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Sheriff's Office Announces the Arrest and Extradition of Fugitive David Edgardo Fuster From Mexico.

Montgomery County (Md.) Sheriff Raymond M. Kight, in cooperation with the U.S. Marshals Service, announced today that fugitive dentist David Edgardo Fuster, 51, has been returned to Montgomoery County, Maryland from Mexico City, Mexico for sentencing in the Montgomery County Circuit Court...Read More

Deputy Sheriff Starting Salary: $41,761

The current Sheriff, Raymond M. Kight, is the seventy third elected Sheriff to serve the County. Sheriff Kight was elected Sheriff in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. The Sheriff is a graduate of the University of Baltimore Law School receiving a Juris Doctor Degree in 1970. Sheriff Kight served with the Montgomery County Police from 1962 to 1966. Thereafter, he joined the Sheriff's Office, where he served as a Deputy Sheriff, Lieutenant and Chief Deputy before being elected Sheriff in 1986. Sheriff Kight served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1961 while stationed in Heidelberg, Germany.

The Sheriff's Office is the oldest law enforcement agency in Montgomery County having been established in July, 1777. The Maryland Constitution provides that the Sheriff be elected every four years and the Office comes under the Judicial Branch of Government. The Sheriff is therefore a State Constitutional Officer who functions autonomously from the Legislative and Executive branches of government.

For more history, visit our Department Info section.