Officers in Maryland respond to reported assault, discover guns and unusual group of animals

An alleged battle successful Maryland led to an antithetic find aft deputies arrested a landlord accused of threatening his tenants astatine gunpoint and recovered an alligator, a caiman, a snake, an emu and six handguns connected the property, authorities said.

Sir Leander Evans Gamble, 57, of Waldorf, was arrested July 3 aft deputies responded to a reported battle involving a firearm astatine a spot connected Penjack Place, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators said Gamble confronted 3 radical renting a trailer connected his property, physically assaulted them and past retrieved a handgun from his residence. He allegedly pointed the limb astatine the victims and threatened to harm them earlier deputies took him into custody astatine the scene.

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Sir Leander Evans Gamble, 57, of Waldorf, Maryland, was charged with aggravated assault. (Charles County Sheriff's Office)

Police identified the victims arsenic a woman, her 28-year-old lad and the son's girlfriend, who was 8 months large astatine the clip of the incident, FOX5 DC reported. The pistillate told the presumption she had been near traumatized and financially strained aft the confrontation.

Authorities executed a hunt warrant astatine Gamble's residence and recovered six handguns, the sheriff's bureau said.

An alligator, similar the 1 pictured above, was recovered during the investigation, according to authorities. (iStock)

The probe took different crook erstwhile Charles County Animal Control officers responding to the country recovered aggregate animals allegedly being kept successful neglectful conditions, including an alligator, a caiman, a snake, an emu, dogs, cats and pigs.

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"Charles County Animal Control officers determined the animals were being kept successful conditions that did not comply with Maryland carnal cruelty statutes," Jennifer L. Harris, main of media services for the Charles County Government, said successful a connection to the outlet.

All the animals were removed from the property, Harris said, adding that Animal Control's probe into their payment remains active.

An emu, similar the 1 pictured above, was recovered astatine the spot during the investigation, authorities said. (Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union via Reuters, File)

The renters besides alleged that a canine named Carter died aft Gamble failed to supply aerial conditioning successful the trailer, according to FOX 5. Animal Control has not confirmed the dog's origin of death.

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Gamble was charged with aggravated assault, and authorities said further charges could beryllium filed arsenic the probe continues. He was being held without enslaved astatine the Charles County Detention Center.