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Here are your five things to know today, July 27, in Montgomery County: 1. Silver Spring Transit Center: Metro bus drivers are scheduled to begin training at the Silver Spring Transit Center today. 2. Graffiti in Silver Spring: Graffiti is on the rise in Silver Spring and, if you see it, county officials want you […]

County officials said graffiti is on the rise in Silver Spring. Electrical boxes, stop signs, commercial buildings, these are just some of the places where graffiti is visible to anyone in downtown Silver Spring. “We really want to work with the community for folks to understand this is not a game. … I’m not sure that […]

It was an emotional interview for Sebastian Espinoza-Carranza at his home in Gaithersburg. The teen was arrested and charged with vandalizing a Gaithersburg synagogue. The 18-year-old teen says he is not a racist person and that he is really sorry. The congregation’s surveillance video helped lead police to Spinoza-Carranza. It shows him allegedly spray painting swastikas, […]

In this MyMCMedia extra video, Montgomery County Corporal Rebecca Innocenti says it was important for detectives to identify the suspects in the vandalism case at the Shaare Torah synagogue as quickly as possible:

In this MyMCMedia extra video, Montgomery County Corporal Rebecca Innocenti explains how detectives used video from a local 7-11 to find the masked suspect(s) in the vandalism case at the Shaare Torah synagogue in Gaithersburg.

At his weekly briefing on April 13, Council President George Leventhal called the vandalism at Shaare Torah synagogue a “hate crime” as he shared his thoughts on the April 7th incident. Take a look:

Montgomery County Police are asking Lakelands residents to report suspicious or unusual behavior as detectives continue to investigate the vandalism at a local synagogue. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra: Police Spokesperson Rick Goodale says detectives at the 6th district station are encouraging citizens to call in any tips about this case at 240.773.5770. […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Police Spokesperson Rick Goodale says police hope to close the vandalism case detectives are investigating at the Shaare Torah synagogue in Gaithersburg. Here’s a recap: Goodale says detectives at the 6th district station are encouraging citizens to call in tips at 240.773.5770. For more MyMCMedia coverage, see below:

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Police Officer Rick Goodale says the police investigation is still ongoing into the April 7th vandalism at Shaare Torah synagogue in Gaithersburg. Goodale says detectives at the 6th district station are encouraging citizens to call in tips at 240.773.5770. For more MyMCMedia coverage, see below:

Detectives from both the Gaithersburg and Montgomery County Police departments are looking for the vandals that defaced the Shaare Torah synagogue, located at 1409 Main Street, in the Lakelands community on April 7. The incident was first reported to a police officer who was flagged down at 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday morning by a citizen. […]