Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County police officers say three teenagers were killed in a pickup truck crash last night in Damascus. It happened at 11:36 p.m. in the 25300 block of Burnt Hill Road. In a news release, police said the preliminary investigation indicates that the Ford F-250 was traveling southbound on Burnt Hill Road, approaching Kingstead Road, […]

A report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) states that the pilot whose jet crashed into a Gaithersburg home on Dec. 8, 2014, failed to turn on de-icing equipment, which caused ice accumulation on the wings that led to the crash. “Pilots must rely on checklists and procedures because relying only on memory can […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision involving a 16-year-old bicyclist that occurred Thursday afternoon at the intersection of South Frederick Avenue and Fulks Corner Avenue in the city of Gaithersburg. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that the bicyclist was traveling northbound on the sidewalk of the southbound side of South […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating the May 21st burglary of the JCPenney store located at Westfield Wheaton Mall. Police are releasing surveillance video, see below, and photographs of the suspect in hopes of identifying him. According to a police account, the burglary was discovered by an employee at the JCPenney store shortly before 9 […]

The investigation into the cause of a Saturday evening smoke incident outside Friendship Heights Station is ongoing, according to a news release issued today by Metro. While Metro has not yet identified the root cause of the incident, investigators have eliminated power cables as a contributing factor. Both Metro and the Federal Transit Administration are […]

A Boyds man has died from his injuries after he was involved in an ATV collision on Monday in the Sugarland area of Montgomery County, according to local authorities. It happened shortly after 3 p.m. on Feb. 29 at the intersection of Whites Ferry Road and Sugarland Road. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that […]

UPDATED 2.12.16 10:45 a.m. A Montgomery County grand jury has indicted the suspect driver who police say struck Officer Noah Leotta, while he was working as a member of  the Holiday Alcohol Task Force, last December. Leotta died from his injuries a week later. According to a Montgomery County Police Department news release, Olney resident […]

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 […]

UPDATED The Montgomery County Animal Services Division (ASD) has gained custody of the 66 dogs seized from a Rockville area home on Jan. 1. Katherine Zenzano, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center (MCASAC), said all the dogs are in the legal custody of the shelter and some of the dogs […]

A Silver Spring man was killed in a motorcycle crash that occurred Sunday afternoon in Spencerville, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. It happened shortly after 3 p.m. on Jan. 3rd.  That’s when police said 42-year-old Joe Odeh Dababneh was traveling east on Spencerville Road on a silver, 2004 Yamaha. According to police, a […]