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CCSO Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Accident on Crain Highway

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is investigating an accident that occurred in the 3600 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf. During the overnight hours, at approximately 4 a.m., an on-duty CCSO officer was Northbound on Crain Highway when he struck a pedestrian who was walking in the travel portion of the roadway. The officer immediately called for medical personnel [...]

2023-06-21T12:34:07-04:00June 21, 2023|Press Releases|

Detectives Seek to Identify Victim of Homicide Found 25-Years-Ago / Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward

Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking assistance identifying a woman whose body was found 25-years-ago, on June 18, 1998, in a field near Irving Road and Route 301 in Bel Alton, MD. The woman, whose identity remains a mystery, was the victim of a homicide. Since her discovery, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division and investigators assigned to the [...]

2023-06-20T13:16:36-04:00June 16, 2023|Press Releases|

Detectives Locate and Arrest Man Wanted in Connection with Multiple Counts of First-Degree Assault

During the first week of June, officers investigated two reports of a person pointing a firearm at people and using racial epithets while threatening to harm them. Through investigation, the suspect was identified as James Stephen Gass, Jr., 32, of Marbury, and warrants were obtained for his arrest. Officers also determined that Gass was supposed to be on electronic monitoring [...]

2023-06-13T16:21:03-04:00June 13, 2023|Press Releases|

Man Shot During Robbery on October Place

On June 11 at 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 3000 block of October Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they located a man with gunshot wounds; he was transported to a hospital in serious condition. A preliminary investigation revealed the man was in the parking lot of an apartment complex when an unknown [...]

2023-06-12T16:33:36-04:00June 12, 2023|Press Releases|

Detectives Investigating Murder of Missing Washington, D.C. Woman

On June 9 at 6:40 p.m., Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to Holly Spring Drive in Waldorf after a passerby, who was walking near the power lines, observed what appeared to be a partially covered body. Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division responded and the body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner [...]

2023-06-12T16:19:30-04:00June 12, 2023|Press Releases|

School Resource Officer Charges Student with Assault that Occurred at Middle School

On June 6, a school resource officer at Piccowaxen Middle School charged a juvenile male with assaulting another student stemming from a case that occurred on May 31. While in school, the juvenile male made inappropriate comments to another student and grabbed the student’s head and forcefully pulled it to his groin. The juvenile male was charged with second-degree assault [...]

2023-06-08T13:10:18-04:00June 8, 2023|Press Releases|

Student Reported to be in Possession of Knife on School Bus

On June 2, a school resource officer (SRO) at Indian Head Elementary School was informed that a student was possibly in possession of a knife while riding the bus home on June 1. The SRO followed up and learned the student produced the knife and showed it to other students on the bus. No one was harmed and no threats [...]

2023-06-02T17:11:37-04:00June 2, 2023|Press Releases|

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Joins 30×30 Initiative

Charles County, MD…Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry has announced a partnership with the 30×30 Initiative, a coalition of more than 150 police leaders, researchers, and professional organizations who have joined together to pledge to advance the representation and experiences of women in policing agencies across the United States and work toward increasing women in police recruit classes to 30% by [...]

2023-06-02T14:21:11-04:00June 2, 2023|Press Releases|
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