LA PLATA, Md. (September 20, 2012)—The Charles County Sheriff's Office today released the following incident and arrest reports.
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE: On Sept. 18 between 2:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., unknown suspects broke into a car on Mall Circle Drive in Waldorf and stole several packages that were left inside the vehicle. The suspects then took some of the items that were the packages and returned them to the store where they were purchased. Officers are pursuing leads in this case. Officer K. Makle is investigating.
BURGLARY: On Sept. 18 between 7 a.m. - 11 a.m., unknown suspects broke into a house on Marshall Road in Waldorf and stole several guns and several pieces of jewelry. Officers canvassed the area and located witnesses who observed several suspicious males in the area during the time the burglary was committed. Officers are pursuing leads in the case. PFC D. Arends is investigating.
SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH: On Sept. 18 at 6:31 a.m., officers responded to the 3400 block of Malcolm Road in Brandywine for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation showed the driver of a Buick passenger car was traveling south on Malcolm Road when the car left the roadway. The driver overcorrected her vehicle and crossed the center lines where she was struck by a Ford pick-up truck which was traveling north. The driver of the Buick - a 39-year-old Brandywine woman - and her 14-year-old daughter (who was in the front passenger seat) were flown to a hospital where the teen was admitted with critical injuries; her mother's injuries were not life-threatening. The driver of the pick-up, a 24-year-old man from Brandywine, was treated on the scene and released. PFC B. Saunders of the Traffic Operations Unit is investigating.