July 6, 2021
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Prince George s County Deputy State s Attorney Perry Paylor has filed to run against incumbent Montgomery County State s Attorney John McCarthy in the 2022 Democratic primary.
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This story was updated at 8 p.m. on July 6, 2021, to add comments from Perry Paylor
Prince George’s County Deputy State’s Attorney Perry Paylor has filed to run against incumbent John McCarthy in the 2022 Democratic primary for Montgomery County state’s attorney.
Paylor is the third candidate announcing a challenge to McCarthy, who is seeking a fifth term next year.
Paylor, a 52-year-old Silver Spring resident, currently oversees the grand jury screening, guns and drugs, major crimes and post-trial units in Prince George’s County, according to a campaign press release.
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The Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office has found that a Montgomery County deputy sheriff who fatally shot a man who attacked him with a large tree branch did nothing wrong.
Sgt. Frank Pruitt of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot Kevin Costlow, 52, of Laytonsville on Feb. 6. Costlow was seen driving erratically, then tried to attack multiple people, according to the sheriff’s office.
Costlow was driving on Onley Laytonsville Road (Md. 108) when he almost crashed into one car, then front-ended another, Sheriff Darren Popkin said at the time. Costlow then used a large tree branch to attack people in the car he had hit, Popkin said.
An FBI agent who shot a man during a confrontation aboard a moving subway train just outside Washington was indicted on attempted murder and other counts,