DATE: January 17, 2019     CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Cold Case Solved - Detectives Identify Suspect in 1993 Rape Case Fingerprint Analysis, DNA and Continued Investigation Led to Arrest Detectives with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and Forensic Science Unit have identified the suspect in a sexual assault that occurred in [...]

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Welcomes Four New Correctional Officers Four Charles County Candidates Graduate from the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy Corrections Entrance Level Training Program Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is proud to announce the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy (SMCJA) celebrated the graduation of 11 correctional officers – four from Charles County – from the Corrections Entrance [...]

DATE: January 9, 2019      CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On January 9, Nadia Mourtaj, 21, of Waldorf was pronounced deceased as a result of injuries she sustained in a car crash that occurred on December 31. Nadia was driving a passenger car northbound on St. Charles Parkway near Gateway Plaza in Waldorf when she [...]

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 2, 2019   CONTACT: Janelle Love Media Relations Office 301-609-6538 A Look Back at 2018 The holiday season often marks a time of reflection of the past year, and law enforcement is no different. As 2018, the 360th anniversary year for the CCSO, has come to a close, Sheriff Troy Berry and the Charles County Sheriff’s Office look [...]

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 [...]