Blog: Assault

What are the Penalties for the Crime of Second Degree Assault?

Jun 10, 2024

Second degree assault, codified under Md. Code, Crim. Law § 3-203, is Maryland’s misdemeanor charge for the crime of assault, battery, or attempted battery. Now, second degree assault being labeled a misdemeanor may make it seem like it is not serious. This is not the case. A second degree assault conviction can lead to very serious consequences. What is “assault”? Maryland charges the crimes of assault, battery, and attempted battery under second degree...

Ocean City crime statistics show reversal of downward trend

Aug 10, 2021

Seven assault suspects recently pleaded guilty to second degree assault in Worcester County Circuit Court to charges that stem from two incidents that occurred on the Ocean City, Maryland boardwalk in June 2020. The Ocean City Police Department has noted that the suspects received lengthy prison terms for their involvement. Multiple investigative techniques were used to identify and arrest the suspects including surveillance images and video obtained from the City Watch Cameras System that were...

Last week’s alleged north-end restaurant assault

Feb 2, 2021

We all love our friends and family, and spending time with them is often the great joy of our lives. However, because we are so close to them, when fights do occur, they often escalate rather quickly as emotions flair. This can then, in turn, lead to contact with police. Unfortunately, this was alleged to have happen to one local The incident According to the Ocean City Police Department, last Thursday evening,...

Suspects charged with assault, armed robbery after incident on Ocean City’s Boardwalk

Sep 3, 2020

Four suspects were recently charged with armed robbery and first-degree assault after an incident on the Ocean City, Maryland boardwalk involving a shotgun, according to a news report from an Ocean City, Maryland newspaper. A woman and her 10-year-old niece told police that she and her niece were held at gunpoint and robbed late one night while at the popular seaside city. Assault charges often stem from some type of dispute or altercation...

Court: Police officer didn’t use excessive force in breaking up Maryland bar fight

Feb 24, 2020

A Maryland man was unsuccessful recently in his attempt to hold a state trooper responsible for the alleged use of excessive force in handling allegedly disorderly conduct at a Cecil County bar. The Court of Special Appeals ruled that the trooper did not use excessive force when he executed a “takedown maneuver” to break up the disorderly behavior. At the saloon The court’s ruling started with an altercation at a Cecil County restaurant/bar,...

Maryland Assault Charges

Jun 20, 2018

Assault charges are an everyday occurrence. A Harford County, Maryland man, the father of a high school wrestler was arrested and charged recently for allegedly assaulting his son after the boy didn’t make weight for a wrestling tournament, according to court records. A Baltimore County man was arrested after a man was assaulted with a baseball bat or lead pipe in a Lansdowne parking lot last summer. Four people were charged in November with...