Montgomery Community Media

Remains found at a national park in Frederick County have been identified as those of Joanna Michelle Amaya, 21, of Gaithersburg, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Amaya was also known as Dior Reyes. The FBI said Amaya was recovered June 12 after hikers discovered a portion of her body in Catoctin Mountain […]

UPDATE July 25 Montgomery County Police request that anyone living in the area of Aspenwood Lane and Aspenwood Place in Montgomery Village review their home surveillance camera footage from July 21 to see if there is anything suspicious. Anyone with information should call police at 240-773-5770. Besides the male victim who was shot multiple times, police […]

Former Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger took the helm of the United States Capitol Police Friday. He heads up a force in which two officers died and nearly 150 officers were injured following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “I am humbled and honored to join the men and women of the […]

Both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have recently issued warnings about extended vehicle “warranty” robocalls. The individuals making the calls do not represent the car manufacturer and commonly try to sell a “service agreement” that would cost thousands of dollars and may lack any guarantee of coverage. The Advisory […]

A trial date of Sept. 27 has been set in the case of accused murderer David Hall Dixon. Dixon will stand trial for the murders of James Lionel Johnson, 38, of District Heights, Md., and Dominique Williams, 32, of Hyattsville, Md. Both men were shot in the back in an incident that occurred in Takoma […]

Julio Aldail Rodríguez-Interiang, de 20 años, de Hyattsville, falleció el jueves en horas de la mañana mientras conducía por la avenida New Hampshire, en Silver Spring. Según la policía del condado de Montgomery, el accidente automovilístico ocurrió a las 5:20 a.m. Una investigación preliminar mostró que el conductor de un Acura 2008 negro no mantuvo […]

Julio Aldail Rodriguez-Interiang, 20, of Hyattsville was killed early Thursday morning while driving on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring. According to Montgomery County Police, the single car crash occurred at 5:20 a.m. A preliminary investigation showed the driver of a black 2008 Acura didn’t maintain control of the vehicle while headed north on New […]

Montgomery County Police arrested Christopher Conde, 25, of the 1300 block of Monroe Street NW, and charged him in connection with a July 1 armed robbery at the Chase Bank on Georgia Avenue in Downtown Silver Spring. Police responded to the bank at 5:05 p.m. after receiving a report of a robbery in which the […]

Montgomery County Police are looking for a male suspect in two separate thefts from Best Buy in Wheaton. The thefts occurred in May from the store on Georgia Avenue. In the first incident, the suspect stole approximately $200 worth of items on May 5 at 2:17 p.m. The man was seen fleeing the store in […]

BioNTech, the German-based company responsible for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, will expand its operations to Montgomery County and acquire a Gaithersburg manufacturing facility and cell therapy R&D platform from Kite, a unit of Gilead Sciences. This expansion will support the development of BioNTech’s expanding pipeline of novel cell therapies. The company recently rose to international […]