Montgomery Community Media

A man who pointed a rifle at another man at a Poolesville house has been charged with assault, a Montgomery County police spokesman said Thursday. Fernando Flores-Sandoval, 47, of the 15800 block of Budd Road, Officer Rick Goodale said. Quoting the charging documents, Goodale said Flores-Sandoval was recently fired from a landscaping company. The victim, […]

An assault rifle and a shotgun stolen from a Rockville City Police cruiser were discovered in two stolen cars near Albert Einstein High School in North Kensington, Montgomery County police said. A Wheaton man, 18, and a juvenile face auto theft charges, Montgomery County police statement said. The 18-year-old, Mario G. Alvarado of the 2900 […]

UPDATE: The man was taken into custody at 5:40 p.m., a police spokeswoman said. Original post: A man pointed a gun at another man and then barricaded himself inside a house in Poolesville, Montgomery County police said Wednesday. Police spent three hours negotiating with the man, who was holed up inside a house in the […]

Here are five things to know today, May 4, in Montgomery County: 1. Improved transit: The Montgomery County Department of Transportation is working to improve the Lakeforest Transit Center. Residents are invited to a meeting at 7 p.m. at South Lake Elementary School, Gaithersburg. 2. Pop-Up Parks: Montgomery Parks latest “pop-up park” is at Fairview Road […]

Here are five things to know today, May 3, in Montgomery County: 1. Fallen heroes: Montgomery County police continues its annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Service from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Public Safety Headquarters, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg. 2. Council meets Metro: The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority meets the Montgomery County Council’s Transportation Committee […]

Proponents of the Purple Line transit link said a federal judge’s failure to rule on lawsuit in the case was increasing costs of the project that would ultimately fall to taxpayers. Dozens of supporters as well as members of the media crowded outside the Silver Spring Library to tout the benefits of the Purple Line, […]

Here are five things to know today, May 2, in Montgomery County: 1. Purple Line coalition: A handful of groups — including Action Committee for Transit and the Coalition for Smart Growth — will demand a legal decision and federal funding for the Bethesda-to-New Carrollton transit link. The event begns at 8:30 a.m. in the passageway […]

Before the mental illness took over, Kathleen Garlington was a professional pianist. But as she became more paranoid, she lived on the streets, often in Kentlands. “She was an incredibly intelligent woman,” said Sherry Moitoza, director of social concerns at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Parish in Gaithersburg. “When you’d have a conversation with her, […]

Three pack robberies — in Montgomery Village, Germantown and Wheaton — were reported in the latest Montgomery County police crime summary. Police spokesman Officer Rick Goodale said he didn’t believe the reports were linked because of the distances involved. “We sometimes go through these surges in pack robberies,” Officer Rick Goodale said. “It’s not common […]

Here are five things to know today, May 1, in Montgomery County: 1. County government: Council President Roger Berliner has his regular news briefing at 11:30 a.m. And the Montgomery College budget gets scrutinized by the County Council’s Education Committee at 2 p.m. as part of the council’s review of County Executive Ike Leggett’s fiscal […]