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A federal judge sentenced a Prince George's County man yesterday to serve two years in prison for filing more than $300,000 worth of false overtime and expense claims with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis sentenced Myron Price, 45, of Accokeek to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for making false claims for overtime and travel expenses in connection with his work as a physical scientist for the Corps of Engineers. The judge also ordered that Price pay restitution of $379,436.

Ronald Lee Butler, a certified public accountant, died Wednesday of lung cancer at his retirement home in Pawleys Island, S.C. The former Columbia resident was 67. Born in Poolesville, Mr. Butler was a 1957 graduate of Poolesville High School and a 1959 graduate of what is now Strayer University in Rockville. After he earned his degrees, he spent two years in the Army. In 1975, Mr. Butler moved his family from Rockville to Columbia, where he started a CPA practice. In his last decade, he started a new CPA practice, now known as Butler, Lavanceau & Sober LLC. He became an avid golfer and also adopted a dog named Duke.

ACCOKEEK - One person is dead after a house fire in Accokeek, in southern Prince George's County, and firefighters said they had a hard time reaching the location because of the snow. Firefighters from Prince George's and Charles counties responded to the fire Saturday afternoon. One person was found inside the home and was pronounced dead. Prince George's Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady says the winter storm and snowfall made driving conditions hazardous. - Associated Press div.talkforum #creditfooter { display: none; }

This is a weekly summary of selected prime contracts recently awarded by the federal government to companies and other vendors in Maryland.Maryland contractsNational defense contractsBeretta USA Corp. in Accokeek won a $1,783,040 contract from the Army to provide handguns.Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Hunt Valley won a $144,852 contract from the Air Force to provide assemble equipment.Non-defense contractsHyman/Power in Bethesda won a $187,210,000 contract from the U.S. Postal Service to build a general mail plant in Chicago.

A former employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers based in Baltimore has admitted in federal court to submitting false travel vouchers and overtime claims that cost the government up to $400,000, prosecutors said. Myron Price, 45, of Accokeek pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Thursday to making false claims between 1998 and 2004 for his work as a physical scientist. Price faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and three years of supervision upon his release.

Agents of the State Comptroller's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement Unit and Prince George's County police last week put a cork in a moonshine operation at an unoccupied house in a secluded part of Accokeek.The agents destroyed 300 gallons of corn mash and confiscated a 60-gallon copper still and 3 gallons of moonshine.A citizen tipped police.The Prince George's state's at torney will decide if charges should be filed, said Marvin A. Bond, assistant state comptroller. The maximum penalty for making untaxed liquor is five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.

Federal contractsBeretta USA Corp. in Accokeek won a $1,783,040 contract from the Army to provide handguns.Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Hunt Valley won a $144,852 contract from the Air Force to provide assemble equipment.Non-defense contractsHyman/Power in Bethesda won a $187,210,000 contract from the U.S. Postal Service to build a general mail plant in Chicago.Westat Inc. in Rockville won a $9,155,228 contract from the Department of Education to provide a national household education survey.

Anne Arundel County Police officers on routine patrol in Russett arrested two men and charged them on various counts related to possession of controlled dangerous substances, or CDS, Aug. 8. Officers from the Western District's Police and Community Together, or PACT, unit observed a suspicious occupied vehicle near the intersection of Marcey Creek Road and Accokeek Street. A passenger had a plastic baggy in his lap, which police said was later determined to be filled with suspected crack cocaine.

In Baltimore City Southern resigns; Port Discovery seeks new museum chief Port Discovery, Baltimore's children's museum, is looking for a new president and chief executive officer. Kathy Dwyer Southern, its head since 1996, has resigned to lead the Capital Children's Museum in Washington, according to a statement issued yesterday. Port Discovery will launch a national search for a successor to Southern, who has headed the $32 million museum since 1996. Alan Leberknight, who is retiring as dean of Towson University's College of Business and Economic Development Tuesday, will become the interim president as of Aug. 13. In Frederick County Parking meter technician charged with stealing funds FREDERICK - Frederick city police have arrested a city parking meter technician on charges of stealing money from municipal parking decks and street meters during the past month.

ACCOKEEK -- The mass of grasses, weeds and small trees was so dense that it hid most of the forgotten cemetery, but it was not tall enough to hide one particular tombstone from John )) Nahm.Nahm, an assistant Scoutmaster of Parkville Boy Scout Troop 26, was driving down Accokeek Road near Pleasant Springs in southern Prince George's County one day when he noticed the top of a tombstone that looked like a miniature Washington monument.The tombstone turned out to be the burial site of a Navy pharmacist who died at sea in 1879.