Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) Major Crimes Division arrested and charged a Rockville man who they say committed three armed bank robberies. Noel Omar Lorenzo, 41, of Freeland Road was arrested at his residence just after 11 a.m. on Nov. 4. Police arrested Lorenzo on a criminal warrant, charging him “with three counts […]

Bobby Gene Shelly, 44, was arrested and charged in connection with four robberies throughout the county. Shelly, of an unconfirmed address, is charged with three bank robberies and one robbery at a CVS, according to detectives from the Montgomery County Police and the Takoma Park Police. He currently is at a facility in Washington, D.C., […]

Montgomery County Police are searching for a man believed to have robbed two Rockville banks in less than a week. On October  9 around 10:00 a.m., a man entered the Old Line Bank at 1801 Rockville Pike and passed a note announcing a robbery. The suspect demanded money and implied that he had a weapon. […]

Detectives from Montgomery County Police’s Major Crimes Division have arrested a man in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Montgomery Village in June 2017. Police say information from a tipster was essential in leading to this arrest. Police say Raul G. Castro, 32, of Gaithersburg, was arrested Friday near his home in Olde […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police –Major Crimes Division have arrested and charged Morris Kenneth Thweatt, age 46, of Takoma Park, for the robberies of three banks in Silver Spring. According to police, the bank robbery suspect would enter the bank and pass a note to the teller stating that he had a bomb. Police […]

A Hyattsville man found hiding in a shed in Kensington Monday night is being charged in connection with four bank robberies in Montgomery County. Jose Mercedes, 45, of the 8400 block of Melissa Street in Hyattsville, is being held without bond awaiting a bond review Tuesday. Monday he was arrested and charged with four counts […]