Charles County Sheriff Rex W. Coffey is pleased to announce the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was recognized for outstanding service in crime prevention at the 34th Annual Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards ceremony held earlier this month. The ceremony recognized law enforcement agencies, police officers, corrections, and citizens who made significant contributions in crime prevention in 2013. Cpl. William “Bill” Welch [...]
The following is a sample of recent Charles County Sheriff’s Office investigations. For information about crimes not included in this report, visit CityProtect.com and search by county, city, zip code or street address. OFFICERS LOCATE CRITICAL MISSING MAN: On Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 8100 block of Bensville Road in Waldorf for the report of a [...]
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office Automated Speed Enforcement Unit will be adding Westlake High School, 3300 Middletown Road in Waldorf, to the list of school zones in which automated speed enforcement cameras can be activated. The pad site is in the median on Middletown Road and will be placed in rotation on or around March 1. This marks the fifth [...]
The following is a sample of recent Charles County Sheriff’s Office investigations. For information about crimes not included in this report, visit CityProtect.com and search by county, city, zip code or street address. BOMB THREAT AT COURTHOUSE: On Feb. 20 at about 8:50 a.m., officers responded to the Charles County courthouse in La Plata after someone called Prince George’s County [...]
The following is a sample of recent Charles County Sheriff’s Office investigations. For information about crimes not included in this report, visit CityProtect.com and search by county, city, zip code or street address. This sketch depicts the male suspect involved in a robbery on Jan. 30, 2014. FORENSIC ARTIST CREATES SKETCH OF ROBBERY SUSPECT/CRIME SOLVERS OFFERING REWARD: Charles [...]
The following is a sample of recent Charles County Sheriff’s Office investigations. For information about crimes not included in this report, visit CityProtect.com and search by county, city, zip code or street address. THEFT: Sometime between Feb. 6 and Feb. 7, someone stole a gas powered tamper from a construction site near Billingsley Road and St. Martha Court. The tamper [...]
The following is a sample of recent Charles County Sheriff’s Office investigations. For information about crimes not included in this report, visit CityProtect.com and search by county, city, zip code or street address. THEFT: On February 6, officers responded to a business in the 11000 block of Pika Drive in Waldorf for the report of a theft. Unknown suspect(s) stole [...]
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office has started mailing refunds to people who received speeding citations from the automated speed enforcement camera located on the westbound side of MD Route 228 (Berry Road) in the Jenifer Elementary school zone between July 30, 2012 and July 31, 2013. Last fall, during an internal audit of the automated speed enforcement program, it was [...]
The following is a sample of recent events investigated by the Charles County Sheriff's Office. For information about other events which are not included in this report, visit CityProtect.com and search by county, city, zip code or street address. CRIME SOLVERS OFFERS REWARD IN MAIL THEFT CASES: On Feb. 3 at 7:55 a.m., officers responded to the 2100 block of [...]
Charles County sheriff’s detectives are seeking the identity of a man who’s image was captured on a surveillance camera during a period of time when a theft occurred. Sometime between Dec. 29 to January 28, parts to an HVAC were stolen from a church in the 8100 block of Annapolis Woods Road in La Plata. Footage from a surveillance camera [...]