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Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said cell phone records, hotel records and financial records helped prove the state’s case against Larlane Pannell Brown (70) and Hussain Ali Zadeh (50) who were co-defendants in the August 2014 death of 73-year-old Cecil Brown of Takoma Park. After a three week trial, both were convicted of second degree […]

At the Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse today, Judge Ronald Rubin sentenced 78-year-old John Lutz to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder of 23-year-old Nicole Castro, a social worker who was killed over 14 years ago, in March of 2002, in Silver Spring. “Judge Rubin got it right,” said State’s Attorney […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has announced the appointments of Sherri Koch, Marina Sabett, and Rand Gelber to the Montgomery County District Court. The governor’s appointments were made after reviewing submissions from the judicial nominating commission. “After conducting a thorough and comprehensive vetting process, I am honored to appoint Ms. Koch, Ms. Sabett, and Mr. Gelber […]

At an awards ceremony at the Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse on Wednesday, State’s Attorney John McCarthy was recognized with the Patriot Award for his support of military veterans working at his office who are periodically called up for duty. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can watch the news conference in its entirety, below: Capt. Andrew […]

The competency of Catherine Hoggle is scheduled to be discussed at a status hearing in District Court on Tuesday morning in Rockville. Hoggle has been treated for mental health issues at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital for the past two years. She is the last known person to have seen her children, Sarah and Jacob […]

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy held a news conference following a court hearing in the case of Zakieya Avery at the Rockville Circuit Courthouse on Sept. 15. Avery was arrested by Montgomery County police officers back in January of 2014 and charged with first degree murder in the deaths of two of her children. You […]

Judge Eugene Wolfe has denied a request by state prosecutors to hire a psychiatrist to conduct an independent competency evaluation of Catherine Hoggle, according to court documents posted online by The Washington Post. “The defendant is being evaluated by a team of medical professionals at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital and their opinion of the […]

State’s Attorney John McCarthy announced today that he has been diagnosed with cancer of the neck. According to a news release, McCarthy is being treated by a team of doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital and he is confident that by summer he will be completely recovered. McCarthy continues to manage the operations of the State’s Attorney Office. […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, defense attorney David Felsen responds to reports that his client, Catherine Hoggle, attempted to escape, more than once, from a state hospital where she is being treated for mental health issues. Hoggle is the last known person to have seen her children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared in Sept. […]

Doctors say Catherine Hoggle is mentally incompetent to stand trial. But some of her family members disagree. Now prosecutors want to challenge the doctors at a state hospital where Hoggle has been undergoing treatment for over a year, and they want to hire their own doctor to evaluate her. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports a judge […]