CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Theft from Auto: On January 13 at 1:41 a.m., officers responded to the area of New Stead Court in Bryans Road for the report of a theft. A homeowner was alerted by a security system that someone had pulled on the door handles of several cars parked nearby. Entry [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On January 7, detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division charged George Andrew Taylor, 34, of Waldorf, with sex abuse of a minor continued course of conduct; sex offense third-degree; sex-offense fourth-degree; and second-degree assault in connection with a sexual child abuse case that was [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 POLICE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY SUSPECT IN INDECENT EXPOSURE CASE: On December 31 at approximately 2:07 p.m., officers responded to the parking lot of a library on Village Street in Waldorf for the report of an indecent exposure. The suspect approached the victims and exposed his genitals. The suspect is described [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry and the members of the CCSO Forensic Science Unit are pleased to announce the Agency is now utilizing the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) – a program managed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The NIBIN program automates [...]
DATE: December 27, 2019 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office (301) 609-6538 or (301) 848-4799 Detectives Identify and Arrest Shooting Suspects: Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested three suspects involved in a shooting which took place earlier this year. On September 27 at approximately 12:15 p.m., officers responded to the area of Medinah Street and Mesquite Court [...]
DATE: December 24, 2019 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office (301) 609-6538 or (301) 848-4799 Charles County Detention Center Raises Record Donations for Christmas Connection For at least the last ten years, Corrections Officers at the Charles County Detention Center have hosted an annual Toy Drive to benefit the Charles County Children’s Aid Society’s Christmas Connection program. Prior to 2019, [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating a car that was stolen during a kidnapping on December 11. Specifically, investigators are looking into the possibility the vehicle may have been left in a public place such as a commuter bus lot or abandoned in [...]
DATE: December 14, 2019 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Brown, Marc Christopher Jr. Detectives Identify and Arrest Suspect in Kidnapping and Robbery Case / Victim’s Car Still Missing: On December 14, Charles County Sheriff’s detectives charged Marc Christopher Brown, Jr., 26, of Waldorf, in connection with the December 11 kidnapping and [...]
DATE: December 13, 2019 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Scott, Fred Odell Sr. Detectives Identify and Arrest Homicide Suspect: Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested the suspect in the homicide of John Ercell Staton, 54, of Newburg, who was shot and killed on December 10 in the 100 block [...]
DATE: December 12, 2019 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY OF WOMAN / URGENT APPEAL TO LOCATE VICTIM’S STOLEN CAR: On December 12 at 3:37 a.m., officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department responded to the area of Accokeek Road near Gardner Road in Accokeek, MD for the [...]