Charles County Sheriff's Office

A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed while playing with a gun in Charles County, Maryland, Friday night, authorities say. The boy and a 13-year-old relative were in a downstairs bedroom playing with the handgun when it went off and struck him, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said. Officers responded to the home in the 100 block of Riverwatch Drive…

When Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry was first sworn into office in 2014, he pledged to build trust between law officers and the community. Following the death of George Floyd and protests with calls to defund the police, Berry says he is at a crossroad. “The police and community relations are hemorrhaging and moving towards life support,” Berry said. He…

Three D.C. teens tried to rob a CVS in Charles County, Maryland, Friday, but were thwarted thanks in part to an off-duty federal police officer, authorities say. At 4:41 p.m., 18-year-old Alonzo Lamont Gholston, 17-year-old Barry Tyson and 18-year-old Blake Joshua Isiah McKinney went into a CVS on Indian Head Highway in Bryans Road, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office...

The principal and vice principal of an elementary school in Charles County, Maryland, have been reassigned after parents voiced their disdain with the school’s response to a reported sexual assault incident on the playground.

The parents of three fourth-grade girls who say a group of boys attacked and sexually assaulted them on the playground last month have come forward to demand that the Charles County superintendent and other school officials step down for their “botched” response to the incident.

A 10-year-old has been charged with fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault for an incident at an elementary school, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

A motorcyclist died following a chain-reaction crash with an ice cream truck in La Plata, Maryland, that left three others hospitalized.

Three people were rushed to a hospital via helicopter and others were less seriously hurt after an SUV driver hit an ice cream truck in La Plata. Two motorcycle riders also were involved in the chain reaction crash. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. (Editor’s note: A motorcyclist involved in this crash has died. Police continue to investigate....Read the latest...

A man has turned himself into authorities after deputies say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her mother in Charles County, Maryland.

A court has ruled that a Maryland teen who sent a video of herself performing a sexual act has violated the state’s child pornography law.

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office just opened the doors to a new digital forensics lab in Waldorf, Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward explains it is a result of lessons learned from a disturbing case in the county.

Two men have been arrested and charged in the “random” killing of a Waldorf, Maryland, teen who was shot while walking home.

Detectives in Charles County arrested two men in a teenagers death. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports the homicide may have been an effort to cover up another shooting.

Officers found seven young children — ages 2 to 4 — inside an unattended car parked at a shopping center in Charles County. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

Police said a 37-year-old woman left seven young children inside a hot car parked at a shopping mall in Charles County Thursday.

A former employee at a middle school in Charles County, Maryland, is facing rape and other sex offense charges after two female students came forward with allegations, police say.

A former employee at a middle school in Charles County, Maryland, is accused of raping a student and being inappropriate with another student.

For the second time in less than a month, a student has been caught with a gun at La Plata High School, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office.

A 16-year-old boy took a gun and marijuana to school in Maryland Tuesday, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office.

A Waldorf, Maryland, teen who helped his mom during her struggle with breast cancer and graduated with honors is dead after someone shot him while he walked home from a friend’s house.