Charlotte Hall Workplace Stabbing: Suspect Arrested After Coworker Attack

CHARLOTTE HALL, Md. – On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at around 4:55 p.m., Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a medical facility in Charlotte Hall for the report of a stabbing victim. The victim told deputies he was stabbed by a coworker at a job site in Charlotte Hall.

Following an on-scene investigation, deputies identified the suspect as Jose Wilbert Herrera-Chavez, 36, of Silver Spring. Herrera-Chavez was located at the job site, taken into custody without incident, and charged with first- and second-degree assault.

The Criminal Investigations Division has assumed the case, and anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Kortnie Marsch at 301-475-4200, ext. 8179, or by email at Kortnie.Marsch@stmaryscountymd.gov.

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