(FORESTVILLE, MD) – Maryland State Police have obtained an arrest warrant with criminal charges against the Prince George’s County man accused of assaulting a state trooper with a knife early this morning when the trooper responded to the man’s single vehicle crash on the Capital Beltway near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
James A. Howard, 54, of Hyattsville, Md., is charged on the warrant with first and second degree assault, second degree assault on a law enforcement officer in the performance of his duties, wearing/carrying a dangerous/deadly weapon with intent to injure, and attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer. The charges were issued this evening and will be served on Howard upon his release from the hospital where he remains tonight.
Howard is accused of assaulting a Maryland state trooper at about 6:30 a.m. today when the trooper responded to a single-vehicle crash the suspect had been involved in on I-495 near I-295 on the southeastern portion of the Capital Beltway. Howard assaulted the trooper with a knife while the trooper was still in his patrol car. During the struggle, the trooper sustained cuts to his hand and was treated and released from an area hospital. Howard was arrested and remains in the hospital tonight for evaluation.
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A few years back , this guy would get 10 to 15 years.
ReplyDeleteNow a days , he will get off with stet docket as a matter of fact , I forgot , this is P.G. county.
He won't even have to go to court.
He'll tell the judge he was upset with the traffic and the judge will release him.
Thank you lawyers for making this nation so nice and safe.