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Power Tool-Wielding Would-Be ATM Burglars Busted After High-Speed Pursuit In Maryland: Sheriff Power Tool-Wielding Would-Be ATM Burglars Busted After High-Speed Pursuit In Maryland: Sheriff
Power Tool-Wielding Would-Be ATM Burglars Busted After High-Speed Pursuit In Maryland: Sheriff Two men who went through great lengths to rob an ATM at a Calvert County CVS store before driving themselves into a corner are facing charges for burglary, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies were called to CVS in the 7900 block of Bayside Road in Chesapeake Beach to probe the forced entry of the store and to investigate the ATM inside, which had been damaged by power tools, officials said on Monday afternoon. Upon arrival, they spotted a vehicle speeding away from the area, and state police troopers with lights and sirens activated attempted to stop District Heights resident Tevin …

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by Zak Failla
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Pedestrian Killed By Driver Was In Roadway, Wearing All Dark Clothing In Maryland: Sheriff Pedestrian Killed By Driver Was In Roadway, Wearing All Dark Clothing In Maryland: Sheriff
Pedestrian Killed By Driver Was In Roadway, Wearing All Dark Clothing In Maryland: Sheriff A 69-year-old man walking in all-dark clothes in the middle of a Calvert County roadway was killed after being struck by a driver, according to the sheriff's office. Owings resident Michael Frank Brooks has been identified by investigators as the man killed last week by a woman driving a Toyota Rav4 in Chesapeake Beach. Investigators say that shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, deputies were called to the area of Maryland Route 260 near Paris Pines Court, where there was a reported pedestrian strike, prompting a lengthy investigation. According to officials, 30-year-old Chesapeake…

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by Zak Failla
Traffic
Deputies ID'd In Deadly Police Pursuit That Began In Calvert, Ended In Anne Arundel County Deputies ID'd In Deadly Police Pursuit That Began In Calvert, Ended In Anne Arundel County
Deputies ID'd In Deadly Police Pursuit That Began In Calvert, Ended In Anne Arundel County The deputies involved in the 25-mile police pursuit that resulted in a crash that took the life of a young girl this week has been identified by the Maryland Attorney's General's Office. On Wednesday afternoon, the AG's Independent Investigations Division (IID) released new information following the crash that started in Calvert County and came to a deadly conclusion in Anne Arundel County on Monday morning. Early on May 13, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office received multiple reports of cars being broken into in the Huntingtown neighborhood, and while deputies were investigating, they wer…

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Falling Tree Sets Off Series Of Events Leading To Fatal Crash In Maryland, Sheriff Says Falling Tree Sets Off Series Of Events Leading To Fatal Crash In Maryland, Sheriff Says
Falling Tree Sets Off Series Of Events Leading To Fatal Crash In Maryland, 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 Arlington Photographer Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Arlington Photographer
Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Arlington Photographer 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
Obituaries
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Maryland Intersection Remembered As Beloved Friend Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Maryland Intersection Remembered As Beloved Friend
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Maryland 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
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Woman Urinating Treats Diners To Show Outside Wine Bar In Maryland: Sheriff Woman Urinating Treats Diners To Show Outside Wine Bar In Maryland: Sheriff
Woman Urinating Treats Diners To Show Outside Wine Bar In Maryland: 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 Calvert County Driver Error: Police Investigating After Mobility Scooter Rider Struck In Calvert County
Driver Error: Police Investigating After Mobility Scooter Rider Struck In Calvert County “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
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Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Maryland, Sheriff Says Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Maryland, Sheriff Says
Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Maryland, 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 Maryland Home During Standoff Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland Home During Standoff
Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland 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