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Montgomery County Transit Employee Charged with Assaulting Pregnant Woman

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Gaithersburg, MD - A Montgomery County Transit Services employee has been arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman on a Ride On bus.

On Monday, February 3, 2025, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police 2nd District station, along with Montgomery County Fire Rescue, responded to the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase for a reported assault.

Video evidence showed a verbal altercation began between the bus driver, 36-year-old Paul Simms of Laurel, and the pregnant female victim.

The argument escalated and resulted in Simms strangling and physically assaulting the victim before throwing her to the ground outside of the bus.

Montgomery County Police obtained an arrest warrant, and on Tuesday, February 4, Simms turned himself in at the 2nd District Station, where he was served with the warrant. Simms has been charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, crime of violence against a pregnant person, and reckless endangerment.

Simms is being held at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit where he is awaiting a bond hearing.

 

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Release ID: 25-044
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: arrest , assault