DATE: August 9, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Operations Unit are investigating two unrelated traffic incidents that left a 17-year-old male critically injured in one case and an officer assaulted and injured in another. In both cases, vehicles that are prohibited from use on [...]

DATE: August 2, 2021                    CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 The Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Charles County Circuit Court are announcing they will apply for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program through the United States Department of Justice. The JAG Program provides states and units of local governments with [...]

DATE: July 28, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On July 4 at 5:15 a.m., two suspects entered a diner in the 6300 block of Crain Highway in La Plata. They confronted an employee who was getting ready to open the business, announced a robbery, and stabbed the employee in the neck with [...]

DATE: July 12, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On July 11 at 11:30 p.m., officers initiated a traffic stop in the area of Vivian Adams Drive and Leonardtown Road in Waldorf after observing a traffic violation. Officers located a loaded 9mm “ghost” gun from the driver’s waistband. In addition, they found 100 [...]

DATE: July 2, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of Leon Nathaniel Inabinett, Jr., 25, who was shot and killed on June 20 in the parking lot of a firehouse banquet hall at 3099 Livingston Road in Bryans [...]

DATE: July 2, 2021                 CONTACT: Janelle LoveMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6538 or (301) 848-4799 MISSING PERSON: Charles County Sheriff’s officers are seeking the public’s help in locating Wilbert Ellis Jackson, 62, of Bryans Road. Mr. Jackson was last seen on June 26 at about 3 a.m. at his residence on Ashland Road in the Bryans Road area. Jackson left [...]

DATE: July 1, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office301-609-6557 or 240-682-1658 On November 1, 2020, two male suspects were in the parking lot area of Prestancia Place in Waldorf after arranging to purchase tennis shoes through someone selling them on an online app. While the suspects were waiting, they observed a man sitting inside a car. They got [...]

DATE: June 25, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On June 25 at 9:40 a.m., officers responded to the La Petite Daycare Center in the 100 block of Smallwood Drive in Waldorf for the report of suspicious activity. Investigation revealed a four-year-old girl had just exited her mother’s car and was walking toward [...]