LOTHIAN, Md. – On December 27, 2021, at approximately 5:30 p.m. officers responded to the Adventure Bound Campground located at 5381 Sands Road in Lothian for a report of an assault.
A 54-year-old male victim told officers he was engaged in a dispute over a parking space with a neighboring trailer occupant. The dispute escalated and one subject punched the victim in the face. Both parties then retreated to their respective trailers.
Later, the victim and a 59-year-old female got out of their trailer and observed the suspect pointing a handgun toward them. The victims went back into the trailer and called the police.
Officers seized a 9mm Springfield Armory XD handgun from the suspect, Walter Stephen Starke, age 69 of Lothian, Md., who was arrested and charged accordingly.