Montgomery Community Media

Police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old Gaithersburg man for attempted second-degree rape. According to police, the incident occurred on Friday, Nov. 30. in a Derwood apartment complex located at 8010 Gramercy Blvd. At the time, police say, a woman was working as an apartment cleaner. Police say the man approached the woman and told […]

In a video message posted online today, Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger reports a 17 percent increase in hate crimes and bias incidents in Montgomery County. According to Manger, there have been 62 incidents reported to the police department this year. He said the hate crimes are generally motivated by race, religion, or sexual […]

Montgomery County police have charged a Beltsville man for a robbery that occurred in July at a CVS Pharmacy located in Wheaton. Police have arrested and charged Derrick Austin Bacon, age 41, of the 3400 block of Castleleigh Road in Beltsville, with armed robbery, first degree assault, and theft. The robbery happened at 9:59 p.m. […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating the stabbing of a pregnant 19-year-old woman that occurred Wednesday afternoon in a wooded area near Upton Street in Kensington. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the stabbing appears to be domestic-related and the victim knew the suspect. According to police, the details leading up to the stabbing and the […]

Rockville police have charged a 21-year-old Rockville man for shooting his 23-year-old brother during a fight that occurred on March 1. Police said James Joseph Frederick is charged with one count of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and the use of a firearm in a violent crime. His brother was found in a parking […]

Montgomery County police officers have charged 20-year-old Rico Hector Leblond of Germantown with first degree murder. A bond hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Monday. Leblond is charged  by police with the Oct. 15th death of Zella Ziona, a transgender woman, also known as DeAndre Smith. Police said Ziona was shot multiple times in […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating two thefts that occurred at the Bloomingdale’s Friendship Heights store. Police released photos of a suspect and are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect described as white male in mid-to-late forties with brown hair “that is graying and a white mustache.” According to police, […]

UPDATED, June 4, 6:30 a.m. – A teen was arrested for reckless endangerment after someone reported seeing a person with a gun near Kingsview Middle School in Germantown Wednesday. According to a news release,  a witness reported seeing a person with a gun and then hearing a “pop” in the area of Kingsview Road at Duhart Road. […]

Rockville Attorney John Kudel, who has just been hired to defend Scott Tomaszewski who is accused of killing the Vilardo couple in Rockville, says his family has not yet met with their son since his arrest in Alaska.

UPDATED May 17, 10:30 a.m. Montgomery County Police say they have charged Scott Michael Tomaszewski with first degree murder in the deaths of Richard and Julianna Vilardo. More details are expected to be released at a news conference at 12:30 p.m. today.         ORIGINAL POST There has been an arrest in the […]