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Multiple Montgomery County Police Officers Assaulted During Gaithersburg Arrest

For Immediate Release: Monday, July 3, 2023

Gaithersburg, MD – Multiple Montgomery County Police officers were assaulted, and two sustained serious injuries, on Friday, June 30, 2023.  

 

At approximately 8:03 p.m., 6th District officers responded to the 7900 block of Spiceberry Cir. for the report of an individual spraying a fire extinguisher in the hallway. 

 

Upon arrival, officers located a victim who stated that the same suspect broke into her apartment. Officers circulated the area and located the suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Jermaine Palmer, of Germantown, in the area of Washington Grove Ln. and Mineral Springs Dr.  An officer approached Palmer, at which point Palmer punched him in the face, causing the officer to fall backward onto the pavement and hit his head, leaving him unconscious. Palmer then ran away toward the Flower Hill Shopping Center. The officer was transported to an area hospital with serious, but non-life- threatening injuries.  

 

Multiple officers made contact with Palmer in the McDonald’s located in the 18270 block of Flower Hill Way and attempted to take him into custody. Palmer actively resisted and repeatedly punched multiple officers. After a struggle, officers placed Palmer into custody. Another officer was transported to an area hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.  

 

Palmer was transported to an area hospital for medical treatment and then to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he has been charged with multiple counts of assault, possession of controlled dangerous substances and burglary. He is being held without bond. 

 

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Release ID: 23-383
Media Contact: L.N.J.Ivey 
Categories: assault