Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County’s COVID-19 community transmission rate continues to climb. As of Sunday, Montgomery County is reporting a rate of 66.1 new cases per 100,000 persons in the past seven days. The CDC considers this a substantial rate and recommends face masks be worn indoors regardless of a person’s vaccination status. County officials recently passed a […]

El Departamento de Policía de Takoma Park está instando a víctimas que puedan haber sido agredidas sexualmente por un pastor en Takoma Park a que interpongan una denuncia formal. Erick Odir Vidal Fuentes, 37, de Hyattsville, fue acusado de violación en segundo grado, delito sexual en cuarto grado y agresión en segundo grado. Vidal Fuentes […]

Montgomery County Police released surveillance video of a July 4 armed robbery on a Ride On bus in Silver Spring and asked for assistance in identifying the suspect. MCPD responded to the incident at 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Piney Branch Road and Garland Avenue. According to detectives, a man entered the bus near […]

Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) detectives arrested 40-year-old Mark Samuel Yellock of Washington D.C. for allegedly engaging in inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile student while coaching at a gymnastics facility in Montgomery County. According to an MCPD press release, an investigation began in August 2020, when the victim came forward and revealed that Yellock, […]

A lightning arrester, which is placed throughout Pepco’s electric grid to protect against lightning strikes, failed Aug. 7, causing a power outage to only one customer for less than an hour, according to Pepco spokesperson Ben Armstrong. The failed arrester and fuse were replaced shortly after the incident near Gallery Bethesda Apartments on Rugby Avenue […]

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission completed emergency repairs to a water main on Wayne Avenue between Georgia Avenue and Ramsey Avenue in Silver Spring overnight Saturday. However, traffic remained closed Sunday in that area to complete road repairs. WSSC crews cut and removed a damaged 36-inch pipe, and a new section of pipe was inserted. Several […]

The Takoma Park Police Department is urging potential victims that may have been sexually assaulted by a pastor in Takoma Park to come forward. Erick Odir Vidal Fuentes, 37, of Hyattsville, was charged with second degree rape, fourth degree sex offense and second degree assault. Fuentes is the pastor at Iglesia Pentecostal El Fin Viene […]

La policía de Takoma Park arrestó al pastor de la Iglesia Pentecostal El Fin Viene, lo acusó de varios delitos sexuales y busca información sobre otras posibles víctimas. Erick Odir Vidal Fuentes, de 37 años, de Hyattsville, fue acusado de violación en segundo grado, delito sexual en cuarto grado y agresión en segundo grado. Según […]

Takoma Park Police arrested the pastor at Iglesia Pentecostal El Fin Viene Church and charged him with several sex offenses and seek information on other possible victims. Erick Odir Vidal Fuentes, 37, of Hyattsville, was charged with second degree rape, fourth degree sex offense and second degree assault. According to Police Chief Antonio DeVaul, police […]

Montgomery County’s community transmission rate for COVID-19 continues to increase. As of Thursday, Montgomery County is reporting a rate of 57.6 new cases per 100,000 persons in the past seven days. Thursday, the Montgomery County Council held a public hearing and voted on the new health regulation requiring face masks in public indoor areas where […]