On October 12 at 2:30 p.m., three students from La Plata High School were engaged in a physical altercation while on the school bus. The bus driver pulled over and officers from the CCSO and La Plata Police responded. The students were separated. The school resource officer has initiated an investigation. Two students were treated for injuries. Anyone with information [...]
On October 8 at 2:50 p.m., officers responded to Mall Circle for the report of an assault in progress inside a business. As officers were responding, the suspects fled on foot. Witnesses reported seeing some of the suspects armed with what appeared to be a gun. Officers located the suspects nearby and arrested them. They also recovered a replica firearm [...]
On October 11 at 7 p.m., a woman was walking in the area of Hampshire Lake in Waldorf when an unknown male exposed himself to her. The victim ran away and the suspect fled on a bicycle. Officers canvassed the area, but the suspect was not located. The victim described the suspect as a black male, possibly in his thirties, [...]
On October 11 at 2:47 p.m., a school administrator at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School detected a strong odor of cannabis emanating from a student’s locker. Further investigation led to the recovery of cannabis inside two student lockers. The school resource officer recovered the cannabis and initiated an investigation. In accordance with Maryland state law, the students were charged on a [...]
Detectives continuing to investigate the double homicide that occurred at Jimmie’s Paddock on September 29 have identified a second suspect involved in the case. Dominic Alonzo Stewart, 54, of District Heights, MD, was with the suspect, James Coffen, when shots were fired in the parking lot. Stewart also fired rounds from a handgun during the incident. Coffen was arrested on [...]
On October 5, a student at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School became ill after they used a vape pen containing what they believed to be cannabis. The student sought help from a school nurse and was subsequently transported to a hospital for treatment. The school resource officer has initiated an investigation. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call [...]
On October 6, a student at Thomas Stone High School was observed smoking suspected cannabis in a student bathroom. Further investigation revealed the student was in possession of suspected cannabis. A school resource officer initiated an investigation and in accordance with Maryland law, the student was charged with a civil violation of possession of cannabis. The student also faces disciplinary [...]
On October 3 at 4:45 p.m., patrol officers were in the area of Port Tobacco Road and Chapel Point Road in La Plata when they located Scott Anthony Goldsmith, 52, of no fixed address, who was wanted in connection with the homicide that occurred earlier in the morning on Pearson Drive. Detectives had already obtained a warrant for Goldsmith’s arrest. [...]
On October 3 at 12:17 a.m., officers responded to the 12700 block of Pearson Drive in Waldorf for the report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they located two victims with stab wounds inside the house. An adult female was transported to a hospital with injuries that are not life threatening. An adult male, identified as Timothy Portzen, 62, of [...]
On September 29 at 12:02 a.m., patrol officers responded to a business in the 4700 block of Crain Highway in White Plains, MD after receiving several calls reporting a shooting. When officers arrived, they located an adult male and adult female with gunshot wounds. Both victims were transported to a hospital where they were pronounced deceased. The victims have been [...]