So. Md Police News

Charles Co. School Resource Officer Investigating Overdose at High School

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...

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Charles Co. Patrol Officers Locate and Arrest Subjects Breaking into Vehicles/Recover Stolen Vehicle

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...

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Charles Co. Fleeing and Eluding

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...

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St. Mary's Co. The Living Sheriffs of St. Mary's County

Sheriff David Zylak, Sheriff Tim Cameron, Sheriff Steven A. Hall and Sheriff Richard Voorhaar Sheriff Steven A. Hall stands with Sheriff David Zylak (2002-2006), Sheriff Tim Cameron (2006-2022) and Sheriff Richard Voorhaar (1994-2002). The three previous St. Mary's County sheriffs joined...

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Charles Co. School Resource Officers Investigate Threat of Mass Violence at High School

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...

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Charles Co. School Resource Officers Investigating Illegal Possession of Ammunition at High School

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...

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Charles Co. Patrol Officers Arrest Attempted Kidnapping Suspect

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...

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St. Mary's Co. Silver Spring Man Arrested for Stealing Grease

Hamsel Lugo Peralta Deputy First Class Phillip Henry was conducting a premise check at the Lexington Village shopping center in Lexington Park early Wednesday morning when he came upon a suspicious vehicle and individual behind the Golden Chicken restaurant. Defendant Hamsel Lugo Peralta...

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St. Mary's Co. Keep Handicap Placards Safe when not in Use

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office has responded to reports of handicap parking placard thefts this month, stolen from parked vehicles in residential areas. Sheriff Steven A. Hall reminds citizens who use handicap parking placards to keep them in a safe and secure place when not in use. To...

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St. Mary's Co. Identities Needed for Theft Suspects

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identities of the two men pictured in a theft investigation. On Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at 10:33 am, the two males entered the Dollar General store in Charlotte Hall, brought merchandise and two Visa gift cards to the register and then...

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St. Mary's Co. Virginia Man Arrested for Attempted Murder

On December 8, 2022, at 7:44 a.m. Deputy Shubrooks responded to the 11100 block of Point Lookout Road in Scotland, for the reported assault. Investigation determined Brama Joseph Bussell, age 28 of King George, Virginia, approached the victim from behind, and proceeded to strike the victim...

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St. Mary's Co. 21st Annual Silent Angel Memorial Held

The loved ones of Kimberly Carter place her ornament while DFC Artina Alvey and Sgt. Keith Moritz observe The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office held its 21st Annual Silent Angel Memorial on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, to remember and memorialize those who have lost their lives to the hands of...

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St. Mary's Co. Chaptico Collision Under Investigation

On Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at 12:29 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involving a SUV and a tow truck with serious, life-threatening bodily injury at the area of Budds Creek Road and Mechanicsville Road in Chaptico. The St. Mary’s...

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St. Mary's Co. Shop With a Cop 2022

On December 10, 2022, the Optimist Club partnered with the St. Mary's County Fraternal Order of Police and hosted the annual "Shop With a Cop" program. Children who participated in the program were picked up at their homes by local, state, and federal law enforcement officers and taken to...

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St. Mary's Co. Hollywood Man Arrested for Motor Vehicle Theft

On December 9, 2022, at 8:13 a.m. Dep. Campbell responded to the 21400 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported stolen vehicle. Investigation determined an unknown suspect entered several vehicles parked in the secured lot, and ultimately stole a 2012 Ford F-250. The suspect...

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Charles Co. Homicide on Tawny Drive

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...

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Charles Co. Suspected Marijuana Edibles Recovered from Student at a Middle School

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...

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Charles Co. Waldorf Business Burglarized/Officers Apprehend Suspect

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...

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St. Mary's Co. Lexington Park Man Arrested for CDS Distribution

On December 9, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division/Vice Narcotics Unit, along with assistance from the Emergency Services Team, the Criminal Intelligence Unit, the K-9 Unit, and the Patrol Division, executed a search and seizure warrant...

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Charles Co. Charles County Sheriff’s Office Welcomes 5 New Correctional Officers

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...

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