Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED 1.12.17 Montgomery County police have arrested a suspect. UPDATED  1.11.17 Montgomery County Police Captain Paul Starks said detectives are working around the clock to find the suspect wanted in the stabbing deaths that occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Wheaton mall. Police have not released any information about the suspect or the motive. In […]

Hundreds of people were evacuated from a Jewish Community Center today after a bomb threat was received around noon at the Bender JCC of Greater Washington on Montrose Road in Rockville. CEO Michael Feinstein said the caller was a woman who stated there was a bomb in the building. According to Feinstein, it was unclear […]

A Metro worker is hospitalized this morning after he fell down a utility shaft 35 feet below grade in Bethesda, according to a Montgomery County fire spokesperson. It happened overnight at the Elm Street Metro shaft near 7272 Wisconsin Avenue. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said firefighters used a rope rescue to extricate the […]

Six workers were treated for exposure to carbon monoxide today in Rockville, according to a Montgomery County fire spokesperson. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said it happened shortly before noon at 804 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. That’s where he said some large commercial ovens were fired up in a space that was being renovated […]

UPDATED A 93-year-old woman has died from injuries she sustained in a one vehicle collision on Dec. 5 in Bethesda, according to Montgomery County police officers. The car crash happened around 9 a.m. at 8015 Whittier Boulevard. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of a 2003 Buick Century was making a left turn […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Police Officer Edward Paden said he’s thankful to be alive after an alleged drunk driver struck his cruiser. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Officer Paden is urging residents to use caution and drink responsibly this holiday season: ORIGINAL POST A Montgomery County police officer was struck by a vehicle Saturday evening on […]

Residents are being reminded to turn back the clock one hour Sunday for the end of Daylight Saving Time. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials say it is also a good time to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors, too. “Home fires injure and kill thousands every year,” Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said.  “Smoke alarms that […]

UPDATED A basement fire has displaced ten people from a house in the 8300 block of Cottage Hill Court in Gaithersburg, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said one person was injured in the fire on Wednesday night. There were no working smoke alarms in the house, he said. As […]

UPDATED One person was killed when a small plane crashed in a field off Laytonsville Road on Tuesday evening, according to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) official. “One person did not survive,” said MCFRS Spokesperson Pete Piringer. “The fire is out. The investigation is beginning.” The crash happened around 6:20 p.m. in […]

Montgomery County firefighters were busy on Wednesday evening as severe thunderstorms rolled across the area and lightning lit up the sky for about two hours. In the city of Gaithersburg, a lightning strike ignited a fire that destroyed a single family house in the Washingtonian Woods community. During the stormy weather, there were reports of […]