Montgomery Community Media

Safe Silver Spring has a new place for its next meeting, holding their discussion on how to combat crime in the area at the newest police station in Montgomery County. What’s the group’s hope for the meeting? “To have a better understanding of what the new station has to offer the police and public,” said […]

Linda Ann Merriweather, 56, of Gaithersburg is missing and Montgomery County Police are asking the public’s help in finding her. Merriweather of the 5800 block of Riggs Road in Gaithersburg, was last seen on June 30.  She was reported as missing to police July 9. Merriweather is described as a black female, 5’02” tall, 150 […]

County officials are alerting motorists that all southbound lanes of I-270 are closed at West Montgomery Avenue because of an accident. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that emergency medics are evaluating several injuries at this scene, including one possible trauma. No other information has been released to […]

Montgomery County police are investigating two fatal motorcycle accidents that occurred on July 4. The first accident occurred at University Boulevard at Dennis Avenue and police described it on Twitter as a single motorcycle accident. On his Twitter account at 5:20 p.m., Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the motorcycle hit a pole. The […]

A Hyattsville man is charged with two counts of first-degree assault after fleeing from police and attempting to hit two officers with his SUV. On Saturday at about 3:34 a.m.,  officers said they saw a Ford SUV traveling south on Georgia Avenue at speeds close to 100 mph. The vehicle was initially stopped at Georgia […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, John Erzen, the spokesperson for the Prince George’s County’s State’s Attorney’s Office, briefs the media in front of the District Courthouse on June 16 after a bond review hearing for Rickley Senning, who is charged with kidnapping and assaulting Montgomery County Circuit Judge Audrey Creighton on May 19. The Prince George’s […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating two shootings that occurred last night in a Gaithersburg parking garage as a murder suicide. According to police, on June 15 at approximately 11:20 p.m., officers working in the area of Girard Street and Allied Place heard gunshots. Officers entered the parking garage in the 500 block of Raven […]

UPDATED Police report that Cynthia Ann Pikul, of the 5700 block of Brewer House Circle in Rockville, has been located. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County police are asking for assistance from the public in locating a missing 60-year-old woman. Cynthia Ann Pikul, of 5700 block of Brewer House Circle in Rockville, was last seen leaving her […]

In this MyMCmedia extra, Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews notes that the cramped 3rd District police station on Sligo Avenue needed to be replaced at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new facility on Milestone Drive. Take a look: Related:

Montgomery County emergency medical services crews transported a 14-year-old boy to the hospital as a priority one patient after he was struck by a vehicle on June 12 in Bethesda. The pedestrian accident happened at Rosemary Hills Drive and East West Highway. Police shut down East West Highway in both directions while the investigation was […]