Montgomery Community Media

On January 2, when Montgomery County Public School students return to classes, the Montgomery County Police Department will begin a new enforcement program targeting motorists who pass stopped school buses. During the winter break, several school buses were equipped with automated cameras that will record vehicles that pass stopped school buses with activated flashing red […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police and fire rescue units responded to a multi-vehicle accident at Great Seneca Highway and Longdraft Road on New Year’s Day. According to Montgomery County police, the call came in at 4:46 p.m. on Jan. 1 and southbound Great Seneca Highway was closed at Horn Point Drive during the police investigation and […]

A Montgomery County Police officer is credited with taking life-saving actions after being flagged down and told that a 9-day-old baby boy was having trouble breathing. This occurred just after 1 a.m. this morning (Dec. 30) on Randolph Road near Hammonton Place. Officer Ben Crumlin, a patrol officer assigned to the midnight shift in the […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Old Columbia Pike at 2:40 a.m. on Dec. 28. Patrol officers responded to the collision in the 11700 block of Old Columbia Pike in Silver Spring. Upon arrival, officers observed a red 2003 Infiniti G35 and a gray 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe involved in a […]

Montgomery County police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Silver Spring man. Edwin Alexander Navarrete, age 19, of the 9400 block of Avenel Road in Silver Spring, was last seen at his residence at 7:50 p.m. on December 26. Navarrete is described by police as a Hispanic male, 6’2” tall and […]

Montgomery County detectives have arrested a Germantown man for sex offenses allegedly committed against a teenage girl that he was coaching and tutoring. According to a police statement, in November of 2013, Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) officials notified the police department that a man hired by parents as a private tutor and private athletic […]

Montgomery County police are investigating two bank robberies that recently occurred at two PNC banks. One robbery occurred on Dec. 2 in Rockville, and another robbery occurred on Dec. 4 in Bethesda. Detectives believe that the same suspect may be responsible for both robberies. On Dec. 2, at approximately 1:55 p.m., 1st District officers responded […]

Montgomery County fire rescue and police responded to a fatal construction accident on Thanksgiving Day. It happened near Poplar Run Drive in Wheaton, according to police. Police said an adult male worker was pronounced dead on the scene from a “fall.” The investigation continues. MCP on scene resd constr site near Poplar Run Dr, Wheaton. […]

Gaithersburg police have arrested three suspects who police say were involved in an aggravated assault and strong arm robbery that occurred on Nov. 23 and 24. Police have charged Eric Dashon Haynes (19), Lee Steven Jandres (17) and Derrick Antonio Morton (17) with robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, assault and theft related charges. Police said […]

UPDATED 11.23.13 Montgomery County police have charged Jefferson Daniel Delgado (20) of Quebec Terrace in Silver Spring with first degree murder in connection with the homicide of Michael Kirby Alvarado (25) that occurred at 438 North Summit Avenue in Gaithersburg on Nov. 21. Detectives said they obtained an arrest warrant on Nov. 22 based on […]