So. Md Police News

Latest news from the local sheriff's offices and state police barracks.
On February 28, students at Diggs Elementary School notified school staff that another student, age 9, was in possession of a knife and had made a threat to harm a classmate. The knife was recovered by school administrators. The school resource officer (SRO) initiated an investigation. The...
On February 27, school administrators at Westlake High School were made aware that a male student had inappropriately touched two female students earlier this year while inside the school. The same male student was reported to have been involved in a similar case early last week, which was...
On February 25 at 4:25 p.m., officers initiated a traffic stop in the area of St. Thomas Drive in Waldorf after observing the registration plates on the vehicle were covered. Upon approaching the driver, the officer detected the odor of marijuana. Further investigation led to the recovery of...
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identities of the persons pictured in a theft investigation. On Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at 12:55 pm, the three suspects walked out of the Charlotte Hall Food Lion with carts of groceries without paying for any of the items. The three suspects...
On February 27 at 12:43 p.m., numerous students at Henry E. Lackey High School became involved in separate altercations during class change. The school resource officer and additional officers responded and the situation was de-escalated and the students were separated. Some of the students had...
Wayne Joseph Brooks The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the whereabouts of Wayne Joseph Brooks, age 30 of Leonardtown, on a warrant for Violation of Probation for Stalking, Harassment and Violation of a Protective Order. Anyone with information about Brooks' whereabouts is...
School Resource Officer Investigating Possible Overdose: On February 24, a student at Matthew Henson Middle School was taken to the school nurse after complaining of chest pain. The school administrators and the School Resource Officer were notified, and the student was transported by ambulance...
Knife Recovered from Middle School Student: On February 24 at 10 a.m., a Benjamin Stoddert Middle School teacher was made aware of a student using a vaping device in the school’s bathroom. Two vaping devices along with a knife were recovered and a school resource officer has initiated an...
Officers Investigate Suspicious Activity on Hadley Drive at Acton Lane / Disorderly Conduct: Over the course of several weeks, CCSO received a number of citizens’ complaints about a suspicious man in the area of Holly Station in Waldorf. The man was stopping and staring at residents while...
Neighborhood Enforcement Team Locates Loaded Handgun and Ammunition During Traffic Stop: On February 22 at 2:34 p.m., officers with the Neighborhood Enforcement Team conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of St. Thomas Drive and St. Charles Parkway in Waldorf. Officers detected the...
Keyshon Marquez Gant Detectives with the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division located and arrested a Lexington Park man on Wednesday resulting in several handgun charges. Keyshon Marquez Gant, age 22 of Lexington Park, was arrested without incident and...
Capt. David Yingling gives the Final Salute to Sgt. Michael Peacher, along with Sheriff Steve Hall Sheriff Steve Hall and the men and women of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office gave Sgt. Michael Peacher his Final Salute on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2023, upon his retirement from the agency...
Charles County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Marshals Task Force Locate and Arrest Fugitive: On February 21, PFC Rickard of the CCSO’s Warrant Unit, assigned to the U.S. Marshals Task Force Baltimore Group, located Brooke Lynn Edmonds, 27, of La Plata, who was wanted in connection with a robbery and...
Detectives Investigating Second Degree Rape: On February 15, a 13-year-old female reported a rape which occurred on February 12 in the 5300 block of Woodgate Lane in Waldorf involving an unknown adult male who she had met on the internet. The man claimed to be 19 years old. Through...
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identities of several individuals in a theft investigation. Over the course of last several months, the pictured suspects were involved in multiple thefts from the Target store in California. The subjects were seen leaving in a black...
On February 16 at 11:50 p.m., officers responded to the 3000 block of Shurbeys Place in Bryans Road, MD in reference to a man who broke into a home and was found sleeping in a laundry room. Officers arrived, but the suspect had already fled. A preliminary investigation showed the homeowner...
On February 17 at 7:20 p.m., an officer in a marked patrol car was entering the crossover on Crain Highway at Bel Alton Newtown Road when the driver of a Chevrolet 2500 pick-up truck drove across Crain Highway from Bel Alton Newtown Road and struck the officer’s car, totaling it. The driver...
Patrol Officer Locates Gun During Suspicious Vehicle Investigation: On February 19, an officer responded to the Marshall Hall Boat Ramp in Bryans Road for the report of a suspicious vehicle. Upon making contact with the driver, the officer detected the odor of marijuana. Further investigation...
School Resource Officer Investigating Assault at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center: On February 21, two students at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center became engaged in a fight in a classroom resulting in one of the students being transported by ambulance to the hospital with minor...
Erin Nicole Stahl The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Erin Nicole Stahl, age 35 of Lusby, who is wanted for Second-Degree Escape after failing to report to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown for a 10-day sentence for...
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