Newburg man sentenced 5 years for nearly disemboweling man

On June 17, 2017, around 10:30 p.m., officers responded to the 4000 block of Tims Place in Nanjemoy for the report of a stabbing.

The incident began at a party, where the victim was involved in an argument with Dorsey. According to the state, the victim was talking to Dorsey’s girlfriend, which started the dispute.

During the argument, Dorsey allegedly stabbed the victim then fled the scene. Shortly after the incident, police were called to the location, where they located the victim with a stab wound to his abdomen.

The victim was flown to MedStar Washington Hospital Center for treatment. The victim had “his intestines hanging out” due to the stab wound, Judge William Greer said.

The sheriff’s office used a K-9 unit to search the area and Dorsey was located nearby. Dorsey was arrested, charged and held at the Charles County Detention Center with a $50,000 bond.

After a trial on Dec. 7, 2017, Dorsey was found guilty of reckless endangerment.

At Dorsey’s sentence hearing, the state, represented by assistant state’s attorneys Jonathan P. Beattie and Paul A. Halliday, argued that the victim suffers from a permanent injury because he now has a significant scar, which the jury saw in Dorsey’s trial.

The defense, represented by public defender Kathryn B. Batey, argued that it would not be clear if the victim’s scar would be permanent and also mentioned that a weapon was never found on Dorsey or at the scene of the incident.

The state rebutted and said that the scar on the victim’s stomach was a direct result of Dorsey’s actions. The victim had to undergo surgery for his wound, according to Halliday.

The state also asked, on behalf of the victim, that Dorsey pay around $700 in medical bills as restitution.

“[I just want to remind the court] how pointless this all was. None of this needed to happen,” Halliday told the court.

Dorsey read a letter he wrote to the court aloud just before he was sentenced by Greer.

“It was never my intentions to cause anyone harm,” Dorsey said.

Dorsey also got emotional when he was telling the court about the love he has for his girlfriend and her two young sons. He said he would be willing to take anger management courses in order to control his anger issues.

Greer told Dorsey that he sat in the trial and heard “what went down” the day of the incident and said that Dorsey had “multiple opportunities to leave.”

“I don’t think for a second that a razor wasn’t there [at the place of crime]. You escalated the incident where someone could have been killed,” Greer told Dorsey.

He said that this incident and “serious injury” will “probably effect [the victim] for the rest of his life.”

Greer said that he understood Dorsey’s “tough upbringing” of poverty; however, he said, “You are still young and still have a chance to put this behind you and move on.”

Greer sentenced Dorsey to five years incarceration with credit for 250 days already served and restitution to the victim.