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. SHED BURGLARY: Sometime between the hours of 6:30 p.m. on September 22 and 7:20 p.m. on September 23, unknown suspect(s) removed a lock from a shed in [...]
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. BREAKING AND ENTERING: On September 21 at 3:34 a.m., unknown suspect(s) pried open a door to a pizza delivery business in the 1100 block of Smallwood Drive [...]
Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to recognize CCSO Detective Jennifer McKenzie and Sgt. Jon Burroughs for their work in this year’s legislative process, during which two legislative proposals they suggested were subsequently passed into law. One bill prohibits scrap metal dealers from paying money for cell tower batteries to unauthorized persons, and the other bill allows Charles [...]
Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Operations Unit in partnership with the Maryland State Police, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, and La Plata Police Department, using funding from the Maryland Highway Safety Office, will conduct an impaired driver checkpoint on Wednesday, September 20. The checkpoint will commence at approximately 7 p.m. and will conclude at 11 p.m. Special patrols [...]
On Monday, September 11, Master Corporal Shawn Gregory was named the Correctional Officer of the Year by the Maryland Sheriffs’ Association and Maryland Chiefs of Police Association at their annual conference held in Ocean City, MD. The award was presented by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Riverdale Park Police Chief David Morris, President of the MD Chiefs of Police Association, and [...]
CRIME SOLVERS OFFERING REWARD IN HOME INVASION CASE / COMPOSITE SKETCHES OF SUSPECTS RELEASED: Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the identities of three men responsible for a home invasion and robbery. On Sept. 3 at 10:30 p.m., three suspects broke into a house in the 3500 block of Elsa Avenue in Waldorf. They bound two adult residents and stole [...]
Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to announce the agency will be utilizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to assist in high-risk situations and police-related investigations. The program, which has been in the formative stage for nearly a year, is ready to launch with five officers who are trained and certified UAS pilots under the direction of the program [...]
On September 11 at approximately 9:52 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office responded to the 3600 block of Yorktown Drive in Waldorf for the report of a drowning. Upon arrival, officers located a two-year-old male on the rear deck of the residence not breathing. The victim had been removed from the pool by his daycare provider who started CPR. Officers continued [...]
PEDESTRIAN-INVOLVED ACCIDENT: On Sept. 5 at 2:30 p.m., the driver of a Chevy Tahoe was traveling south on Piney Church Road near Tipperary Avenue in Waldorf when a 14-year-old girl, who was crossing the road outside of a crosswalk, stepped into the path of the vehicle and was struck by the passenger side door handle, causing injury. As a precaution, [...]
On August 29, four members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Operations Unit were honored at the Maryland Department of Transportation’s ADAPT (Aggressive Drivers Are Public Threats) Aggressive Driving Prevention Awards Luncheon. Sgt. Jon Burroughs, Cpl. Kris Syvertsen, Cpl. Brad Saunders, and Pfc. Patrick McPherson received awards for their efforts in reducing aggressive driving on our roadways in 2017. [...]