On August 27, a student, age 15, at Henry E. Lackey High School was found to be in possession of several packaged vape devices containing THC. In an unrelated case on August 26, a 15-year-old student at Westlake High School was found to be in possession of a vape containing THC. Both students were issued a juvenile citation for possession [...]
On August 25 at approximately 10:20 a.m., officers were assisting another law enforcement agency in locating a wanted person traveling in a silver passenger car. Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office observed the vehicle near Leonardtown Road and Lakewood Drive in Waldorf and initiated a traffic stop. The car briefly pulled over, before fleeing. Officers pursued the vehicle on [...]
On August 24 at approximately 8:10 a.m., school administrators and school resource officers (SROs) at North Point High School responded to an altercation inside the building. A preliminary investigation showed a student, age 16, punched another student from behind causing the student to fall. Other students, ages 16 and 17, engaged in the altercation before school resource officers and school [...]
On August 21, at approximately 1:48 a.m., patrol officers responded to the 15500 block of Woodward Place in Waldorf for the report of a suspicious subject possibly breaking into vehicles, while a second subject appeared to be acting as a lookout near a Dodge Challenger. As officers arrived in the area, they heard a car alarm sounding and observed one [...]
On August 6 at 3:27 p.m., officers responded to the area of St. Thomas Drive near Alderman’s Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation showed the victim, age 14, was walking in the area when a car approached and two people exited and fired shots, striking the victim in the leg. The victim was flown [...]
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that four commanders—Captain Louis C. Schmidt III, Lieutenant Paul G. Morgan, III, Lieutenant Dorrell Savoy, and Sergeant Amber Hancock—recently graduated from the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety’s School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC). The nationally recognized 10‑week program provides advanced leadership and management education for mid‑ and upper‑level law [...]
On August 5, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Terrell Lamont Thompson, 18, Waldorf, in connection with a murder case that occurred in White Plains earlier this year. The details of the case are as follows: On April 1 at approximately 2:54 a.m., officers responded to the area of Enid Blyton Place for the report of the sound [...]
On July 31, just after 4 a.m., detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division were conducting an investigation near the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf when they observed several males and a female arguing. One of the males then entered an apartment building and returned with a sawed-off shotgun. Detectives immediately requested additional officers as the male approached [...]
On July 24, at approximately 4:19 p.m., a tow truck operator was fatally injured during an accident in the 9300 block of WW Industrial Drive in La Plata. The victim, Joseph Louis Skinner, 67, of La Plata, was operating a tow truck and attempting to load an SUV onto the rollback portion of the truck when the rollback unexpectedly began [...]
Detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of thefts involving more than 100 bronze memorial vases taken from Trinity Memorial Gardens, located on Mattawoman Beantown Road in Waldorf. These thefts occurred during two time periods: between June 8 and June 21 and between July 4 and July [...]