Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest First Degree Assault Suspect

Upper Marlboro, MD…  The Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest Monday of Emmanuel Adegoke on an arrest warrant for First Degree Assault, obtained by County Police District V detectives on January 29, 2013.

According to the warrant, Adegoke assaulted a female victim on January 20, 2013, at a residence in the 9600 block of Marilyn Ivy Ct. in Upper Marlboro, MD. Adegoke allegedly choked and punched the victim, before chasing her around the residence with a knife. The victim was able to escape the residence and contact police, and Adegoke fled the scene.

Deputies investigating Adegoke’s whereabouts were led to 100 block of Independence Ave. in Washington, D.C., where he was located and apprehended without incident.

District V detectives were notified of Adegoke’s arrest and he was transported to the D.C. Department of Corrections – charged as a fugitive for Prince George’s County, MD.

For more information contact the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Press Information Office at 301-780-2773.

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