Montgomery Community Media

On Tuesday, City of Takoma Park Police Chief Antonio DeVaul spoke to MyMCMedia about his reaction to the video showing George Floyd dying at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis. In addition to holding the officer who killed Floyd accountable, DeVaul says the three other officers who were present should also be held […]

“This was not just a bad cop or bad policing, this was a murder in a police uniform, right? This is beyond anything you can possibly imagine.” Gov. Larry Hogan addressed the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin and said police reform is needed at a press conference Wednesday.  “There’s no question […]

In response to a video circulating on Instagram showing a Takoma Park police officer removing Black Lives Matter signs on lamp posts, City Manager Suzanne Ludlow announced she’s taken emergency action to suspend rules about sign posting. In light of the protests surrounding racism and police brutality, Ludlow is now encouraging residents to post welcoming […]

Update (June 2): Montgomery County Police Department say Iyahna Shamael Johnson was located safe and unharmed. Original Post (May 21): Detectives from the Montgomery County police Special Victims Investigations Division are asking the public for help in locating a missing teenager from the Fairland area. Iyahna Shamael Johnson, 17, lives on Old Columbia Pike. She was […]

In the wake of several national and local protests against police brutality and racism, Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones issued a statement on the death of George Floyd. In the statement Jones said he “and the rest of the Montgomery County Department of Police, stand with those seeking peaceful discourse at the local and […]

Despite a Range Rover SUV crashing through the front of a downtown Silver Spring Whole Foods on Sunday, the store is open for business on Monday. The driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake and there were no injuries, according to a Montgomery County Police spokesperson. Photos from inside of the store show […]

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery tuiteó el jueves que está investigando un video que circula en Twitter, que muestra una confrontación entre un hombre y una mujer que ocurrió en el centro de Bethesda. En el video, el hombre utiliza una retórica racista hacia la mujer. La policía tuiteó: “MCPD está al […]

Montgomery County police are asking the public for help in finding a missing Olney teenager. Deon-Dren Zanders, 15, of Golden Spring Court was recently reported as missing to police. Police say she was last seen 7 p.m. May 26 at her residence. Zanders is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 125 […]

Police are investigating a fatal collision involving a motorcycle that occurred Thursday evening in Bethesda. According to a statement from Montgomery County Police Department, Bethesda district police officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel were dispatched to River Road (MD 190) at Burdette Road at 10:08 p.m. responding to reports of a collision between […]

Montgomery County Police Department tweeted Thursday that it’s investigating a video circulating on Twitter, showing a confrontation between a man and woman that occurred Wednesday in downtown Bethesda. In the video, the man uses racist rhetoric toward the woman. Police tweeted, “The MCPD is aware of the video circulating on social media of a ‘road […]