State v. Jahad Karim Frierson, C-08-CR-21-000327 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 9-day trial, convicted Jahad Karim Frierson, 27, of Waldorf, of the Second-Degree Murder of Leon Nathaniel Inabinett, Jr. On June 20, 2021, officers responded to the Bryans…
LA PLATA, MD— The State’s Attorney’s Office for Charles County (SAO) is returning with its fourth year of the “Drive Sober” initiative to spread awareness of the grave dangers of driving impaired and help the public take preventative measures. The “Drive Sober” initiative will run during the holiday season – November 25, 2024, through January…
State v. George Christopher Floyd, C-08-CR-24-000006 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, November 14, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced George Christopher Floyd, 44, of Waldorf, to 25 years in prison for the Second-Degree Murder of Triston Treshaun Irvin, as well as related…
State v. Damion Anqwan Wilson, C-08-CR-24-000094 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, November 1, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Damion Anqwan Wilson, 42, of La Plata, to 20 years in prison for First-Degree Assault, Possession of a Firearm with a Felony Conviction, and…
State v. Antoine Jamel Bailey, C-08-CR-23-000916 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, October 25, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Monise A. Brown sentenced Antoine Jamel Bailey, 21, to 8 years in prison for two counts of Armed Robbery. Upon release, Bailey will be on supervised probation for…
State v. Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, C-08-CR-23-000463 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 3-day trial, convicted Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, 25, of Waldorf, of five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Third-Degree Sexual Offense. On March…
State v. Vincent Anthony Fisher, II, C-08-CR-22-000544 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, September 27, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 10-day trial, convicted Vincent Anthony Fisher, II, 49, of two counts of First-Degree Arson and two counts of Second-Degree Murder of Rashawn Cline and Dashawn Cline.…
State v. Pio Arnoldo Flores, C-08-CR-23-000929 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, August 29, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Monise A. Brown sentenced Pio Arnoldo Flores, 56, of Bryantown, to 12 years in prison for the Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Flores will be on supervised probation…
State v. Dustin Marcel Brown, C-08-CR-23-000788 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Monday, August 26, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Dustin Marcel Brown, 39, of Waldorf, to 35 years in prison for five counts of Child Pornography: Film in Sex Act. Brown will…
State v. Joseph John Bonaiuto, Jr., C-08-CR-24-000064 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, August 22, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Joseph John Bonaiuto, Jr., 56, of Waldorf, to 8 years in prison for First-Degree Assault and Fourth-Degree Sexual Offense. Bonaiuto will be on…
State v. Andre Taylor, C-08-CR-23-000391 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, August 23, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Andre Taylor, 63, to Life in prison for the First-Degree Murder of Vickie Lynn Belk. Taylor was convicted of the aforementioned charge by a Charles…
State v. Sabrina Cocheye Embrey, C-08-CR-23-000881 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, August 15, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Sabrina Cocheye Embrey, 51, of Waldorf, to 6 months in jail for Second-Degree Child Abuse and Second-Degree Assault. Embrey will be on supervised probation for…
State v. Deanthony Lamont Warrick, C-08-CR-23-000298 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Deanthony Lamont Warrick, 35, of Indian Head, to Life Without Parole (LWOP) in prison for the First-Degree Murder of Jasmine Lakesha Hicks and…
State v. Jeremiah Terrell Bryant, C-08-CR-24-000146 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, August 2, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 5-day trial, convicted Jeremiah Terrell Bryant, 25, of Armed Robbery and related charges. On January 9, 2024, detectives with Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Sunoco…
State v. Marvin Ernesto Funez-Martinez, C-08-CR-23-000840 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, July 26, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 10-day trial, convicted Marvin Ernesto Funez-Martinez, 22, of White Plains, of the Second-Degree Murder of Marco Alexander Pulido-Castro and the Wear and Carry of a Dangerous Weapon…
State v. Daevian Davon Christian Hurd, C-08-CR-21-000408 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Daevian Davon Christian Hurd, 23, of Indian Head, to 5 years in prison for the Sexual Abuse of a Minor. On July 31, 2023,…
State v. Andre Taylor, C-08-CR-23-000391 Pictured above: Belk Family with Prosecutors and Investigators LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, July 18, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 9-day trial and approximately two hours of deliberation, convicted Andre Taylor, 63, of the 1979 First-Degree Murder and First-Degree Rape…
State v. Johnny Darrell Hammonds, C-08-CR-24-000051 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Monday, July 1, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Johnny Darrell Hammonds, 54, of White Plains, to 25 years in prison for 4 counts of Solicitation of Child Porn. Upon release, Hammonds…
State v. George Christopher Floyd, C-08-CR-24-000006 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, June 27, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 4-day trial, and approximately 2.5 hours of deliberation, convicted George Christopher Floyd, 44, of the Second-Degree Murder and False Imprisonment of Triston Treshaun Irvin, as well as…
State v. Nijuan Wilson, C-08-CR-23-000471 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, June 6, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Nijuan Wilson, 17, to Life in prison with all but 30 years suspended for the First-Degree Murder of Deangelo Beale. Wilson will be on supervised probation…
State v. Deanthony Lamont Warrick, C-08-CR-23-000298 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, June 6, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 4-day trial and approximately two hours of deliberation, convicted Deanthony Lamont Warrick, 35, of Indian Head, of the First-Degree Murder of Jasmine Lakesha Hicks and related charges.…
State v. Mehki Joseph Smith, C-08-CR-22-000630 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Mehki Joseph Smith, 24, of Waldorf, to Life with all but 35 years suspended in prison for the First-Degree Murder of Michael Anthony Dodson,…
State v. Michael Darrell Dukes, C-08-CR-23-000330 LA PLATA, MD— Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Michael Darrell Dukes, 22, to 10 years with all but 18 months suspended in prison for the Gross Negligent Manslaughter of Zkiara Kemp. Dukes…
State v. Malcolm Fluellyn, C-08-CR-23-000466 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Monday, April 15, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Malcolm Fluellyn, 27, of Bryans Road, to 46 years in prison with all but 15 years suspended for two counts of Sexual Abuse of a…
State v. James Stephen Gass, Jr. C-08-CR-23-000446 & C-08-CR-22-000462 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, March 22, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Monise A. Brown sentenced James Stephen Gass, Jr., 32, of Leonardtown, to a total of 14 years in prison for two separate cases. Gass was…
State v. Janae Elizabeth Bishop, C-08-CR-22-000106 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, March 7, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Janae Elizabeth Bishop, 32, of Waldorf, to 30 years in prison with all but 10 years suspended for two counts of Second-Degree Child Abuse. …
State v. Tyliek Anthony Spence, C-08-CR-21-000298 LA PLATA, MD— Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, March 7, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Donine Carrington Martin sentenced Tyliek Anthony Spence, 22, of Waldorf, to Life in prison with all but 8 years suspended for First-Degree Murder. Upon release, Spence will…
State v. Malcolm Fluellyn, C-08-CR-23-000264 LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Monday, February 26, 2024, Malcolm Fluellyn, 27, of Bryans Road, entered a guilty plea to two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and six counts of Fourth-Degree Sexual Offense. On February 10, 2023, a school resource officer…
LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Deon Watkins, 52, to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders of Kandeon Niravanh and Genesis Garrett, as well as related charges. On August 30,…
State v. Anthony Edward Small, C-08-CR-21-000290 LA PLATA, MD— Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, February 16, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West sentenced Anthony Edward Small, 24, to Life in prison with all but 50 years suspended for First-Degree Murder and the Use of a Firearm…