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Overall, crime in Montgomery County during 2020 decreased 14%, but the number of homicides, auto thefts, overdoses and fatal accidents increased, according to the recently-released Montgomery County Police Department’s 2020 Annual Report on Crime and Safety. The 37-page report often refers to the pandemic as the reason for the dip in crime. For example, it […]

So far this year, there have been 16 homicides in Montgomery County. During 2020, there were 19 and in 2019 there were 15, according to Montgomery County Police Department records. “On average, the department records 18 homicides a year (based on the 10-year trend),” it notes in the department’s 2020 annual report. That means during […]

“We’ve never had seven homicides in one month in Montgomery County that anyone can remember,” County Police (MCPD) Chief Marcus Jones said during a council Public Safety Committee meeting. According to MCPD’s annual reports on crime and safety, the number of homicides per year in Montgomery County prior to 2020 are as follows: 2019: 15 […]

Montgomery County Police say that the shooting that occurred in Fairland on Dec. 22 is now being investigated as a homicide. Police say the incident occurred at 6:25 p.m. at the 2000 block of Treetop Lane. At the time, the Emergency Communications Center was notified about the sound of shots fired in the area and […]

Montgomery County police hope someone can identify a person in surveillance video whom detectives believe is responsible for the January 2017 deaths of two men who were stabbed at Westfield Wheaton mall. The stabbings took place sometime after 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, and the victims were Angel Alfredo Gomez-Pineda, 24, of Silver Spring, […]

Crime in Montgomery County posted a 5 percent decline, according to a report by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments that will be discussed Wednesday. But report says the organization’s Police Chiefs Committee remains concerned about gang-related activity across the region. The report is contained in material supplied to the Council of Governments in advance […]

Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday his administration would present “truth in sentencing” legislation in the 2018 General Assembly, which starts in January. Hogan made the comment after he emerged from a meeting in Baltimore with representatives of the city’s criminal justice system. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss crime in the city and the […]

A Montgomery Village resident says his home security camera captured the sounds of gunfire on Gallery Court on Monday night. That’s the time and place where two teenagers were killed in a parked car sometime around 10:30 p.m., according to Montgomery County police. Gordon Gipe says he forwarded the audio file to detectives today. DISCLAIMER: This […]

At a Dec. 7th County Council Public Safety Committee meeting, Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger briefed County Councilmembers on crime statistics. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Chief Manger talks about the rise in homicides in 2015. Related:

Here are your five things to know today, Nov. 13, in Montgomery County: 1. Homicides are up in Montgomery County this year. 2. Dave and Busters is one of several businesses that has signed a lease at Ellsworth Place in downtown Silver Spring. 3. Eight of Montgomery County’s nine Councilmembers have sent a letter to […]