Two Arrested in OCI Pub Stabbing

PINEY POINT --- St. Mary's Sheriff's Deputies and State Police investigators in the joint task force known as the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, tracked down a man who allegedly stabbed another during a fight early Sunday morning at the OCI bar, a notorious landmark of hooliganism over the years, while the victim was flown to a hospital. 
On February 8^th, 2004 at approximately 1:10 AM members of the Maryland State Police and St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office responded to the O.C.I. Pub located in Piney Point, MD for the reported stabbing. A victim, identified as Gary Gates Maxson, was discovered sufferring from one or more lacerations to his torso area and was flown by Trooper 7 to the Prince Georges Shock Trauma Unit. The victim underwent surgery and is currently listed in Critical Condition. A suspect, identified as Michael Wayne Watson, was located a short distance from the establishment and it was discovered an associate, identified as Tony Patrick Evans, assisted suspect Watson in fleeing the area after the incident. Detectives from the St. Mary's County Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) further investigated the incident and it was determined suspect Watson assaulted the victim with a knife resulting from a dispute bewteen the two from within the O.C.I. Pub. The suspect was later placed under arrest and charged with Assault 1^st Degree and Assault 2^nd Degree. Tony Evans was also placed under arrest and charged with Accessory After The Fact for assisting suspect Watson with escaping from the scene. Both are currently incarcerated at the St. Mary's County Detention Center waiting their appearance before the District Court Commissioner.