheriff Says
Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Chesapeake Beach, Sheriff Says A strange scene played out in Maryland as deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office investigated a potential medical emergency and were accosted by an agitated woman, officials said. Deputies were dispatched to the 6100 block of 6th Street in Chesapeake Beach on Sunday, Sept.18, where there was a reported medical emergency, the agency announced on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Upon arrival, investigators found a man laying on the front porch and Dorthy Elizabeth Pulanco, 28, who has no fixed address, lying facedown in the driveway. As deputies began attending to Pulanco, she became very agit…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Chesapeake Beach Home During Standoff Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Chesapeake Beach Home During Standoff
Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Chesapeake Beach Home During Standoff A man was hospitalized after being struck by sheriff’s deputies during an armed standoff with multiple Maryland law enforcement agencies in Calvert County. Chesapeake Beach resident Ronald Joseph Garraway, 59, was shot by officers shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19 in the 8300 block of Autumn Crest Lane in Chesapeake as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant on an assault charge, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies began coordinating a plan with the goal of taking the man into custody as safely as possible, officials said, and throughout the early morning h…

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by Zak Failla