Student Arrested After Assault at Area High School

[Howard Hartman]

	DEPARTMENT OF POLICE MEDIA SERVICES DIVISION 2350 RESEARCH BOULEVARD ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850-3294   240-773-5030
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2009	FOR MORE INFORMATION:                         Media Services Division, 240-773-5030

Student Arrested After Assault at Area High School

Updated Information

Today at approximately 11:27 a.m., officers from the 4th District responded to Sherwood High School located at 300 Olney Sandy Spring Road for the report of a student who had sustained a laceration to his face after a physical altercation with another student.

The altercation occurred during a lunch period inside the school. It was witnessed by other students who immediately reported it to school staff. The school’s administration, school security personnel, and the Montgomery County Police Educational Facilities Officer immediately began an investigation. It was learned that the male suspect displayed a knife and cut the 16-year-old male student victim across his face. He was transported to an area hospital for medical treatment of his serious but non-life-threatening injury.

The school enacted a Code Blue for a period of time while police were conducting their initial investigation. After it was determined by police that the student had fled, the Code Blue was lifted by the school administration.

The motive for the altercation remains under investigation.

The19-year-old suspect was located and taken into custody at his home in Olney. He has not yet been charged, but will be charged with first-degree assault later this evening.

300 Olney Sandy Spring Road in Olney