Montgomery County police recently reported that a 20-year-old man who allegedly stabbed another man, age 18, has now been arrested. Courtesy of Gazette.Net, the man arrested has been charged with the following:
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According to a press release dated January 25, 2013, the Office of the Sheriff, Prince George’s County, Maryland reported the arrest of Andre Hamilton on an arrest warrant. The warrant, obtained from the New Carrollton Police Department in December, 2012, was issued for Attempted First Degree Murder.
The arrest warrant specified that on November, 28, 2012, the accused assaulted a male in the 5400 block of 85th Avenue, New Carrollton, Maryland. Witnesses reported observing the accused use a handgun to shoot the victim, firing three times prior to leaving the scene.
A 21-year-old college student already facing criminal charges for an attack in May has now been charged with more serious offenses for the horrific assault and cannibalistic murder of a 37-year-old male. The 21-year-old suspect attacked another student at Baltimore’s Morgan State University in May, hitting him with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire and chains as he walked into the attacker’s apartment. Friends of the victim who followed the blood trail from the door to the backroom said they found the attacker standing over him with a knife, according to a Delmarvanow.com news report. The suspect faces assault and reckless endangerment charges for the university dorm attack.
Days after the May attack, the victim learned that his attacker had allegedly used the same knife to kill and “carve” a 37-year-old man before eating his heart and brain. The murder victim, a Ghana native, had been staying at the family home of the attacker for six weeks when he disappeared on May 25. A Baltimore grand jury has indicted the suspect on numerous charges stemming from the Morgan State University attack including first and second degree attempted murder, first and second degree assault, and a MD weapons offense. He also faces murder and assault charges in the killing of the Ghana native.
Some individuals, including the dorm room attack victim and his attorney, are raising questions as to whether or not the university should have looked more closely into the 21-year-old suspect after a December outburst in a university computer lab that led to his expulsion from the campus ROTC program. In addition, the suspect made cryptic comments about “blood sacrifice” at a January university forum. A spokesman for the school stated the university is doing a thorough review, but so far it appears procedures have been followed.
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Attempted murder charges against a 21-year-old man have been dropped for a bar fight that allegedly took place last month in College Park outside of the Thirsty Turtle. The Baltimore Sun reports that the man was suspected of cutting three University of Maryland students and another individual with a pocketknife.
According to the article, the man is facing second-degree assault charges even though evidence from surveillance video demonstrates that he was acting in self-defense during the apparent altercation. As of this writing, it has not been reported whether prosecutors will charge the other four individuals allegedly involved in the bar fight.
Video surveillance has become more prominent than most residents of Maryland realize. What is caught on tape can play a major role in various criminal cases. On the other hand, it takes more than just a video for criminal charges to be dropped, as the aforementioned case demonstrates. An individual can still face serious charges even when video surveillance plays in their favor. It can take a Maryland criminal defense lawyer with years of experience in building effective cases to understand how to properly present this type of evidence during court proceedings.
Being accused of attempted murder or assault presents an individual with many challenges. If convicted of a serious violent crime in Maryland, a person may face years in prison, steep fines, strict probation, loss of employment, and difficultly maintaining personal relationships. To help ensure that your rights are aggressively defended and that a strong case is built on your behalf, contact the Maryland murder and attempted murder defense lawyers at the law offices of Alpert Schreyer, LLC. Call 1-301-262-7005 or 1-866-444-6363 today for a free and confidential consultation.
