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A Silver Spring woman has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of her infant daughter. The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) said Kiearra Tolson, 23, was arrested and charged for the death of her daughter, Blair Niles, about 15 months old. The infant’s body has not been found. On Wednesday, Tolson’s […]

Leticia Guzman, the Silver Spring woman accused of abandoning her newborn child in a wooded area of Silver Spring, will be tried for attempted murder on March 16. According to Montgomery County Police, Guzman, 25, gave birth to a baby girl on Aug. 16 and then abandoned the newborn in a wooded area off Tenbrook […]

Montgomery County detectives from the Special Investigations Division arrested a woman who gave birth and abandoned her newborn infant in a wooded area in Silver Spring. Court records show that Leticia Guzman, 25, of Silver Spring faces charges for neglecting a minor and reckless endangerment. A passerby located the abandoned newborn in a wooded area […]

La policía ha localizado a la madre de una bebé recién nacida que fue abandonada en una zona boscosa en Silver Spring. La mujer fue ubicada el viernes alrededor de las 5 p.m., según la policía. El reporte policial indica que un hombre caminaba por la acera cerca de la cuadra 10000 de Tenbrook Drive […]

Police have located the mother of a newborn infant found abandoned in a wooded area in Silver Spring. The female infant was found Friday at around 5 p.m., police say. According to police, a man was walking on the sidewalk near the 10000 block of Tenbrook Drive when he heard an infant crying. The man […]

Detectives are investigating the Sunday death of a 4-month-old girl reported in Gaithersburg, police said in a statement. About 10:28 a.m. Sunday, 6th District officers, Gaithersburg Police officers, and Fire and Rescue personnel responded to the parking lot at 497 Quince Orchard Road for the report of an infant not breathing, the statement said. First […]

A Rockville family welcomed a new addition to their family shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day at Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center. Benoitte Muzito delivered a baby girl, named Imane, at 12:15 a.m. on Jan. 1.  The infant girl weighed in at 6 pounds and 13 ounces, according to hospital officials. Imane is […]

UPDATED, September 3, 11 a.m. – Police report that Ashley and Adrian Lopez have been found. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County police officers are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Silver Spring teen and her baby boy. Ashley Lopez, age 15, and her seven-month-old son, Adrian Lopez, were last seen on August 30th. […]

In this raw video, Montgomery County Police Officer David Reed reflects on how he saved the life of an infant girl Thursday night in White Oak.

Montgomery County Police Officer David Reed helped to save the life of an infant girl in White Oak on Thursday night. Reed gives the account of the incident at a Montgomery County Police news briefing at the Public Safety Headquarters Friday morning in Gaithersburg. For more on this case, see the MCPD’s website here.