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Montgomery County firefighter’s lawsuit says cops’ no-knock raid ‘terrorized an innocent family’ Montgomery County firefighter lawsuit says cops terrorized an innocent family A Montgomery County firefighter has filed a lawsuit saying police used a no-knock warrant to terrorize his family. ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Montgomery County firefighter is suing the county and police department over a "no knock" warrant and raid that attorneys say, "terrorized an innocent family." Attorneys ...

Officer Glenn Altshuler The lawsuit states that 28 other officers were involved in the raid, but the plaintiffs haven’t yet identified them. Montgomery County spokesman Scott Peterson wrote in an email to Bethesda Beat on Thursday that the county can’t comment on the lawsuit “due to pending litigation.” The Palmas rented out their basement as an apartment to a woman in her 50s in 2019. The woman’s son, David Zelaya, a college student in his 20s, sometimes stayed there, too, according ...

Hernan Palma says tactical officers botched the raid and pointed a gun at his teenage daughter.

A lawsuit filed by a Montgomery County, Maryland, firefighter claims police improperly raided his home in 2019 while carrying out a no-knock warrant and “terrorized” his family, including his 13-year-old daughter and his wife who was on in-home dialysis treatment and had a catheter in place at the time. The lawsuit filed by Hernan Palma and his family claims the police wrongly raided their house to arrest the son of a tenant who rented out the basement. The lawsuit claims that during the no...