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.
A man fatally shot his relative in downtown Silver Spring Friday afternoon. The two men argued in a Tesla and then exited the car prior to the shooting, according to Montgomery County Police.
A Rockville man was sentenced to 40 years in prison in the 2022 death of Keylin Chavez Dominguez, his ex-girlfriend, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The state has opened an investigation into an agrement with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office amid potential compliance issues with child support enforcement duties.
A judge found Iris Alonzo-Salgado guilty of first-degree murder in the 2023 death of a teen girl who was stabbed with a machete in the woods in Olney at the direction of MS-13.
Two former cops say evidence about alternative suspects in former American University professor Sue Marcum's killing should have been available to the jury.
Edwin Javier Aragon, police allege, killed his wife Sarahi Concepcion Aragon-Cruz last week. The couple were going through a divorce and he has a history of verbally and physically abusing her, according to a court record.
Police are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a woman inside a Silver Spring home on Thursday. The male suspect fled the scene after the shooting, police said.