Deputies Justified in Firing at SUV Breaching Mar-a-Lago Checkpoint, Investigation Concludes

Hannah Roemhild, who was having a mental health crisis at the time, was found not guilty by reason of insanity and is now undergoing psychiatric treatment.

• Two Florida sheriff’s deputies, Detective Christopher Farron and Lt. John Paul Harvey, were justified in firing at Hannah Roemhild, a Connecticut opera singer, when she sped her rented SUV through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in January 2020.
• Roemhild was having a mental health crisis at the time of the incident and was not hurt despite the deputies' bullets shattering the Jeep’s windows.
• An internal affairs investigation concluded that the deputies followed agency firearms policy and no disciplinary action was taken.
• Federal and state prosecutors reached plea agreements with Roemhild two years ago that found her not guilty by reason of insanity.
• Roemhild, now 34, has since undergone psychiatric counseling and is taking medications, with monthly blood tests to confirm compliance.

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