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Julia Birch, 26, last week admitted to killing her roommate, 92-year-old Nancy Ann Frankel, according to Montgomery County Police (MCPD). Frankel’s cause of death was asphyxiation, Officer Carlos Cortes, with the police department’s Public Information Division, told MyMCM in an email Tuesday. According to police, officers and fire/rescue personnel responded to a home on Spruell […]

A woman has been arrested and charged with killing her roommate in Kensington, Montgomery County Police (MCPD) wrote in a release. Julia Birch, 26, admitted to killing 92-year-old Nancy Ann Frankel, police said. MCPD said that around 8:20 a.m. July 28, officers and fire/rescue personnel responded to a home on Spruell Drive in Kensington for […]

Montgomery County and state leaders are reacting to the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who on Tuesday was found guilty for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was found guilty on all three of his charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin was convicted for killing Floyd, […]

“This was not just a bad cop or bad policing, this was a murder in a police uniform, right? This is beyond anything you can possibly imagine.” Gov. Larry Hogan addressed the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin and said police reform is needed at a press conference Wednesday.  “There’s no question […]

Montgomery County police released a video via social media asking the public for help in solving a slaying that took place in April: Det's are once again asking the public for help in identify the killer of 18-year-old Tray Dawkins. Tray’s murder occ on 4/16 in Germantown & despite numerous witnesses, Det's received very little […]

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 […]