DATE: July 20, 2018 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 or (240) 419-0646 DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT: On Friday, July 20, 2018, at approximately 4:57 a.m., officers responded to the 4400 block of Chicamuxen Road in Marbury for the report of a female waving down vehicles in the area of a store. Officers arrived and located the [...]
DATE: July 20, 2018 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 or (240) 419-0646 CCSO Invites Charles County Residents to National Night Out Police and Neighbors Come Together for Annual Community Event Calling all neighbors! On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., neighborhoods throughout Charles County are invited to team up with thousands of [...]
OFFICERS APPREHEND ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT / CRIME SOLVERS OFFERING CASH REWARD FOR IDENTITY OF TWO ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS: On July 18 at 3:26 a.m., officers responded to the CVS located at 6260 Crain Highway in La Plata for the report of an armed robbery in progress involving three suspects, one who was armed with a gun. Officers arrived within minutes and [...]
Correction to press release sent on July 16: Elijah Daniel Young was not charged with criminal possession of marijuana. He was charged with illegal possession of a regulated firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and transporting / carrying a handgun in a car. DATE: July 16, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 HANDGUN AND [...]
DATE: July 13, 2018 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 or (240) 419-0646 CCSO Invites Charles County Residents to Participate in 2018 Citizens Police Academy The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for its 2018 Citizens Police Academy (CPA) class, set to begin in September. This 12-week program will begin on September 19, 2018, and [...]
Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to announce the graduation of Charles County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Jeffrey Wood (Shift Commander, Patrol Operations), Sergeant Jonathan Burroughs (Supervisor, Traffic Operations), Sergeant Scott Grove (Supervisor, Domestic Violence Unit), and Sergeant Caroline Baker (Supervisor, Patrol Operations) from the Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command, Session 438. The 10-week course [...]
DATE: July 12, 2018 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 or (240) 419-0646 Charles County Implements New Tow Program Tow Companies Requested to Submit Application for Tow Service Permit The Charles County Sheriff’s Office has begun the process of implementing legislation that was signed into law regarding tow services in Charles County. House Bill 1320, which passed [...]
DATE: July 12, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 CRIME SOLVERS OFFERING CASH REWARD IN BANK ROBBERY CASE: Charles County Crime Solvers is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect involved in a bank robbery that occurred on July 12 at the BB&T Bank located at 10660 [...]
Contact: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office On Saturday, July 7, 2018, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, along with the State Highway Administration, unveiled two road signs located in the median of Business Route 5 (Leonardtown Road between Ell Lane and St. Charles Parkway) in memory of Cpl. Jamel Clagett, a Charles County Sheriff’s officer who died in a motor vehicle [...]
On July 1 at 7:35 p.m., officers responded to Gilbert Run Park located at 13140 Charles Street in La Plata, MD, for a death investigation. Upon arrival, officers located a man and a young girl inside a pickup truck; both were deceased. Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division responded and learned the man is the girl’s biological father. He [...]