Three Harford County men are accused of breaking into the Abingdon home of one of their ex-girlfriends and violently attacking her and her current boyfriend.
Matthew Dewight Tingler, 23, of the 300 block of Oakway Court in Joppa; Richard Charles Schofield, 23, of the 2000 block of David Drive in Edgewood; and Charles Christopher Fruhling, 21, of the 1900 block of Chipper Drive in Edgewood broke into Schofield?s ex-girlfriend?s home in the 3100 block of Abingdon Road shortly before midnight Sunday, according to Bob Thomas, a spokesman for the Harford County Sheriff?s Office.
Once inside, Schofield, Fruhling and Tingler assaulted Schofield?s ex-girlfriend, Melissa Lynn Lowrey, 27, and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Marc Edward Travers, of Havre de Grace, Thomas said.
Thomas said the three suspects beat Lowrey on the face, and used knives to slash Travers? legs “almost to the bone.”
“This was a disgusting and cowardly act involving a domestic situation,” Thomas said Monday. “The injuries to the victim [Travers] are certainly severe and will require extensive repair.”
Thomas said Travers almost bled to death as a result of the assault.
Travers was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, and Lowrey was transported to the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air for injuries to her face. Travers was listed in critical condition Monday evening.
Schofield was being held at the Harford County Detention Center in lieu of a $1 million bond, and Fruhling was being held on no bail.
Deputies found Tingler early Monday evening.
Each is facing charges of breaking and entering, first-degree assault and attempted first-degree murder.
