{"id":750541,"date":"2026-07-08T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750541\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:12:14","slug":"alligator-pigs-found-among-neglected-animals-in-maryland-home-during-assault-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750541\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligator, pigs found among neglected animals in Maryland home during assault call"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (7News) \u2014 Several animals were found neglected in a Charles County<\/a>, Maryland, home in early July after deputies were called to an alleged assault by the homeowner, according to Charles County Sheriff’s office officials. <\/p>\n

Deputies and county animal control officers found an alligator, caiman, snake, emu, dogs, cats, and pigs, among others, and six handguns inside a residence at the 10000 block of Penjack Place in Waldorf<\/a> on July 3. Sir Leander Evans Gamble, 57, was arrested during the incident.<\/p>\n

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A booking photo for Sir Leander Evans Gamble, 57, who was accused of assault in Waldorf, Md., on July 3, 2026. (Charles County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

Officers responded to the Penjack Place residence at around 12:30 p.m. after officials said he allegedly confronted and assaulted three people renting a trailer on his property. At some point, Gamble grabbed a handgun from his residence, pointed it at the victims, and threatened to harm them.<\/p>\n

Gamble was detained on scene, and it was while officers were carrying out a search warrant in his home that they found the animals, many of them neglected, according to officials. <\/p>\n

Gamble was accused of felony aggravated assault and three misdemeanor second-degree assault charges, and is being held without bond at the Charles County Detention Center. Officials said more charges are pending and an investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n

Online court records list three peace orders filed on July 5 against a person with the same name and date of birth as Gamble. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (7News) \u2014 Several animals were found neglected in a Charles County, Maryland, home in early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-750541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}