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Antonio Planas
Antonio “Tony” Planas is an express reporter for The Banner’s Montgomery County team. His focus is on law enforcement and immigration issues. He previously worked on the breaking news desk at NBC News, where he juggled writing about the nation’s biggest stories of the day. Tony’s career has focused on shining a spotlight on underserved communities, including leading a team of reporters in Boston who unearthed the city’s more than 300 unsolved homicides spanning a decade and the sizeable disparity in police arrest rates for Black victims compared to white victims. Tony is a Michigan State alumnus who enjoys watching his beloved Spartans compete on the gridiron and basketball court.
Melvin Andrew Pinkney Jr. was arrested for posing as a police officer after conducting a traffic stop on a Montgomery County Police officer who was working in an unmarked cruiser.
The search for a man who disappeared from a group of swimmers in the Potomac River on Sunday will continue on Tuesday, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
Liam Coskun, of Darnestown, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2025 fatal crash in Gaithersburg, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney's Office.
Three workers were hospitalized with electric shock and burn injuries after a possible explosion in an electric shaft at the Medical Center Metro Station in Bethesda on Monday.
A Montgomery County company secured a $5.1 million no-bid contract to gild the “Arts of War” and “Arts of Peace” statues near the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
Terrance Brainell Williams was arrested Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month outside the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, according to Montgomery County Police.
Charles Joseph Ali, of Rockville, was arrested for allegedly throwing a keg through Georgetown Cupcake’s front window earlier this week, D.C. police said on Thursday.
A Burtonsville man who is accused of stabbing his mother to death was arrested in North Carolina and awaits extradition to Montgomery County, police said on Monday.
A motorcyclist died following a crash with a vehicle in Gaithersburg Saturday night, Montgomery County Police said. The collision took place near the intersection of West Diamond Avenue and an Interstate 270 ramp.
Three people seen leaving Greenwood Elementary School this month are suspects in antisemitic graffiti found there, Montgomery County Police said Wednesday.
Ivan Rivas, the school bus driver who was cited in the crash that killed an 11-year-old girl in Rockville last year, is scheduled to go to trial on July 30.