Charles County

An 8-year-old Maryland boy is home safe with his family after investigators say a woman abducted him on his way to school.

A woman allegedly abducted an 8-year-old boy from a bus stop in Charles County Thursday morning, police said. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Dozens of demonstrators made their voices heard outside a Cracker Barrel in Waldorf, Maryland. They’re calling on the community boycott at the restaurant for what they call unfair and disrespectful treatment to Charles County School System students with disabilities. This all started when a group of students planned to take part in a life skills program, which involved the...

Parents protested outside a Cracker Barrell in Waldorf, Maryland after a group of students with disabilities were denied service. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

A group of students who have developmental and learning disabilities were denied service at a restaurant while taking part in a life-skills learning program with teachers, Charles County Public Schools said.  In a community email, CCPS Superintendent Maria Navarro wrote 11 students and seven staff members visited a Cracker Barrel in Waldorf, Maryland, Tuesday after notifying the restaurant in advance...

A group of students who have developmental and learning disabilities were denied service at a restaurant while taking part in a life-skills learning program with teachers, Charles County Public Schools said.  In a community email, CCPS Superintendent Maria Navarro wrote 11 students and seven staff members visited a Cracker Barrel in Waldorf, Maryland, Tuesday after notifying the restaurant in advance...

A group of students who have developmental and learning disabilities were denied service at a restaurant while taking part in a life-skills learning program with teachers. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The parents of a Charles County, Maryland, second grader injured in a school bathroom incident plan to sue the school system. School officials say an alleged accident during horseplay left the boy hanging on a stall hook at Barnhart Elementary School in Waldorf a week-and-a-half ago. He had to be rushed to the hospital. The family says they’re still...

The parents of a Charles County, Maryland, second grader injured in a school bathroom incident plan to sue the school system. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with the family.

The serious injuries a second grader suffered in an elementary school bathroom were not the result of a hate crime, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The student was hurt while “horseplaying” in a bathroom inside C. Barnhart Elementary School, school officials said. Investigators reviewed reviewed security video and interviewed witnesses and others with knowledge about the case,...

A stepfather was arrested in the killing of his 15-year-old stepson in Charles County, Maryland, authorities say. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A man shot and killed his 15-year-old stepson in Charles County, Maryland, Wednesday morning, authorities say.

A man shot and killed his 15-year-old stepson in Charles County, Maryland, authorities say.

A Charles County second grader was hospitalized with serious injuries after he was hurt Friday while “horseplaying” in a bathroom inside his elementary school, school officials said. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is now helping the school investigate as the boy’s parents demand answers. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A Charles County second grader was hospitalized with serious injuries after he was hurt Friday while “horseplaying” in a bathroom inside his elementary school, school officials said. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is now helping the school investigate as the boy’s parents demand answers. News4 started asking school officials and law enforcement questions after an Instagram post by the...

An incident at a Charles County elementary school has left a second grader in the hospital with serious injuries. In a mother’s viral Instagram post, she claimed her son was “hung” in the boy’s bathroom at C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School.

Police say Miles McMahon, who was nonverbal and autistic, slipped out of his house without his family’s knowledge. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A 5-year-old autistic boy has died after wandering away from his home in Charles County, Maryland. Rescuers searched for the little boy for hours before finding his body in a nearby pond. Miles McMahon, who was nonverbal, went missing from his home along St. Paul’s Drive in Waldorf on Sunday morning. Maryland State Police divers found his body in...

A 5-year-old autistic boy has been found dead in a pond near his home in Charles County, Maryland, after an hourslong search.

A 13-year-old was found with a loaded gun in a lunchbox Wednesday at a Waldorf, Maryland, middle school, the sheriff’s office said. School administrators at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School were told about 12:40 p.m. that a student had a gun, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said. A school resource office found the student and found the loaded weapon in...