Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County police have charged a second woman with murder in the deaths of two children in Germantown and they have released more information about the motive. On Jan. 18, detectives arrested Monifa Denise Sanford, age 21, of the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown after she was released from the hospital. Police […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police have charged a 28-year-old woman with murder in the deaths of two of her children. On Jan. 17, Montgomery County police officers responded to the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown where they discovered four children that had been assaulted. Police said two of the children were pronounced deceased […]

UPDATED 11.23.13 Montgomery County police have charged Jefferson Daniel Delgado (20) of Quebec Terrace in Silver Spring with first degree murder in connection with the homicide of Michael Kirby Alvarado (25) that occurred at 438 North Summit Avenue in Gaithersburg on Nov. 21. Detectives said they obtained an arrest warrant on Nov. 22 based on […]

UPDATED Detectives from the Montgomery County Police – Major Crimes Division are investigating a homicide that occurred on Nov. 6 in the Aspen Hill area of Rockville. Police said at approximately 10:50 p.m., patrol officers from the 4th District were dispatched to a shooting at a residence in the 13400 block of Grenoble Drive. Officers […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division have made two arrests in the Oct. 12 murder of Preeta Paul Gabba that occurred on Crystal Rock Drive in Germantown. Patrol officers found Gabba, aged 49, in the roadway with at least one gunshot wound to the leg. She was transported to the hospital where […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal shooting that was reported at approximately 7:46 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the  19700 block of Crystal Rock Drive, just south of Route 118 in Germantown. According to police, a 49-year-old Germantown woman was transported from the scene to the hospital where she was pronounced dead from her […]

UPDATED Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division continue to investigate the death of Chandrasekhar Korapati, age 50, of the 9800 block of Juniper Hill Road. According to police, Mr. Korapati’s death has been ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. According to police, the State’s Attorney’s Office and […]

UPDATED Montgomery County detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred shortly after midnight on May 24 in Gaithersburg. Police say a hatchet was used in the crime. According to police, at approximately 12:09 a.m., patrol units responded to a reported burglary that had just occurred at a residence in the 7200 block of Cliff Pine […]

We’ve all been called crazy, done crazy things or had them done to us. Some of us have even felt crazy. Consider this: Given how we use it, does the word “crazy” accurately describe the off-your-meds, maybe undiagnosed, separated-from-reality, violent and destructive mindset of someone who uses a gun to kill children? Or teens? Or […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division – Homicide/Sex Section are continuing to investigate a homicide that occurred on December 3, 2012 in the unit block of Whetstone Drive in Gaithersburg.  The victim in this homicide was identified as Cesar Smith, age 45, of Gaithersburg. Detectives have released a composite of a person […]