Montgomery Community Media

La policía de Gaithersburg y los oficiales del Distrito 6 del condado de Montgomery respondieron a un tiroteo fatal, el miércoles por la noche en Lakeforest Mall. La policía del condado de Montgomery (MCPD) emitió un comunicado el jueves por la tarde confirmando que Terrance Donte Dimes, de 29 años, fue la víctima del tiroteo. […]

Gaithersburg Police and Montgomery County officers of District 6 responded to a fatal shooting Wednesday evening at the Lakeforest Mall. At approximately 5:35 p.m., officers arrived at the mall parking lot to find a man who had been shot. Montgomery County Fire Rescue first responders attempted to perform life-saving measures on the victim, but the […]

Based on the recent data presented to MyMCM by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) homicides have increased significantly this year compared to the last two years. In 2019 14 homicides were reported, in 2020 17, and in 2021 up until September 30th, 23 homicides were reported in the county. Also, robbery-carjacking cases have jumped […]

It took a grand jury one hour to declare that four Gaithersburg police officers should not be charged in the Jan. 8 fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man. According to police, the officers from Gaithersburg Street Crimes Unit approached Kwamena Ocran who was walking on South Frederick Avenue after receiving information he had a handgun. […]

Prompted by a year of protests against police shootings and studies into ways to change policing in the county, Police Chief Marcus Jones, Sheriff Darren Popkin and Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s John McCarthy plan to promote community building and partnerships by attending cookouts and block parties Tuesday as part of National Night Out. The idea […]

Eric Sylvester Dyson, accused of the murder of a World War II and Korean War veteran, was denied early release after seeking a sentence reduction on July 26. Dyson was tried by Judge Stephen G. Salant in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Dyson was convicted in the 2015 brutal murder of 94-year-old veteran Dan […]

Gov. Larry Hogan addressed and condemned anti-Semitism in a statement Wednesday, as attacks on Jewish people have escalated nationwide. “The rise in anti-Semitic activity and attacks across our nation cuts at the very heart of our values as Americans and as human beings,” Hogan said. “The right of each and every one of us to practice […]

Police have serious concerns about a recent increase in airbag thefts. From January 1 to April 30, 2021, authorities say there have been more than 90 airbag thefts reported countywide – specifically in the areas of Bethesda and Silver Spring. Why airbags? Montgomery County Police say airbags can be expensive to purchase and install. Stolen […]

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is providing extra patrols for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community following Tuesday’s mass shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people, including six Asian women. “We have already begun, as the County Executive noted earlier in his comments, to provide extra patrols to the business communities in […]

Update (Feb. 22): Montgomery County Police are investigating three separate robberies of local business owners. Last week, authorities released details of two robberies that involved other business owners. Police are now investigating the possibility that the same suspects also committed a third robbery on Thursday night. Detectives believe that the suspects followed the victims from […]