Montgomery Community Media

An 88-year-old driver who was injured in a one-car collision on Dec. 28 in Bethesda has died from her injuries, according to Montgomery County Police. Police have identified the driver as Gail Silverstone of Washington, D.C. She passed away on Dec. 30, two days after the crash, police said. According to police, the collision took […]

Montgomery County Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred on December 31 in the Briggs Chaney area. According to a police account, on December 31 at approximately 10:14 a.m., 3rd District officers responded to the TD Bank located at 3132 Briggs Chaney Road for a report of a bank robbery. Police said the preliminary […]

Montgomery County Police are warning residents of a telephone scam that has been reported throughout the county since February. Within the last week, the police department reports an increase in the report of these types of fraud calls. These scammers do not appear to be targeting a particular geographical area of the county or particular […]

Montgomery County Police have charged 22-year-old Mauricio Morales-Caceres with the first degree murder of 36-year-old Oscar Uriel Navarro. Police said Morales-Caceres was arrested and charged on Dec. 28 and is being held without bond. According to police,  Navarro was found deceased at his King Lear Court residence in the Bel Pre area of Silver Spring […]

Detectives from the 6th District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Gaithersburg woman. According to Montgomery County Police, Jennifer Knight of the 400 block of Woodland Avenue in Gaithersburg was last seen in the morning on December 27. She is described by police as a 49-year-old white female, 5’07” […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a series of eight vandalisms in Kensington as a hate crime. Police said the vandalism is believed to have occurred overnight on Friday, Dec. 26 to Saturday, Dec. 27 in the 4200 block of Brookfield Drive, the 4200 block of Matthews Lane and the 13400 block of Summit Avenue. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that occurred Christmas night in Colesville. According to a police account, emergency rescue crews responded to the area of Randolph Road at Hammonton Place for the report of a collision at approximately 9:36 p.m. on Dec 25. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that a […]

Santa traded his sleigh for a Montgomery County Police Department motorcycle Wednesday, Dec. 17. The Annual Police Santa Ride began in Germantown and made many stops along the way including Wegmans’ Food Market in Germantown, Public Safety Headquarters in Gaithersburg, Mama Lucia in Rockville, downtown Silver Spring on Ellsworth Street, and finally The Children’s Inn […]

Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help finding  a missing Wheaton woman. Viola Lee Stith,  68, of the 2600 block of Bel Pre Road, was last seen on Dec. 21. She was wearing a blue jacket, blue sweater with snowflakes, blue jeans and carrying a black pocketbook and red reusable grocery bag.  Stith […]

Montgomery College hosted a People of Color and U.S Criminal Justice Forum to talk about race relations and the county’s police force. Aline Barros has the report.