NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
• 7500 Maple Avenue • Takoma Park, Md 20912
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer (PIO)
Catherine Plevy, 301/891.7142 or 240/338.2901
July 15, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On December 22, 2008, Carlos Ivan Ovalle, 33, of Takoma Park, Maryland, was arrested for, among other charges, attempted first degree murder and first degree assault. Ovalle’s trial was held on July 13, 14 and 15, 2009, at the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville, Maryland. On July 15, Ovalle was found guilty of attempted first degree murder, burglary, stalking and two violations of a protective order. Ovalle’s sentencing has been scheduled for October 6, 2009.
On December 22, 2008, at approximately 12:13 a.m., the Takoma Park Police Department received a call for a woman crying in an apartment in the 700 block of Hudson Avenue. A veteran female police officer responded to the scene. She located the apartment and heard a commotion outside the door. The officer demanded entry and was refused. She advised dispatch that she needed back-up assistance and was going to make entry. She made a forced entry and confronted a female victim covered in blood and a male suspect holding a knife to her throat. The victim had multiple lacerations to her head and other parts of her body. The officer demanded that the suspect drop his weapon, and when he refused, she shot him twice. One of the bullets went through the suspect striking the victim in her arm. Both victim and suspect were transported to the Med Star unit at the Washington Hospital Center where they were later released. The victim did not sustain any permanent physical injuries.