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National Night Out 2017

On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, the State’s Attorney’s Office enjoyed being out in the community for National Night Out 2017...

Former instructional assistant charged with 119 counts

Charles County State’s Attorney Tony Covington (D) announced more than 100 additional charges for a former Charles County Public Schools...

7 ON YOUR SIDE: State digital evidence backlog keeps growing

  LA PLATA, Md. (ABC7) — LA PLATA, MD – As parents meet in La Plata Tuesday night to discuss...

WOACC Town Hall Meeting

On Tuesday, July 18, 2017, State’s Attorney Tony Covington spoke at a town hall meeting held by the Women of...

Movie theater shooter sentenced to 40 years

La Plata, MD – Deavan Quindel Jefferson, 20, found guilty May 5 of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a...

Star 98.3 Interview

On Tuesday, July 11, 2017, State’s Attorney Tony Covington was interviewed by the T-Bone and Heather Show on Star 98.3....

Woman sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter

La Plata, MD – Samantha Nicole Thomas, 33 of Waldorf, who sold a fatal dose of Fentanyl—a powerful synthetic opioid...

Movie theater shooter guilty of second-degree murder

La Plata, MD – It took longer to pick a jury in the first-degree murder trial of Deavan Quindel Jefferson,...

Former PG cop sentenced for murder

La Plata, MD – Anger and fear are the two most destructive forces in life. Consider Richard Travis Conway, 28,...