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Montgomery County firefighterâs lawsuit says copsâ no-knock raid âterrorized an innocent familyâ Montgomery County firefighter lawsuit says cops terrorized an innocent family A Montgomery County firefighter has filed a lawsuit saying police used a no-knock warrant to terrorize his family. ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Montgomery County firefighter is suing the county and police department over a no knock warrant and raid that attorneys say, terrorized an innocent family. Attorneys representing the Palma family filed suit on Wednesday naming several Montgomery County members, including the police chief. They allege Hernan Palma, his wife and 14-year-old daughter were subject to an illegal and unreasonable seizure with excessive force in September of 2019. ....
Officer Glenn Altshuler The lawsuit states that 28 other officers were involved in the raid, but the plaintiffs haven’t yet identified them. Montgomery County spokesman Scott Peterson wrote in an email to Bethesda Beat on Thursday that the county can’t comment on the lawsuit “due to pending litigation.” The Palmas rented out their basement as an apartment to a woman in her 50s in 2019. The woman’s son, David Zelaya, a college student in his 20s, sometimes stayed there, too, according to court documents. Starting in May 2019, Montgomery County police started investigating Zelaya for possession of firearms and distribution of controlled dangerous substances. ....
A lawsuit filed by a Montgomery County, Maryland, firefighter claims police improperly raided his home in 2019 while carrying out a no-knock warrant and “terrorized” his family, including his 13-year-old daughter and his wife who was on in-home dialysis treatment and had a catheter in place at the time. The lawsuit filed by Hernan Palma and his family claims the police wrongly raided their house to arrest the son of a tenant who rented out the basement. The lawsuit claims that during the no-knock warrant, the police stormed the upstairs part of the family’s home early in the morning of Sept. 13, 2019 and beat Hernan, used excessive force against his wife and daughter, and caused an extreme amount of damage to their home. ....