Montgomery Community Media

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department believe that five male suspects are responsible for two burglaries and an attempted burglary that happened at Westfield Wheaton Mall. Surveillance video of the suspects and a surveillance photograph of the suspect’s vehicle has been released and Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying them. According […]

Update (Jan. 23): Police released a statement confirming that Johnathan Cruz of Aspen Hill has been located safe and unharmed. Original Post (Jan. 7): Montgomery County police are asking the public’s help in finding a missing Aspen Hill boy. Johnathan Cruz, age 15, of Postgate Terrace, was reported as missing by his family. Police say Cruz […]

A man has been arrested and is facing charges for an attempted armed robbery at a Subway in Germantown. Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department say DNA evidence helped link 44-year-old Larry Armwood to an attempted robbery that happened on October 24 at the Subway located on the 18000 block of Matney Road. DNA […]

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating a sexual assault that happened earlier this week in Gaithersburg. According to a press release, a woman was walking in the area of Mountain Laurel Lane and Flower Hill Way on Monday between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. when she was approached from behind and touched inappropriately […]

A water main break caused major traffic delays on Falls Road north bound between Chilham Place and Cold Spring Road near Montrose Road on Wednesday morning. Police say the road is open, and traffic is moving again.     Water main break closes northbound Falls Rd (MD 189) between Chilham Pl and Cold Spring Rd, […]

Casey Aiken and his panel of political observers discuss the COVID restrictions recently implemented in Montgomery County in this segment of the latest episode of 21 This Week. Aiken is joined by Sam Statland, Mark Uncapher, Nicolee Ambrose, and Mike Knapp. You can watch their discussion on coronavirus restrictions below: “21 This Week” airs on […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and County Council President Sidney Katz participated in a Small Business Network panel discussion at Montgomery Community Media’s studios Tuesday morning. The topic for this month’s episode of SBN focused on economic development. “Open for Business” included discussions on efforts to make Montgomery County more business friendly and “4 Business […]

The county’s Charter Review Commission seeks public input and invites residents to participate in any of the five listening sessions scheduled through March 23. The purpose of the sessions is to discuss the structure of the Montgomery County Council. The sessions will address whether the size of the Council and its make-up should be changed […]

Update (Jan. 21): Sarela Nely Lanza, 14, of Takoma Park has been found safe and unharmed, police said. Original Post (Jan. 17): Montgomery County police are asking the public’s help in finding a missing Takoma Park girl. Sarela Nely Lanza, 14, of Garland Avenue was reported as missing by her family on Thursday, Jan. 16. She […]

Update (1/15/20): Cristal Nelly Tavara Samaniego has been located safe and unharmed. Original post (1/13/20): Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile. 15-year-old Cristal Nelly Tavara Samaniego of Georgian Way in Wheaton was last seen by family members around 8 a.m. when she was dropped […]