BALTIMORE – The Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General today released dashboard camera footage from the fatal vehicle pursuit involving the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on June 29, 2023, in Waldorf.
On June 29, 2023, at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 11900 block of Acton Lane in Waldorf for reports of a woman being assaulted by a man in a parking lot and a possible carjacking. The first arriving officer spotted the woman down on the ground and her car being driven out of the parking lot. The officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver, later identified as 34-year-old Dejuan Mitchell of Waldorf, failed to stop and led officers on a pursuit for several minutes. As the incident was unfolding, officers confirmed the carjacking, and that Mitchell was not known to the woman. While fleeing south on Mattawoman-Beantown Road, Mitchell lost control of the car, struck a grass median, crossed into the northbound lanes of Mattawoman-Beantown Road and collided with a dump truck. Mitchell was pronounced dead on scene. The dump truck driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital. The woman who was assaulted was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No officers were injured.
The Independent Investigations Division, with the assistance of the Maryland State Police Crash Team, continues to investigate the circumstances of the fatal pursuit. To read the original news release, click here.
Two things are certain:
Use the video footage to seriously fine those drivers for not knowing how to GTHO of the cop’s way!
And the cops need to turn their cars towards the crash so they (and we) can get better video footage.
Phenomenal job by the CCSO! Thank you officers!
Justice.
Well one more dirt bag we won’t need to worry about. Plus the savings of our tax dollars in not having to give him acit plus 3 hots. It just goes to show, Crime doesn’t pay. Now this poor woman who’s car he ruined needs to get another one through her insurance and pay for deductible(s) Even if her car was able to be repaired, she wouldn’t want it back since the criminal died at his own hands driving in it .
Saved court costs and tax dollars for 3 hots and a cot for the perp. Outstanding job done by the CCSO. Congratulations, but train citizens to get out of the way when lights and sirens come behind you. That woman has to get another car, though. WTH is going on now with all the carjackings?
It’s Waldorf, just an extension of S.E. DC and P.G. County.
I love a happy ending. Good job officers.
Look back at the video and if the license plate can be read and they didn’t get out of the way ticket them. Have the legislature make it a big time hit, like license suspended for 6 months and $$$. Oh and I hope the truck driver is ok. The carjacker got what he deserved.