Montgomery Community Media

A Takoma Park police officer is facing sexual offense charges that involve a minor, according to Montgomery County Police. 42-year-old Corporal Eric Mueller has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor, which is a fourth-degree sexual offense. MCPD is handling this investigation and confirmed that the victim is a juvenile female, and that she […]

The body of 96-year-old Kun Bok Son of Norbeck was found in the Triadelphia Reservoir on Saturday, hours after he was reported missing, Montgomery County Police say. Son was reported missing on December 4 and was last seen around 4:00 p.m. in the area of Brighton Dam Road in Brookeville, according to a press release. […]

As part of the Montgomery County police department’s annual effort to benefit The Children’s Inn at National Institute of Health, Santa Claus will travel through the county riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Dec. 9. Accompanied by motor officers, Santa Claus will leave the 5th District police station in Germantown, Md. at 3 p.m. to meet […]

Montgomery County Police are conducting an investigation after a woman was raped in Wheaton last week. On November 23, authorities responded to the report of a sexual assault in the area of Georgia Avenue shortly after midnight. Detectives say the victim was with a friend at Wheaton Veterans Park located on Amherst Avenue before she walked […]

A man died after a single-vehicle crash in the Layhill area on Sunday morning, according to Montgomery County police. An investigation revealed that 23-year-old Stefano Jorge Fernandes of Rockville was driving west on Norbeck Road near Whitehaven Road shortly after 1:00 a.m. when his vehicle left the roadway and struck several trees. Authorities say Fernandes […]

Montgomery County Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian-involved collision that occurred in North Bethesda early Friday morning. First responders arrived on the scene shortly after 5:00 a.m., according to police. An investigation determined that a car was traveling north on Rockville Pike approaching Grosvenor Lane when the pedestrian, identified as 74-year-old James Eugene White Jr. […]

Update (Nov. 18): The officer that was shot during an attempted arrest of a homicide suspect in Prince Georges County on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Detective Donnie Oaks, a 20-year veteran of the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD). Authorities say Detective Oaks underwent surgery last night and remains in stable condition. The suspect […]

A man was killed in a single-vehicle collision in Gaithersburg on Monday night according to Montgomery County police. 35-year-old Jonathan Davis of Washington, D.C. was driving east on Darnestown Road (MD 28) when, for reasons still under investigation, his vehicle crossed over the center median and continued traveling east in the westbound lanes of traffic. […]

A woman has been arrested and charged for stabbing a man in the area outside of the Wheaton Metro Station last week. Montgomery County Police say 22-year-old Nelly Moore of Gaithersburg faces assault-related charges for the Nov. 1 stabbing of an adult male. Detectives do not believe that Moore knew the victim. According to an […]

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating a fatal collision in Fairland that happened early Sunday morning. MCPD Officers and Fire & Rescue personnel responded to Old Columbia Pike near Ruxton Road shortly before 4:30 a.m. An investigation determined that a Ford pickup truck was traveling south on Old Columbia Pike approaching Ruxton […]