Maryland Attorney General Files No Charges in Fatal Brandywine Police-Involved Collision
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced on November 10 that he will not seek charges in the August 25, 2026 fatal police-involved collision in Brandywine involving the Charles County Sheriff's Office, after his office's Independent Investigations Division (IID) found the subject officers did not commit a crime under Maryland law.
On August 25 at about 10:21 a.m., Charles County officers conducted a felony traffic stop of a Toyota sedan at the request of the Arlington County Police Department, which believed a person wanted on more than twenty warrants was inside. After the driver complied and got out, front-seat passenger Jane Doe climbed into the driver's seat and fled at high speed with back-seat passenger Alexis Cummings still inside. The pursuit covered about 5.1 miles over roughly four minutes; the Toyota drove northbound in the southbound lanes of U.S. 301 and collided head-on with an uninvolved motorist. Cummings was pronounced dead at a hospital; Doe and the other motorist were treated and released, and no officers were injured.
The IID began investigating on August 25 and concluded on November 4; its detailed findings are in its declination report.
(Source: Maryland Attorney General's Office)
Source: Maryland Attorney General's Office
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