Hundreds of Officers, CCSO Employees, Military, Students, Teachers, and Families Expected to Participate in Event with Special Athletes Help fuel the Flame of Hope: Join the Charles County Sheriff’s Office for the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Maryland on June 4 at 9 a.m. in La Plata. This year’s event is being dedicated to Diana Dennin, a supporter [...]
Detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit worked extensively on the following case. Partnering with other law enforcement agencies and the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein, eight people were charged in connection with prescription fraud and running “pill mill” clinics. The following is a press release the United States Attorney's Office released [...]
On May 25 at 12:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to a house fire at 11002 Greenwood Court in Waldorf. Neighbors called to say the back of a house was on fire and flames were coming through the roof. Another neighbor called and alerted 911 call takers that two people had escaped – a 26-year-old woman and a 3-year-old girl – [...]
Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry announced today that detectives have charged Richard Travess Conway, 26, of Waldorf in connection with the domestic-related shooting that left a man dead and a woman wounded in the parking lot of McDonald's in the 11000 block of Mall Circle on May 20. Conway’s mother, Caroline Conway, was quickly linked to [...]
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office will be holding a press conference today at 11:30 a.m. at the Sheriff’s Office Headquarters building in La Plata to announce a second arrest in connection with the double shooting that occurred in the parking lot of McDonald's in the 11000 block of Mall Circle in Waldorf on May 20. An off duty police officer [...]
DEATH INVESTIGATION: On May 22 at 6:55 a.m., officers were dispatched to Wills Memorial Park, 500 St. Mary’s Avenue, La Plata, in reference to a woman who had been pushing a toddler in a swing for an unusually long period of time - the woman and child had possibly been at the park since the day before. When officers arrived, [...]
HOMICIDE-SHOOTING: On May 20 at approximately 5:48 p.m., officers responded to the McDonald’s located at 11025 Mall Circle in Waldorf for a shooting. Upon arrival officers found two adult victims, a 25 year-old male and a 24 year-old female, located in the parking lot. Both victims were transported to area hospitals. The male victim, Robert Michael Mange, 25, Smithfield, VA, [...]
On Wednesday, May 20 at 7 p.m., the Charles County Sheriff’s Office will host a quarterly citizen’s advisory meeting at the American Legion located at 6330 Crain Highway in La Plata. Representatives from each of the sheriff’s office district stations will be on hand to meet with county residents and talk about crime trends and crime prevention. Light refreshments will [...]
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. DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING STABBING: On May 19 at 1:50 a.m., officers responded to Charles Regional Medical Center for the report of a stabbing victim. A preliminary investigation showed [...]