LEONARDTOWN, Md. – State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Cherron Montril Waul, 46, of Great Mills, Maryland, was convicted of first-degree murder for the brutal slaying of a 33-year-old St. Mary’s County man that occurred on February 3, 2022.
Following a three-day jury trial, Waul was convicted by a St. Mary’s County jury of first-degree murder.
“This horrific attack was pre-meditated and calculated,” said Sterling. “The Defendant lured the victim from his home to a secluded area near Great Mills High School, where he unsparingly stabbed the victim nineteen times and ultimately killed him.”
The Defendant will be held without bond pending a sentencing hearing in June and faces a maximum penalty of life without the possibility of parole.
Senior Assistant State’s Attorneys Jeffrey R. Maylor and Donna C. Pettersen prosecuted the case on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County.
Detective Warren Forinash of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was the lead investigator.
The Honorable Joseph M. Stanalonis presided over the case.
Good job to all who investigated and tried this horrible crime. Accused got a fair trial based on the facts. Now the judge has the opportunity to show his support for the law-abiding citizens of St Mary’s County. Let his sentence reflect that..
We must bring back Capital Punishment. It would be the only way to deter cowardly acts such as this. He will get out in 7, and do it again.
Was what he got out of this , worth him spending the rest of his life in prison somewhere, to him ? People react before they think …..but I guess he will end up with a lot of time to think now .
People , take time to breathe and think before you jump up and act ! Maybe our crime rate would go down .