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Montgomery County police officers say a 22-year-old transgender woman found dead at the Red Roof Inn on Saturday was murdered. According to police, 22-year-old Keyonna Blakeney was assaulted and killed in her Rockville hotel room during the early morning hours of April 16. In a news release, police said there was trauma to her upper body. […]

State’s Attorney John McCarthy said he is preparing for the upcoming April 25th competency hearing in the case of Catherine Hoggle. Hoggle is the last known person to have seen her missing children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared in Sept. of 2014. She continues to receive treatment for mental health issues at Clifton T. […]

Montgomery County police officers are asking for your help to solve a homicide, and it’s considered a cold case because it occurred 24 years ago on March 22, 1992. That’s when police said James Essel was stabbed inside the Sugarloaf Mountain Market at 23800 Old Hundred Road in Comus. Police believe the murder occurred between the […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating the homicide of a 20-year-old Washington, D.C. found in the Briggs Chaney area on the night of March 11. Police have released new information and say that the man, identified as Sheldon Williams, died because of a gunshot wound to the upper body. According to police, […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man, who was found dead in the Briggs Chaney area on Friday night, as a homicide. Detectives have identified the victim as Sheldon Williams of  southeast Washington, D.C. According to police, the investigation is ongoing and detectives are urging anyone who may have […]

Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 21, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students can sleep in today. That’s because MCPS officials have announced a two-hour delay because of weather conditions. 2. It was gridlock on the roadways last night because of icy conditions. 3. The National Weather Service has […]

Authorities in Montgomery County say a man was found dead at a tent fire in Rockville overnight. It happened just around midnight in the 5400 block of Randolph Road near Parklawn Drive at what a county fire official described as a small homeless encampment. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said […]

UPDATE Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – Major Crimes Division have charged Francisco Trujillo, of Ridge Road in Damascus, with the homicide of Mario Perez. The Montgomery County Police Department – Major Crimes Division is investigating a homicide that occurred early Monday morning in Damascus. According to a news release, the Emergency Communications Center (9-1-1) […]

The Montgomery County Police Department is increasing patrols in a Germantown neighborhood following a murder there earlier this week. Police said the victim, 30-year-old Robert King of Frederick, was found shot in the 18600 block of Sage Way shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 16. According to police, King died from his injuries at the […]

UPDATED 12-17-15, 5:15 p.m. Montgomery County police officers are investigating a homicide that occurred on Wednesday night in Germantown. According to police, dispatch was notified of a shooting in the 18600 block of Sage Way at 7:14 p.m. on Dec. 16. Police said they located a man on the ground adjacent to the residence with […]