Montgomery Community Media

A man was arrested and charged with rape and assault of a 6-year-old girl in Silver Spring.  On the morning of July 3, Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers were sent to Oak View Elementary School for a report of a sexual assault, according to court documents. The complainant was with the 6-year-old girl, and […]

For three Washington, D.C. men who were incarcerated during their youth, poetry is a powerful means of self expression. Nokomis Hunter, Shannon Battle, and Cliff Yarborough all grew up in the criminal justice system, where they were introduced to Free Minds Book Club. Hunter, Battle, and Yarborough all participated in The City of Takoma Park’s […]

A 26-year-old jailed at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Boyds has been charged with the attempted first-degree murder of a correctional officer, according to a Montgomery County police statement released Monday. About 5 a.m. Sunday, Edgar Alfonso Borrera, 26, punched a correctional officer in the face and upper body and attacked him with a […]

County Cable Montgomery has produced a 30-minute video report about the heroin epidemic in Montgomery County. You can watch the show in its entirety, below:

There’s a new that goes into effect on Saturday, October 1 for adults who provide minors with alcohol. It’s been a little over one year since the deaths of Alex Murk and Calvin Li, who were both killed in a high speed and drunk-driving crash in June 2015. The two 18-year-olds were passengers in Sam […]

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy held a news conference following a court hearing in the case of Zakieya Avery at the Rockville Circuit Courthouse on Sept. 15. Avery was arrested by Montgomery County police officers back in January of 2014 and charged with first degree murder in the deaths of two of her children. You […]

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on the Pepco – Exelon merger, the 6th annual World Elder Abuse Day workshop at Holiday Park Senior Center,  graduating inmates at the Montgomery County Correctional Center, and more.

A former Wootton High School quarterback involved in a fatal crash last summer that killed two of his friends was sentenced to serve four years in prison on Thursday. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, below, watch the news conference following the sentencing hearing. Sam Ellis, 19, of North Potomac, was sentenced to 20 years in […]

Lindsey Hoggle, the mother of Catherine Hoggle and the grandmother of missing Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, has written a letter to The Washington Post about mental illness and incarceration. Her daughter, Catherine Hoggle, is being treated for mental health issues at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital in Jessup, Maryland. Catherine is believed to be last […]

Montgomery County police officers have charged Kabir K. Salami, age 20, with a kidnapping in Wheaton. He is being held with no bond. According to a police account, on March 29 at approximately 8:06 p.m., officers from the 4th District responded to the area of the 11400 block of Monterrey Drive in Wheaton for the […]