LA PLATA, Md. — Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, August 15, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Sabrina Cocheye Embrey, 51, of Waldorf, to 6 months in jail for Second-Degree Child Abuse and Second-Degree Assault. Embrey will be on supervised probation for three years upon release.
On May 16, 2024, a Charles County jury found Embrey guilty of the aforementioned charges.
On October 3, 2023, an officer with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in Waldorf for the report of a domestic assault. An investigation revealed that Embrey got into a verbal disagreement with the 12-year-old victim, who was living with her. The disagreement escalated in Embrey’s bedroom, and she threatened the victim with pepper spray. The victim left Embrey’s bedroom however, Embrey followed the victim into his bedroom with pepper spray. The victim became combative, and Embrey pepper sprayed him.
Embrey previously used pepper spray on the victim during a separate altercation and was warned by Child Protective Services not to do it again.
During sentencing, Assistant State’s Attorney Edward Stickles told the judge, “It is the State’s hope that this never happens again.” Assistant State’s Attorney Blaec Shaw furthered that Embrey “very clearly antagonized the victim throughout the incident” and that she took “action both physically and mentally that will forever affect [the victim].”
Sentence
Count 1
- Second-Degree Child Abuse
- 10 Years with all but 6 months suspended
Count 2
- Second-Degree Assault
- 10 years with all suspended
- Concurrent with Count 1
Related
