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WALDORF, MD. – Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry reports that a posse of Charles County detectives and members of a United States Marshal’s Task Force set out to find an ex-con and alleged perpetrator of attempted murder that took place on April 14, 2025, in Waldorf.
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As a result of the investigation, Detectives charged the suspect with attempted murder, recovered two stolen firearms, and arrested additional people with active warrants.
On August 22, 2025, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division, along with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, located a suspect wanted in connection with an attempted murder case on October Place.
The circumstances of the case are as follows:
On April 14, 2025, an adult male was shot multiple times in the chest while on October Place in Waldorf, Maryland, and was transported to a hospital, where he survived his injuries.
Through investigation, detectives identified Earl Tyree Porter, 30 (DOB 12/16/1994) of 3008 Charleton Court, Waldorf, Maryland, as the primary suspect in this case. Due to Porter’s transient lifestyle, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force was contacted to assist in locating him.
PORTER SHOT VICTIM IN THE FACE WHEN CRASHING A PARTY IN WALDORF IN 2012
On July 11, 2012, Charles County Sheriff’s detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Earl Tyree Porter, 17, of Waldorf, in connection with a shooting that occurred at a party on July 7, 2012, in the 4900 block of Derryfield Court in Waldorf. Porter and a group of friends showed up at the party, uninvited, after hearing about it through social networking. Porter began arguing with several people at the party and pulled a handgun and fired multiple shots. One of the rounds struck a 19-year-old male in the face. Porter fled, and the victim was transported to a hospital where he was admitted in stable condition. Detectives subsequently identified Porter as the shooter and obtained an arrest warrant charging him as an adult with attempted murder. Porter was located at his residence and arrested without incident. Evidence linking Porter to the shooting was also recovered. Porter was remanded to the Charles County Detention Center with no bond.
Porter was convicted of use of a firearm in a violent crime and first-degree assault in Charles County Circuit Court on March 15, 2019, and sentenced by Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer Jr to 20 years in prison on the charge of assault, with all but five years suspended. On the gun charge, Judge Greer sentenced Porter to 15 years with all, but five years suspended.
On August 22, 2025, members of the task force, along with the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group, served a search warrant related to this investigation in the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf. Inside the residence, investigators located Porter, Damon Justin Dancy, 30, of Waldorf, and Dnai Collins, 26, (DOB 4/29/1999) of 3004 Gallery Place, Apt. 24, Waldorf. During the search, detectives recovered two stolen semi-automatic handguns, controlled dangerous substances, and other evidence. Further investigation revealed that Dancy had three active warrants through Charles County, and Collins had an active warrant as a fugitive from justice through Fairfax County, Virginia.
Porter was arrested by Charles County Sheriff Detective M. Bigelow and charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, and use of a firearm in a violent crime. District Court Judge Kenneth Talley ordered him to be held without bond.
On August 25, a judge ordered that Dancy could be released from the Charles County Jail on electronic monitoring, and Collins could be released on personal recognizance.