Deputies Arrest First Degree Child Abuse Suspect

Upper Marlboro, MD… The Office of the Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest of Jevante Tyreke Dyson on February 8, 2022, on a warrant for First Degree Child Abuse obtained by county police on February 2, 2022.

According to the warrant, on January 7^th, detectives responded to a local hospital regarding a physical child abuse case. Detectives learned that a minor child, who was in the sole care of Dyson, was severely injured. The minor child was taken to Children’s National Medical Center, where medical staff determined that the injury caused was not accidental.

On February 8^th, deputies determined that Dyson could be located at an address in the 300 Block of Possum Court in Capitol Heights, MD. Deputies knocked, and a resident answered, allowing them to enter the home. Once inside, Dyson was identified in the upstairs bedroom, served the warrant, placed into custody, and safely transported to the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections in Upper Marlboro, MD, without incident.

Dyson is also charged with two counts of Second-Degree Child Abuse and Second-Degree Assault.

 

For more information contact the Communications and Public Affairs Division at 301-780-8637.

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