Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County police are seeking information about a man found dead in a Rockville creek. According to police, Rockville district officers assisted the Maryland-National Capital Park Police on April 21 in responding to calls about a man found dead in a Rockville creek bed. Police identified the man as Michael Lee Higgins, 29, of Rockville. […]

A fifth-grade student who attended Sidwell Friends School was killed in the Sri Lanka bombings on Sunday, according to school officials. WJLA was first to publish the letter Mamadou Guèye, principal of Sidwell Friends’ upper school, emailed home to middle school parents. In the email, Guèye confirmed Kieran Shafritz de Zoysa died in the Easter […]

UPDATED 4.3.17 Firefighters are investigating a fatal condo fire in Gaithersburg. Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said one person was found dead in the fire and three people were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He said the fire occurred shortly after 8 p.m. at  996West Side Drive, which is the Brighton West […]

UPDATE 11.18.16 Montgomery County police have arrested and charged two suspects in connection with the homicide of Richard Michael Lone III. Police have arrested and charged Mohammed Sirleaf, age 20, of Towne Crest Drive in Gaithersburg, for the murder of Lone. Timario Makaveli Gregg, age 19, of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring, was also arrested and charged with […]

UPDATED Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. Montgomery County police have charged 22-year-old Ryan Anthony Salandy of Germantown with first degree murder in the death of 21-year-old William Dean McDaniel of Clarksburg. Salandy is being held without bond. According to police, his bond hearing has been set for Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in Rockville. So […]

UPDATED May 17, 10:30 a.m. Montgomery County Police say they have charged Scott Michael Tomaszewski with first degree murder in the deaths of Richard and Julianna Vilardo. More details are expected to be released at a news conference at 12:30 p.m. today.         ORIGINAL POST There has been an arrest in the […]

UPDATED, Nov. 23. 12:45 p.m.- Police released the following information in the triple fatal crash in Silver Spring Sunday morning. According to the Montgomery County Police press release: At approximately 3:20 a.m., the Emergency Communications Center (9-1-1) received a call for a collision on East-West Highway in the area of Washington Avenue. Officers responded to […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating an officer involved shooting in the 7400 block of Lake Katrine Terrace in Gaithersburg. It happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Jan. 29. “There was some type of domestic dispute. The officer observed his son attacking his wife with some type of sharp instrument, observed some type of stabbing […]