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Leonardtown resident Robert Alan Mandley, Jr., 32, was arrested on Friday, July 8, following a stabbing incident on Point Lookout Road in the La Grande Estates earlier this week.
Specifically, Mandley was charged with assault and malicious destruction of property less than $1,000.
On Tuesday, July 5, investigators said that sheriff’s deputies responded to La Grande Estates in Leonardtown for a reported stabbing.
It is alleged that Mandley began an argument with his victim 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,” according to the sheriff’s office. “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 the back of her arm.”
The woman was transported by paramedics to an area hospital for treatment, according to the sheriff's office.
When deputies arrived at the scene, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said that Mandley fled into a nearby wooded area, but was located and arrested after a short pursuit.
Mandley was then airlifted “for medical issues unrelated to his arrest and was released and charged on July 8.”
He is currently being held at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown.
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