Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Police Captain Darren Francke held a news conference on Friday morning to release new information about the double homicide investigation and to ask the community for more tips. The shooting happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. on June 5. Police said they received only one 9.1.1 call for shots fired on Gallery Court in […]

It’s been 25 years since 57-year-old James Essel was killed at the Sugarloaf Mountain Market at 23800 Old Hundred Road in the Comus area. According to police, Essel was stabbed multiple times on March 22, 1992, and the suspect remains at large. Today, police released a composite of what the suspect may have looked like […]

Montgomery County Police have arrested two suspects and are searching for two additional persons of interest for the homicide of 18-year-old Cristian Antonio Villagran-Morales, who’s body was found at Malcolm King Park in Gaithersburg on June 17th. Police arrested Juan Guiterrez-Vasquez, age 16, of Gaithersburg and Vanesa Alvarado, age 19, of Gaithersburg on July 1. Both […]

State’s Attorney John McCarthy said he is preparing for the upcoming April 25th competency hearing in the case of Catherine Hoggle. Hoggle is the last known person to have seen her missing children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared in Sept. of 2014. She continues to receive treatment for mental health issues at Clifton T. […]

Montgomery County Police are investigating a suspicious death that occurred during a townhouse fire in Gaithersburg on March 29. Captain Darren Francke, director of the Major Crimes division, held a news conference at the scene of the fire to provide updates on the case. You can watch the full news conference below; According to police, 63-year-old […]

This year’s crime statistics may have Montgomery County councilmembers do a double take when the council’s Public Safety Committee meets in December. Year-to-date, Montgomery County police officers have investigated 25 homicides in 2015 compared to 16 homicides during the same time period last year. That’s an increase of 56 percent and a 10-year high. The […]

UPDATED 8.12.15 Troy Turner, the father of missing Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, said he has been officially notified that DNA test results confirm that “Baby Doe” is not Sarah Hoggle. As for his reaction to the official news, Turner said he never thought the girl found in Massachusetts was his daughter. Turner said he hopes to […]

The Montgomery County Police Department held a news conference on Friday to discuss the death investigation of 5-year-old Daniel Dana, who was found in a fiery car crash on June 16 at the intersection of Sam Eig Highway and Fields Road in Gaithersburg. You can watch the police news conference, below: According to Captain Darren […]

Montgomery County police held a news conference on Tuesday where they asked the public for help in solving the murder of 60-year-old Bradley Colmes who was brutally attacked outside his home in the 10300 block of Ridgeline Drive in Montgomery Village on June 12. Take a look: Colmes, who was gay and living with his […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Police Captain Darren Francke said the case of the missing Lyon sisters has haunted detectives for decades. https://youtu.be/_MuzkoCa6E0