CCSO Invites Charles County Residents to National Night Out
Police and Neighbors Come Together for Annual Community Event
Attention Charles County residents: On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, neighborhoods throughout Charles County are invited to team up with thousands of communities across the...
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So. Md Police News
Latest news from the local sheriff's offices and state police barracks.
Charles Co. Sheriff’s Office Youth Advisory Council Partners with CCPS and Concludes the First Year of Meetings
Students Focus on Issues and Resolutions / Video Highlighting the Success of the Council Linked Below
Charles County, MD…Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to announce the successful completion of the first-ever high school Youth Advisory Council, which ended in late May and will resume in the...
Members of the Sheriff’s Office Alcohol / Tobacco Unit received a complaint about slot machines being operated without a license at an area business in the 4700 block of Crain Highway in White Plains. Based on the complaint, an alcohol compliance check was conducted at the business. Four slot...
Charles County Detention Center Receives Perfect Score During MCCS Audit
Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is proud to announce the Charles County Detention Center (CCDC) achieved a 100 percent compliance rating, marked with excellence, during an audit conducted by the Maryland Commission on...
Charles Co. Handgun and Suspected Methamphetamines Recovered in Vehicle / Driver Prohibited from Possessing a Firearm
On June 7 at 1:50 a.m., a patrol officer initiated a traffic stop in the area of Leonardtown Road and Old Washington Road. A computer check revealed the driver had an open warrant for failing to appear in court in Talbot County, MD. During the stop, a loaded firearm and suspected...
Charles Co. Patrol Officer Recovers Handgun inside Vehicle / Driver Prohibited from Possessing a Firearm
On June 4 at 11:56 p.m., a patrol officer initiated a traffic stop in the area of St. Charles Parkway and North Gate Place after observing a car with expired registration plates. Further investigation revealed the driver, Lamont Lee Lindsey, 31, of Waldorf, was in possession of a loaded firearm...
Charles Co. School Resource Officer Conducting Investigation into Assault at Thomas Stone High School
On June 7 at 1:25 p.m., a school resource officer and administrators at Thomas Stone High School were notified of a student who was struck in the head by a book that was thrown by another student while inside a classroom. A group of students arrived to confront the person who threw the book, and...
Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have identified two La Plata High School students as the people responsible for raising a Confederate flag in the school’s parking lot during the overnight hours of May 18. Investigators worked closely with the Charles County Public Schools and have also...
Charles Co. Patrol Officer Identifies Suspect in Church Burglary / Detectives Link Suspect to a Citizen Robbery
On May 16 at 7 a.m., officers responded to the report of a burglary at a church located in the 100 block of Village Street in Waldorf. Through investigation, officers identified the suspect as Stephan Matthew Somosky, 33, of Waldorf, and obtained an arrest warrant. On May 19, members of the...
On June 1, after students at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center were dismissed for the day, a student told a parent that they heard about another student who made a threat to commit mass violence at the Center. The parent contacted school administrators who notified a school resource officer...
Charles Co. Charles County Sheriff’s Office Receives Certification to Submit the FBI’s Data Collections Standard Through National Incident-Based Reporting System
Charles County, MD…In accordance with mandatory federal data collection standards, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is pleased to announce the Agency has successfully achieved certification to implement the FBI’s new National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
The CCSO is one of...
The Community Services Section has published its latest edition of the Community Dispatch Newsletter! The purpose of this newsletter is to keep our communities informed and updated on general information from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Community Policing Unit. Look here for helpful...
On May 24 at 10:15 a.m., officers responded to the parking lot of a restaurant in the 2900 block of Crain Highway for the report of a crash involving a pedestrian. A preliminary investigation revealed a woman exited a vehicle and while she was crossing the lot, she was struck by a pickup truck...
Charles Co. Sheriff’s Officers Seek Help Locating Dangerous Suspect who Made Multiple Threats of Mass Violence
Charles County Sheriff’s officers are seeking the public’s help in locating Earl Benjamin Washington, Jr., 46, of Lexington Park, MD who is wanted in connection with making several threats of mass violence. On May 24, Washington called a business in White Plains and Gale-Bailey Elementary School...