Montgomery Community Media

UPDATE, April 13, 3:45 p.m. Montgomery County Police report Brandon Deleon has been located safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL April 13, 12:15 p.m. Montgomery County police are asking the public to help locate a missing Autistic teen from Kensington. Police said that Brandon Deleon, age 19, of the 3500 block of Lawrence Avenue in Kensington, was […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker, who is a member of the Council’s Public Safety Committee, was one of the speakers on April 11 as representatives of police departments and planning agencies joined together in Silver Spring for the “Street Smart” campaign that aims to make roads safer for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists. The campaign kicks […]

State’s Attorney John McCarthy said he is preparing for the upcoming April 25th competency hearing in the case of Catherine Hoggle. Hoggle is the last known person to have seen her missing children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared in Sept. of 2014. She continues to receive treatment for mental health issues at Clifton T. […]

Here are five things to know today, April 7, in Montgomery County: 1. Pay attention to your driving! Montgomery County police officers are cracking down on distracted drivers this month. 2. The County Council is holding its final two budget hearings today. 3. The Downtown Bethesda Sector Plan and Maydale Nature Center are two of […]

Did you know that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month? Montgomery County police officers cited dozens of drivers during a directed enforcement earlier today on River Road at Goldsboro Road, and at the entrance ramp from Clopper Road onto southbound I-270 with the assistance of Maryland State Police. At River Road at Goldsboro Road, police […]

Montgomery County police officers are warning residents about a possible speed camera violation email scam. According to a Facebook post, the department received reports from law enforcement agencies in California and Pennsylvania about a scam involving fraudulent automated speed camera violation emails. For more, watch the County Report This Week video, below. Police say that […]

Montgomery County police officers have charged Kabir K. Salami, age 20, with a kidnapping in Wheaton. He is being held with no bond. According to a police account, on March 29 at approximately 8:06 p.m., officers from the 4th District responded to the area of the 11400 block of Monterrey Drive in Wheaton for the […]

UPDATE March 31, 11:55 a.m. Police report that Srivarnika Uma Varada has been located safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL March 23, 12:21 p.m. Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigation Division are asking the public for help to locate a missing Bethesda teen. Police say, Srivarnika Uma Varada, who goes by her middle name “Uma,” is […]

UPDATED Police report that Joshua has been safely located. Update: Joshua Hoppel has been located safe and unharmed. The Department thanks the public and media for sharing this missing person case. — Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) March 24, 2016 Detectives from the 2nd District Investigative Section are asking the public’s help to locate a missing […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a single-vehicle collision that happened on Emory Lane on Wednesday, March 16. According to police, it happened around 11:30 p.m., when officers attempted to stop a light colored 2011 Toyota Camry on southbound Layhill Road, near Georgia Ave. Police say the car did not stop and officers followed the […]