Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED, Feb. 9, 2:37 p.m. Police said the man fatally shot himself. The situation is over, according to police. UPDATED, Feb. 9, 11 a.m. – Montgomery County Police say the man who barricaded himself on the property of  a landscaping company in Silver Spring is an employee of that company, Brookeville Landscape Supply. Police report that […]

As suspected heroin overdoses reach what is being called “epidemic proportions,” Montgomery County Police are getting training in the use of a drug that could be life-saving for some. Narcan is a drug that counters the effects of opioid (such as heroin) overdose. Officers administer the drug by spraying it in a person’s nostrils. In 2014, […]

A road is flooded in Silver Spring after a car ran into a fire hydrant this morning. Vierling Drive is closed to traffic and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has been called to shut off the hydrant. Montgomery County Police are investigating the 10: 52 a.m. accident. Call 10:52 am- 400 block of Vierling Dr. […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating a nighttime residential burglary that occurred early on Feb. 1 in Kensington. Investigators need your help to identify the suspect. According to a police account, at approximately 2:34 a.m., officers responded to a residence in the 11900 block of Coronada Place in Kensington for the report […]

UPDATED, 2 p.m.  Jan. 26. – Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a Washington, D.C. man who was found in the Bel Pre area overnight as a homicide. Police have identified the man as Wei Wu, age 46, of the 400 block of K Street NW in Washington, D.C. Police are now saying they […]

Montgomery County Police Officer Jonathan Pruziner  is the recipient of the 2014 Capital Area Chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s Theodore Roosevelt Police Award. Theodore Roosevelt Police Awards honor those hometown heroes who experience serious injuries or illnesses but continue to render praiseworthy service to their departments. Pruziner came in contact with an improvised explosive device […]

UPDATED Jan. 22 4:33 p.m. –  Police report that Anoushiravan Ashraf  has been located.  The Silver Alert has been cancelled. ORIGINAL POST Detectives from the 6th District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Montgomery Village man. According to police, Anoushiravan Ashraf of the 9900 block of Lake Landing Road in […]

UPDATE , Jan. 20, 11:42 a.m Ithi Sophonpanich, of the 7700 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, has been located safe and unharmed. Montgomery County Police need your help to find a missing Bethesda man. According to police, Ithi Sophonpanich, of 7700 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, was last seen on Jan. 15 exiting the garage […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a hate crime that occurred at a residence in the 3300 block of Glenmoor Drive in Chevy Chase this holiday weekend. Police said a racial epithet was spray painted on the home’s garage door. According to a police account of the incident, at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Monday, a neighbor […]

As the Maryland General Assembly heads into session in Annapolis Jan. 14, Governor-elect Larry Hogan has said he plans to put resources statewide into battling what he has called a “heroin epidemic.” Montgomery County Police Capt. Darren Francke spoke to MyMCMedia about the incidences of heroin use in Montgomery County. Francke said the county is […]