On March 22 at 3:39 a.m., officers responded to the 2200 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf for the report of a burglary in progress. The initial information indicated a vehicle rammed through the back door of a pawn shop and at least three suspects entered the store. Officers arrived and observed two vehicles fleeing the scene. Officers lost sight [...]
On March 19, school administrators at Maurice McDonough High School alerted a school resource officer of an assault and robbery that occurred inside a bathroom during school hours. Upon being notified, the SRO initiated an investigation. A preliminary investigation showed the student was in a school bathroom when two other students entered, assaulted the student, and went through the student’s [...]
On March 19 at 8:45 a.m., a student was observed smoking a vape inside a classroom, during class. The vape was recovered by the school resource officer and tested positive for THC. The student was charged on a civil citation with possession of cannabis. In a separate incident, school administrators were alerted to a student possibly in possession of alcohol. [...]
On March 19 at 12:30 p.m., a student at John Hanson Middle School was suspected of smoking a vape pen in a school bathroom. Further investigation revealed the student was in possession of a vape. The school resource officer recovered the vape pen which tested positive for THC. The student was charged on a civil citation with possession of cannabis. [...]
On March 18 at 10:30 a.m., several students at Milton Somers Middle School were walking in the hallway with a school staff member, and they began pulling on locker doors causing some lockers to open. As they were directed to stop, the staff member observed what appeared to be a handgun protruding from a backpack in one of the lockers. [...]
On March 15, school administrators were made aware of a video recording of a fight between two students that occurred in a classroom at Davis Middle School. The video appears to show a school staff member allowing the students to fight while classmates watched, and other students clearing furniture to create space for the fight to occur. The students involved [...]
On March 16 at 8:37 p.m., officers responded to the 11300 block of Snow Owl Place in Waldorf for the report of gunshots. When officers arrived, they located a male with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. As EMS was providing care to the male, he succumbed to his injuries. A preliminary investigation revealed shots were fired during a possible drug [...]
On March 14 at 8:29 a.m., a teacher at Milton Somers Middle School observed a vape fall out of a student’s possession. The vape was recovered by the school resource officer and tested positive for THC. Administrators learned of another student with a vape, which was recovered and also tested positive for THC. The students were charged on a civil [...]
On March 8, members of the Firearms Investigations Unit, along with detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division, Southern Maryland Information Center, and Emergency Services Team served a search warrant in the 3100 block of Heathcote Road in Waldorf relating to an ongoing investigation into firearms violations and drug trafficking. During the search, investigators recovered 6 ½ pounds of cannabis, [...]
On March 11 at 2:28 p.m., the victim, an 18-year-old male, was walking in the area of Ryon Court in Waldorf when he observed several males wearing ski masks approaching him. The victim fled into the lobby of a nearby office building located in the 3600 block of Leonardtown Road and removed an expensive jacket he was wearing. The suspects [...]