UPDATE 3/31/2025: Newly released court documents provided more information on the ongoing criminal case against Emerson Carl Schaeffer, 27, of St. Inigoes, who is now facing multiple charges in two separate incidents involving alleged assaults—including one case of felony child abuse. According to the documents, the alleged child abuse occurred nearly two years ago, on April 27, 2023, but was not reported until March 28, 2025. The delay stemmed from a lost video that was originally captured by a home security system and only recently recovered from cloud storage. Deputy J. Steeber of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office detailed the incident in an application for charges. He wrote that the mother of the 2-year-old male victim discovered the footage while reviewing archived content from a nanny cam system in her Lexington Park apartment. The video reportedly shows Schaeffer striking the child repeatedly with a spoon or similar object, causing the child to scream in pain. Schaeffer is then heard instructing the child to “put your nose in the corner” before continuing the alleged beating. Photos taken by the child’s grandmother two days after the incident reportedly show extensive bruising to the backs of the child’s legs. The mother told […]
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