Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown will not bring criminal charges against the Baltimore County detective who fatally shot a man armed with a bow and arrow in Arbutus, closing the criminal review of a case that sparked alarm across a Southwest Baltimore County neighborhood.
The encounter on April 23, 2025, left 51-year-old Arvel Jones Sr. dead after police say he had been firing arrows at passing vehicles.
Attorney General Declines To Charge Officer
The Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division, known as the IID, finished its probe on February 24 and concluded that the detective who fired did not commit a crime under Maryland law. Prosecutors then declined to file charges, a decision first detailed by CBS Baltimore.
How The IID Described The Confrontation…