State v. James Mark Kimble, C-08-CR-24-000103
LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced James Mark Kimble, 39, of Mechanicsville, to 15 years in prison for First-Degree Assault and the Wear and Carry of a Dangerous Weapon with the Intent to Injure.
Upon release, Kimble will be on supervised probation for a period of five years. If he violates the terms of his probation, he faces an additional five years in prison.
On April 29, 2025, a Charles County jury convicted Kimble of the aforementioned charges.
On December 27, 2023, officers made contact with the victim at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata. The victim reported that he was stabbed by the suspect, later determined to be Kimble, after the victim dropped off a mutual acquaintance at Cooksey Store in La Plata. The victim was able to drive himself to the emergency room, where he received treatment for serious injuries.
An investigation revealed that a mutual acquaintance contacted the victim during the evening hours of December 27th and requested that the victim give her a ride to her parents’ house, to which the victim agreed. During the ride, the acquaintance requested to be brought to a different location, which prompted a verbal argument between her and the victim. The acquaintance contacted Kimble while still in the victim’s vehicle. The victim agreed to drop off the acquaintance at Cooksey Store. When the acquaintance got out of the vehicle, Kimble entered the passenger side of the victim’s vehicle and began stabbing the victim multiple times. As the victim began driving off to flee, Kimble exited his vehicle. Kimble then left with the mutual acquaintance.
Kimble later admitted to using phencyclidine (PCP), marijuana, and alcohol before the incident.
During sentencing, Assistant State’s Attorney Jerome Linkins, requesting a 20-year prison sentence, told the judge that Kimble “has a history of drinking and a history of violence.” He furthered that Kimble “commits crimes of selfishness and recklessness against other people. There’s no excuse for this behavior. Absolutely none. Not only has [Kimble] done multiple acts of selfishness, but he’s also affected this person’s life for no reason. – The victim’s life has completely changed.”
Sentence
Count 1
• First-Degree Assault
• 20 years with all but 15 years suspended
Count 3
• Wear and Carry of a Dangerous Weapon with the Intent to Injure
• 3 years
• Concurrent to Count 1
Five years of supervised probation