Deputies Arrest First Degree Assault Suspect

 

Upper Marlboro, MD… The Office of the Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest of Martin Okezie Okonkwo on December 21, 2020, on a warrant for First Degree Assault obtained by county police on November 17, 2020.

According to the warrant, on November 9^th, police responded to a call in the 5800 Block of Hill Mar Dr. in District Heights, MD, for an assault. Officers arrived and learned that Okonkwo came to the victims home looking for his property that he believed they had taken. After being told it was not there, Okonkwo allegedly became angry, attempting to strangle the victim before leaving the scene. Detectives were able to identify Okonkwo as the suspect through their investigation.

On December 21, deputies spoke with Okonkwo by phone, notified him of the warrant, and convinced him to turn himself in. Deputies coordinated a location to meet with him, where he was served the warrant, taken into custody, and safely transported to the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections in Upper Marlboro, MD, without incident.

Okonkwo is also charged with two counts of Second-Degree Assault.

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