Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County police department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery in Wheaton. Police released surveillance photos of a man entering a Shell gas station at 12401 Georgia Avenue on Monday, November 25.       Officials said the suspect entered the gas station and approached the employee who […]

Montgomery County Police say a man is facing charges for first degree assault, as well as first-and second-degree attempted murder, for a stabbing that happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Red Maple Asian Cuisine and Bar on Colesville Road in Silver Spring. Police say an employee assaulted the owner of the restaurant and was […]

The Montgomery County Police Department is investigating several thefts from cell phone stores. Officials believe the crimes are all connected. Detectives say within three separate thefts, cell phones worth more than $9,000 were stolen. On Oct. 9, the T-Mobile Store located on the 15000 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring was robbed around […]

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating two reports of thefts from vehicles that they believe are related. According to a press release, the crimes happened in the area of Aspen Hill. A victim reported that suspects entered a vehicle that was parked in a driveway on the 14000 block of Manorvale Road […]

A woman has been arrested and is facing charges including child abduction, kidnapping, and first degree assault. According to a police statement, 39-year-old Yashica Terry of Bethesda forcibly grabbed a four-year-old child while she was walking with her grandfather on a sidewalk on Woodmont Avenue near Norfolk Avenue shortly before 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Officials […]

It happened shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday.  A 46-year-old Dickerson man died in a single-car wreck Sunday night, according to a statement from the Montgomery County police. Jerry Lee Ray Thompson Sr. died after his southbound 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 struck several trees, according to preliminary findings of the police investigation. The incident occurred before […]

A 13-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a car on Friday evening while riding her bike in Bethesda. According to a Montgomery County Police press release, on Nov. 8, around 5:45 p.m. the teen was riding her bicycle in the crosswalk of northbound Old Georgetown Road at the entrance ramp on […]

The debate over the Thin Blue Line flag continued at the opening of the new Biomedical Science and Engineering Building at the Universities at Shady Grove on Thursday. Gov. Larry Hogan, who was at the grand opening in Rockville, commented on Elrich’s decision to ban the flag from being displayed at Montgomery County police stations. […]

The Montgomery County Council confirmed Marcus Jones as Montgomery County’s new police chief Tuesday. “I feel great this has been an incredibly long road… I’m just grateful and honored, and humbled to be in this position,” said Chief Marcus Jones said. Jones, who has been on the force for more than 30 years, says his […]

County Executive Marc Elrich met with members of the media Monday afternoon and doubled down on his decision to prohibit a Thin Blue Line flag from being displayed at the Germantown District police station. Elrich said his problem with the flag is that it’s been appropriated by Blue Lives Matter, a media group started in […]