LEONARDTOWN, MD (May 29, 2025) – Andrew Phillip Nelson, 29, of Hollywood, was apprehended without incident in Mechanicsville on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, on an open warrant for Second-Degree Escape.

 

On April 21, 2025, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 43000 block of Saint Johns Road in Hollywood after receiving a tampering alert from Nelson’s GPS monitoring device. Upon arrival, deputies located the removed device, and a witness reported observing Nelson using bolt cutters to remove it.

 

At the time of the incident, Nelson was on pre-trial release while facing charges of First- and Second-Degree Assault.

 

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