{"id":29119,"date":"2024-09-12T08:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T12:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=29119"},"modified":"2024-09-12T08:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T12:54:30","slug":"maryland-state-police-searching-for-suspect-wanted-in-connection-with-assault-in-somerset-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2024\/09\/12\/maryland-state-police-searching-for-suspect-wanted-in-connection-with-assault-in-somerset-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland State Police Searching For Suspect Wanted In Connection With Assault In Somerset County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(WESTOVER, MD) \u2014 Maryland State Police are seeking the public\u2019s assistance in helping to locate a man wanted in connection with a first-degree assault that occurred in Somerset County earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as Garland Edward Parks, 58, of Rumbly, Maryland, has an arrest warrant issued for him for first-degree assault. Parks is described as a white male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, and approximately 160 pounds. Parks is commonly known by the nickname \u201cFast Eddie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, troopers from the Maryland State Police Princess Anne Barrack responded to a residence on Rehobeth Road for a report of an assault. According to a preliminary investigation, the victim, who is not being identified at this time, was assaulted and held at knifepoint. They were transported by ambulance to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional for treatment of their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>During the course of the investigation, Garland \u201cFast Eddie\u201d Parks was identified as the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators urge anyone with information pertaining to Parks\u2019 location to contact the Princess Anne Barrack at 443-260-3700. Callers may remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is active and ongoing. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Parks-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29120\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Parks--226x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Parks--226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Parks-.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Garland \u201cFast Eddie\u201d Parks<\/em><\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Office of Media Communications, <a href=\"mailto:msp.media@maryland.gov\">msp.media@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(WESTOVER, MD) \u2014 Maryland State Police are seeking the public\u2019s assistance in helping to locate a man wanted in connection with a first-degree assault that occurred in Somerset County earlier this week. The suspect, identified as Garland Edward Parks, 58, of Rumbly, Maryland, has an arrest warrant issued for him for first-degree assault. Parks is<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2024\/09\/12\/maryland-state-police-searching-for-suspect-wanted-in-connection-with-assault-in-somerset-county\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barracksx-princess-anne","category-press-releases","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29121,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29119\/revisions\/29121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}