Charles County leaders concerned over social media posts

Charles County law enforcement is involved after people made social media posts that county commissioners found threatening, including the posting of their home addresses.

Armed doctor killed by Charles County deputy was shot first by neighbor in self-defense, police say

Thirteen days after a Charles County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed a man firing a rifle in a La Plata neighborhood, FOX 5 has confirmed the gunman was shot first by a homeowner who was defending himself and his family.

Sagepoint senior living facility fined $10K a day for failing to address COVID-19 adequately

A senior living facility that accounted for the vast majority of cases among residents in care centers in Charles County has been ordered to pay $10,000 per day for “widespread deficiencies” in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Charles County deputy kills man who was seen shooting at homes in La Plata: officials

A Charles County doctor wearing a helmet and armed with a long gun opened fire on several of his neighbors on Sunday morning before being shot by a deputy with the sheriff's office.

Maryland Governor’s Office says state 'Strike Team' sent to Sagepoint

A spokesperson for Maryland Governor Larry Hogan wrote on social media Tuesday that a state “Strike Team” has responded to the Sagepoint Living Services Facility in Charles County.

FOX 5 continues to seek answers on Sagepoint Senior Living in Charles County

Only on FOX 5 Monday, Maryland Deputy Health Secretary Fran Phillips was asked about Charles County’s nursing facilities hiding behind ‘patient privacy’ as the reason for not publically reporting COVID-19 outbreaks. This is been an issue across the region—and in Charles County, MD, where one senior living facility refuses to report their potential outbreak publically even though other counties, including Montgomery and Carroll, have done so following the same patient privacy guidelines.

Nearly 100 coronavirus cases connected to Sagepoint Senior Living, source says

A government official tells FOX 5 that of the 101 COVID-19 cases Charles County’s Health Department is reporting across its nursing and assisted living facilities, 96 of them are connected to the same company: Sagepoint Senior Living Services.

‘Unavoidable’ some nursing home residents will contract COVID-19, says MD health official after report of Sagepoint outbreak

Maryland health leaders say that even though aggressive measures are in place to mitigate the impact of corornavirus outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities it is unavoidable that some residents will contract COVID-19.

Indiana man killed woman in apartment before Waldorf murder-suicide, police say

Police say the man they found dead with a woman he killed Friday night in a Waldorf hotel room killed another woman in his Indianapolis apartment earlier this week.

Snapchat links Charles County murder victim, suspect: charging documents

Charging documents released Thursday are shedding more light on what may have happened in connection with the murder of a North Point High School student in Charles County.

Charles County sheriff's office investigators say cop's son was gunned down in driveway

Investigators with the Charles County Sheriff's Office say 17-year-old Bradley Alan Brown was found shot and killed in the driveway of his Bryans Road home just before 7 p.m. Tuesday night. 

St. Mary’s County sheriff’s office IDs man suspected of murdering his wife

A Callaway man is in jail without bond after the St. Mary’s County sheriff’s office caught him in Charles County following the murder of his wife.