Straughn was sentenced to six months at the St. Mary’s County Detention Center
Howard Anthony Straughn, 18, of Hollywood
UPDATE 4/4/2018: Howard Anthony Straughn, 18, of Hollywood, was charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct for the beating of a fellow student at Leonardtown High School.
Straughn pleaded guilty to second-degree assault.udge
Straughn was sentenced to 18 months in the St. Mary’s County Detention Center, by Judge Riddle, with all but six months suspended.
Straughn will also be placed on three years of supervised probation.
12/1/2017: On Monday, November 27, 2017, at approximately 12:45 p.m., police responded to Leonardtown High School for the report of a fight.
Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, were first to arrive at the scene and assumed the investigation.
According to a spokesman from the Maryland State Police, three juveniles have been charged, and an arrest for one adult is pending.
Both agencies were aware of the fight, but neither the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office or the Maryland State Police had copy of the fight video when first contacted about the incident by SMNEWSNET, we have since provided them with a copy for their investigation and evidence.
At the time of the incident a school resource officer from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was not on location, and police from surrounding areas responded after a 911 call from the school.
More details will be provided as they become available.
