Officer fired for misconduct
One Gaithersburg police officer has been fired and two have been suspended over misconduct allegations.
Gaithersburg police said in a statement that three officers recently had their police powers suspended because of “serious, unrelated allegations of misconduct.” On Wednesday, one of the officers was fired, the statement said.
Police would not disclose the names of the officers or the nature of the allegations. Officer Dan Lane, a Gaithersburg police spokesman, said the suspensions were a personnel matter and the officers aren’t expected to face criminal charges. Lane would not describe any other identifying information about the officers.
The fired officer and one of the suspended officers had been assigned to patrol duties. The other suspended officer was assigned to administrative duties, Lane said.
A Montgomery County police spokeswoman said she wasn’t aware of any investigation by Montgomery police into officers on the Gaithersburg force.
Cops: Student had gun in school
A Maryland high school student is facing weapons charges after he allegedly brought a gun to school.
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said the student, a 15-year-old boy whose name was not released because of his age, brought a handgun to Tuscarora High School.
Deadly crash in Hybla Valley
Fairfax County police say a person was killed in a fiery one-car crash in Hybla Valley.
Police said the person was speeding in a 2005 Cadillac sedan south on Harrison Lane on Tuesday afternoon when the driver missed a sharp curve in the road and continued straight, down the entrance to Huntley Meadows Park. The car then struck a tree and caught fire.
A medical examiner will try to determine the person’s identity during an autopsy, police said.
Emily Babay
