Maryland Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Ambushing Ex-Girlfriend and Stabbing Her in Attack

             WASHINGTON – A Maryland man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for repeatedly stabbing an ex-girlfriend after he accosted her when she was leaving her workplace in Northwest Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            Meverard Edward Paul, 30, of Adelphi, Maryland, also known as Meverard Edward, pleaded guilty in February 2020, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, to a charge of assault with intent to kill while armed. The plea, which was contingent upon the Court’s approval, called for a sentence of 14 to 18 years. The Honorable Milton C. Lee accepted the plea and sentenced the defendant accordingly. Following his prison term, Paul will be placed on five years of supervised release.

            According to the government’s evidence, Paul threatened his ex-girlfriend after she broke up with him in January 2018. She subsequently obtained a civil protective order in Maryland. Paul complied with the order for about a week, but then he began contacting the woman from social media accounts and various phone numbers. Then, at 11 p.m. on May 15, 2018, he followed her into her car as she left work in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW.

            Paul repeatedly stabbed the woman with a kitchen knife, pulled her out of the car by her hair, and dragged her into a stairwell and down a flight of stairs before cutting her throat. He then pulled her across the street into a wooded area, where he demanded that she drop the civil protective order and made further threats. He then forced her back to the car to start driving him home, but she convinced him to let her drive herself to the hospital, alone. She had stab wounds to her face, hands, forearms, and buttocks, along with the laceration to her throat.

            Paul was arrested on May 18, 2018 and has been in custody ever since.

            In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Contee commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also acknowledged the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Paralegal Specialist Tiffany Jones and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eliot Folsom, Eric S. Nguyen, Grace Richards, Michael McGovern, and Lauren Galloway.