Montgomery Community Media

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s Special Victims Investigations Division and investigators from Child Protective Services (CPS) are investigating possible child neglect allegations that occurred on Sunday in Silver Spring. According to a police account, shortly before 5 p.m. on Sunday, the Montgomery County Emergency Call Center received a call to check the welfare […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on April 13 for his weekly briefing. He began with some good news about universal healthcare access in Montgomery County. Other topics included the Council’s upcoming budget hearings, the energy tax, public campaign financing laws, the “free range” parenting case in Silver Spring, the Shaare Torah […]

UPDATED Child Protective Services may be investigating Silver Spring parents Danielle and Alexander Meitiv for child neglect again. The couple made national news earlier this year for their “free range” parenting style. According to local reports, police picked up the couple’s unsupervised two children, ages 10 and 6,  from a Silver Spring park on Sunday […]

The “free range” parenting issue is a hot topic across the county and across the country today. During his weekly briefing with reporters on April 13th, Council President George Leventhal said he has some questions for Health and Human Services officials, and he shared that he’s hearing from a lot of constituents on both sides […]

UPDATED At his weekly briefing on April 13, Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal read a statement about the latest developments in the “free range” parenting case in Silver Spring. Watch it here: Council President George Leventhal’s statement follows: “This morning in the HHS Committee, which I chair, I asked department director Uma Ahluwalia for […]

Montgomery County parents who were under investigation for letting their kids walk home from a park were found responsible for “unsubstantiated” child neglect. A letter from The Montgomery County Child Protective Services, dated Feb. 20, stated that Danielle and Alexander Meitiv are responsible for child neglect and would receive a separate notice regarding their right to […]