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: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 CCSO Celebrates Annual Retirement and Awards Banquet Officers, Employees, and Community Members Honored for Completion of Service, Excellent Field Work, and Bravery From Left to Right: Sheriff Troy Berry and Retirees Mr. Steve Folkee, M/Sgt. Staffon Bond, M/Sgt. John Shoemaker, Deputy Director Deborah Dofflemyer, Ms. Karen Robertson, [...]
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 [...]
DATE: November 19, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 17 at 11 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Bland Drive in Indian Head for the report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they learned two female suspects stabbed two women who were known to them and fled the scene [...]
DATE: November 19, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 15, a vehicle operated by Walter Junior Carroll, II, 36, of Nanjemoy, was found abandoned on Poseytown Road in Nanjemoy. When he didn’t return home, his family contacted police to file a missing person report. Several search and rescue teams, including canines and [...]
DATE: November 16, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 15, at 11:30 p.m., officers responded to Nanjemoy, MD for the report of a missing person. Family members of Walter Junior Carroll, II, said he was last seen at approximately 1 p.m. in the Nanjemoy area. Officers are currently canvassing the area near [...]
DATE: November 16, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 16 at 12:10 a.m., Correctional Officers at the Charles County Detention Center were conducting routine security checks when they discovered a 35-year-old male, who was alone in his cell, hanging from a bed sheet. The officers took immediate life-saving actions to include CPR [...]
DATE: November 13, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Distribution of Propaganda: Since November 11, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office has received reports from people who have found fliers containing propaganda from the Ku Klux Klan. The fliers, which appear to have been distributed in a random manner, were inside plastic bags and found [...]
DATE: November 12, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 DNA Analysis Links Suspect to Armed Robbery Charles County Sheriff’s investigators have identified and charged a man in connection with an armed robbery that occurred earlier this year. The arrest is the result of a DNA match combined with investigative work. On March 21 at [...]
DATE: November 12, 2018 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 OFF-DUTY OFFICER APPREHENDS GUNMAN IN ROBBERY: On November 6 at 2:01 p.m., an off-duty CCSO officer heard gunshots in the 5700 block of Karen Court in Bryans Road. Green, Chase Dylan The officer ran toward the area where the shots were fired and [...]