– Owings MD Stabbing

On Sunday, May 17 at approximately 8:30 p.m., the Calvert Control Center received a 911

call from a home in the 7600 block of Solomons Island Road in Owings. The caller

advised that someone inside the home had been stabbed during a domestic altercation.

DFC P. Aurich arrived on the scene and observed that a 58-year-old woman had been

stabbed in the abdomen and arms by her 38-year-old son, later identified as Darrell Lee

Adams, of Owings. Det. H. Rich of the Criminal Investigations Bureau arrived and

assumed the investigation. The victim was later med-evacuated to Prince George’s County

Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Three other family members were

present during the altercation attempting to assist the victim and keep the suspect from

harming her. No one else was injured in the fight; however, the suspect, Adams, also

suffered wounds on his hands, which were treated before he was taken to the Calvert

County Detention Center. Adams has been charged with four counts of each of the

following offenses: first degree assault, second degree assault, reckless endangerment and

possessing a dangerous weapon with intent to injure.