DATE: August 13, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 The Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Charles County Circuit Court announces it will apply for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program through the United States Department of Justice. The JAG Program provides states and units of local governments with critical [...]
DATE: August 10, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY: On August 10 at 10:07 a.m., officers responded to the 11000 block of Greenwood Court in Waldorf for a residential alarm. Upon arrival, officers observed the glass on a basement door had been shattered. Cpl. R. Cuyler and her K9 partner [...]
DATE: August 10, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Detectives have identified the suspect in the attempted murder on Gallery Place as Kenneth Everette Barnes, 38, of Waldorf. On August 9 at 12:30 p.m., Barnes shot the mother of his child multiple times and fled the scene. The victim was flown to a [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On August 9 at 12:30 p.m., officers responded to an apartment building in the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a woman in her thirties with multiple gunshot wounds. She was flown to a hospital and is in serious condition. [...]
OFFICERS APPREHEND ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT / CRIME SOLVERS OFFERING CASH REWARD FOR IDENTITY OF TWO ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS: On July 18 at 3:26 a.m., officers responded to the CVS located at 6260 Crain Highway in La Plata for the report of an armed robbery in progress involving three suspects, one who was armed with a gun. Officers arrived within minutes and [...]
Correction to press release sent on July 16: Elijah Daniel Young was not charged with criminal possession of marijuana. He was charged with illegal possession of a regulated firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and transporting / carrying a handgun in a car. DATE: July 16, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 HANDGUN AND [...]
Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to announce the graduation of Charles County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Jeffrey Wood (Shift Commander, Patrol Operations), Sergeant Jonathan Burroughs (Supervisor, Traffic Operations), Sergeant Scott Grove (Supervisor, Domestic Violence Unit), and Sergeant Caroline Baker (Supervisor, Patrol Operations) from the Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command, Session 438. The 10-week course [...]
Contact: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office On Saturday, July 7, 2018, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, along with the State Highway Administration, unveiled two road signs located in the median of Business Route 5 (Leonardtown Road between Ell Lane and St. Charles Parkway) in memory of Cpl. Jamel Clagett, a Charles County Sheriff’s officer who died in a motor vehicle [...]
On July 1 at 7:35 p.m., officers responded to Gilbert Run Park located at 13140 Charles Street in La Plata, MD, for a death investigation. Upon arrival, officers located a man and a young girl inside a pickup truck; both were deceased. Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division responded and learned the man is the girl’s biological father. He [...]
On June 22 at 2:17 p.m., officers responded to the 2700 block of Marlette Place in Waldorf for a possible death investigation after a witness told officers the suspect may have killed his roommate. When officers arrived, they found the body of an adult male; he was deceased. The cause of death was not immediately clear. The man’s body was [...]