Fairfax man first to be convicted in Montgomery County from evidence captured by a drone

A Fairfax, Virginia, man was found guilty of second-degree assault in a Montgomery County, Maryland, court this week based on video footage captured by a drone.
The jury trial conviction Wednesday was the first to result from the county’s Drone as First Responder program. 

The drone, which was in the area along with a Montgomery County Police Department officer, saw Jovan Ali, 45, stab another person in the shoulder in Silver Spring on April 17, per a release Friday from the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office.

The drone was “watching him take the knife out of his pocket, watching him stab another human being, and then … the dr …