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Sub Teacher Sexually Abused, Solicited Minors In Charles County: Sheriff Sub Teacher Sexually Abused, Solicited Minors In Charles County: Sheriff
Sub Teacher Sexually Abused, Solicited Minors In Charles County: Sheriff Social media again reared its ugly head and led to a criminal complaint regarding a long-term Charles County Public Schools substitute teacher, the sheriff’s office announced. Bryans Road resident Malcolm Xavier Fluellyn, 26, is in hot water with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office following an investigation into alleged inappropriate sexual contact and interactions between he and students at General Smallwood Middle School. After being alerted to the allegations, Fluellyn was immediately removed from his position by school administrators, officials said.  The subsequent sheriff’s inv…

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Patrol Officers Recover PCP, Replica Firearm From Erratic Woman In Charles County: Sheriff Patrol Officers Recover PCP, Replica Firearm From Erratic Woman In Charles County: Sheriff
Patrol Officers Recover PCP, Replica Firearm From Erratic Woman In Charles County: Sheriff An erratic driver in Charles County has been released from custody after being busted with PCP and a replica weapon inside her vehicle during a traffic stop, the sheriff’s office announced. At approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 26, EMS personnel spotted a vehicle in the intersection of Route 210 and Lower Wharf Road in Bryans Road, investigators said. While checking on the welfare of the driver - later identified as Indian Head resident Mary Hare, 65 - she started to move her vehicle and wound up parked in the middle of Lower Wharf Road. While checking on her, officers from the Charles…

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Teacher Accused Of Two-Year Relationship With Young Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Teacher Accused Of Two-Year Relationship With Young Girl In Charles County: Sheriff
Teacher Accused Of Two-Year Relationship With Young Girl In Charles County: Sheriff An educator in Charles County is behind bars after being busted for allegedly carrying on an illicit relationship with a young girl over the course of more than two years. David Warren Henson, Jr., 53, of Waldorf, has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor and child pornography after it was reported that he repeatedly abused an adolescent girl, a Charles County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said on Wednesday, March 8. At the time of the abuse, officials say that Henson was employed as a teacher of Grace Lutheran Church in La Plata since 2021, and the girl was known to him, though she was…

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Child Porn Distributor Released On Bond, Maryland Police Say Child Porn Distributor Released On Bond, Maryland Police Say
Child Porn Distributor Released On Bond, Maryland Police Say A Charles County man was released on bond after being charged with distributing child pornography online, officials say. Maryland State Police began investigating David Allen Payne, 57, in August 2021 after receiving media files of child pornography that appeared to be distributed online by the suspect. Payne was arrested on Tuesday, March 7 after members of the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force discovered child pornography files on Payne's electronic devices during a search and seizure warrant at Payne's home.  Payne has been charged with five counts o…

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Teens Take Sheriff's Deputies On Wild Pursuit Through Traffic In Charles County: Officials Teens Take Sheriff's Deputies On Wild Pursuit Through Traffic In Charles County: Officials
Teens Take Sheriff's Deputies On Wild Pursuit Through Traffic In Charles County: Officials Two teens will be charged as adults after taking members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on a police pursuit in a stolen vehicle, officials say. Shayne D’Lontay Watson, 18, and Jaylon Ahmod Hall, 19, both of White Plains, were busted by officers after being caught driving recklessly in Bryans Road in a vehicle that was previously reported stolen. According to a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop of the stolen vehicle, but instead, the driver sped away on Billingsley Road toward White Plains. The pursuit then headed onto Crain High…

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Dog Walker Wielding Shotgun Following Suspicious Incidents Busted In Charles County: Sheriff Dog Walker Wielding Shotgun Following Suspicious Incidents Busted In Charles County: Sheriff
Dog Walker Wielding Shotgun Following Suspicious Incidents Busted In Charles County: Sheriff Police say that a man caught creeping in the area of Holly Station in Charles County for several weeks is facing new charges after becoming hostile with members of the sheriff’s office. Waldorf resident Jovon Delonte Keys, 36, was arrested by members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend after becoming combative with officers following a lengthy investigation into a suspicious person. Over the course of several weeks, investigators said that the sheriff’s office received multiple complaints from separate people about a suspicious man in the Holly Station in Waldorf who was…

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Charles County Fugitive Captured In Baltimore: Sheriff Charles County Fugitive Captured In Baltimore: Sheriff
Charles County Fugitive Captured In Baltimore: Sheriff Federal and Charles County investigators have tracked down and apprehended a wanted fugitive who has been on the run for more than a year. Authorities announced this week that members of the sheriff’s Warrant Unit and US Marshals Office located and arrested La Plata resident Brooke Lynn Edmonds, 27, who was wanted in connection to a robbery and assault in February 2021. On Feb. 5, 2021, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said that a man arrived at an apartment, when he was assaulted by Edmonds and two other suspects who punched and stabbed him while demanding his property. They also …

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Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff
Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Police say that an adult man from Prince George's County who posed as a teenager to seduce a 13-year-old girl he met online has been charged with rape in Charles County. Khordero Christian Hemphill, 25, is in custody on Wednesday, Feb. 22 following an investigation into a reported rape involving a teenager last week in Waldorf. According to investigators, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, the 13-year-old girl reported a rape that had happened days earlier in the 5300 block of Woodgate Lane in Waldorf involving an adult - later identified as Hemphill - she met on the Internet who claimed that purported…

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Gun-Toting Felon Found Asleep In Woman's Laundry Room Busted Returning To Crime Scene: Sheriff Gun-Toting Felon Found Asleep In Woman's Laundry Room Busted Returning To Crime Scene: Sheriff
Gun-Toting Felon Found Asleep In Woman's Laundry Room Busted Returning To Crime Scene: Sheriff A convicted felon who broke into a Charles County home and fell asleep on the job is facing multiple assault and weapons charges following a strange and scary series of events that played out in Bryans Road. Avery Dwayne Lancaster, 35, of Bryans Road, was arrested following an incident shortly before midnight on Thursday, Feb. 16 in the 3000 block of Shurbeys Place, according to a spokesperson for the Charles County Sheriff’s Office this week. Officials say that on the night of the break-in, a homeowner walked into her laundry room and found Lancaster, someone she knows, sleeping on the fl…

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DWI Driver Totals Officer's Cruiser Before Police Pursuit In Charles County: Sheriff DWI Driver Totals Officer's Cruiser Before Police Pursuit In Charles County: Sheriff
DWI Driver Totals Officer's Cruiser Before Police Pursuit In Charles County: Sheriff An allegedly intoxicated driver took extreme measures to avoid being arrested, totaling a Charles County Sheriff’s Office cruiser while attempting to flee from officers during a lengthy police pursuit, officials said. La Plata resident Sydney William Robertson, 20, is facing DWI and other charges following a miles-long chase, authorities announced on Tuesday, Feb. 21. It is alleged that an officer in a marked patrol car was entering the crossover on Crain Highway at Bel Alton Newtown Road when the driver of a Chevrolet 2500 pick-up truck drove across the road and struck the cruiser, totali…

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Sex Offender Back In Custody For Following Teen In Target, Home In Charles County: Sheriff Sex Offender Back In Custody For Following Teen In Target, Home In Charles County: Sheriff
Sex Offender Back In Custody For Following Teen In Target, Home In Charles County: Sheriff A scary scene played out in Charles County, when a registered sex offender with a history of sexual assaults in Virginia and suspicious behavior in the area followed a teen home from Target and rummaged through her car, according to the sheriff’s office. Edward Jackson Bunn, 49, of La Plata, who is on probation for a pair of sexual assaults in 2002 in Virginia, is facing new charges following an investigation into suspicious activity in his hometown, officials announced. Earlier this month, the La Plata Police Department received a complaint about a man who followed a teenage girl while ins…

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'Ghost Gun,' Pot Recovered From Pair During Charles County Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says 'Ghost Gun,' Pot Recovered From Pair During Charles County Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says
'Ghost Gun,' Pot Recovered From Pair During Charles County Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says Police say that a pair from Prince George’s County is facing drug and weapons charges after members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office busted them in a vehicle loaded with illicit items. Jalen Sincere William Hayes, 22, and Renia Janice Batista, 21, both of Oxon Hill, were arrested by officers during a traffic stop in the middle of the day on Monday, Feb. 13 in St. Charles, according to the sheriff’s office. At approximately 2:50 p.m. on Monday afternoon, officers conducting a traffic assignment targeting distracted drivers stopped the duo in the area of Smallwood Drive and Barrington D…

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