A 45-year-old Bryans Road man, who allegedly stabbed and beat his wife last week, is being held without bond at the Charles County Detention Center.
In Charles County District Court Wednesday, in front of Judge W. Louis Hennessy, Armando Quispe Rodriguez, appeared in court with both of his arms heavily bandaged from the elbow down.
According to his attorney, Kenneth Joy, Rodriguez suffered from injuries to his arms, which needed surgery after the incident.
On March 23, around 2 p.m., officers and EMS responded to the 2500 block of Archway Lane in Bryans Road for a reported stabbing.
Officers discovered Rodriguez in the front of the home with cuts on his hands.
After searching the home, officers found the victim, Rodriguez’s wife, shackled and suffering from several stab wounds to her upper body. Officers stated in their report that the scene was covered in blood.
The victim was flown to a trauma center due to the severity of her stab wounds, according to charging documents.
Officers spoke with the victim who said that she woke up with her husband hitting her. She said he then stabbed her several times with a knife and put a plastic bag over her head in an attempt to suffocate her. She also said he tied a belt around her neck to strangle her, according to charging documents.
Assistant State’s Attorney Tiffany Campbell asked Hennessy to hold Rodriguez without bond because he is a “danger.”
Campbell showed Hennessy photos from the scene of the crime, where the victim, Rodriguez’s wife, was allegedly handcuffed, shackled and tortured by being stabbed more than 23 times.
Campbell showed Hennessy a knife found in the home: “The knife has a hook on it, to cause additional injuries,” she explained to the judge.
She also showed him a photo that depicted “a large amount of blood at the bottom of the stairs.” Campbell also showed a photo of a “piece of [the victim’s] ear that was cut off.”
Campbell told the court that the first officer to respond on the scene thought that the victim was deceased by the amount of blood that was in the home.
Campbell said that this was “more than enough” to show that the defendant was a danger.
Joy told the court that if the judge was to set a bond for Rodriguez, he would not have any contact with the victim and he would be residing elsewhere. He said that Rodriguez is suffering from depression.
“I do find him as a danger,” Hennessy said just before he denied bond.
Originally Posted on Maryland Independent:
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