FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2017

PRESS RELEASE

John Mullican, IV to Serve 20 Years

FREDERICK – 11/7/17 – John Mullican, IV, 39, of Frederick, Maryland appeared before the Honorable Scott L. Rolle and was sentenced to a total of 25 years in the Division of Correction, with all but 20 years suspended. Upon completion of his sentence, the defendant will be placed on 5 years of unsupervised probation, with the condition of contact with the victim. The defendant will have to serve at least 50% of his sentence before being eligible for parole, as he was convicted of a crime of violence.

On May 22, 2017, a Frederick County jury returned a guilty verdict against John Mullican, IV for First and Second Degree Assault.

On October 26, 2016, deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Houck Road in Union Bridge, Maryland in reference to a report of a domestic disturbance in progress. While en route, deputies received additional information that the suspect was banging on the bathroom door where the victim was hiding. Upon arrival, the suspect was not located during a visual check of the exterior of the residence. While the victim was visible through an upstairs window, a deputy observed the defendant’s legs through an opening in the garage door. He retreated back into the home after the deputy announced his presence. Eventually, the victim came out the front door of the residence. The defendant could no longer be located. The victim stated that the defendant grabbed her and slammed her into items of furniture inside her living room. Multiple lacerations and bruises were observed on the victim’s head, face, and arms. The victim was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment. She suffered a fractured nose, injury to the right eye orbital, a laceration requiring staples on the back of her head and a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

The State was represented by Assistant State’s Tammy Leache.

J. Charles Smith, III
State’s Attorney for Frederick County, Maryland