UPDATE 1/20/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that a St. Mary’s County Jury found Defendant Aleksander A. Ivanchev, 40, of Lexington Park, guilty of two counts of criminally negligent manslaughter for the deaths of Melody Russell and Shawn Bailey following a July 2021 collision in Charlotte Hall. Sterling thanked members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office for their investigation and Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Laura Caspar, who prosecuted the case on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County. The defendant will be held without bond pending sentencing, which has been postponed to a later date. The Honorable Joseph Stanalonis presided over the case. UPDATE 3/11/2022: State’s Attorney Richard Fritz is pleased to announce that Aleksander Ivanchev has been returned to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center to await trial on charges for Second Degree Murder. Ivanchev was charged for killing Melody Russell and Shawn Bailey, both life-time residents of St. Mary’s County, in a collision in Charlotte Hall last year. Over the State’s objection, Ivanchev was released. Assistant State’s Attorney Laura A. Caspar was advised he violated the condition that he not drive by operating a tractor on the roadway with his infant on his lap and […]
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