Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED 12-17-15, 5:15 p.m. Montgomery County police officers are investigating a homicide that occurred on Wednesday night in Germantown. According to police, dispatch was notified of a shooting in the 18600 block of Sage Way at 7:14 p.m. on Dec. 16. Police said they located a man on the ground adjacent to the residence with […]

UPDATED Dec. 14 -The Montgomery County Police Department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is now investigating a fatal collision involving a bicyclist and a vehicle that occurred Saturday evening in Rockville. At approximately 6:55 p.m., 1st District and Rockville City officers, in addition to Fire and Rescue crews responded to the westbound lanes of east Gude Drive […]

Montgomery County fire and rescue crews evacuated a home in Randolph Hills on Saturday afternoon after discovering high concentrations of carbon monoxide at the residence at 4803 Topping Road. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said three people were transported to the hospital, two children aged 6 and 12, and a 34-year-old man. Piringer said […]

UPDATED The Forest Glen Metro station was the site of an emergency response drill on Sunday. The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and the Metro Transit Police conducted a dual exercise from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The station was closed to the public during the exercise. According to a news release from Metro, […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a homicide that occurred last night in Aspen Hill. Shortly before 8:30 p.m., officers received a report of an assault that occurred in the parking lot of the Sunoco gas station at 14031 Georgia Avenue. Responding police officers said they located two Hispanic male victims in the parking lot, […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services are continuing to work on extinguishing a mulch fire, which began over the weekend at the Aspen Landscape Contractors, Inc.  located on the 15700 block of New Hampshire Ave. The right lane at Southbound New Hampshire Ave. at McNeil Lane is blocked due to fire department operations. According to […]

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Friday morning at Traville Gateway Drive and Shady Grove Road, according to local authorities. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer described the pedestrian as an adult male who was transported as a priority one patient to a local hospital. Police closed down the intersection while the investigation […]

UPDATED Over 60 firefighters battled a house fire in Olney on Tuesday evening. A fire official said the fire caused an estimated $600,000 in damages. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said two occupants in the house assisted ten dogs out of the house and they were not injured. Piringer has Tweeted a link to […]

A house fire in North Potomac caused $500,000 in damages on Tuesday morning and sent one of the home’s occupants to a hospital burn unit for smoke inhalation and possible respiratory injuries, according to a county fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire occurred shortly before 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning […]

UPDATED  Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that occurred shortly before 3 a.m. today in the Calverton area of Cherry Hill Road and Broadbirch Drive. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that a 2006 Mack tractor-trailer was traveling east on Cherry Hill Road. Police said a 2012 Infinity EX35 was turning right […]