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A 17-year-old Montgomery Village teenager was convicted Thursday for ordering assaults on two victims just because they were wearing the wrong gang colors near the Lakeforest mall, the State’s Attorney’s Office said Friday. Jose Zaldivar-Medina, who was described as a member of the violent MS-13 gang, faces 63 years in prison for the April 7, […]

Incidents and arrests from the latest Montgomery County Crime Summary. Rockville: A residential garage burglary occurred in the 12000 block of Chase Crossing Circle between about 8 a.m. June 6 and about 4:50 p.m. June 10. No signs of forced entry, the garage door was reported to have been left open; property was taken. A […]

A 19-year-old from Gaithersburg received 34 years in prison for the roles he played in two 2015 deaths, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Edwin E. Reyes-Martinez was sentenced Tuesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court for second-degree murder and accessory after the fact, the state’s attorney’s office said. Circuit Court Judge Robert Greenberg […]

Paper at the Montgomery County Recycling Center used to be shipped to a contractor, who separated the corrugated paper from other kinds and then sold the paper at a profit. Recently, the county decided to take that operation in house, which will increase revenue at the recycling center by $3 million a year, officials said […]

Montgomery County police are looking for two men whom they believe perpetrated two scams in the county where they present a bit of real gold and at the end of a transaction, the scammers have the victim’s money and the victims are left with worthless, fake gold. Police say they have arrest warrants for Xiaoping […]

Council President Roger Berliner met with reporters Monday to discuss Metro, legislation that would require a catalog of burial places and a new definition for “country inns.”

Gabriel Acevero, a 27-year-old field organizer for the union that represents Montgomery County employees, kicked off a campaign Saturday to become a Democratic candidate for District 39 representative in Maryland’s House of Delegates. Acevero, who said he has spent more than five years living in the district, held his kickoff at a park in Montgomery […]

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Anqoinette Crosby hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports about a community meeting about crime in Montgomery Village, new security at the Council Office Building in Rockville, and the last day of school. Watch the show, below:

UPDATE: The victim is Andrea Mion Hawvermale, 56, from the 1300 block of Excaliber Lane in Sandy Spring, Montgomery County police said Wednesday evening. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore conducted an autopsy to determine Hawvermale’s manner and cause of death. The results of that autopsy are pending, police said. Original post: A […]