Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County police’s Gaithersburg District Investigative Section seeks information about six women suspected of committing a “distraction theft” at a Gaithersburg Verizon store. Police believe one of the women pretended to be pregnant to steal 29 cell phones worth around $24,000, as the other five women distracted store employees. Police say the incident happened July […]

About 20 Washington-area communities will take part in a national wireless emergency alert system next week. Between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Thursday, April 5, the communities will issue simultaneously a test message through the Wireless Emergency Alert system, which allows government and public safety officials to send emergency information to a specific area. The […]

Maryland troopers and Montgomery County police officers are cracking down on distracted and aggressive driving along I-270 in Montgomery County. On Wednesday morning, between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., police pulled over 129 motorists and issued 119 traffic citations and 69 warnings. According to a news release from the Maryland State Police Department, this joint […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a commercial burglary of a Sprint Store in the Aspen Hill area that occurred on March 16th. Detectives are releasing surveillance video of the suspects in hopes you can help identify them. Police said at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 4th District officers responded to the Sprint Store located […]

The Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is warning consumers to not automatically return a missed cell phone call. Consumers should hesitate before calling an unknown number on their cell phones. Scammers are luring local cell phone users to return their call by hanging up before a consumer answers the call. Cell phone users, believing that […]

Officer Steve Deslauriers said he plans to get a lot of sleep tonight because he knows he will be busy with traffic enforcement tomorrow when new traffic laws take effect. As of Oct. 1, officers can pull you over if they see you with a handheld cell phone behind the wheel.  Deslauriers said his colleagues […]