On August 24 at approximately 8:10 a.m., school administrators and school resource officers (SROs) at North Point High School responded to an altercation inside the building. A preliminary investigation showed a student, age 16, punched another student from behind causing the student to fall. Other students, ages 16 and 17, engaged in the altercation before school resource officers and school [...]
On August 21, at approximately 1:48 a.m., patrol officers responded to the 15500 block of Woodward Place in Waldorf for the report of a suspicious subject possibly breaking into vehicles, while a second subject appeared to be acting as a lookout near a Dodge Challenger. As officers arrived in the area, they heard a car alarm sounding and observed one [...]
On August 6 at 3:27 p.m., officers responded to the area of St. Thomas Drive near Alderman’s Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation showed the victim, age 14, was walking in the area when a car approached and two people exited and fired shots, striking the victim in the leg. The victim was flown [...]
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that four commanders—Captain Louis C. Schmidt III, Lieutenant Paul G. Morgan, III, Lieutenant Dorrell Savoy, and Sergeant Amber Hancock—recently graduated from the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety’s School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC). The nationally recognized 10‑week program provides advanced leadership and management education for mid‑ and upper‑level law [...]
On August 5, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Terrell Lamont Thompson, 18, Waldorf, in connection with a murder case that occurred in White Plains earlier this year. The details of the case are as follows: On April 1 at approximately 2:54 a.m., officers responded to the area of Enid Blyton Place for the report of the sound [...]
On July 31, just after 4 a.m., detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division were conducting an investigation near the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf when they observed several males and a female arguing. One of the males then entered an apartment building and returned with a sawed-off shotgun. Detectives immediately requested additional officers as the male approached [...]
On July 24, at approximately 4:19 p.m., a tow truck operator was fatally injured during an accident in the 9300 block of WW Industrial Drive in La Plata. The victim, Joseph Louis Skinner, 67, of La Plata, was operating a tow truck and attempting to load an SUV onto the rollback portion of the truck when the rollback unexpectedly began [...]
Detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of thefts involving more than 100 bronze memorial vases taken from Trinity Memorial Gardens, located on Mattawoman Beantown Road in Waldorf. These thefts occurred during two time periods: between June 8 and June 21 and between July 4 and July [...]
On July 19, at approximately 10:30 a.m., officers initiated a traffic stop on a school bus after the driver failed to stop for a red light at the intersection of Leonardtown Road and Old Washington Road in Waldorf. As the driver started pulling over, he struck a curb causing minor damage to the front end of the bus. Officers approached [...]
On July 16, detectives charged a 16-year-old male in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on July 13 in the area of Post Office Road and Gallery Place in Waldorf. The victim reported that he was walking along the path when the suspects approached him. One suspect displayed a handgun and demanded the victim’s shoes, backpack and jewelry. The [...]