The following is a sample of recent Charles County Sheriff’s Office investigations. For information about crimes not included in this report, visit CrimeReports.com and search by county, city, zip code or street address. ATTEMPTED MURDER: On November 26 at 12:30 p.m., officers responded to the 800 block of Copley Avenue in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. Officers arrived [...]

Charles County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Joseph Elmer Rohls, 80, of Newburg, in connection with fondling a 4-year-old girl who was at Rohls’ home with relatives recently. Rohls was arrested on November 22 at his home in the 9900 block of Morgantown Road. After speaking with Rohls, detectives learned he may have sexually assaulted other children over the years – the [...]

On November 17 at 2:13 p.m., officers responded to the 13000 block of Zekiah Drive in Waldorf for the report of a deceased male lying in the grassy area between a school and Leonardtown Road. Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division, along with Forensics personnel, responded and observed no obvious signs of trauma to the body and no signs [...]

  On November 8 at 1:06 a.m., officers responded to the report of a motor vehicle crash near the intersection of Old Washington Road and Kaine Place in Waldorf. Investigation showed the driver of a passenger car was traveling south on Old Washington Road when he struck the side of a tractor-trailer that was backing into a business. A female [...]

On November 6, Charles County Sheriff’s officers arrested LaToya Niccole Parker, 40, of Waldorf, after a Charles County Grand Jury indicted her on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, displaying sexual material to a minor, and solicitation of a minor. The incidents occurred between the fall of 2016 and March 2017 while Parker was a teacher at St. Charles [...]

BURGLARY: On October 30 between 7:40 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., unknown suspect(s) broke into a house in the 11300 block of Snow Owl Place in Waldorf and stole a surveillance camera. The suspect(s) also placed a pair of shoes in the backyard. Nothing else was reported stolen.  Cpl. P. Morgan, III is investigating. BURGLARY: Between October 28 – October 30, [...]

FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT: On October 26 at approximately 2 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Super 8 Motel at 3550 Crain Highway in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. The victim was located in the lobby with a single gunshot wound to his lower back. He was flown to a hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life [...]

OFF-DUTY PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEF ARRESTED: On October 24 at 4:50 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 2500 block of Lisa Drive in Waldorf for the report of a man threatening to slash the tires on his girlfriend’s car. Officers arrived and observed the suspect in a silver Ford F-150 truck. They initiated a traffic stop, but the [...]

 Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified nine suspects involved in a case in which four victims, ages 16-19, were robbed and assaulted during the same incident. On October 5 at 4:30 p.m., the victims were in the 1000 block of Bannister Circle in Waldorf when a group of suspects approached them. The suspects displayed a handgun and robbed and assaulted [...]

THEFTS FROM AUTOS: On October 10 between 6 a.m. – 5 p.m., unknown suspect(s) broke into two cars parked at the Mattawoman-Beantown Park and Ride in Waldorf. Various items were stolen. Officer C. Garner is investigating. DETECTIVES RECOVER HANDGUN AND DRUGS DURING SEARCH WARRANT: On October 10 at 9:30 a.m., officers assigned to the Narcotics Enforcement Team and Emergency Services [...]