DATE: October 1, 2021                   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 24 at 6:15 a.m., detectives were at an apartment in the 12000 block of Abberly Place in Waldorf conducting an investigation. While inside the residence, investigators observed a 9mm handgun and learned the occupant of the apartment is prohibited from possessing a [...]

DATE: September 27, 2021   CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office               (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 26 at 7:43 p.m., officers responded to the area of Blair Road and Strauss Avenue in Indian Head for the report of a fight among a large group of people, mostly juveniles. During the altercation, an unknown male began firing a weapon [...]

DATE: September 20, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658  On September 13, a patrol officer responded to the area of Hope Circle in Waldorf for a call about a dispute. The victim reported the suspect, who was not known to him, brandished a firearm and threatened to shoot and kill him after the [...]

DATE: September 17, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 16, at approximately 4:14 pm., patrol officers responded to the 6300 block of Grant Chapman Drive in La Plata for the report of a motor vehicle collision involving a child. Upon arrival, officers located a child who had been struck by a [...]

DATE: September 15, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 14 at 1:30 a.m., a patrol officer was in the area of Smallwood Drive at St. Charles Parkway when a computer check alerted him that the registration plate on a Nissan sedan that was being operated in front of him did not [...]

DATE: September 14, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 11 at 3:30 p.m., officers responded to the parking lot of a business in the 10100 block of Berry Road in Waldorf for the report of a dispute involving a group of people in which at least one person was holding a [...]

DATE: September 13, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 Update: A District Court Commissioner issued a criminal warrant for the driver charging her with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. On September 13, at 12:35 a.m., an officer patrolling the area of Crain Highway and Heritage Green Parkway observed a vehicle speed past [...]

                                                                                 UPDATE September 14: Officers located and arrested Smothers in Waldorf. A firearm was also recovered. DATE: September 13, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658         On September 10 at 3:09 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Jefferson Road in Waldorf for the report of a shooting involving people who were [...]

DATE: September 11, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 10 at 11:48 p.m., officers responded to the 12100 block of Ell Lane in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located Arick Jordan Jackson, 25, of Washington, D.C., outside of the apartment building with a gunshot wound; he [...]

DATE: September 10, 2021                  CONTACT: Diane RichardsonMedia Relations Office(301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On September 6 at 7:02 p.m., officers responded to a wooded area in the 7900 block of Gilroy Road in Nanjemoy for what appeared to be an unconscious male. Upon arrival, officers discovered the male was deceased. On September 9, an autopsy was performed [...]