So. Md Police News

Latest news from the local sheriff's offices and state police barracks.
Officers Investigate Suspicious Vehicle and Locate Firearms and CDS: On December 18 at 8:12 p.m., officers responded to the area of Glasva School Road and Allen’s View Place in Faulkner for the report of a suspicious vehicle. Upon arrival, officers located a cargo-style box truck occupied by two...
Arrest made in Homicide on Albemarle Place: On October 23 at approximately 2:17 p.m, the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) received a 911 call reporting a shooting. PGPD made contact with the caller, who was in his vehicle with the victim, and determined the victim was suffering...
Officers Locate Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop: On December 18 at 7:43 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a passenger car in the area of Crain Highway at Port Tobacco Road in La Plata. The officer detected the odor of marijuana, and further investigation revealed the driver was in...
School Resource Officer Investigating Possible Overdose: On December 19, a student arrived to school at the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center displaying signs of impairment. The school administrators and the School Resource Officer were notified, and the student was transported by helicopter...
Rogue & Vagabond / Intoxicated Public Disturbance: On December 11 at 3:40 a.m., officers responded to the Riverside Run Community in Indian Head for the report of an unknown male banging on doors, attempting to break into vehicles, and acting disorderly. Officers canvassed the area and located...
School Resource Officer Investigating Overdose at High School: On December 14 at 10:12 a.m., a student at Lackey High School notified a School Resource Officer (SRO) that he had used a vaping device that contained what he believed to be THC and which made him feel sick. The SRO escorted the...
Patrol Officers Locate and Arrest Subjects Breaking into Vehicles/Recover Stolen Vehicle: On December 14 at 2:01 a.m., officers responded to Oyster Reef Place in the Sheffield Links neighborhood for the report of several subjects walking around with flashlights attempting to get into vehicles...
Fleeing and Eluding: On December 13 at 6:09 p.m., a patrol officer attempted to stop a pickup truck in the area of Crain Highway and Holly Lane in Waldorf for a traffic violation but the vehicle failed to stop. A short distance later it was involved in an accident at which time officers took...
School Resource Officers Investigate Threat of Mass Violence at High School: On December 14 at 11:11 a.m., a School Resource Officer (SRO) at North Point High School was notified that during an argument, a student made a threat to commit mass violence. The SRO initiated an investigation and...
School Resource Officers Investigating Illegal Possession of Ammunition at High School: On December 14 at the beginning of the school day, a School Resource Officer at Lackey High School was notified by administrators that a student was found to have four handgun magazines in his bookbag, one of...
Patrol Officers Arrest Attempted Kidnapping Suspect: On December 12 at 12:53 p.m., a twelve year old victim was walking home in the Meadows at White Oak neighborhood in Waldorf when a man began to follow her in his vehicle and yell out of the window for her to get into his car. After the victim...
HOMICIDE ON TAWNY DRIVE: On December 9 shortly after 1p.m., Travis Edward Paschal Wood, 33 of Waldorf, arrived at the CCSO District III Station in Waldorf and requested officers to respond to his home located in the 2300 block of Tawny Drive in Waldorf to do a welfare check. When officers...
Suspected Marijuana Edibles Recovered from Student at a Middle School: On December 9, School Resource Officers received a complaint that a student at Matthew Henson Middle School was in possession of edibles containing suspected CDS and was bringing them to school in order to sell them. The...
Waldorf Business Burglarized/Officers Apprehend Suspect: On December 3, a business owner in the 11700 block of Vernon Road in Waldorf observed a man using tools to break into the fenced rear storage lot of the business. The suspect fled on foot prior to officers’ arrival but was located nearby a...
Charles County Sheriff’s Office Welcomes 5 New Correctional Officers Eleven Candidates Graduate from the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy Corrections Entrance Level Training Program The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice...
Officers Identify and Arrest Burglary Suspect: On December 6 at 11:43 p.m., officers responded to the 2900 block of Edgewood Road in Bryans Road for the report of a burglary in progress. The victim advised that she observed a man on her home surveillance system tampering with one of the cameras...
Knife Recovered from Middle School Student: On December 8, a student at Piccowaxen Middle School reported to a staff member that another student was in possession of a knife. The staff member notified the School Resource Officer, who made contact with the student and recovered the knife. The...
Officers Locate and Arrest Suspects Attempting to Steal Catalytic Converter/Possession With Intent to Distribute/Handgun Violation: On December 6 at approximately 3:34 a.m., officers responded to the 900 block of Copley Avenue in Waldorf for the report of an individual who was under a camper...
Officers Arrest and Charge Man Using CDS in Park: In response to numerous citizen complaints regarding individuals using controlled dangerous substances (CDS) in a park in Bryans Road, officers conducted an operation on December 2. During the operation they observed the suspect using suspected...
Officers Investigating Fight at Westlake High School/Concealed Weapon: On December 7, 2022, at approximately 12:20 p.m., two students at Westlake High School began fighting during dismissal. During the fight, which was captured on school security cameras, one of the students produced what...
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