CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On May 10 at 1:06 p.m., Charles County 911 received a call from a child indicating he and six other children were inside a car unattended and hot. The child was not sure where they were. Through GPS and other mechanisms, the call-taker was able to pinpoint the location of the vehicle [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On May 2 at 7:04 p.m., officers responded to a beauty supply shop on Festival Way in Waldorf for the report of a theft in progress. Employees noticed two females and a male concealing perfumes in a bag. When the employees approached, one of the suspects displayed a knife. Another employee called [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On May 2 at approximately 1:40 p.m., School Resource Officer Cpl. S. Cook received a report of a man in a wheelchair with what appeared to be a gun in the vicinity of Benjamin Stoddert Middle School. The school was immediately placed in a “shelter-in-place,” meaning no one could enter or exit [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On May 1 at 7:45 a.m., officers arrested Lovelle Caleb Cannaday, 17, of Waldorf, in connection with a robbery that occurred inside North Point High School. On April 30, during lunchtime, the victim was in a school hallway with several students when the suspect approached from behind, produced a knife and demanded [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 18, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division arrested a former instructional assistant at Mattawoman Middle School in connection with making inappropriate comments to a female student and having inappropriate contact with another female student. Anthony Tyrone Williams, Jr., 23, of Waldorf, was arrested at his residence and charged [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 9 at 9:30 p.m., a lone male suspect entered the Subway sandwich shop in Bryan's Road, implied he had a gun and demanded money. The suspect stole money and fled on foot. The investigation revealed the suspect had previously committed two armed robberies at convenience stores in King George County, [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On Saturday, April 27, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the Charles County Sheriff’s Office will join the Drug Enforcement Administration in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day – a program held annually to encourage people with unwanted prescription medications to dispose of them safely and in a way that is [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 12 at approximately 10 a.m., a school resource officer assigned to Thomas Stone High School was advised of an altercation between two students inside a classroom. When the officer entered the room, he observed a male student being restrained by a teacher and several students, while another male student was [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 11, the CCSO was made aware of a social media post relating to a possible school shooting that was going to happen on April 12. Officers identified the person who initiated the post as a student at La Plata High School. Contact was made with the student and his parents, [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 10 at approximately 10:40 a.m., it was brought to a La Plata High administrator’s attention that a student had revealed he had a bullet in his possession. The administrator brought the student to the office and found him to be in possession of a handgun and bullets. A school resource [...]