On July 18 at 10:45 p.m., a patrol officer was in the area of Golden Eagle Place in Waldorf when he was alerted to an assault in progress nearby. When the officer arrived, he observed a female running away from a male who was in a car. As the officer approached the vehicle, the driver fled at a high rate of speed, striking a curb and disabling the vehicle. The driver jumped out of the car and fled into the woods with a red backpack. Officers and a police K9 canvassed the area and subsequently located the suspect hiding under a set of steps at a house on Bel Aire Court; he had stripped his clothes off. Ky-Mari Monte Bowman, 18, of Waldorf, was taken into custody without further incident.

Officers located Bowman’s discarded clothes, which contained over $1,000 in cash. They also located the backpack and recovered a polymer 80 firearm – commonly referred to as a ghost gun because it does not contain a serial number – and 1.5 pounds of suspected marijuana. In addition, drug paraphernalia was recovered on the path that Bowman fled. A preliminary investigation revealed that Bowman and the victim got into an argument during which Bowman struck the victim several times in her face and abdomen. As she fled from the car, Bowman grabbed the victim and pulled her hair, trying to drag her back to the car. He then pressed her against a fence and choked her. Bowman was charged with aggravated assault, multiple counts of weapons violations to include illegal possession of a firearm and drug possession violations. Bowman is currently being held at the Charles County Detention Center without bond.

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