Montgomery Community Media

A ten-year-old Gaithersburg boy died after falling through the ice on a sediment pond in Gaithersburg earlier this month. In this segment from County Report This Week, Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham talks about the tragic loss and he warns residents of the dangers of ice on area ponds. He also talks about the commitment […]

John Schlichting, director of Gaithersburg’s planning and code administration, has released a statement in response to code enforcement questions about the sediment pond  at a construction site where a 10-year-old boy drowned on Jan. 13. “The City is in the preliminary stages of its review of the circumstances of this tragic incident. “The body of water […]

The Rosemont Elementary School community is mourning the loss of a popular, fourth grade student, D’Angelo Jayvon McMullen, who was pulled from a sediment pond in Gaithersburg on Jan. 13 after he fell through some ice where he was playing with his brother and another friend. Police say the 10-year-old boy was submerged in the […]

UPDATED A 10-year-old child, identified by police as D’Angelo Jayvon McMullen, has died after falling through the ice on a sediment pond in Gaithersburg, according to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS). Late in the afternoon of Jan. 13, Montgomery County fire rescue units were called to […]