Crime & Safety
No Charges To Be Filed In Fatal MOCO Police Chase
The Maryland attorney general said Wednesday no charges will be filed in a December 2023 fatal police chase in Montgomery County.
WHEATON, MD — The Maryland attorney general said Wednesday no charges will be filed in a December 2023 police chase in Montgomery County. A teenage passenger in the vehicle that fled police died in a crash.
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision to forego charges in the Dec. 13, 2023, incident that began about 10:15 p.m. when Montgomery County Police officers attempted a traffic stop on a Nissan Maxima near Georgia Avenue and Plyers Mill Road. The Nissan fled and briefly eluded police, who then located the car near Bucknell Drive and Cambridge Park Court in Wheaton and attempted a second traffic stop.
According to the report from Brown's office, the Nissan struck a marked Montgomery County Police car and drove off. Officers pursued the Nissan onto northbound Georgia Avenue, and at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Henderson Avenue, the driver of the Nissan struck a median, lost control, and veered into the southbound lanes of Georgia Avenue, where it collided with two vehicles.
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The report said the Nissan was traveling at 87 mph at the time of the crash, while Georgia Avenue has a speed limit of 25 mph there.
The driver of the Nissan, Antione Terrell Randall Jr., then 19, of Arlington, Virginia, was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The passenger in the Nissan, a juvenile male who authorities have not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Body camera footage from officers at the crash scene showed the Nissan flipped onto its side, airbags inflated and the front windshield was shattered, MOCO 360 reported.
The drivers and one passenger in the other two vehicles were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. None of the officers were hurt.
The Office of the Attorney General has determined that none of the officers involved in the fatal pursuit committed a crime under Maryland law.
A copy of the IID’s detailed investigative findings and analysis of relevant legal issues can be found here.
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