Montgomery Community Media

A 27-year-old woman from the District has been charged in the Dec. 5 robbery that occurred at the ILORI store in Friendship Heights and the Jan. 5 armed robbery of the “Specs New York” store inside the Westfield Montgomery mall in Bethesda, Montgomery County police said. Stephan Simms of the 3500 block of 19th Street SE was […]

Gaithersburg police reported for February two strong-arm robberies, an armed robbery and an attempted strong-arm robbery. A strong arm robbery was reported at 2:31 p.m. Feb. 22 in the 400 block of North Frederick Avenue. Someone and a victim were involved in a physical altercation where the robber obtained property and fled on foot. The […]

Montgomery County police sought the public’s help Thursday in finding the people responsible for three armed robberies in recent weeks. A robbery in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 11, occurred at a 7-Eleven, at 8619 16th St., Silver Spring. A male employee had been in the store’s office and exited when he heard […]

The following items were reported in the Rockville City Police weekly crime report for Jan. 29. Arrests On Jan. 17, a 23-year-old man was arrested for attempted robbery and second-degree assault, after an earlier incident that occurred on Dec. 7 in the 600 block of South Stonestreet Avenue. On Jan. 24, between 2:24 a.m. and […]

Four men, all wearing dark clothing and partially concealing their faces, robbed a CVS Pharmacy in Hillandale about 9:44 p.m. on Jan. 20, Montgomery County police said. The officers have released a surveillance video of the four robbers and are asking for the public’s help in identifying them. The group entered the CVS, at 10113 […]

A Rockville man accused of killing his neighbors will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. 32 year year old Scott Tomaszewski pleaded guilty  back in September to first degree murder for killing Dick and Jody Vilardo on May 10, 2015. The murder was discovered by the daughter of the victims, […]

Montgomery County police have charged a Beltsville man for a robbery that occurred in July at a CVS Pharmacy located in Wheaton. Police have arrested and charged Derrick Austin Bacon, age 41, of the 3400 block of Castleleigh Road in Beltsville, with armed robbery, first degree assault, and theft. The robbery happened at 9:59 p.m. […]

A Rockville man who was charged in the stabbing deaths of his neighbors has pleaded guilty. According to online court records, Scott Tomaszewski, 32,entered a guilty plea on Sept. 20th.  He is scheduled to be sentenced for the killings of Dick and Jody Vilardo on Nov. 15. After the guilty plea was entered in court on […]

Montgomery County police officers are asking for your help to solve a homicide, and it’s considered a cold case because it occurred 24 years ago on March 22, 1992. That’s when police said James Essel was stabbed inside the Sugarloaf Mountain Market at 23800 Old Hundred Road in Comus. Police believe the murder occurred between the […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating two bank robberies that they believe were committed by the same suspect. Police said on Feb. 13, at approximately 9:18 am, 2nd District officers responded to the armed robbery of the PNC bank at 10211 Old Georgetown Road. According to police, the suspect entered the bank, displayed a small […]