Montgomery Community Media

A dog attacked a woman Monday night and the dog remains loose. Police are asking if anyone knows the dog’s owner. The attack occurred about 7 p.m. in the 3400 block of Gateshead Manor Way, Fairland, a Montgomery County police report said. The woman was walking in an apartment complex parking lot when she was […]

Montgomery County police shot and killed two dogs Saturday that had attacked two women in Montgomery Village. Montgomery Village police district officers responded to a home in the 18000 block of Singing Pine Circle about 8:50 p.m. Saturday, a police statement said. Police said the dogs attacked one woman who was able to escape the […]

Montgomery County Police Animal Services Division honored two community members, Lucas Burger and Jorge Quintanilla, for their life saving efforts in two separate dog attacks.  The men were presented with Montgomery County Police “Chief’s Certificates of Appreciation” at the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center in Derwood on Friday, Nov. 9. Lucas Burger Rescues […]

Here are five things to know today, Oct. 17, in Montgomery County: 1. The first nurse to contract the Ebola virus has arrived for care at NIH in Bethesda. 2. MCPS officials are asking students with fevers about their travel history as an Ebola precaution. 3. Police are investigating a dog attack in Silver Spring. […]

The Montgomery County Police Department’s Animal Services Division is investigating a pit bull attack that occurred on June 19 at 6:42 p.m. in the 1800 block of Driftwood Court in Gaithersburg. According to Jeanette Wright, field services supervisor with the Montgomery County police department, an unleashed pit bull, named Lust, killed a bichon frise named […]