DATE: August 26, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County, MD… The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is pleased to announce the recent completion of a six-week intensive high-level training curriculum for CCSO staff instructors who are responsible for training other members of the agency. “Ongoing training is critical in our profession [...]

DATE: August 16, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On August 14 at 11:56 p.m., officers responded to the area of Poplar Hill Road and Cherrywood Place in Waldorf for the report of a single-car crash. Upon arrival, officers found the driver inside the car; she was unresponsive and pronounced deceased on the [...]

DATE: August 9, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Operations Unit are investigating two unrelated traffic incidents that left a 17-year-old male critically injured in one case and an officer assaulted and injured in another. In both cases, vehicles that are prohibited from use on [...]

DATE: August 2, 2021                    CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 The Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Charles County Circuit Court are announcing they will apply for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program through the United States Department of Justice. The JAG Program provides states and units of local governments with [...]

DATE: July 28, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On July 4 at 5:15 a.m., two suspects entered a diner in the 6300 block of Crain Highway in La Plata. They confronted an employee who was getting ready to open the business, announced a robbery, and stabbed the employee in the neck with [...]

DATE: July 12, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On July 11 at 11:30 p.m., officers initiated a traffic stop in the area of Vivian Adams Drive and Leonardtown Road in Waldorf after observing a traffic violation. Officers located a loaded 9mm “ghost” gun from the driver’s waistband. In addition, they found 100 [...]

DATE: July 2, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified and arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of Leon Nathaniel Inabinett, Jr., 25, who was shot and killed on June 20 in the parking lot of a firehouse banquet hall at 3099 Livingston Road in Bryans [...]

DATE: July 1, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office301-609-6557 or 240-682-1658 On November 1, 2020, two male suspects were in the parking lot area of Prestancia Place in Waldorf after arranging to purchase tennis shoes through someone selling them on an online app. While the suspects were waiting, they observed a man sitting inside a car. They got [...]

DATE: June 25, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On June 25 at 9:40 a.m., officers responded to the La Petite Daycare Center in the 100 block of Smallwood Drive in Waldorf for the report of suspicious activity. Investigation revealed a four-year-old girl had just exited her mother’s car and was walking toward [...]

DATE: June 21, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Domestic-Related Assault / Stabbing: On June 20 at 10:48 p.m., officers responded to the 2600 block of Baden Place in Waldorf for the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, the victim was located outside with a severe stab wound to his arm. A preliminary [...]