Montgomery Community Media

The Gergler Family will be receiving friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 at Cedarbrook Community Church, 23700 Stringtown Road, Clarksburg. Funeral Services will be private. Tyler Gergler, 18, died Friday afternoon in a single-car accident on I-70 near Ellicott City, Maryland State Police said. Gergler graduated from Clarksburg High School this […]

Un joven de 18 años, graduado de la escuela secundaria Clarksburg, murió el viernes por la tarde sobre la I-70 cerca de la ciudad de Ellicott, informó la policía estatal de Maryland. Servicios médicos de emergencia declararon muerto a Tyler Michael Gergler, en el lugar del accidente, donde sólo había un vehículo involucrado. Aproximadamente a […]

An 18-year-old graduate of Clarksburg High School died Friday afternoon on I-70 near Ellicott City, Maryland State Police reported. Emergency medical services personnel pronounced Tyler Michael Gergler dead at the scene in the single-car wreck, police said. At about 4:30 p.m., troopers from the Waterloo Barrack received a 9-1-1 call reporting a crash at I-70 […]

Starting about 10 p.m., and weather permitting, Montgomery County police and Maryland State Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint. This enforcement is a component of Montgomery County law enforcement’s continuing effort to curb impaired driving and underage drinking. The exact location of the checkpoint will not be disclosed in advance. Police officers remind motorists […]

Maryland State Police Trooper Anthony Wallace made more impaired driver arrests than any other state trooper in Maryland in 2018. On July 12, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce presented Wallace with a Meritorious Service Citation for arresting 150 people who were driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in Montgomery County and neighboring areas. […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) honored forty-nine Upcounty Police Officers, Special Operations Teams, Firefighters, and Paramedics at its 24th Annual Public Safety Awards Breakfast “It’s so important for the community to take a moment and thank our first responders for all that they do to keep us safe,” said Marilyn Balcombe, GGCC President / […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) will honor over forty Upcounty Police Officers, Special Operations Teams, Firefighters, and Paramedics at their 24th Annual Public Safety Awards Breakfast on Friday, July 12, 2019. This event honors our public safety personnel and first responders from Montgomery County Upcounty’s fire & police departments, Maryland State Police, and Office of the […]

Councilmember Will Jawando was stopped by a Maryland State Police trooper on Saturday, just days after he hosted a community forum on policing. The trooper asked whether he owned the car or whether he had any outstanding warrants. “I kinda knew then that this was a pretext stop is when a police officer stops someone […]

A Montgomery County man faces child pornography charges after a Maryland State Police investigation. Charles Victor Kopfstein-Penk, 74, of Bethesda is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography, a state police statement said. Kopfstein-Penk was arrested at his home without incident and taken to the state police Rockville Barrack for processing. In February […]

A Gaithersburg man was charged Wednesday with distribution and possession of child pornography, a Maryland State Police statement said. The arrest followed a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigation. Andrzej Piwowarski, 43, faces two counts of distribution of child pornography and seven counts of possession of child pornography, according to […]