INDIAN HEAD, Md. — An Indian Head man is being held without bond after deputies say he assaulted a woman, fled from officers, drove the wrong way on Indian Head Highway and rammed multiple sheriff’s cruisers during a pursuit on flattened tires, according to charging documents.
David McKinley Dorsey Jr., 27, is charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, possession of a controlled dangerous substance not cannabis and malicious destruction of property valued at more than $1,000. He also faces more than a dozen traffic and fleeing counts, including reckless driving and eluding police.
Around 5:19 p.m. Nov. 13, officers were called to Buddy’s Liquors at 4611 Indian Head Highway for a reported domestic assault. Bystanders directed deputies to the rear of the business, saying a fight had just broken up and that one person had run off.
A woman at the scene told officers Dorsey assaulted her and took her cellphone, charging documents state. Deputies noted signs of an assault, but she refused medical treatment and declined to be listed as a victim or cooperate further. Using a phone-tracking app, she and officers searched nearby streets and found her phone case in a ditch along Strauss Avenue near Woodland Drive, but the phone itself was not recovered.
While assisting her, deputies learned Dorsey had an outstanding warrant. A short time later, officers were called back to Buddy’s for a request from a family member seeking help retrieving the vehicle Dorsey had been driving, a Toyota Camry. As an officer stood outside his cruiser, he heard yelling from Summit Court and saw a group of people in the street.
The officer wrote that he recognized Dorsey, who appeared to try to avoid being seen, ran between parked cars, jumped a tall wooden fence and headed back toward the liquor store. Moments later, Dorsey got into the Camry and pulled out of the parking lot onto Indian Head Highway without stopping and without headlights, the statement says.
A deputy and another officer activated their lights and sirens, but Dorsey refused to stop. The pursuit continued north on Indian Head Highway, where officers deployed stop sticks near Mount Aventine Road and successfully flattened the Camry’s tires, according to the report.
Despite the flats, Dorsey allegedly crossed the median and began driving north in the southbound lanes, forcing oncoming vehicles to swerve to avoid a collision. He remained in the wrong lanes until reaching the intersection of Indian Head Highway and Livingston Road, where southbound traffic was stopped at a red light, then moved back into the northbound lanes and continued toward Prince George’s County.
Because the Camry’s speed dropped as the tires failed, deputies attempted a rolling roadblock. A sergeant pulled in front of the car while two other deputies closed in on either side. Dorsey immediately rammed one cruiser toward the curb, forcing it off the road and narrowly missing a telephone pole, causing disabling damage to the patrol vehicle, charging documents state. He then tried repeatedly to strike the other cruisers and succeeded in hitting the rear of the sergeant’s vehicle, the report says.
Near Indian Head Highway and Downs Drive, Dorsey began to slow and opened the driver’s door as if preparing to run. As the Camry came to a stop, a deputy positioned his cruiser in front of the car to block any escape, drew his service weapon and ordered Dorsey to get out and lie on his stomach. Dorsey complied, was handcuffed and moved away from the vehicle so officers could safely search him and confirm the car was empty.
Dorsey was placed in the rear of a patrol vehicle, where he repeatedly kicked the door and interior cage, according to the statement. He began yelling that he could not breathe and demanded to be taken by ambulance. EMS responded, evaluated him and advised that he could safely be transported by a deputy. At Charles Regional Medical Center, a doctor later determined Dorsey was medically stable and had no injuries, charging documents state.
During a search of the Camry, deputies reported finding a makeshift glass pipe with suspected crack cocaine residue in the center console. Based on training and experience, the investigating officer wrote that he believed the residue to be crack cocaine, leading to the controlled dangerous substance charge.
While being transported and while at the hospital, Dorsey made multiple statements that he would never stop for police or willingly go to jail, according to the statement of probable cause. He allegedly claimed he is always released by a commissioner or judge, told the officer to “plan on seeing him tomorrow,” said he would “put these mitts on” the deputy and beat him up, and threatened to kill the deputy, the deputy’s family and any officers who tried to arrest him in the future, including remarks about an officer being shot in the head. Deputies also noted threats to spit in the officer’s face and down his throat.
Because of Dorsey’s aggravated behavior and threats, another officer was assigned to transport him from the hospital to the Charles County Detention Center to avoid further incident, charging documents say.
Officer D. Heishman of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office is listed as the arresting officer and complainant. Court records list the offense date as Nov. 13, 2025.
Dorsey was ordered held without bond on Nov. 14 and again after a Nov. 17 bail review hearing before District Judge Kenneth A. Talley. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 12 in Charles County District Court, Courtroom 3, in La Plata.
First-degree assault is a felony in Maryland and carries a maximum penalty of up to 25 years in prison upon conviction. The remaining charges, including second-degree assault, drug possession and malicious destruction of property, carry additional potential jail time and fines.
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Thank goodness he was held with no bond. He is a danger to society.
I thought that was Lil Zane for a minute 😭🤣