DATE: May 8, 2019 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 CFC Al Davis Named Charles County Detention Center’s 2018 Correctional Officer of the Year Charles County Detention Center Director Brandon Foster, along with Sheriff Troy Berry and members of the CCSO and CCDC Command Staff, are proud to announce that Correctional Officer First Class Al Davis has been [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On May 2 at 7:04 p.m., officers responded to a beauty supply shop on Festival Way in Waldorf for the report of a theft in progress. Employees noticed two females and a male concealing perfumes in a bag. When the employees approached, one of the suspects displayed a knife. Another employee called [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On May 2 at approximately 1:40 p.m., School Resource Officer Cpl. S. Cook received a report of a man in a wheelchair with what appeared to be a gun in the vicinity of Benjamin Stoddert Middle School. The school was immediately placed in a “shelter-in-place,” meaning no one could enter or exit [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On May 1 at 7:45 a.m., officers arrested Lovelle Caleb Cannaday, 17, of Waldorf, in connection with a robbery that occurred inside North Point High School. On April 30, during lunchtime, the victim was in a school hallway with several students when the suspect approached from behind, produced a knife and demanded [...]
DATE: April 29, 2019 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office (301) 609-6538 or (240) 419-0646 FATAL ACCIDENT ON TURKEY HILL ROAD: On April 28 at approximately 11:32 p.m., patrol officers responded to the area of Turkey Hill Road at Skylark Drive in White Plains for the report of a single-vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers located the victim trapped in his [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 18, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division arrested a former instructional assistant at Mattawoman Middle School in connection with making inappropriate comments to a female student and having inappropriate contact with another female student. Anthony Tyrone Williams, Jr., 23, of Waldorf, was arrested at his residence and charged [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 9 at 9:30 p.m., a lone male suspect entered the Subway sandwich shop in Bryan's Road, implied he had a gun and demanded money. The suspect stole money and fled on foot. The investigation revealed the suspect had previously committed two armed robberies at convenience stores in King George County, [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On Saturday, April 27, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the Charles County Sheriff’s Office will join the Drug Enforcement Administration in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day – a program held annually to encourage people with unwanted prescription medications to dispose of them safely and in a way that is [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 12 at approximately 10 a.m., a school resource officer assigned to Thomas Stone High School was advised of an altercation between two students inside a classroom. When the officer entered the room, he observed a male student being restrained by a teacher and several students, while another male student was [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On April 11, the CCSO was made aware of a social media post relating to a possible school shooting that was going to happen on April 12. Officers identified the person who initiated the post as a student at La Plata High School. Contact was made with the student and his parents, [...]