Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office

Charges will not be filed against a Montgomery County officer who pursued a driver Feb. 26. During Officer Antonio Copeland’s pursuit, driver Noraly Paz Chavez crashed her car, and was… Read More

Shawndel Arnez Weems de Columbia fue sentenciado el viernes a 50 años de prisión por la muerte a tiros del estudiante de la escuela secundaria Richard Montgomery, Simeon Mukuna, de… Read More

Shawndel Arnez Weems of Columbia was sentenced to 50 years in prison Friday in the shooting death of Richard Montgomery High School student Simeon Mukuna, 18. The two did not… Read More

No charges will be filed against four Montgomery County Police officers following the Dec. 29, 2021 fatal shooting of Osman Sesay, 27, of Silver Spring by police. Their actions were… Read More

Shawndel Arnez Weems, 24, of Columbia was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Richard Montgomery High School student Simeon Mukuna, 18. A Howard County jury… Read More

Rhonda LeRoux says Montgomery County Police failed to de-escalate the situation that ended in officers fatally shooting her son, 21-year-old Ryan LeRoux. LeRoux was killed by Montgomery County Police (MCPD)… Read More

Montgomery County Police held a press conference Tuesday to review officer body camera footage from the July 16 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Ryan LeRoux at a McDonald’s restaurant in Gaithersburg.… Read More

Montgomery County police officers shot and killed a man following an “armed standoff” at a McDonald’s in Gaithersburg after someone reported he was refusing to pay or move his car… Read More

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy who shot and killed a Laytonsville man, who multiple witnesses said was acting erratically and struck the deputy with a long piece of wood, acted… Read More

The Montgomery County Police Department SWAT team officer who was not charged in the fatal shooting of a Potomac man March 12, 2020 has returned to fulltime duty. Following a… Read More