Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Takoma Park Police Department announced the arrest of Donovan Xzavier Rivas, 20, of Rockville, Maryland, on a first-degree assault charge.
According to the department, on May 14, 2025, at approximately 12:46 p.m., officers responded to a report of a first-degree assault in the 7400 block of New Hampshire Avenue near the Quality Inn hotel. Upon arrival, officers discovered that Rivas was armed with a knife and had attacked a hotel guest, causing minor injuries. Several hotel guests intervened and successfully restrained Rivas until law enforcement arrived.
Rivas was arrested at the scene, charged with first-degree assault, and transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit.