Montgomery Community Media

The wife of the man found dead in his backyard in Takoma Park last August appeared in court Monday on murder charges. Larlane Pannell-Brown is being held on $5 million bond and is accused of conspiring to kill her husband, Cecil Brown. Her alleged lover, Hussain Ali  Zadeh is also charged with first-degree murder in […]

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy says police body cameras should be in use in Montgomery County by July 1.

Montgomery County Police are asking for your help to identify a woman who detectives say they are concerned about. The Montgomery County Police Department has released four photos of the unidentified, tattooed woman. Police are not saying much about how they obtained the photos except to say they were found during an investigation. Police say […]

A community in Chevy Chase and another in Silver Spring were the targets of anti-Semitic fliers distributed to homes recently. According to Montgomery County Police, an officer in the Second District responded to a report about the fliers in Chevy Chase on Wednesday and then just this morning an officer reported the fliers were distributed along Luzerne […]

A Damascus mom has multiple law enforcement agencies and an entire community to thank for finding her 7-year-old son with Down Syndrome who had wandered from home just as a major thunderstorm was approaching Monday night. Raphael Leon was going to go to the supermarket with his dad Monday evening when his dad went into […]

UPDATED Police officers have found Raphael Leon. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing seven-year-old Damascus boy. Police said Raphael Leon of the 25500 block of Butterfield Way in Damascus was last seen running from his home and running down the street at approximately 7:45 p.m. Monday […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced today that the administration plans to re-open the Maryland State Police barrack in Annapolis and add 100 new troopers to the force. According to a news release, his announcement follows the General Assembly’s failure to approve the necessary funding to enhance the capabilities of the Maryland State Police though a […]

UPDATED One man was killed and another was injured in a crash on the ICC near Layhill Road on Wednesday afternoon, according to Maryland Authority Transportation Police. Montgomery County officials said the driver of a MCDOT vehicle was fatally injured in this collision. In a statement, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett identified the county employee […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger discusses the pros and cons of three types of body worn cameras. Manger has announced that 100 police officers will pilot the body worn cameras beginning this summer in Montgomery County.

In an ongoing effort to improve the relationship between police and the community, church leaders hosted this public forum where attendees asked about the rules of engagement when someone is stopped