WALDORF, Md. – On September 10, during the evening hours, Edwin Argueta-Tobar, 34, of Waldorf, turned himself in to the Chares County Sheriff’s Office. Argueta-Tobar had an active warrant for first-degree assault and second-degree assault in connection with a violent attack on a woman known to him.
The facts of the case are as follows: On September 7 at 9:30 p.m., officers responded to the 5000 block of Hawthorne Road in La Plata for the report of a domestic-related assault.
Upon arrival, the victim reported she left her residence to take some items outside when Argueta-Tobar approached her from behind, pulled her, punched her several times in her face, and held a knife to her stomach. Argueta-Tobar had been hiding outside the victim’s residence to attack her. The suspect fled before police arrival.
Officers obtained an arrest warrant charging the suspect with first-degree assault and second-degree assault.
On September 11, a judge released Argueta-Tobar from the Charles County Detention Center on electronic monitoring. Officer Harden is investigating.
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