So. Md Police News

Charles Co. Charles County Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward in Theft Case

DATE: December 15, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 12 at 11:15 a.m., unknown suspect(s) stole a purse from a car that was parked at a cemetery in the 3200 block of Mattawoman Beantown Road in Waldorf. The...

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St. Mary's Co. Sobriety Checkpoint on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, will be conducting a roadside sobriety checkpoint on Friday evening, Dec. 17, 2021. The sobriety checkpoint will take place on Point Lookout Road/Route 5 near the Charles and St. Mary’s county line...

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Charles Co. Call Made to 9-1-1 about Shooting at Elementary School / False Report

DATE: December 14, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 14 at 12:04 p.m., a call was received at the 9-1-1 call center indicating a shooting had occurred at Indian Head Elementary School. The school was...

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St. Mary's Co. On View Arrests/Warrants/Criminal Citations

On View Arrests: Drug Arrest- On November 24, 2021, members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Vice Narcotics Unit, served a search and seizure warrant in the 21000 block of Great Mills Road in Great Mills. Cassandra NMN Bechas, age 59 of Great Mills was located and found in possession...

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St. Mary's Co. Identity Needed for Package Theft Suspect

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On Thursday, Dec. 10, 2021, the suspect removed a delivered package at the 46100 block of Lucca Way in Lexington Park. Anyone with information about the identity of the suspect or...

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

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the persons pictured in a theft investigation. On Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 at 9:32 pm, the suspect entered the office of the Dollar General store in Mechanicsville and took cash. The male suspect arrived and left the store with a...

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Charles Co. Call Made to 9-1-1 about Shooting at Middle School / False Report

DATE: December 9, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 9 at 11:39, a call was received at the 9-1-1 call center indicating a shooting had occurred at General Smallwood Middle School. The school was immediately...

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Charles Co. Update on Threat of Mass Violence Made Outside of School

DATE: December 9, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 2, a Charles County Sheriff’s school resource officer was made aware of suspicious activity that occurred outside of school, but involved students. A...

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Charles Co. Narcotics Enforcement Team Arrests Suspect in Connection with Drug Trafficking

DATE: December 9, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 8, members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Team served a search warrant at an apartment in the 2000 block of Amber Leaf Place...

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Charles Co. Airsoft Replica Handgun Recovered at Middle School

DATE: December 8, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 8, a student at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School removed what appeared to be a handgun from his back pack during dismissal. Another student observed the gun...

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St. Mary's Co. On View Arrests/Warrants/Criminal Citations

On View Arrests: Drug Arrest- On November 21, 2021, Dep. Kril was conducting an investigation in the 45400 block of Miramar Way in California. During the investigation contact was made with Chelsea Lee Hoofnagle, age 35 of Lusby. Located in Hoofnagle's purse was a metal container containing two...

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Charles Co. Charles County Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward in Thefts and Burglary Cases

DATE: December 8, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office 301-609-6557 or 240-682-1658 Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward for Information Leading to the Identity of...

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St. Mary's Co. Fourteen Businesses Pass Alcohol Compliance Checks

On Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted 16 covert compliance checks within St. Mary’s County. Fourteen businesses were found to be in compliance, while two were not. The clandestine component of the check used a 20-year-old male...

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St. Mary's Co. Identity Needed for Theft Suspect

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021 at 2:45 pm, the suspect was stopped at the exit door of the Giant Food in California with a cart full of items he did not pay for. The suspect fled before he...

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Charles Co. Patrol Officers Recover Loaded Firearm / Suspect Prohibited from Possession of Firearm

DATE: December 7, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 3 at 8:57 p.m., officers were notified that several men were showing off a handgun outside of a...

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Charles Co. Officers Locate Suspect Wanted in Shooting Case on Crain Highway

DATE: December 7, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On December 6, Charles County Sheriff’s officers and the U.S. Marshals Service located Twanasae Sincere Damon, 22, of Baltimore, who was wanted in connection with a...

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Charles Co. Patrol Officers Locate Stolen Car and Apprehend Driver / Loaded Firearm Recovered from Teenage Occupant

DATE: December 7, 2021 CONTACT: Diane Richardson Media Relations Office (301) 609-6557 or (240) 682-1658 On November 28 at 12:30 a.m., officers initiated a traffic stop in the 11500 block of Berry Road in Waldorf after learning the car had been reported stolen. The occupants...

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St. Mary's Co. 2021 St. Mary's Splash Photos

A total of 97 participants braved the cold water on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, at Point Lookout State Park and over $36,000 was raised for Special Olympics Maryland.

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St. Mary's Co. Identity Needed for Theft Suspect

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a theft investigation. On Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021 at 2:30 pm, the suspect fled the Lexington Park Dollar General store with a cart full of laundry detergent bottles that he did not pay for. The suspect left...

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St. Mary's Co. 20th Annual Silent Angel Memorial Service Held

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office hosted on Sunday its 20th Annual Silent Memorial service, remembering those from St. Mary's County who lost their lives at the hand of another over the recent decades. The names of 89 people were read aloud, while survivors, friends, family, Sheriff's...

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