Montgomery Community Media

Residents have a safe, free and anonymous opportunity to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs on Saturday, Sept. 18. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Rockville City Police Department will hold a special Drug Take Back event as part of Rockville’s Goes Purple campaign to raise awareness for opioid addiction. Residents may drive up and […]

The Rockville City Police Department is offering a free training for community members on fair and impartial policing. The training will work to promote bias-free behavior in community policing, according to a press release. It will be held on Thursday, August 6 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Thomas Farm Community Center, 700 Fallsgrove […]

Montgomery County Police detectives arrested a 40-year-old man and charged him with first-degree murder in connection with a May 2 stabbing in Rockville. Jaime Havier Lee, whose address was not confirmed, was charged with the first-degree murder of Cornelius Lyon, 36, also of an unconfirmed address. According to MCPD, at 12:50 p.m. on May 2, […]

La compañía Servpro de Rockville-Olney dona sus servicios para desinfectar patrullas del Departamento de Policía de la ciudad de Rockville.   El departamento de Policía se mostró muy agradecido ya que los oficiales se arriesgan diariamente cuando transportan en sus vehículos a individuos, que pudieran estar contagiados con COVID-19 sin saberlo.  “No hay suficiente agradecimiento que pudiéramos extenderle a Jorge y su equipo de Servpro de Rockville-Olney,” escribió el departamento de policía en Facebook. “¡Tú y tus sentimientos de generosidad son realmente nuestros héroes! ¡¡¡GRACIAS!!!” 

Servpro of Rockville-Olney donated their services to sanitize Rockville City Police Department’s patrol vehicles on Tuesday. The fire and water-cleanup and restoration company did a complete “decon”, which included their “disinfectant bomb” and a “total wipe down” of each patrol vehicle. The department was very grateful due to the daily risk officers face when transporting […]

Officers with the Rockville Police department are investigating an armed robbery at a Wells Fargo ATM. Officials say that while a woman was using an ATM at the Wells Fargo located on the 400 block of King Farm Blvd. around 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday, a man approached her and demanded money before fleeing. There were […]

Update (Nov. 13 at 1:40 p.m.): Montgomery County Police Department released a statement Wednesday afternoon, saying that Lemlen Earley has been located safe and unharmed. Original Post (Nov. 13): The Rockville Police Department is searching for a Rockville teenager and is requesting the public’s help finding her. According to a police statement, 13-year-old Lemlen Earley […]

It’s not too late to get a second-day issue of Rockville’s historic new postage stamp. City officials will join representatives of the U.S. Postal Service at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, to mark the issue of a new forever stamp featuring the Sugarloaf Mountain Mural in the city’s police department lobby. Following remarks by […]

Richard Montgomery High School emailed parents this weekend about two hate crimes that occured on school grounds over the course of a month. The most recent incident involved a swastika that was spray painted in orange on “the side of a school building facing the stadium.” In the letter sent to families, Kiera Butler, Richard […]

A temporary Rockville city employee stole a dump truck causing a low-speed pursuit, city police say. He was stopped at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crabbs Branch Way and East Gude Drive, drawing about 10 police cars. Earlier this morning the man was terminated from his temporary job with the City of Rockville. Upon exiting the […]