Tyrone Lorenzo Parker, 38, of La Plata
Tyrone Lorenzo Parker, 38, of La Plata, has been charged in Charles County District Court with first-degree assault and second-degree assault after court documents say he attacked a male victim with an unknown metal object at a Waldorf park-and-ride in March 2026.
According to charging documents filed by Detective David Garrison of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred on March 19, 2026, at the Smallwood Park and Ride on Smallwood Drive West in Waldorf. The application for charges states, “On 3/19/26, the Suspect attacked the Victim with an unknown metal object, striking him in the back of the head. This event was captured on video. The Suspect, after the attack, fled the area. The Victim suffered laceration to the back of his head.”
In a continued statement included with the court filing, Garrison wrote that he responded to the location “for the reported assault in progress.” The male victim told the detective “an unknown person walked up behind him and struck him in the back of the head with an unknown metal object.” The victim also said the suspect “then chased him around the parking lot with the metal object” and compared the item to “a vehicle steering wheel locking club,” according to the application.
Garrison wrote that emergency medical personnel responded and that he observed the male victim’s injuries, which included “a deep laceration that was bleeding in the back of his head.” The male victim told investigators “he did not know why the Suspect hit him and there were no contributing factors leading up to the assault,” according to court documents.
The detective said he canvassed the area but did not find the suspect, who had left before officers arrived. Garrison wrote that he reviewed and saved surveillance footage, stating, “I observed the Suspect walk up behind [the male victim], hit him in the head with a metal object. When [the male victim] ran away from the Suspect, he was chased by the same suspect.”
Court documents say investigators also reviewed surveillance video from a bus the suspect exited before the assault and saved a clear image of the suspect. Garrison wrote that an attempt-to-identify bulletin was distributed, after which Lieutenant Hendricks of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office contacted him and said he believed the suspect was Tyrone Lorenzo Parker, who was incarcerated at the Charles County Detention Center. Garrison wrote that he reviewed recent arrest photos from Charles County Sheriff’s Office local files and “determined the suspect in this incident is Tyrone Parker.”
After Parker was identified, Garrison wrote that he attempted to interview him twice about the assault, but “both times he refused.”
A statement of charges filed May 28, 2026, formally accuses Parker of first-degree assault and second-degree assault involving the male victim. The first-degree assault charge is listed as carrying a possible penalty of up to 25 years, while the second-degree assault charge is listed as carrying up to 10 years and/or a $2,500 fine.
An arrest warrant was issued on May 28, 2026, and court records show the warrant was served on May 29, 2026. Parker had an initial appearance on May 29, 2026, where he waived an attorney for that hearing only and requested a preliminary hearing. Court documents show he was ordered held without bond and instructed not to contact or harass the male victim directly or indirectly.
A bail review hearing was held June 1, 2026, before Judge Kenneth A. Talley, and Parker remained held without bond. Court records list a preliminary hearing for June 26, 2026, at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 2 at Charles District Court. The Public Defender’s Office entered an appearance for Parker on June 1, 2026.
Court records also show Parker has faced other recent charges in Charles County. In January 2026, he was charged with trespassing on private property after officers said he was found inside a vacant residence on Goldie Farm Place in Waldorf after previously being told not to return, according to court documents. In a separate June 2026 filing, Parker was charged with two counts of malicious destruction of property under $1,000 after an officer alleged that surveillance video showed him puncturing tires on vehicles at Stanhaven Place in Waldorf on March 21, 2026, including vehicles tied to Charles County government and a private company.
