Teen Is Charged in Slaying of Schoolmate

A Charles County high school football player has been charged with first-degree murder and other counts in the fatal stabbing Wednesday of one of his schoolmates, authorities said yesterday.

Demetrius J. Glover, 17, who lived with his uncle in Waldorf, was arrested Friday after he gave police a statement saying that he killed Antonio McVicker, also 17 and from Waldorf. Glover told investigators that he attacked McVicker in an attempt to rob him of drugs and money but declined to answer further questions, authorities said. Police said they had no evidence to suggest that McVicker was carrying drugs or that Glover took anything from him.

"It doesn't appear to be a typical robbery," said Assistant Charles County Sheriff Joseph C. Montminy Jr.

About 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said, Glover was riding near Jubilee Way and Dorset Drive in Waldorf with two friends, ages 17 and 24, authorities said. He jumped out of the car and approached McVicker, who was walking with a 17-year-old friend, authorities said. Without a word, police said, Glover stabbed McVicker in the abdomen and got back in the car. He eventually went to another house in the area, then went to school as usual the next day, authorities said.

Witnesses said a white Lexus had been in the area, and it became a key to linking Glover to the crime, Montminy said. Shortly after the incident, investigators located and talked to Glover and the other two people in the car, he said. On Friday, Glover came to the Charles County Sheriff's Office, where he gave an account different from his first and told authorities that he killed McVicker, Montminy said. He was arrested and ordered held without bail yesterday.

Montminy said investigators do not think the others in the Lexus knew what had happened until afterward. Neither has been charged. Police do not think the 17-year-old walking with McVicker was involved, Montminy said.

McVicker's mother, Carmen Proctor, 37, said she doubts that her son was robbed. She said that although her son never mentioned Glover by name, the two probably knew each other from school.

"I'm happy that they got somebody, but knowing why, you know, is what's important," she said. "It could be, you know, just people not liking each other."

McVicker was a junior at McDonough High School, where he was known as a quiet kid who was once on the wrestling team and loved green tea, family members said. Glover was a sophomore at McDonough, where he played defense for the varsity football team, a schools spokeswoman said.

A man who identified himself in a phone interview as Glover's grandfather but declined to give his name said Glover had moved to Maryland from Florida last year to see whether his football prowess might impress college scouts. The grandfather and Glover's uncle declined to comment on the charges.