Two Arrested in Bizarre Incident DNR Officer Calls in Cavalry at Point Lookout State Park (POINT LOOKOUT) Two Hispanic males reported to be irate and threatening to NRP Cpl. David Bailey just after 1:00 pm brought a huge response from deputies and troopers.  Troopers Mark McLean and Krystile Shugart arrested two men at the Point Lookout Rangers station while other officers were seeking other suspects who were traveling in a black Trans Am.  Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper Seven whirled down overtop of the Potomac River to the park at 1:15 pm, six patrol cars responded to the park and the situation was declared under control at 1:22 pm after the Cavalry showed up.  Units on the scene were asked if they wanted a K-9 dog and they declined. One of the men who was arrested was apparently strung out on some type of drugs and both men were taken to the Maryland State Police Barracks in Leonardtown. MSP Helicopter Trooper 7 ST. MARY'S TODAY photo NRP Police Charge Man  In Boat Hit & Run Will Bear Be On Your Dining Room Table This Fall?   Sign up for state lottery for bear hunting permits Will W Glow in the Dark? In speech at Calvert Cliffs, President Bush makes fun of Constellation Exec; "Pass the Mayo", says "that's a pretty cool name" of President and the CEO of Constellation Energy, Mayo Shattuck Bush Stresses Energy Policy Changes Must be Made & Makes Pitch on Social Security complete speech The Presidential visit to two nuclear reactors at St. Leonard is part of a Bush push to approve a new energy bill which has been stalled in Senate. Hoyer Moves Federal Employee Pay Parity Ahead Despite White House Opposition WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Congressman Steny Hoyer (D. Md. 5th) was able to keep on track a bill calling for pay parity for federal workers, a bill he is cosponsoring with Congressmen Frank Wolf and James Moran.  The vote took place in the full House Appropriations Committee.  The provision calls for a 3.1 percent pay adjustment for federal civilian workers, including blue collar workers, giving them pay parity with military employees. "Military personnel and federal civilian workers work side by side and for the same employer," said Hoyer.

The newest t-shirt in the local fire service is offered by Dunkirk VFD. Heroes at Work A U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5), approaches the beach of Sabina Point in Queensland, Australia, during exercise Talisman Sabre 2005. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class David A. Levy, U.S. Navy. Missouri Deputy Sheriff Returns to Service as Marine U. S. Air Force Officer's Remains Identified in Viet Nam Pilot crashed on July 3, 1966 after being hit by enemy fire

Coast Guard Finds First of Two Missing Divers Alive

State Prosecutor's Final Report Listed Two St. Mary's Convictions Among Achievements
Just over one year ago Stephen Montanarelli died in office and Robert Rohrbaugh was appointed to take his place.  As the annual report for 2004 was filed, the report explained the investigations which were conducted in the past year as well as highlighted the various convictions obtained by Montanarelli over the twenty years he led the office of the State Prosecutor.  Included in the list are the conviction of a former St. Mary's Commissioner President for tax fraud and perjury and of a St. Mary's Sheriff's Detective for theft of drug funds.  Another item discloses that a $500 fine was assessed a States Attorney who was running for Judge for failing to have an authority line on a campaign flyer.   St. Mary's States Attorney Richard Fritz ran in the March 2004 primary for Judge last year and lost in a big way.  The State Prosecutor's report doesn't name the States Attorney who was fined.  A request for this information will be made this week to the State Election Office.   Report from State Prosecutor
Two People Reported Laying in Roadways ---  A woman reported laying in the middle of Golden Beach Road next to Fred's Liquors and a man laying in the middle of Rt. 5 in front of the State Highway garage, brought police responding on Saturday night about 11:45 pm. The woman in Charlotte Hall was the victim of an assault while a State Trooper was attempting the find the man in Loveville who was attempting to become a human speed bump.  The trooper reported that he checked the highway and ditches for a mile south and a mile north of the SHA facility without finding the man.
Man arrested for firing gun
 at fight at Monk's Inn
Riot at IHOP Lit by Police Helicopter
Man attempting to get officer's gun arrested along with motor mouth kid as helicopter is used to break up crowd  Story

3 Attempted Suicides
ST. MARY'S COUNTY ---  3 shots reported fired, male laying on ground...police and rescue units responding to a residence on Busy Corner Road just off of Loveville Road....Two more attempted suicides were attended to over the weekend, both of those reported to be by overdose.

Boozing While Biking
Police are looking for a white male with a "hairy beard" operating a moped in an intoxicated manner on Rt. 5 at Morganza...several drivers report being nearly hit head on...

Another Moakley Street Crash
LEONARDTOWN --- Another crash at the intersection of Rt. 5 and Moakley Street in Leonardtown points out the need for a traffic light at the busy intersection just north of St. Mary's Hospital.   Wrecks along the stretch of road take place almost daily as motorists attempt to make turns while many vehicles operate at speeds well over the posted limit. 
Crazy Kid Wrecks Parents Home, Warns Cops To Hurry Up and Arrest Him Or He Will Total the Joint!
ST. JAMES ---  A punk called 911 and reported himself as the culprit in an extensive case of property destruction to his parents home in a pricey St. James Subdivision.  He warned police to hurry and arrest him as he is going to continue to wreck the home on King James Parkway...police arrived on the scene about 3:15 pm.

Get a new Flag for the Fourth of July and in Maryland, the purchase is free of sales tax, reminds Comptroller Schaefer Comptroller William Donald Schaefer Schaefer Says to Conserve Budget Surplus for Rainy Day

Fayrene Mattingly Dead First Female Mayor of Leonardtown, Owner of Dress Shops, Volunteer Obituary DoD Identifies Marine Killed in Iraq Marines, Sailors Hit Terror Hot Spots with SPEAR Mad Bomber Nabbed by Troops Along with Video Cameraman

Zillions More For Zylak!
Zylak's Budget Soars Again, But Board Once Again Fails to Enact Change to Professional Police Department
GOP's McKay Gripes About Democrat Sheriff's Budget Busting, But Gives Him Big Hike Anyway
LEONARDTOWN (June 2, 2005) – During a nearly nine-hour session Tuesday, St. Mary’s County Commissioners worked out several last minute budget items before approving a $151 million 2006 operating budget. Board President Tommy McKay took each available opportunity during the day to note the county sheriff’s office is expanding out of control.
"We have a department that is structurally out of balance," McKay said at the start of the day’s agenda. "Every single year we have had to take extra money from somewhere else to sustain that budget."
By the end of the day, the board approved a $20,848,000 budget for the sheriff’s office in the 2006 fiscal year, beginning July 1. There are 10 new positions in the budget and it is nearly $2.2 million more than the 2005 budget, or 11.7 percent more. 

Methadone Murder Update: Another Arrest for Murder Pending...
Two Leonardtown Men Charged with Murder in Methadone Overdose, Third Arrest Coming Up 
Clements man died after being supplied with Methadose, say police
Story

McKay Skunked in 4-1 Vote as Board Decides to Save Budget Surplus for School Construction
LEONARDTOWN (June 1, 2005) The St. Mary's Commissioner Board voted in favor of a motion by Commissioner Dan Raley (D. Great Mills)  to set unexpected budget surplus funds aside for future school construction funding instead of Commissioner Tommy McKay's (R. Hollywood)  tax rebate gimmick which might have given $50 back to those who paid income taxes.
Even GOP commissioners Kenny Dement (R. Piney Point) and Larry Jarboe (R. Golden Beach) voted with the Board's two Democrats, Raley and Tommy Mattingly (D. Leonardtown) to put approximately
 $2 million in budget bonus money towards long-term costs of forward funding of new schools, which are sorely needed.
 Another $7 million in funds which were set aside for dealing with BRAC results, should that process had gone against St. Mary's County, can be added to these funds and used to forward fund the cost of a new school, such as Calvert County has done in the past, said Commissioner Raley on Tuesday evening. 
"I commend Commissioners Jarboe and Dement in joining us on this important vote which is one of the best steps this board had taken for the good of St. Mary's County," Raley told ST. MARY'S TODAY.

School Bus Wrecks in Mechanicsville, Property Damage Only
(June 1, 2005) A St. Mary's County public school bus was involved in a crash near the intersection of Burch Manor Drive and Rt. 5 at about 12:30 today and the first report from the scene via a fire official is that there are no injuries, only property damage.  Often, a dozen ambulances are called to take the uninjured students to a local hospital due to the absence of a parent to sign a release, thereby tying up dozens of local volunteer EMS personnel who are then not available to assist truly sick or injured persons elsewhere.
Howard School Official Named
Super for St. Mary's
Michael Martirano, director of school administration for the Howard County public schools has been an elementary, middle and high school principal in Montgomery and Prince George's counties.  Martirano will be given a final OK from the State Superintendent of Schools and a contract will be signed within the next week, according to an informed source.

Drunken Redneck Roulette
Boozing Driver Nearly Ended Lives of Local Family in Head-On Crash   Story
The names of approximately 35,000 persons arrested for DWI since July 31, 1990 have been published in ST. MARY'S TODAY's DWI Hit Parade, thousands are now posted online. Hundreds of photos of arrests taking place have been published as well as the photos of hundreds of deadly wrecks caused by those who fail to make the right decision after drinking which tell the consequences of that mistake. 

Deep Throat Identified
former FBI official W. Mark Felt says he was the source for Washington Post investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein...

For those who never heard of Deep Throat or Watergate, the porn film Deep Throat was produced in 1972, the same year as the GOP burglar break-in of the Democratic National HQ located in the Watergate Hotel in DC.  Deep Throat grossed $600 million bucks and cost $24,000 to produce and starred Linda Lovelace

Washington Post wraps up all the angles after Vanity Fair scoops Post on it's most famous story


Driver Who Turned Right On Red Light Without Stopping Blamed in Officer's Death
Charles County Sheriff's officers have finished their investigation into the circumstances surrounded the death of Cpl. Paul Morgan on April 11, 2005 and have now charged the operator of another vehicle involved in the crash.  Police have charged Trina Lee Smith, 35, of Waldorf, with failing to stop when turning right on a red light.  Cpl. Morgan was on his own motorcycle and off duty when he swerved to avoid Smith's vehicle, hit a curb and was killed when he was ejected. Smith had failed to stop at a red light at Smallwood Drive West and St. Nicholas Drive.  Officer D. Belfield was the investigating officer.

Fenwick Ford Fella Dies...
Bert Fenwick, the popular and affable owner of the former Fenwick Ford in Leonardtown, as well as active member of the Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the St. Mary's Parks & Rec Board, has died and a memorial Mass will be held June 3rd.  Obituary

Man Killed When Barflies Argued
Story


Two Car Wreck on St. Andrew's Church Road
 Leaves 2 Injured   ---  This wreck at Wildewood Parkway took place on Saturday, May 28.   Photo courtesy of Hollywood Vol. Fire Dept.


Older Couple Killed in Fire

Coast Guard Greenland Patrol Recognized

Van Go An Art in Beach

The operator of this van was parked next to the new Horizon's condo building in North Beach and instead of hitting the brake...she hit the gas and tested the waterborne characteristics of her vehicle. It floated and she swam to shore. The North Beach Vol. Fire Dept. launched their fire boat and steamed to the rescue.  The van was dragged out across the seawall by a local tow truck and what wasn't creamed in the first crash got it good in the extraction from the Chesapeake.  Going over the seawall is not all that rare in North and Chesapeake Beach and could become a league sport. 

Photos courtesy of North Beach VFD, the first fire company of Calvert.
 

Do you know who Robert D. Stethem was? Memorial Day... more than just a day to take off, go fishing and have a picnic, a day to remember those who have died for our freedom and liberty, in the service of the United States....Remember this young man from Waldorf who was murdered by radical Islamic terrorists in 1985 while he was simply a passenger on a jetliner.  The killers found out he was a U.S. Navy sailor while they were hijacking a TWA airliner and shot him.  Today one of the Navy's finest destroyers sails the seas to protect our freedoms, named for this young man from Charles County, Robert D. Stethem Join the American Legion on Monday at Ridge to honor those who died protecting Freedom and Liberty, from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, from Panama to Guadalcanal to Normandy, from the icy waters of the North Atlantic to the deserts of North Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan, from the jungles of Viet Nam to the foxholes of Korea, American soldiers and sailors have died so you have the freedom to choose to read this, to speak your mind and to pray to the God of your choice. Fly the flag in memory of all of them this weekend...

Ten Years of Hard Work Paid Off for Sen. Roy Dyson: Teen Driving Bill Signed Into Law Story

Governor Ehrlich Cancels Subscription to ST. MARY'S TODAY... No Gubernatorial Ragtime! Sun backed by major news organizations in lawsuit challenging Ehrlich ban     Order in the Court: Judge Marvin Kaminetz ST. MARY'S TODAY photo Judge Marvin Kaminetz shows the behind the scenes story of the St. Mary's Circuit Courthouse  Story

Citizens Sound Off Ire At Hearing On Expanding Development District Coming up is Ace Reporter Sean Rice's report on the public hearing at the Higher Ed Center on Tuesday night... blood money? GOP Election Kickoff  Held at Murder Scene St. Mary's Commissioner Kenny Dement (R. Piney Point)  ST. MARY'S TODAY photo Republican Dement  Re-Election Campaign attracted about 100     read more

Letter to the Editor: Some victims of pranksters are more equal than others

Are you enjoying living in a police state with Homeland Insecurity? Getting attacked by the Radical Ragheads was bad enough, now local cops use the thinnest excuse to break bad... Bozo PG Cops Act to Turn Nosy Reporter Into Newest Millionaire Cops being tailed by reporter rough her up, seize camera; 9 police cars surround her but oddly, none of their dashboard cameras worked  See this report from ABC7 video.wjla.com

Statement by Gov. Bobby Ehrlich (who has a state trooper whisk him through traffic while you sit trapped in gridlock)

Virginia Railway Express provides daily trains into DC

The State of Maryland has plenty of funds for other residents of the state to commute, but Ehrlich gives the stiff arm to So. Md. motorists who must drive over congested roads which are made worse all the time by St. Mary's unrelenting approval of new home developments
MARC trains that you can't ride on, because they don't come here...

Sheriff Dave, left, TV Tommy McKay, right, and McKay's county-funded cameraman who films McKay's every step every week in an unprecedented abuse of a county employee for political purposes...but the Democrats just sit on their hands and fail to offer any criticism, perhaps because the Democrats can waste and squander taxpayer money even better than the GOP...

Coast Guard Cutter FLYING FISH, an 87-foot long coast patrol boat homeported in Boston, enforces the Naval Protection Zone and provides a security umbrella as the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) entered the port of Boston last week. The JFK, a 1,052-foot long, all-purpose, multi-mission aircraft carrier homeported in Mayport, Fla., is visiting Boston in support of Armed Forces Day. USCG photo by PA3 Lisa Hennings

Record Rockfish Caught

Where's the Loot?
The civil case brought by Wendell Ford seeking compensation by St. Mary's County for the property seized by St. Mary's Sheriff's deputies but stolen from the secure property storage in the Sheriff's Headquarters is coming up in two weeks...The Loot was ordered released by then Assistant Sheriff Steven Doolan to his stepson and to Doolan's pal, who sold some of the Loot for cash.  Some of the Loot was recovered by the State Prosecutor.  St. Mary's Sheriff David Zylak and St. Mary's States Attorney Richard Fritz never charged Doolan with felony theft.  Doolan's wife was Fritz's election campaign treasurer. When you see Zylak and Fritz, ask them "Where's the Loot"   Loot Toon

One on bike injured Sunday.  Fire and rescue from Dunkirk VFD  in Calvert County came to the rescue of this trike operator.  Photo courtesy of Dunkirk VFD.

See WTOP's newest addition, Hillary Howard's special series of reports on the Washington area real estate market Hillary was formerly weekend news anchor for Fox 5 and morning weather anchor for Channel 9   Real Estate series

Repo Wrecko Tow Truck Knocks Out Calvert Squad Car This Calvert Sheriff's patrol car was a total loss when a repo man tow truck ran a red light at Sunderland and bounced across a curb, t-boning the police car. Photo courtesy of Huntingtown Vol. Fire Dept. Goober must have been driving this one. SUNDERLAND --- On June 9, 2005 at approximately 12:15 a.m., Sgt. Brian Bowen was involved in a motor vehicle collision at MD Route 2 and MD Route 4 in Sunderland reports Calvert Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Chip Allen. Based on the initial investigation, it appears that a tow truck was traveling southbound on MD Route 2, failed to stop at the flashing red light, jumped the concrete curb, and collided with Sgt. Bowen's police vehicle as he was traveling southbound on MD Route 4. Sgt. Bowen, the driver of the tow truck, and the passenger of the tow truck were all flown to Prince George's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Sgt. Bowen has since been released from the hospital and has minor injuries. The investigation is on going and charges are pending against the tow truck driver. A Pole in One This driver hit this pole and the driver was injured on Rt. 5 in Hughesville near the Baptist Church on Tuesday night.  Photo courtesy of Hughesville VFD and EMS which was assisted at the scene by Mechanicsville Volunteer firefighters in removing the injured from the wreckage. Bel Alton VFD firehouse.  ST. MARY'S TODAY photo Bel Alton VFD Kids Wreck Half Million Dollar Tanker on Joyride Story Email Harassment of Boss Ends in Conviction for Public TV Web Designer Filibuster Bust-Up Avoided by Deal Local law officers graduate from Southern Maryland Police Academy More Murder in DC, But Who's Counting? One Dead in Triple Play Shooting Power & Money Not the Point, Says Pope Pope Benedict XVI Notes Orthodox & Eastern Easter   A German policeman shoots individual Jewish women who remain alive in the ravine after the mass execution. Jews from across Europe, women and children along with men of all ages, the handicapped, Gypsies...all were taken from their homes, stripped and murdered...by the millions by the Nazis...the hands of Germans will remain stained for a thousand years...read a timeline of the extermination of the Jews Sixty Years Have Passed Since End of WWII in Europe US 101sth Airborne Division dead wait to be buried the day after Christmas following that days action during the Battle of the Bulge, the  largest land battle of WWII in Europe. Read more

Real Bull St. Mary's Sheriff Dave Zylak getting some political pointers from advisor Merv Hampton of the Democratic Club at Steny Hoyer's Bull Roast on Friday, June 10, 2005.   ST. MARY'S TODAY photo St. Mary's Commissioners Dan Raley, left, and Tommy Mattingly, the two Democrats on the board, joined hundreds of people to honor Steny Hoyer on his 25 years of service in Congress.  Camp Hobo: LP City Story St. Mary's firefighters well represented in Colonial Beach parade One Dead, One Saved in Wicomico River... COBB ISLAND --- The story of two crabbers in a 19' boat was the same old story, both men were out without life jackets as no one leaves shore and expects to drown, for it they did, they would surely prevent that from happening by wearing a life jacket....we have never done a news story on someone drowning who was wearing a life jacket... Story Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Home story   Newsweek's Boner Cost Lives in Muslim Protests 15 died, US Troops endangered as false report from Gitmo swept crazy Arab world Ship of Fools 7 rescued by Coast Guard after running runabout onto sandbar, spending the night on boat    read more Hollywood firefighter saved a co-workers life at NAS using fire service training story Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Ricin  story Anne Arundel Man Pleads Guilty, Gets 15 Years on Drug Dealing and Gun Charges   Story Two Lawyers Indicted in Immigration Scheme Story     Police Investigate Weekend Rape at Patuxent River Naval Air Station....several persons may have been involved, victim taken to St. Mary's Hospital for examination, more on this story as news is available... Man Dead after Heroic Rescue Attempt Photo courtesy of Hollywood VFD A vehicle went out of control and crashed into a creek along Friendship School Road near Maypole Road on Monday and quick action by Hollywood and Leonardtown Volunteer Firefighters saved the life of the driver who was found pinned in the wreck and not breathing.  Sgt. Ted Belleavoine of the St. Mary's Sheriff's Dept. reconstruction team, reports that on June 6, 2005 at 1:23 pm, Charles Earl Bussler was operating a 1998 Ford F-150 north on Friendship School Road, Hollywood, when he failed to negotiate a curve and exited the northbound roadside. The vehicle struck an embankment and came to rest in a creek. Mr. Bussler received incapacitating injuries and was  transported to St. Mary's Hopital. On June 7, 2005 Mr. Bussler succumbed to his injuries at Washington Hospital Center. Police respond to suicide in St. Inigoes...St. Mary's Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene of an apparent suicide in a mobile home located on Trappe Road in St. Inigoes on Friday.  A 26-year-old man reportedly shot himself in the head and rescue equipment was cancelled due to the manner in which the man died.  Investigators are supposed to treat every death as a possible homicide but this call was labeled a suicide from the first call for emergency services.  A reported suicide by overdose in the case of Byron Guy of Clements turned out to be a murder with at least two area men facing first degree murder charges. Coast Guard Abandoning Cape Hatteras Facility After spending more than $8 million building family housing in erosion zone during 1990's, Coast Guard is bailing out due to high surf.  Story Reported wind gusts up to 120-miles per hour whipped through Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras Parking lot during hurricane Alex. - USCG Photo by ENS Tyler Miller   History shows constant effort at Cape Hatteras to warn ships of Diamond Shoals, save lives of those who didn't get the warning.

Chestertown Tea Party Reenactment

Federal Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Who Ruled in St. Mary's Today Case, Is On White House Short List for Possible Supreme Court Vacancy

Super Job Not for Hard-Hearted Hanna
St. Mary's Acting Superintendent of Schools Lorraine Fulton won't be selected for the post of permanent superintendent.

Acting St. Mary's School
Superintendent Elaine Fulton
story

Top Cops
Law Officers Honored at
Leonardtown Ceremony

Only Laurels, No Doughnuts  Handed Out at Leonard Hall Governmental Center.
Maryland State Trooper First Class Jeff Linger, represented by Cpl. Tom White, 3rd from left, was honored on Tuesday as Trooper of the Year for the Leonardtown Barracks of the Maryland State Police. Linger was in training and couldn't be in attendance.
The others honored were Deputy First Class Michael A. Labanowski, St. Mary's County Sheriff's Dept.; St. Mary's County Jail Correctional Officer John J. Cook, St. Mary's County Corrections Division; White;  Corporal Mark T. Fitzgerald, St. Mary's College Public Safety Officer; Corporal Catherine M. Peck, Maryland Natural Resources Police; Pax River Police Officer Robert Sambrook.   ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
LEONARDTOWN --- About 50 elected officials and government employees were on hand at the 5th annual ceremony honoring law enforcement officers on Tuesday.  Without anyone from the general public on hand, due to the event being held at the lunch hour on a weekday, those honored were observed by fellow officers and crews from the Leonardtown and Hollywood Volunteer Fire Departments, who brought equipment to the scene in hold up a salute of a large U.S. flag.  A 'flyover' of the state police helicopter along with a landing of the chopper were both sights often seen by the public who are trapped on area roadways each day. Deputy Labanowski was shot at in a Lexington Park drug market neighborhood, Colony Square, following several incidents in which he was working drug enforcement.


Citizens Fed Up With Failure of Officials to Protect Waterways from Stormwater Runoff
Letter to the Editor

Possible Blackout Due to Space Storm!

Phones, power grids could twist and collapse for next few days...prepare to send messages by Morse code or carrier pigeon...read more of this extra-terrestrial event taking place now in a sky near you!


State MTA to Loan OC 6
Big Buses for Summer

News of Pope Benedict XVI
Installation and first days

St. Leonard Elementary Basket Bingo



Pax River News:

Osprey is Getting New Plugs and Covers
Story


Joint Strike Fighter Concept Aircraft Added to Museum