DATE: December 17, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 PGPD Investigating the Stabbing of an Off-Duty Charles County Sheriff’s Officer / Statement: On the evening of December 16, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Prince George’s County Police that an off-duty CCSO officer was stabbed in the abdomen during an altercation with a [...]
DATE: December 10, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 7 at approximately 6 a.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s school resource officer was notified of a social media post containing a threat to North Point High School later that day. Officers were able to quickly identify the person who posted the message and [...]
DATE: December 3, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On December 2, at 12:51 p.m., officers responded to the area of Poplar Hill Road near Bell Flower Place in Waldorf for the report of a crash. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a Mercury Mountaineer, operated by a 66-year-old male, was northbound on Poplar Hill Road [...]
DATE: November 27, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 27 at 3:45 p.m., a Charles County Public School bus was stopped in the northbound lane of Oliver Shop Road near Trotter Road in Bryantown, MD, discharging a 7-year-old female student. According to witnesses, the bus had activated its flashing red lights and [...]
DATE: November 21, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 20 at 12:01 a.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s officer was conducting radar in the area of Crain Highway and Smallwood Drive when the driver of a Camaro drove through a 45mph speed zone at 67mph. The officer activated his emergency lights and the [...]
DATE: November 19, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 17 at 11 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Bland Drive in Indian Head for the report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they learned two female suspects stabbed two women who were known to them and fled the scene [...]
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 [...]