Montgomery Community Media

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 […]

UPDATED Catherine Hoggle is expected to appear in district court for a status hearing on June 28th in Rockville. Hoggle is the last known person to have seen her missing children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared from their Clarksburg home in September of 2014. She remains at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital where she […]

Eulalio Tordil, the suspect Montgomery County police have charged in the shopping center shootings in Aspen Hill and Bethesda, made his first appearance in court at a bond review on Monday afternoon. Tordil was arrested by the Montgomery County Police Department on Friday, and faces charges of first degree murder and attempted first degree murder.  A […]

Judge Eugene Wolfe has denied a request by state prosecutors to hire a psychiatrist to conduct an independent competency evaluation of Catherine Hoggle, according to court documents posted online by The Washington Post. “The defendant is being evaluated by a team of medical professionals at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital and their opinion of the […]

State’s Attorney John McCarthy announced today that he has been diagnosed with cancer of the neck. According to a news release, McCarthy is being treated by a team of doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital and he is confident that by summer he will be completely recovered. McCarthy continues to manage the operations of the State’s Attorney Office. […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Roger Berliner, Sidney Katz and State’s Attorney John McCarthy plan to cast their ballots early in the Presidential Primary Election. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below: You can cast your ballot early at one of ten locations across Montgomery County from April 14-21. Find out more about early voting […]

State’s Attorney John McCarthy plans to vote early. Find out why he says it is so important in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below: You can vote early from April 14  – April 21 at ten sites across Montgomery County. Find out more about early voting, in the report, below:

State’s Attorney John McCarthy said he is preparing for the upcoming April 25th competency hearing in the case of Catherine Hoggle. Hoggle is the last known person to have seen her missing children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared in Sept. of 2014. She continues to receive treatment for mental health issues at Clifton T. […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Sidney Katz and Roger Berliner are hosting a free Montgomery County Senior Forum on Friday, April 8 at the Rosborough Cultural Arts Center located at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg. A Resource Fair will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., followed by a formal program that runs until noon. Discussion topics […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, defense attorney David Felsen responds to reports that his client, Catherine Hoggle, attempted to escape, more than once, from a state hospital where she is being treated for mental health issues. Hoggle is the last known person to have seen her children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared in Sept. […]