Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal collision involving a Honda CRV that struck a utility pole in the 300 block of Olney-Sandy Spring Road near Sherwood High School around 8 a.m. on Sunday in the Ashton area. The police department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is conducting the investigation. According to police, the preliminary investigation […]

UPDATED 8.2.15 Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire in the 900 block of Stonestreet Avenue in Rockville shortly after midnight on August 1st. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the blaze caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the structure. The house was vacant at the time of the […]

Montgomery County Police charged a man with two bank robberies. Police said Tony Linn Smith, 55, of an unconfirmed address, was arrested on July 27 and charged with two counts of armed robbery and two counts of theft. The robberies occurred at a SunTrust Bank on July 23 in Silver Spring, and on July 25 at […]

Here are your five things to know today, July 16, in Montgomery County, Maryland. 1. Indictments in the Lyon sisters case: Authorities from Bedford County and Montgomery County have announced that indictments have been unsealed in the Lyon sisters cold case and more details about this 40-year-old  investigation are expected to be announced today in […]

Montgomery County police are investigating the deaths of a 29-year-old mother and her four-year-old daughter at a Chevy Chase home. According to a police account, police and firefighters responded to a report of an electrocution at the residence shortly before 4:30 p.m. in the 8800 block of Connecticut Avenue on Saturday afternoon. Police said the […]

UPDATED June 29 at 5 p.m.: Montgomery County police released the names of the individuals involved in the June 27 fatal collision at Shady Grove Road and Epsilon Drive. Police identified the driver of the tan Toyota Camry as Gerilynne Seigneur of the 16300 block of Grande Vista Drive in Rockville. The driver of the […]

Maryland’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force participated in “Operation Broken Heart,” a nationwide, two month push targeting child sexual exploitation offenders. The Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) was one of 61 task forces included in the two month initiative, “Operation Broken Heart II.” This coordinated effort by law enforcement representing more […]

The county’s Child Protective Services has dropped neglect charges in the second case against a Silver Spring couple at the center of the “free range parenting case.” According to a news release from the couple’s lawyer office, CPS has dropped all cases against the couple. Danielle and Alexander Meitiv received a letter from CPS on June […]

UPDATED, June 17, 6:30 p.m. – Police have identified the driver of the car and the boy killed in a crash in Gaithersburg Tuesday morning. The driver of the 2003 Toyota Corolla is being identified as Narges Shafeirad, 33. She remains hospitalized in serious condition, police said. The boy who died was her son, 5-year-old Daniel Dana, […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Police are investigating the stabbing death of an 18-year-old in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring as a homicide. According to police, the stabbing occurred the afternoon of June 10th in the 14100 block of Castle Boulevard. Police have arrested and charged Mitchell Zio, age 19, of White Oak with second […]