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Muhammad Moves From Va. to Md.
Sniper, Who Fought Transfer, Will Be Tried by Montgomery [County, Maryland]

Relevant parts of the story:

A silent John Allen Muhammad was driven from a Sussex County, Va., prison to a Maryland jail before dawn yesterday in what authorities called an uneventful trip that brought him to Montgomery County to face trial in six of the 2002 sniper slayings.

Fifteen employees of the Montgomery County sheriff's office, including a medic, rode in six cars as the convoy -- joined by a Virginia state trooper escorting it to the state line -- started the journey with Muhammad about 1 a.m.

The predawn transfer was done strategically, [Montgomery County, Md. Sheriff] Kight said.

"We didn't want the traffic to hamper us," he said. "At that hour of the morning, it's a lot easier to get him through
Washington traffic."