Tony grew up in Anne Arundel County, Maryland graduating from Arundel High School in 1979. He went on to graduate from South Carolina State College (SCSC) in Orangeburg, SC in 1983. Tony graduated top in his class and was honored by numerous organizations, including Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges and the National Dean’s List. The honor that Tony is most proud of, however, was being named a Distinguished Military Graduate through the United States Air Force (USAF) Reserve Officer Training Corps, just as his father had been upon his graduation from Morgan State University a generation before.
Tony met the love of his life Leatriz Dellahoussaye while attending SCSC. Shortly after her graduation in 1984 they married. They became the proud parents of twins, Tony Jr., and Domonique Michelle Covington in 1986.
Tony accepted his Commission as an Officer in the USAF after graduating in 1983. He served our great country on active duty for eight years and was a well-decorated Intelligence Officer. While living up to his military duties, Tony also was able to attend and graduate from the American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. Tony voluntarily separated from the Air Force in 1991 to pursue his legal career.
Upon his separation from the Air Force, Tony was sworn in as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Prince George’s County, MD. After eighteen months, Tony was asked to join the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO), where he prosecuted all types of crime until 1997. In 1997, Tony went into the private practice of law, where he litigated cases in every jurisdiction in Maryland and many states throughout the country, including New York, Kentucky, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.
In 2003, after six years of success in private practice, Tony returned to the CCSAO to become Deputy State’s Attorney. Tony served the citizens of Charles County in that capacity until January of 2011, trying virtually all the most serious and infamous cases in the county. In 2010, upon his predecessor’s retirement, Tony ran for and was elected State’s Attorney. On January 3, 2011, Tony made history when he became the first African American to take the oath of office as the State’s Attorney for Charles County, Maryland. Tony was re-elected State’s Attorney in 2014, 2018, and, most recently, 2022.