Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Oct. 4 – Police have released more information in the death of Potomac resident Carolyn Mattingly. According to police, the medical examiner has ruled that Mattingly’s death is a homicide and her cause of death is a gunshot wound. Police have also released more information about the death of Andrew Racca. According to the medical examiner, […]

Montgomery County police have charged Hani Haleem, age 57, of Iris Street in Rockville, with the murder of his 82-year-old mother, Somaya Haleem, of the same address. On September 4, at approximately 4:30 a.m., emergency crews responded to 4610 Iris Street in Rockville for the report of a house fire. Firefighters rescued Somaya Haleem from […]

Montgomery County police have charged a 24-year-old North Potomac man with the first degree murder of a 22-year-old Gaithersburg man. According to a police account, Pavel Ivanov, of Lake Breeze Drive, became involved in an argument with Bryan Robert Hall, of Story Drive, around 2:30 a.m. on July 4th in the 900 block of Curry […]

A Hyattsville man is now facing murder charges after police said he killed a Silver Spring man. The stabbing happened on June 19 on Piney Branch Road in an apartment above the El Sitio Restaurant in Silver Spring, according to a Montgomery County Police release. Police said Ulises A. Blanco-Melgar, 31, of the 7300 block […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a homicide in Silver Spring that was discovered on Feb. 20. Police said at 2:37 p.m. on Feb. 20, officers from the 3rd district responded to a residence in the 2000 block of Hanover Street in Silver Spring. According to police, a co-worker had called police after the victim was […]

Montgomery County police have charged Brian Patrick O’ Callaghan, age 36, of the 25200 block of Conrad Court in Damascus, with first degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. Police said the victim, Hyunsu O’Callaghan, is Brian O’ Callaghan’s adopted three-year-old son. Below is a police account of what happened: “On February 2, detectives […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police – Major Crimes Division continue to investigate two homicides that were reported on Friday, January 17 in the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown. On Jan. 20, detectives released the 911 calls that were received on Thursday night (Jan. 16) and on Friday (Jan. 17) morning. (See […]

Montgomery County police have charged a second woman with murder in the deaths of two children in Germantown and they have released more information about the motive. On Jan. 18, detectives arrested Monifa Denise Sanford, age 21, of the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown after she was released from the hospital. Police […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police have charged a 28-year-old woman with murder in the deaths of two of her children. On Jan. 17, Montgomery County police officers responded to the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown where they discovered four children that had been assaulted. Police said two of the children were pronounced deceased […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division have made two arrests in the Oct. 12 murder of Preeta Paul Gabba that occurred on Crystal Rock Drive in Germantown. Patrol officers found Gabba, aged 49, in the roadway with at least one gunshot wound to the leg. She was transported to the hospital where […]