Jury convicts man of murder for 2022 slaying in Great Mills

A Lexington Park man was found guilty earlier this week for the slaying of a 33-year-old St. Mary’s man that occurred two years ago.

The St. Mary’s County state’s attorney’s office announced earlier this week that Cherron Montril Waul, 46, was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury following a three-day trial.

Waul in February 2022 was arrested for the murder and armed robbery of Jermell Delontae Jones, 33, whose body was found lying on the ground in the 21100 block of Great Mills Road at 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2022.

“This horrific attack was pre-meditated and calculated,” St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling (R) said in a release. “The defendant lured the victim from his home to a secluded area near Great Mills High School, where he unsparingly stabbed the victim 19 times and ultimately killed him.”

Waul will be held without bond pending a sentencing hearing in June and faces a maximum penalty of life without the possibility of parole, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

Judge Joseph M. Stanalonis presided over the case.

Senior assistant state’s attorneys Jeffrey R. Maylor and Donna C. Pettersen prosecuted the case. Detective Warren Forinash of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was the lead investigator.