On Sunday, February 16, at 11:45 a.m., officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Forest Park at Renner Road in Waldorf for the report of an assault in progress. The victims reported they were driving on Forest Park Road when a man intentionally tried to run them off the road. A lookout was broadcast and Officer S. Hooper observed the suspect’s truck and initiated a traffic stop. Other officers spoke with the people in the car and discovered the suspect was the ex-boyfriend of one of the occupants and he tried to force her car off the roadway because he was angry with her. The suspect, Joseph Robert Willet, III, 20, of Hughesville, was arrested. Officers found a shotgun in his truck as well as knives and ammunition. He was charged with property destruction, reckless endangerment and 6 counts of assault. Willet went before District Court Commissioner Hilda Gilroy and bail was set at $50,000, and was released after posting the established bond pending further action by judicial authorities.
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