Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED All Montgomery County public schools are opening on time today. Here are five more things to know today, Jan. 26, in Montgomery County: 1. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Montgomery County effective from now until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27. 2. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has rescheduled his final […]

UPDATED, 2 p.m.  Jan. 26. – Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a Washington, D.C. man who was found in the Bel Pre area overnight as a homicide. Police have identified the man as Wei Wu, age 46, of the 400 block of K Street NW in Washington, D.C. Police are now saying they […]

Montgomery County has had than double the number of reported homicides in 2014 than in 2013. Last year, there were 19 homicides. That compares to 8 in 2013. But, Capt. Darren Francke, director of the department’s Major Crimes Division, said the number is not alarming. He talks about the county’s homicide rate in this MyMcMedia […]

Montgomery County Police have charged 22-year-old Mauricio Morales-Caceres with the first degree murder of 36-year-old Oscar Uriel Navarro. Police said Morales-Caceres was arrested and charged on Dec. 28 and is being held without bond. According to police,  Navarro was found deceased at his King Lear Court residence in the Bel Pre area of Silver Spring […]

Two woman and one man are under arrest in the death of a man in the Layhill section of Silver Spring, according to a tweet from Montgomery County Police. Latoya Renell Morgan 33, Samantha Carol Parker 26, and Dion Ramon Sobotker, 32, are being charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the death of Jonathan Edward […]

Happy Monday! It’s cold outside. Here are five more things to know today, Dec. 8, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Police are investigating a homicide that occurred in the Layhill area of Silver Spring. 2. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and other county officials have scheduled a news conference today at Congressional Plaza today […]

UPDATED 12-8.14 Detectives from Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes-Homicide Division are investigating a death that was discovered on Dec. 6 in the 2300 block of Eagle Rock Place in the Layhill area of Silver Spring and police say it is a homicide investigation. According to a police account, at 10:47 a.m. the Emergency Communications […]

Montgomery County Police are investigating the alleged stabbing death of a woman in her Bethesda apartment Tuesday. According to Montgomery County Police, a call came in at about 10:11 a.m. to report a death in an apartment in the 11800 block of Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda. Police said the victim is a woman and […]

A Nashville man, who killed his ex-wife in Germantown, was sentenced on Oct. 15 to life in prison for the crime. Baldeo Taneja, 63, murdered Preeta Gabba, of Germantown, last October. His wife at the time, Raminder Kaur, was with Taneja during the crime, according to court documents. Kaur’s sentencing date is yet to be […]

UPDATED Oct. 5, 7:55 p.m. – Montgomery County Police have identified the victim of a homicide that occurred on Saturday in the Gaithersburg area of Montgomery County. According to police, Russell David died at the hospital where he was treated for multiple stab wounds. According to police, officers also located the suspect at the scene. […]