Montgomery Community Media

Safe Silver Spring, a community civic group, is scheduled to host a meeting on Feb. 12, 7 p.m. at the Long Branch Community Center at 8700 Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring. Kate Rhudy, project manager of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, is scheduled to discuss the recent report: “Law Enforcement’s Leadership Role in […]

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) employees are warning customers of a new scam targeting Washington area residents. According to a WSSC news release, scam artists are calling residents offering a fraudulent water discount. If you receive such a call, you are asked to report it to the authorities immediately. WSSC wants customers to know it […]

UPDATED Jan. 29- Montgomery County Police have located a Gaithersburg woman who has been missing since Jan. 9. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Gaithersburg woman. Police are concerned for the emotional and physical welfare of Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Jean Queen, age 69, of the hundred block of Orchard […]

UPDATED, 2 p.m.  Jan. 26. – Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a Washington, D.C. man who was found in the Bel Pre area overnight as a homicide. Police have identified the man as Wei Wu, age 46, of the 400 block of K Street NW in Washington, D.C. Police are now saying they […]

Montgomery County Police Officer Jonathan Pruziner  is the recipient of the 2014 Capital Area Chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s Theodore Roosevelt Police Award. Theodore Roosevelt Police Awards honor those hometown heroes who experience serious injuries or illnesses but continue to render praiseworthy service to their departments. Pruziner came in contact with an improvised explosive device […]

Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing Rockville man. Police are concerned for the emotional and physical welfare of Marc Phillipe Jean-Pie Latimer, 29, who was last seen on Jan. 17 in the 600 block of East Gude Drive in Rockville. Latimer is described by police as a black male, […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett talks about the dashboard cam video of an encounter involving him and the Park Police on the evening of Election Day at a recreation center in Silver Spring. “We haven’t seen all of it,” he said. Leggett talked about this incident on Good Hope Road in detail […]

UPDATED Jan. 20, 2015 Police report that both Kevlin Mendosa Ramos and Milady Reyes have returned home. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County police officers are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two, missing 14-year-old girls from Silver Spring. According to police, the teens are friends and both were last seen on Thursday at Silver Spring International […]

Montgomery County has had than double the number of reported homicides in 2014 than in 2013. Last year, there were 19 homicides. That compares to 8 in 2013. But, Capt. Darren Francke, director of the department’s Major Crimes Division, said the number is not alarming. He talks about the county’s homicide rate in this MyMcMedia […]

Tips from people who believe they may have seen the missing Hoggle toddlers are “slowing,” according to Montgomery County Police Capt. Darren Francke. Francke, director of the department’s Major Crimes Division, said his officers run out every tip and most recently have gone to investigate sightings in Frederick County’s Costco and Olive Garden restaurant. None […]