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DATE: November 17, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Cameras Added to Buses Deter Illegal Passing of Stopped School Buses Charles County, MD… TheCharles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) are launching a new school bus safety program this week, in partnership with a safety technology company, BusPatrol. The [...]

DATE: November 10, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 10 at 3:22 a.m., officers responded to the 6000 block of New Forest Court for the report of a carjacking that just occurred. The victim, a Lyft driver, was waiting in the area to pick up a customer when the suspect ran [...]

DATE: November 10, 2021        CONTACT:Janelle LoveMedia Relations Office301-609-6538 or (301) 848-4799 Thirty-Nine New Police Officers – Sixteen from Charles County – Graduate Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy Police Entrance Level Training Program Session 49 Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is proud to announce sixteen new officers will join the Charles County Sheriff’s Office after their graduation from the Southern [...]

DATE: November 8, 2021                    CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 7 at 9:24 p.m., officers responded to a business in the 2000 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a male with a gunshot wound. The man was flown to a hospital [...]

DATE: November 3, 2021                    CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 2 at 2:51 p.m., officers responded to the area of Bensville Road and Laurel Branch Drive in Waldorf for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation showed Clifford Borel Chapman, 68, of Waldorf, was driving a passenger car [...]

DATE: October 28, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On October 27 at 8 p.m., officers responded to the area of Bannister Circle and St Ignatius Drive for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation showed an adult male was on Bannister Circle when a car pulled up and someone fired a [...]

DATE: October 28, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On October 27, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Judicial Services Unit took part in the 18th Annual National Family Violence Apprehension Detail. Joined by members of the La Plata Police Department and the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office, officers attempted to [...]

DATE: October 27, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 10 at 11:48 p.m., officers responded to the 12100 block of Ell Lane in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located Arick Jordan Jackson, 25, of Washington, D.C., outside of the apartment building with a gunshot wound; he [...]

DATE: October 26, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On October 21 at 7:45 p.m., officers responded to a business located in the 300 block of Smallwood Drive in Waldorf for the report of a robbery. The initial investigation revealed the suspect entered the store, announced a robbery, and reached into his waistband. [...]

DATE: October 26, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On October 14 at 8:13 p.m., officers were in the 400 block of Patuxent Court when they observed an SUV parked in a No Parking Zone with registration plates that did not belong on the SUV, but rather a passenger car. Officers approached the [...]