Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED 12.4.17 Below is the letter to the Seneca Valley High School Community from MCPS officials: “Good Afternoon Seneca Valley Community, “This morning during the latter part of our lunch hour, a student reported a strong smell in one of our hallways that we believe to have been pepper spray. “Out of an abundance of […]

A 27-year-old woman from the District has been charged in the Dec. 5 robbery that occurred at the ILORI store in Friendship Heights and the Jan. 5 armed robbery of the “Specs New York” store inside the Westfield Montgomery mall in Bethesda, Montgomery County police said. Stephan Simms of the 3500 block of 19th Street SE was […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials are reporting that 14 Watkins Mill Elementary school students have been transported to a local hospital after a pepper spray incident that happened on a school bus Wednesday afternoon. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, at a approximately 4 p.m. EMS personnel were dispatched for a inhalation emergency […]

Roberto Clemente Middle School in Germantown was evacuated today (June 7) for the report of a suspicious odor in the building. Montgomery County fire-rescue units responded and Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham posted on his Twitter account that five students and one adult were transported for checkups. On his Twitter account, Graham said the investigation […]

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is investigating the death of a Clarksburg man who died in police custody. Police said their case began on Oct. 8 at 4:45 p.m. in the 23400 block of Tailor Shop Place in Clarksburg. Officers were called to the residence for the report of a resident who was being […]