La Plata, MD – Brian Patrick Weyhenmeyer, 33 of Waldorf, was not in court for his status conference Wednesday, May 18.
Charles County Assistant Public Defender Edie Cimino waived his appearance.
She told Charles County Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier that the case was proceeding smoothly and that she was working with Charles County Assistant States Attorney Constance Kopelman to iron out details.
“I think we’ll be good to go forward in this case,” Cimino said, adding that a motions date of Sept. 22 is in place and that trial is set for Nov. 14.
Weyhenmeyer is charged with first-degree murder after running over his wife with the family car behind a Waldorf shopping center Oct. 12, 2014.
At his arraignment before Charles County Circuit Court Judge Helen I. Harrington, Nov. 20, 2014, Charles County State’s Attorney Anthony Covington told Circuit Court Judge Helen I. Harrington that Weyhenmeyer “ran over his wife with their vehicle at least two times.”
Covington described how the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from Jennifer Weyhenmeyer telling police her husband was mad at her and wouldn’t let her out of the car.
The caller indicated they were on Route 301 going past the New Life Church located between La Plata and White Plains.
“We know that call ended abruptly,” Covington said, adding that the phone was later recovered by police from the median strip on Route 301.
Twenty minutes later police received another call, that there was a subject behind a very narrow alley at a shopping center in Waldorf, Covington said.
Responding officers found Jennifer Weyhenmeyer’s body on the scene with severe trauma “all over her body,” Covington stressed.
Bragunier told Cimino during Wednesday’s conference that if it appeared the case could be resolved earlier than the motions and trial date to let her know.
“I would love to resolve this case,” Cimino noted.
“You might need to look at his evaluation,” the judge said.
Contact Joseph Norris at joe.norris@thebaynet.com
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