Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County has had than double the number of reported homicides in 2014 than in 2013. Last year, there were 19 homicides. That compares to 8 in 2013. But, Capt. Darren Francke, director of the department’s Major Crimes Division, said the number is not alarming. He talks about the county’s homicide rate in this MyMcMedia […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department-Major Crimes Division continue to investigate the December 22, 2014 robbery of the Shell gas station at 9510 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. Detectives are releasing store video surveillance and photos of the two men suspected in the crime and are asking for the public’s help in identifying them. Police reported […]

Searchers are scouring Taylor’s Mountain in Bedford County, Va. as new leads point them to an area police say might contain the remains of the missing Lyon sisters. Montgomery County Police have eight investigators participating in that search this week, according to Montgomery County Police Capt. Darren Francke, director of the department’s Division of Major […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s 6th District are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Gaithersburg man. According to police, Andre Kiracua of State Road in Gaithersburg was last seen in the morning on January 10. He is described by police as a 57-year-old white male, 5’11” tall and weighing 210 […]

The Montgomery County Police Department is warning residents of a telephone scam operation that has been going on throughout the region since 2012. Find out more in this report. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Related:

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has announced there will be a 10 a.m. news conference on Jan. 12 in Thaxton, Virginia to discuss the status of the Lyon sisters investigation. The two girls were reported missing in Wheaton nearly 40 years ago. According to a news release, Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown, Bedford County Commonwealth’s […]

UPDATED 1..9.14 Police have located Robert Allen safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Rockville man. According to police, Robert Allen of the 12000 block of Village Terrace in Rockville was last seen in the evening on January 8. He is described by police […]

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is apologizing for using two characters- Elf on a Shelf and Mensch on Bench- in its social media campaigns over the holidays. On its social media channels, the department used the two characters throughout the holiday season posing with officers or pretending to listen to the police scanner to […]

A two-month combined traffic enforcement initiative by state and county police departments in the Capital Beltway region has resulted in more than 350 drunk-drugged driving arrests and more than 100 arrests for criminal violations, according to a Jan. 5 news release from the Maryland State Police Department. In partnership with the Prince George’s County Police […]

Montgomery County Police are waiting on a video they say is on its way from New Jersey and on it one woman claims may be images of missing Sarah and Jacob Hoggle. Laura Penny of Shoreham, Long Island, N.Y. told MyMCMedia Monday that she thinks she may have spotted the toddlers who have been missing from Montgomery […]