DATE: January 6, 2019 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 UPDATE JANUARY 9: Ms. Hartsock was located safe and unharmed. On Saturday, January 5, at 6:44 p.m., officers responded to the 2200 block of Bridle Path Drive in Waldorf for the report of a missing person. Regina Lou Hartsock, 54, was reported missing by her [...]
DATE: January 4, 2019 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On January 3 at 4:22 p.m., officers responded to the area of Bannister Circle and Bryan Court in Waldorf for the report of suspicious activity. A witness told officers he was inside his vehicle at the corner of Bannister Circle and Bryan Court when he [...]
DATE: January 4, 2019 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that Lt. Joseph Pratta graduated from the FBI National Academy on December 14. Lt. Pratta was one of 250 fellow law enforcement executives who represented 50 states, 23 international countries, seven federal agencies, and five military [...]
DATE: January 1, 2019 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 31, 2018, at 4:22 p.m., the driver of a Mercury Milan passenger car was traveling northbound on St Charles Parkway just north of St Marks Drive in Waldorf when the vehicle started skidding, left the roadway and struck a tree. The driver, Nadia Mourtaj, 21, was [...]
On December 18, Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry, along with Command Staff and employees assigned to District II, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Agency’s new District II station located in the Bryans Road Shopping Center at 3099 Marshall Hall Road in Bryans Road. The station was previously located in a renovated bank in the same [...]
DATE: December 17, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 PGPD Investigating the Stabbing of an Off-Duty Charles County Sheriff’s Officer / Statement: On the evening of December 16, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Prince George’s County Police that an off-duty CCSO officer was stabbed in the abdomen during an altercation with a [...]
DATE: December 10, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 7 at approximately 6 a.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s school resource officer was notified of a social media post containing a threat to North Point High School later that day. Officers were able to quickly identify the person who posted the message and [...]
DATE: December 3, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 On December 2, at 12:51 p.m., officers responded to the area of Poplar Hill Road near Bell Flower Place in Waldorf for the report of a crash. A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a Mercury Mountaineer, operated by a 66-year-old male, was northbound on Poplar Hill Road [...]
DATE: November 27, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 27 at 3:45 p.m., a Charles County Public School bus was stopped in the northbound lane of Oliver Shop Road near Trotter Road in Bryantown, MD, discharging a 7-year-old female student. According to witnesses, the bus had activated its flashing red lights and [...]
DATE: November 21, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 20 at 12:01 a.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s officer was conducting radar in the area of Crain Highway and Smallwood Drive when the driver of a Camaro drove through a 45mph speed zone at 67mph. The officer activated his emergency lights and the [...]