CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Detectives Investigate Shooting / Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward: On April 12 at 2:44 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Brookside Place in Waldorf for the report of the sound of gunshots. When officers arrived, they learned a male, age 22, had been shot multiple times and was driven to [...]
2019 Annual Report The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. 2019 Fast Facts County Population: 161,503* Sworn Officers: 290 Corrections Officers: 139 Court Security Officers: 13 Automated Enforcement Unit (AEU) Deputy: 1 Civilian Employees: 208** Calls for Service: 220,428 Arrests: 5,508 Motor Vehicle Citations / Warnings / Parking Tickets: 10,796 / [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On April 10 at 7:40 p.m., officers responded to the Hilton Garden Inn at 10385 O’Donnell Place in Waldorf to check on the welfare of a man and woman after receiving information from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) in Indiana that they had just received a tip indicating [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested and charged two suspects in connection with a series of recent burglaries at businesses in the Waldorf area. Between March 21- March 24, at least ten businesses were broken into. In each case, the suspects broke out the glass doors or windows of [...]
DATE: April 3, 2020 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office (301) 848-4799 Charles County Sheriff’s Office Adopts Therapy Dog As Part of New Comfort K9 Program Sheriff Troy D. Berry is proud to announce the implementation of a new initiative aimed at helping victims of crime in Charles County: the Comfort K9 Program. This program, which has been in [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 UPDATE: The victim in this case, Divinity Ose McKay, succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased on March 31. The Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office will determine further charges. The investigation is ongoing. Man Charged in Connection with Physical Child Abuse: On March 30 at 2 a.m., officers [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On March 30 at 2 a.m., officers responded to the 2000 block of St. Thomas Drive in Waldorf after a man called and reported his 13-month-old daughter was having trouble breathing. When officers and paramedics arrived, the child was unresponsive. She was transported to the University of Maryland Charles [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On March 28 at 1:37 p.m., officers responded to the Super 8 motel in the 3500 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf for the report of a death investigation. A preliminary investigation revealed a motel employee entered the room to check on the occupants who were scheduled to check [...]
CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On March 27 at 10:53 p.m., officers responded to the 15000 block of Lukes Lane in Hughesville for the report of a large group of people at a single location in violation of Governor Hogan’s emergency order which prohibits planned gatherings of more than 10 people in response to [...]
DATE: March 17, 2020 CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 CFC Eric Keys Named Charles County Detention Center 2019 Correctional Officer of the Year Charles County Detention Center Director Brandon Foster, along with Sheriff Troy Berry and members of the CCSO and CCDC Command Staff, are proud to announce that Correctional Officer First Class Eric Keys has been [...]