On May 25, 2023, at 9:20 a.m., a School Resource Officer (SRO) was notified that a 16-year-old student sent a private message on social media to another student, which contained a threat to commit mass violence at Mattawoman Middle School. The student who made the threat attends a different Charles County Public School. The...
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On Monday, May 15, 2023, an anonymous person called the front office of La Plata High School and asked if the school was checked for bombs. The caller then called a local police department and made a bomb threat at the school. It is believed the same person called the school on May 12...
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On May 10 at 2:30 p.m., administrators at Westlake High School were alerted by two students that a male had pointed a firearm at them outside of the school. Officers responded and canvassed the area but did not find anyone matching the description of the suspect. A preliminary investigation showed the students had arranged...
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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 3:26 p.m., a call was placed to 9-1-1 about a shooting at Davis Middle School. A school resource officer (SRO) was already inside the school and additional officers responded. The call was determined to be a false call. Through further investigation, the SRO has identified two 12-year-old students...
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On May 7 at 6:10 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Seldovia Drive in Indian Head for the report of a domestic-related assault in progress. A preliminary investigation showed the suspect, Eugene Valentino Green, 33 of Waldorf, broke into a former acquaintance’s residence and assaulted a woman. Green pushed the victim to...
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On Monday, May 8, 2023, at approximately 3:30 a.m., officers responded to the 2900 block of Sedgemore Place in Bryans Road, MD, for the report of a domestic assault in progress. Prior to arrival, officers received a report for the sound of gunshots in the same area. When officers arrived, they located an adult...
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UPDATE 5/8/2023: On May 7, 2023. at 4:10 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to numerous calls for the sound of gunshots inside the St. Charles Town Center located at 11130 Mall Circle in Waldorf. When officers arrived, they established a perimeter and entered the mall to try to locate potential...
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On Saturday, April 29, 2023, at approximately 7:30 p.m., police and emergency medical personnel responded to the 3000 block of Orangeman Square in Waldorf, for the reported assault in progress. The 911 caller reported multiple suspects were actively “jumping” a victim, and upon arrival, witnesses reported the suspects fled in a blue Nissan. Emergency...
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On April 19, 2023, at 1:45 p.m., a student at St. Charles High School ingested an oil-like substance from a vape cartridge and became lethargic. Fire and emergency medical services responded to the school, and the student was transported to a hospital where they are being treated. A school resource officer has initiated an...
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Campus Advisory Status: All clear given: Lockdown at CSM Regional Hughesville Campus is lifted Thursday, April 13, 2023 3:54:09 p.m. Message #4: CSM Regional Hughesville Campus lockdown has been lifted and faculty, staff, and students no longer need to shelter in place. CSM Public Safety is onsite to escort people to their transportation, if...
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UPDARE 4/4/2023: On March 31 at 5:39 p.m., officers responded to the area of Dorchester Circle at Springfish Place in Waldorf for the report of gunshots fired in the area. When officers arrived, everyone had fled the scene and officers did not locate a victim in the area. A few minutes later, officers were...
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UPDATE 4/3/2023: On Sunday, April 02, 2023, at approximately 5:14 p.m., Troopers from Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to Maryland Route 225 (Hawthorne Rd) in the area of Bibury Lane for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision. Due to the circumstances, the Maryland State Police CRASH Team responded to assume...
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Charles County Sheriff’s officers assigned to the Warrant Unit as well as a joint U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force are seeking the whereabouts of Brian Anthony Cave, 28 of Bryans Road. Cave failed to appear in court in November of 2021 for an incident that occurred in 2020 in which he assaulted a female...
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A school resource officer is investigating a non-fatal overdose that occurred at St. Charles High School. On March 22, 2023, at 10:45 a.m., a student was found semi-conscious on a bathroom floor inside the school. A school nurse responded and the student was subsequently transported by ambulance to an area hospital. Today, it was...
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On Sunday, March 5, 2023, at approximately 8:45 p.m., the suspects entered a tobacco shop in Bryans Road, MD, and stole items. The suspects left the store and entered a silver Toyota Prius. As they were leaving the parking lot, someone inside the car fired several shots from a firearm toward the business. Fortunately,...
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On Sunday, March 5, 2023, at approximately 5:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 2600 block of Walbrook Court in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. Police arrived on the scene to find a female victim with stab wounds to the chest. Emergency medical personnel transported the victim to an area trauma...
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On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at approximately 10:19 a.m., a group of six students were threatening physical harm to another student in the hallway area of Thomas Stone High School. The School Resource Officer responded immediately and gave verbal commands to the students to disperse but they refused. One student approached, and struck the...
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On February 25 at 3:02 a.m., officers were patrolling the area of Holly Tree Lane in Waldorf when they observed a Hyundai Elantra with a broken out window. The officers attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver fled. Officers pursued the car which came to a stop at a construction site near the...
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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 reported to school officials and the...
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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 assault that occurred in February of 2021. On February 5, 2021, a man arrived at an apartment where...
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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 investigation, detectives identified Khordero Christian Hemphill, 25, of Upper Marlboro,...
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On Thursday, February 16, 2023, 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 walked...
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UPDATE: 2/17/2023: Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office are also investigating Bunn in connection with reports of unusual activity after a witness learned Bunn is a registered sex offender and has approached several women’s homes in his neighborhood. According to publicly available information, Bunn is currently on probation stemming from two sexual assaults...
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On February 16, 2023, at 11:55 a.m., a 14-year-old student at Stethem Educational Center notified a school nurse that they were ill after consuming several edibles containing what they believed to be marijuana. The student was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital. As administrators and the school resource officer investigated further, they learned...
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UPDATE 2/15/2023: On February 14, 2023, detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office assigned to the Agency’s Criminal Investigations Division arrested Jayden Kevin Craig, 19, of Indian Head, in connection with the triple shooting on Shelton Court which left two men dead and another man injured. Through investigation, Craig was identified as the suspect...
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