Montgomery Community Media

Gov. Larry Hogan is one of 11 governors who want Congress to reject the latest maneuvers by the Republican-led U.S. Senate and work with Democrats to pass affordable health care. In a letter, the governors call on both parties in Congress to “do what we can all agree on: fix our unstable insurance markets.” And […]

Vehicle-related theft dropped 7.9 percent from 2015 to 2016, but increased 19.4 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2016. The statistics are contained in a report presented to the Public Safety Committee of the Montgomery County Council on Monday. Here is Capt. Michael Ward describing the […]

Traffic fatalities decreased in Montgomery County from 38 to 33 in 2016. Hear county Police Chief Tom Manger talk about the statistics at Monday’s meeting of the County Council’s Public Safety Committee:

UPDATE: Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will meet with Police Chief Tom Manger and State’s Attorney John McCarthy within the next month to decide how to provide more resources to law enforcement to combat increasing gang activity, Leggett spokesman Patrick Lacefield said Tuesday. “We want to make sure we’re doing it in the most effective […]

Rockville police are looking for a man who attacked a store worker July 4, according to the latest city crime summary. The incident occurred between 12:50 p.m. and 1:05 p.m. in the 1300 block of Rockville Pike, when the worker was waiting on a customer, the crime summary says. That’s when a man approached from […]

Incidents and arrests contained in the latest Montgomery County police crime summary: Rockville: A commercial burglary occurred at the Castle Mini Storage at 12040 Parklawn Drive between about 6 p.m. on June 28 and about 7 a.m. on June 29. Forced entry; nothing was taken. Four thefts from vehicles occurred between about 8 p.m. June […]

A 45-year-old Germantown woman died from injuries suffered in an automobile wreck Sunday in the Olney area, a Montgomery County police statement said. The collision occurred before 10:30 a.m. at Bowie Mill and Fraley Farm roads, police said. Preliminary investigation revealed both cars were traveling on Bowie Mill Road in opposite directions near Fraley Farm Road, […]

Police released surveillance images Friday of a man who assaulted a Ride On bus driver in Rockville early Tuesday morning. The bus had left the Shady Grove Metro Station when the man and the driver got into a verbal altercation, police said. During the argument, the driver tried to call police. At that time, the […]

Montgomery County police are investigating two unrelated robberies that started as online sales, and officers are encouraging residents to use “safe exchange zones” to conduct such transactions. Here’s a MyMCMedia video of Germantown District Capt. Mark Plazinski describing the safe exchange zone at the district’s station at 20000 Aircraft Drive. Both robberies took place in […]

Changes at a local shopping center and blooming sunflowers topped our Top 10 list this week. We had several public safety stories included the ongoing legal proceedings on Catherine Hoggle’s competency and the sentencing of a man who went on a shooting spree. Construction of a bridge over I-270 got underway. A bridge over the […]