On Oct. 10, at 3:48 p.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence in Lexington Park for the report of a domestic related assault.
An investigation revealed that a female victim, 40, was struck in the face by hand and in the head with a phone by Walter R. Hairston, 53 of Lexington Park, The assault was the result of a heated verbal altercation between Hairston and the woman.
Because of the severity of the victim’s head injuries, the woman was flown by Trooper 7 to Prince George’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Hairston fled the residence and was located a short distance away by deputies where he was placed under arrest, charged with Assault First Degree, Assault Second Degree and incarcerated in the Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.
