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| Robert Alan Mandley Jr. |
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s
Office Criminal Investigations Division has arrested and charged a Leonardtown
man with assault from a stabbing incident that occurred on July 5, 2022 in
Leonardtown.
Robert Alan Mandley Jr., age 32 of
Leonardtown, was charged on July 8, 2022 with First-Degree Assault,
Second-Degree Assault and Malicious Destruction of Property less than $1,000.
On July 5, 2022, St. Mary’s County
Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to La Grande Estates at 23285 Point Lookout
Road in Leonardtown for the report of a stabbing. Upon officers arrival,
Mandley fled into a wooded area, but was located and arrested a short time
later.
A 35-year-old female victim
suffered from a laceration to the upper bicep area of her left arm and a minor
laceration on the upper back of her arm. The victim advised that Mandley began
an argument and threatened violence against himself, her and others.
Brandishing a knife, Mandley then
began slashing toward the victim’s neck, but struck her left bicep. The knife
continued through her arm and struck Mandley’s hand which was still around the
victim’s neck. Mandley then slashed again causing a minor laceration to he back
of her arm.
The victim was ground transported
to a hospital for treatment. Mandley was air transported for medical issues
unrelated to his arrest and was released and charged on July 8, 2022.
Mandley is held at the St. Mary’s County
Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown.
