On December 19, 2024, Krystal Ninette Clay, age 64, of Indian Head, Maryland, was arrested in Charles County on charges of abducting a child under the age of 12. According to court documents, officers responded at approximately 8:59 a.m. to a welfare check in Bryans Road. A witness reported seeing a white Chevrolet Malibu...
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On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 10:40 a.m., officers responded to the 6800 block of Swann Gate Place in Hughesville for the report of a body in a field. When officers arrived, they found a male who was deceased. The male was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore where...
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On Friday, December 6, 2024, at 8:30 p.m., officers were working security at an afterschool indoor event at Henry E. Lackey High School when they were made aware of a male in the gymnasium who was armed with a handgun. The officers observed the subject and as they approached the male fled. After a...
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UPDATE 11/21/2024: A Charles County man has been arrested and charged following the tragic shooting death of his 15-year-old stepson, Michael Edward Clemons, at their home on November 20, 2024. Darshan Eric Williams, 48, of La Plata, is facing charges of second-degree murder, firearm use in the commission of a felony, first-degree assault, and...
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On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, a school resource officer at Mattawoman Middle School was made aware of an incident that occurred during school dismissal on November 18. In this case, three students, ages 13, approached another student and forcibly stole their name-brand ski mask. The SRO initiated an investigation and identified the involved students....
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at approximately 1:30 a.m., unknown suspects broke into a gun shop in the 10500 block of Theodore Green Boulevard in White Plains. More than 100 guns have been stolen. Investigators are working with the ATF and ask anyone with information to contact Detective Furr at 301-609-6457. Tipsters who want...
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On Sunday, November 17, 2024, at approximately 8:38 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 100 block of Sherman Road in Waldorf, for the reported shooting. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 25-year-old male was suffering one gunshot wound to an upper extremity. The victim was conscious alert and...
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After a 9-day trial, a federal jury returned verdicts against Thaddeus Lamont Wills, age 51, and Keionta Shawn Hagens, age 44, both of Waldorf, Maryland, of interference with interstate commerce by robbery, conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, carjacking, and of...
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On Friday, October 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., officers responded to the Park and Ride on Route 925 in Waldorf, after being alerted there was a car in the lot with a window that had been broken out. Officers arrived and found seven cars with windows that were damaged or destroyed. Officers are continuing...
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October 13 marked the anniversary of the homicide of Sterling Settle, a resident of Oxon Hill, Maryland. His case remains unsolved. Your assistance can help us bring justice to Sterling and his family. On October 13, 1995, at approximately 4:00 p.m., officers with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a logging road off...
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UPDATE 10/11/2024: On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 2:35 p.m., officers responded to the 11200 block of St. Christopher Drive in White Plains for the report of a stabbing. A preliminary investigation showed three teens were walking home after being dropped off by a school bus when they were approached by a group of other...
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On October 6, 1997, at approximately 6 p.m., officers with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a field near the Charles County Fairgrounds. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased female wrapped in a blanket. The female was identified as Elizabeth Sloane, a 33-year-old resident of Capitol Heights, Maryland. Sloane was transported to the...
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UPDATE 10/3/2024: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 3-day trial, convicted Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, 25, of Waldorf, of five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Third-Degree Sexual Offense. On March 22, 2023, officers with the...
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UPDATE 9/17/2024: On September 16 at 1:18 p.m., officers responded to the 11600 block of Lewisham Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, an adult male was located with a gunshot wound. Fire/EMS provided first aid, but the male was pronounced deceased on the scene. The suspects were observed...
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UPDATE 9/17/2024 UPDATE 9/16/2024: On Monday, September 16, 2024, police responded to the area of Lewisham Place and St Matthews Drive in Waldorf, for the reported active shooting Dispatchers advised they were receiving over 20 911 calls with gunshots still actively being heard in the background. Witnesses reported a U-Haul truck was involved in...
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On Friday, September 13, 2024, at approximately 10:40 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 2600 block of Husk Place in Waldorf, for the reported shooting 911 callers reported a shooting in the area of the address provided. Deputies arrived on the scene to find a 21-year-old female with a gunshot...
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On Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 11:41 a.m., officers responded to a call for a shooting at the Super 8 Motel on Crain Highway in Waldorf. When officers arrived, they discovered a female with a gunshot wound to her leg. She was transported to a hospital, treated, and released. A preliminary investigation showed two...
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On Sunday, September 8, 2024, at approximately 5:30 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 14000 block of Bassford Road in Waldorf, for the reported stabbing. The 911 callers reported a 62-year-old male was stabbed in the stomach by their grandson who then stole a white Mercedes-Benz from the family. The...
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On Friday, August 16, 2024, at 8:29 p.m., officers responded to the AutoZone located at 4120 Royal Bengal Place in White Plains for the reported armed robbery. A preliminary investigation revealed the suspect, who was wearing all black with a mask and gloves, entered the business, displayed a handgun, and demanded money. The employees...
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On Friday, August 16, 2024, at 9:38 p.m., officers responded to the 2300 block of Eden Woods Drive in Waldorf for the report of gunshots. A large amount of shell casings were located in the parking lot of the leasing office. One unrelated vehicle in the parking lot was damaged. Officers then received a...
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On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 9:28 p.m., officers responded to EMS 3 in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they learned the victim was a passenger in a car being driven by an acquaintance and was traveling on Route 5 near Post Office Road in Waldorf. A vehicle got...
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On Friday, August 23, 2024, between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., an adult male reported he was riding a motorcycle in the area of Flaherty Place in Waldorf, when he thought he was struck by a rock. He went home and realized he was bleeding and then went to a nearby hospital where he...
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UPDATE 8/2/2024: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, July 26, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 10-day trial, convicted Marvin Ernesto Funez-Martinez, 22, of White Plains, of the Second-Degree Murder of Marco Alexander Pulido-Castro and the Wear and Carry of a Dangerous Weapon with the Intent to Injure....
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Charles County Sheriff’s officers are seeking the identity of a male who exposed himself to a woman while inside a grocery store on King Street in Waldorf. A photo of the suspect, which was recovered from a store surveillance camera, was obtained. Anyone with information about the identity of the suspect is asked to...
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On July 21, 2024, at 12:40 p.m., officers responded to the 2300 block of Alava Court in Waldorf for the report of an assault in progress. When officers arrived, the suspect, Gary Courtney Stewart, age 50, of S.E. Washington, D.C., had already fled the area. A preliminary investigation showed Stewart punched the victim in...
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