DATE: November 19, 2018    CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 15, a vehicle operated by Walter Junior Carroll, II, 36, of Nanjemoy, was found abandoned on Poseytown Road in Nanjemoy. When he didn’t return home, his family contacted police to file a missing person report. Several search and rescue teams, including canines and [...]

Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to recognize the efforts of several law enforcement personnel who assisted in the training of many Maryland police departments and sheriff’s offices regarding the implementation of HB 1302 – a new law that deals with extreme risk protective orders – which went into effect October 1. As with any new law, policies [...]

DATE: September 24, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 MAN WANTED FOR VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER: On Sept. 18 at 11:35 a.m., officers responded to the 2900 block of Sandwich Drive in Waldorf for the report of a violation of a protective order. The petitioner advised when she returned to her residence she observed the suspect, Jamal [...]

DATE: September 20, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658   Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested two suspects in connection with the assault and robbery of a fast food delivery man. On Sept. 18 at 6:40 p.m., the victim made a delivery to an address in the 2600 block of Hamilton Place [...]

DATE: September 5, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating Stanley Jerome Hatton, 40, of Marbury, who is wanted for assaulting a female acquaintance with a knife. A warrant is on file charging Hatton with first-degree assault in connection with that case. Hatton [...]

DATE: August 23, 2018             CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On August 18 at 11:30 p.m., officers responded to Charles Regional Medical Center for an assault. The victim reported her former boyfriend, Russell James Holton, 56, of Severn, MD, had just confronted her in the Newburg area as she was sitting in her car. [...]

DATE: August 23, 2018             CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658      WANTED: Josiah Young Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public’s help locating Josiah Emmanuel Young, 19, of Waldorf. Young is wanted in connection with assaulting his girlfriend. On August 16 at 9:47 a.m., officers responded to the 12500 block [...]

UPDATE: Mr. Sams has been located. DATE: August 23, 2018             CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County Sheriff’s Corrections officers are seeking the public’s help in locating Steven Wayne Sams, Jr., 39, of Waldorf. Sams, who is on work release for violating probation, failed to report to the Charles County Detention Center on [...]

UPDATE (August 27): Reuben Pegues has been located safe and  unharmed. DATE: August 23, 2018             CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public’s help in locating Reuben Pegues, 17, of Faulkner. Pegues was last seen in June at a group home where he was staying on Sodus Manor Place [...]

DATE: August 20, 2018             CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On August 19 at 9:58 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of N. Oak Avenue in La Plata for the report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found a 27-year-old male with a stab wound to the abdomen. The victim told officers [...]