Montgomery Community Media

A three-vehicle crash in Silver Spring Thursday, at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Dexter Avenue, left four hospitalized and one child dead. Officers from Montgomery County Police Department’s Silver Spring District and first responders from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to reports of the collision after 10 p.m. According to an MCPD […]

County Executive Marc Elrich on Wednesday said he hopes to work with the county council to come to a solution regarding a proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate for county employees, without jeopardizing public safety operations – a concern shared by public safety leaders. “I took an oath to protect the health, safety and welfare of the […]

Montgomery County public safety union representatives and police officers testified against a council bill that would require all county employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face losing employment, with exemptions for medical reasons. First, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Dr. Earl Stoddard testified on behalf of County Executive Marc Elrich during a virtual council […]

Montgomery County Police Department announced that a driver involved in a hit-and-run on Oct. 7 turned herself in to police on Tuesday. The hit-and-run occurred Oct. 7 at around 2 a.m., according to an MCPD statement. Police were dispatched to a parking lot in the 900 block of Rose Avenue in Rockville. Witnesses told police […]

A 17-year-old Walt Whitman High School student was taken into custody Wednesday after he assaulted a female student at Churchill High School in Potomac and brandished a knife at others who tried to intervene, according to Montgomery County Police (MCPD). Police Public Information Director Shiera Goff sent the following statement to MyMCM: “On scene investigation […]

Update (Oct. 1): Montgomery County Police Department released the name of the motorcyclist who died in a crash on Sept. 26. MCPD said in a news release, the “Collision Reconstruction Unit have identified the victim in Sunday’s fatality as 40-year-old Ernesto Abel Blanco Rodriguez of Havre De Grace.” Havre De Grace is located in Hartford County, Md. […]

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery (MCPD) solicita la ayuda del público para identificar a un sospechoso, mientras los detectives investigan un robo que ocurrió el 2 de septiembre en una farmacia de Germantown. Los oficiales respondieron a un robo reportado en la farmacia ubicada en la cuadra 19000 de Frederick Road alrededor […]

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) asks for the public’s help in identifying a suspect as detectives investigate a Sept. 2 robbery of a Germantown pharmacy. Officers responded to a reported robbery at the pharmacy on the 19000 block of Frederick Road around 10 a.m. that day, police said in a release Monday. According to […]

Montgomery County Police (MCPD) are investigating a homicide that occurred Friday night in Silver Spring, per a release from the department. Police responded to the Forest Park Apartments on Piney Branch Road at about 11:30 p.m. for a reported shooting, MCPD said. Arriving officers found a man on the sidewalk with a suspected gunshot wound. […]

Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division released surveillance video showing an attempted armed carjacking that occurred outside a gas station in Silver Spring. Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying the people in the video. According to an MCPD news release, detectives determined the incident occurred at around 2 a.m. on Aug. […]