Montgomery Community Media

Gov. Hogan unveiled statues of Maryland abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman at the Maryland State House on Monday. Their statues were placed in the Old House of Delegates Chamber of the State House, the room in which the decision to abolish slavery in Maryland was made.  Tubman and Douglass were born into slavery in […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police are asking for help in locating a 16-year-old boy from Gaithersburg.  Taiveon Tyler is 6 feet tall and weighs 155 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and has a tattoo of the ace of spaces on his left arm. He was last seen wearing a […]

Detectives from the 5th District of Montgomery County Department of Police released composite sketches of two suspects from an armed robbery that took place in Germantown. The detectives are asking for assistance in identifying the suspects.  On Feb. 5, a 43-year-old man, was walking near 19600 block Crystal Rock Drive when the two suspects approached […]

The Montgomery County Police Department released a statement on Monday condemning threats of violence against schools.  According to the press release, Montgomery County Public Schools have received several threats since the beginning of the school year. Some of the threats received were direct, while others only suggested violence. Many of these threats were made on […]

Officials from Montgomery County Public Schools announced the introduction of a first-of-its-kind LGBTQ+ studies class last Thursday.  The class, which will be a one-semester elective, is expected to be offered in spring 2021. It will include topics such as LGBTQ+ history, as well as LGBTQ+ influence on film, music, art, and social justice, according to […]

A 23-year-old Wheaton resident was charged with counts of assault, resisting arrest, and vehicle theft Monday in connection with a vehicle reported stolen.  Officers from the 3rd district of Montgomery County Department of Police arrested Yeyson Alexis Salgado-Umana after a vehicle and foot chase which took place after a traffic stop, according to a press […]

Investigators from the Montgomery County Department of Police Major Crimes Division are asking the public to help identify suspects in connection to a Jan. 10 home invasion robbery in Fairland. The detectives released surveillance video of the suspects and are asking for the public to provide information regarding the suspects’ identities. On Jan. 10, officers […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating a collision that occurred on Jan. 24 in Rockville that left one of the drivers with life-threatening injuries.  Detectives conducting a preliminary investigation determined that a 2013 Honda Fit, traveling southbound on Frederick Road, crossed the center meridian and struck a 2012 […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police, 5th District Patrol Investigations Unit released surveillance footage in connection with an assault that took place at a 7-Eleven in Germantown on Jan. 13. Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect in connection with the incident, according to a press release from the […]

On Jan. 9, officers from the 3rd District of Montgomery County Department of Police arrested Lorenzo Pugh in connection with the theft of mail property while Pugh worked as a United States Postal Service mail carrier in Silver Spring.  During an investigation regarding items stolen through the mail, Pugh was identified as a suspect and […]