Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Cheryl McCally sentenced the man who raped a woman at knifepoint in broad daylight on Metro’s Red Line to two consecutive life sentences behind bars. Friday’s sentence comes after a jury found John Prentice Hicks, 41, guilty of first degree rape and sex offense to the first degree earlier this year. […]

Gov. Larry Hogan today signed an executive order Friday that could give juvenile offenders a second chance. The order requires the governor to consider certain criteria before sentencing juveniles to a life sentence. Factors include the juvenile’s age at the time of the crime and an offender’s demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation since the crime be […]

Myles Bowersox, 25, was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for home invasion and multiple counts of sexual assault of a 63 year old mentally disabled woman. Bowersox assaulted the woman in her sleep after breaking in through the victims’  bedroom window, according to court documents. Following the attack, Bowersox held a knife […]

At the Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse today, Judge Ronald Rubin sentenced 78-year-old John Lutz to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder of 23-year-old Nicole Castro, a social worker who was killed over 14 years ago, in March of 2002, in Silver Spring. “Judge Rubin got it right,” said State’s Attorney […]

A Rockville man accused of killing his neighbors will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. 32 year year old Scott Tomaszewski pleaded guilty  back in September to first degree murder for killing Dick and Jody Vilardo on May 10, 2015. The murder was discovered by the daughter of the victims, […]

A Rockville man who was charged in the stabbing deaths of his neighbors has pleaded guilty. According to online court records, Scott Tomaszewski, 32,entered a guilty plea on Sept. 20th.  He is scheduled to be sentenced for the killings of Dick and Jody Vilardo on Nov. 15. After the guilty plea was entered in court on […]