BRANDYWINE, Md. — Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown will not pursue criminal charges against two Charles County sheriff’s deputies involved in a police pursuit that ended in a deadly crash in August.
The Attorney General’s Office said an investigation found the deputies did not commit a crime under Maryland law.
The crash happened Aug. 25 after deputies attempted a traffic stop on a Toyota sedan along eastbound Maryland Route 5 near Lakewood Place in St. Charles. Arlington County, Virginia, police requested the stop, believing a person wanted on more than 20 warrants was inside the vehicle.
According to investigators, the driver initially pulled over, but the person sitting in the front seat climbed into the driver’s seat and drove away with another passenger, Alexis Cummings, still inside.
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Police identified the woman who got behind the wheel as 34-year-old Miya Stringfield, who was wanted on more than 20 warrants across Maryland and Virginia.
Deputies pursued the vehicle for about five miles over roughly four minutes. Investigators said the vehicle eventually traveled the wrong way on U.S. 301 before colliding head-on with another vehicle in Brandywine.
Cummings, 33, of Temple Hills, died at a hospital. Stringfield and the other motorist were treated for their injuries and released. No officers were injured.
The Attorney General’s Office began investigating the incident on Aug. 25 and completed its investigation Nov. 4. Brown announced his decision not to pursue charges Nov. 10.
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