DATE:  January 12, 2021 CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations301-609-6557 or 240-682-1658 Charles County, MD...The Charles County Sheriff’s Office, Office of Professional Responsibility, is investigating the possibility a corrections officer was inappropriately present on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol last week. Today, command staff received an internal complaint of the employee’s possible involvement.  At this time, there is no indication other [...]

DATE: January 8, 2021                CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County, MD – Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to announce the Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) was awarded Excellence, the highest rating possible by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), on November 13, 2020, in the Law [...]

DATE: January 7, 2021               CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Update: The driver at fault in this crash, Matthew Robert Eppley, 22, of Charlotte Hall, MD, was pronounced deceased yesterday afternoon as a result of the injuries he sustained in the crash. The woman who was driving the Pacifica is still being treated at a hospital. [...]

DATE: January 6, 2021                CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County, MD… The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce Sheriff Troy D. Berry was re-appointed as a member of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission (MPTSC) by Maryland State Governor Larry Hogan. Sheriff Berry took his Oath of Office for this [...]

DATE: December 31, 2020               CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 30 at 6:11 p.m., officers responded to the area of Western Parkway at Waldorf Market Place for the report of a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Shortly after officers and paramedics arrived and attempted life-saving measures, the pedestrian was pronounced deceased. A preliminary investigation [...]

DATE: December 26, 2020               CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 25 at 6:45 p.m., officers responded to a single-family house on Mattingly Avenue in Indian Head for the report of a shooting. An initial investigation showed the victim, Edwin Roberto Rivera Juarez, 17, of Lothian, MD, was inside the home with two other teenaged [...]

DATE: December 22, 2020               CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 22 at approximately 4:33 a.m., officers responded to the 1100 block of Heritage Place in Waldorf for the report of an injured man inside a parked car. When officers arrived, they located the man; he had severe trauma and was transported to a hospital [...]

DATE: December 17, 2020               CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 16 at 10:23 a.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle crash involving three cars on Trinity Church Road north of Old Sycamore Road in Allens Fresh, MD. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a Ford Mustang was following a Chevrolet Silverado which was [...]

DATE: December 17, 2020               CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 15 shortly after 2 a.m., officers responded to the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center for the report of a woman who arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to her shoulder. During the investigation, detectives learned the shooting occurred in the [...]