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DATE:  October 10, 2018  CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 or 240-419-0646 Charles County Sheriff’s Officers Complete D.A.R.E. Instructor Training Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to announce the graduation of two school resource officers from the 34th Maryland D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Officer Training class recently held at the Public Safety Education and Training Center [...]

Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to recognize the efforts of several law enforcement personnel who assisted in the training of many Maryland police departments and sheriff’s offices regarding the implementation of HB 1302 – a new law that deals with extreme risk protective orders – which went into effect October 1. As with any new law, policies [...]

DATE:  October 4, 2018   CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING HOMICIDE ON WILDMEADOWS STREET: On October 3 at approximately 7:55 p.m., officers responded to the 11200 block of Wildmeadows Street in Waldorf for the report of shots fired. Upon arrival officers located a 17-year-old male, Elisha Amon Cole, of Waldorf, deceased from [...]

DATE:  October 3, 2018  CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 Charles County Sheriff’s Officers Receive Aggressive Driving Prevention Awards  On September 26, four members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Operations Unit were among approximately 140 officers honored at the Maryland Department of Transportation’s ADAPT (Aggressive Drivers Are Public Threats) Aggressive Driving Prevention Awards Luncheon. Sgt. Jon Burroughs, [...]

DATE: September 28, 2018              CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office (301) 609-6538 or (240) 419-0646 OFFICERS LOCATE AND ARREST SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED CARJACKING: On September 27 at about 1:30 p.m., officers responded to a call for an attempted carjacking on Crain Dawe, Kelvin Hart Highway at Pierce Road in Waldorf. Initial investigation revealed the victim was stopped [...]

DATE: September 24, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 MAN WANTED FOR VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER: On Sept. 18 at 11:35 a.m., officers responded to the 2900 block of Sandwich Drive in Waldorf for the report of a violation of a protective order. The petitioner advised when she returned to her residence she observed the suspect, Jamal [...]

DATE: September 21, 2018              CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 DETECTIVES CONDUCTING DEATH INVESTIGATION IN WALDORF: On September 21 at 7:47 a.m., officers responded to a wooded area in the 2000 block of St. Thomas Drive in Waldorf for the report of a subject not breathing. Upon arrival, officers located the person, a male, [...]

DATE: September 20, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658   Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested two suspects in connection with the assault and robbery of a fast food delivery man. On Sept. 18 at 6:40 p.m., the victim made a delivery to an address in the 2600 block of Hamilton Place [...]

DATE: September 10, 2018              CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office (301) 609-6538 or (240) 419-0646 DETECTIVES SEEKING INFORMATION RELATED TO A SHOOTING / CRIME SOLVERS OFFERING CASH REWARD: Charles County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking information from the public relating to a shooting incident that took place in Waldorf. On September 8 at approximately 11:40 p.m., the victim was walking [...]

DATE: September 5, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating Stanley Jerome Hatton, 40, of Marbury, who is wanted for assaulting a female acquaintance with a knife. A warrant is on file charging Hatton with first-degree assault in connection with that case. Hatton [...]