Montgomery Community Media

Happy Monday! It’s July 8 and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. FIFA Women’s World Cup final: The United States Women’s National Team team beat the Netherlands, 2-0, in Sunday’s final. Washington Spirit’s Rose Lavelle scored in the 69th minute to make the score 2-0 and she was awarded the Bronze […]

ACTUALIZACIÓN: Julio 9, 2019 El oficial de policía encubierto que aparece en un video viral, y  que desató preguntas sobre el uso de la fuerza policial, enfrenta un cargo de asalto en segundo grado, anunció el Fiscal Estatal del condado de Montgomery, John McCarthy. El oficial Kevin Moris enfrenta una pena máxima de 10 años […]

Police Identify Officer, Arrestee Shown in Viral Video A Montgomery County police officer has had his police powers suspended, a reaction to the viral videos of an Aspen Hill arrest. In one video, Police Officer III Kevin Moris, an undercover cop, can be seen kneeing a suspect while he was already restrained, lying flat on […]

Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro and Vice President and Chair of the Public Safety Committee Sidney Katz made the following statement after viewing cell phone videos from community members showing the use of force by a Montgomery County Police officer during an arrest at McDonald’s in the Aspen Hill Shopping Center. “We are outraged […]

La Policía del Condado de Montgomery discutirá, junto al Fiscal del Estado de Maryland, el uso de la fuerza durante un arresto en Aspen Hill. Un video, grabado con un teléfono celular, muestra a un oficial de policía colocando la rodilla sobre un hombre postrado sobre la acera. En el video, también se puede escuchar […]

Today is Friday, July 5, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Maryland State Holiday: Governor Hogan announced in late June that today would be a holiday for state employees. An unexpected day off. 2. Police Investigation: A video posted to Twitter Thursday prompts an investigation. The video shows a Montgomery […]

Update, 7:30 a.m. Friday: The Montgomery County Police will discuss the use of force in an Aspen Hill arrest with the State’s Attorney, after cellphone video showed an officer kneeing a prostrate man. “There may be criminal charges out of this,” said Capt. Thomas Jordan, a police spokesman, on Friday morning. In the video, posted […]

It’s Thursday, June 6 and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. 75th Anniversary of D-day: On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the invasion of Nazi-occupied France on the beaches of Normandy. Sandy Spring Museum commemorates the anniversary of D-Day with a series of programs on America’s weapons of war. General […]

Lisa Holland and her daughter were driving down Longmead Crossing Drive in Silver Spring at 8:25 p.m. Tuesday and saw a black bear running down the street. They watched as the bear ran behind a house near Argyle Country Club. Here’s the video Holland’s daughter caught on her cell phone.

A 22-year-old Aspen Hill man has been charged with child pornography offenses, according to a Montgomery County police statement issued Thursday. Henri Josue Guevara-Chicas of the 13300 block of Galvez Street secretly recorded girls while they were in his home, the statement said. In an investigation that started in mid-October 2018, Special Victims Investigations Division […]