Montgomery Community Media

Noah Barnett of Silver Spring was sentenced Oct. 8 to 42 years in prison for his role as an accessory after the fact to first degree murder in the execution style deaths of two men. In January 2020, Barnett, 21, pled guilty to the deaths of 23-year-old Jordan Radway of Laurel and 24-year-old Christian Roberts […]

Gaithersburg Police (GPD) and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) are investigating five fires and a commercial burglary that occurred around 1-2 a.m. Thursday morning, GPD said in a release. The “suspicious situations” happened in the Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village areas, police said. GPD asks anyone with information to call the Investigative Section at […]

It took a grand jury one hour to declare that four Gaithersburg police officers should not be charged in the Jan. 8 fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man. According to police, the officers from Gaithersburg Street Crimes Unit approached Kwamena Ocran who was walking on South Frederick Avenue after receiving information he had a handgun. […]

Octubre es el mes nacional de concientización sobre violencia doméstica, y se estima que más de trece mil personas en Estados Unidos denunciaron haber sido acosadas, en sólo un año, según una encuesta nacional de violencia sexual y de pareja. MyMCM conversó con la Dra. Claudia Campos sobre las señales que identifican una situación de […]

El Departamento de Transporte del Condado de Montgomery ofrece transporte gratuito para personas mayores y discapacitadas que desean recibir la vacuna y/o hacerse la pruebas de covid-19. Para programar un viaje, llame a Connect-A-Ride al (301) 738-3252 y proporcione su nombre, dirección, número de teléfono y edad para recibir un “Código de taxi COVID gratuito”. […]

International Walk to School Day encourages students to walk or bike to school and promotes safe practices and routes. Students at Summit Hall Elementary School in Gaithersburg arrived to a lively Walk to School Day event Wednesday morning. Montgomery County leaders, fire/rescue personnel and playful mascots interacted with children while promoting safe travel to school. […]

A Silver Spring man was convicted of second degree murder Wednesday in the stabbing death of Jose Augusto Ruiz on June 14, 2020. Denzel Kasaka, 23, will be sentenced Feb. 18 in connection with Ruiz’s death. Kasaka faces a maximum of 40 years. During prosecution, Assistant State’s Attorney Donna Fenton said Kasaka used Instagram to […]

Detectives are investigating the Sept. 30 armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in Gaithersburg, according to a press release from the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD). Police are requesting the public’s help in identifying the male suspect. According to the press release, officers from MCPD and the Gaithersburg Police Department arrived at the 7-Eleven in the 400 […]

On Tuesday afternoon, Montgomery County Police arrested and charged a teen following multiple vehicle collisions and a pursuit involving a stolen vehicle in Chevy Chase. Police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Demontre Satterwhite-Walker of South East Washington, D.C., who faces charges including first-degree assault, as well as numerous traffic offenses. Authorities say officers responded to […]

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is investigating graffiti at five locations near Old Georgetown Road as a “biased incident,” Police Spokesperson Casandra Tressler told MyMCM Tuesday. The locations include Walter Johnson High School, the Georgetown Square Shopping Center, two churches and a museum, Tressler said. Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and trying to find […]