Montgomery Community Media

On Tuesday the Montgomery County Council approved members for the Policing Advisory Commission. The commission was established in December 2019 and is meant to provide oversight of the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) and improve community relations with police. The group will also update councilmembers about policing matters and give recommendations about policies and best […]

Black men in Montgomery County were three times as likely as white men to get a traffic violation in 2019, the Montgomery County Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) reported along with other disparities in policing.  The July 21 report found that Latino men were almost twice as likely as white men to get a traffic violation […]

Montgomery County Police are investigating the burglary of a Dunkin’ located on the 8400 block of Colesville Road in downtown Silver Spring. On July 12, shortly before 7:00 p.m., a suspect forced entry to the restaurant through the front door. According to an MCPD press release, the suspect stole electronics and food and placed the […]

The County Council’s bill to limit the use of excessive force by police is a danger to both police officers and residents, said Lee Holland, cooperation vice president of Montgomery County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35. The bill, which was approved July 29, prohibits chokeholds and limits the use of deadly force, no-knock warrants […]

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department continue to investigate an armed robbery that happened in the downtown area of Silver Spring last week. On Monday, July 20, shortly after 5:00 p.m., officers responded to 1200 block of East West Highway. The victim told police that he was outside walking when two suspects approached him. […]

A Germantown man was arrested and charged with six incidents of sextortion. Montgomery County Police Detectives from the 5th and 6th Districts charged Michael Brendon Cooper, 22, of Sweetgum Circle, with sextortion, which involves a person threatening to distribute a victim’s private and sensitive material if that victim refuses to provide a suspect with images […]

Un sospechoso ha sido acusado del asesinato de Edigio Ienzi de Germantown, ocurrido el 23 de julio. Justin Wilson, de 26 años, de Great Park Circle, fue arrestado el martes en Virginia por detectives del Departamento de Policía del condado de Montgomery (MCPD), después de que familiares de la víctima lo identificaron ante la policía. […]

A suspect has been charged with the July 23 murder of Edigio Ienzi from Germantown. Justin Wilson, 26, of Great Park Circle, was arrested in Virginia Tuesday by detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department after family members of the victim identified him to police. MCPD officers responded to a stabbing at Ienzi’s Duhart Court […]

Officers with the Montgomery County Police Department helped save a man’s life after a stabbing in Silver Spring in June. Details were revealed in an MCPD press release on Wednesday. “We are proud of these highly trained officers who, without regard for their own safety during this ongoing pandemic, provided immediate care that saved a […]

A Gaithersburg woman died from injuries sustained in a multi-vehicle collision in Rockville on Tuesday morning. Three other people were injured, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. 74-year-old Amanda Motta of King James Way in Gaithersburg was sitting in the back seat of a vehicle that was struck on West Montgomery Avenue (MD Route […]