Montgomery Community Media

A “serious incident” occurred in a Wootton High School locker room involving Varsity football players on Tuesday, Principal Kimberly Boldon said in a letter to families. A staff member reported the incident and Montgomery County Police (MCPD) were immediately called, Boldon wrote. Police were called around 4:04 p.m. for “an assault that was believed to […]

Kirkland Shipley, a former social studies teacher and rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School, is charged with first and second degree child sexual abuse of a secondary school student, according to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. He currently is on paid administrative leave from Montgomery County Public Schools, according to an MCPS spokesperson. Principal […]

Rockville resident Cristian Vasquez, age 15, was arrested and charged with first-degree rape, first-degree assault and home invasion, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Vasquez is being charged as an adult for the crimes. On April 29, Vasquez entered the victim’s home through an unlocked door and sexually assaulted her when she returned […]

Justin Herron, a New England Patriots offensive lineman and a 2014 graduate of Potomac’s Bullis School, is being called a hero by police for saving a 71-year-old retired teacher from an attempted assault sexual last Saturday in a Tempe, Arizona, park. “It was something that I never dreamed that I thought I would see,” Herron […]

Detectives from the Maryland-National Capitol Park Police, Montgomery County Division, are investigating a sexual assault on the Rock Creek Trail in Kensington on March 9. The assault occurred on the trail access at Parkwood Drive and Clearbrook Lane at 6:45 p.m. According to police, “a juvenile female was approached from behind, wrestled to the ground, […]

A Silver Spring man was charged with a sexual offense for inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl in a laundromat in Aspen Hill, according to a press release from Montgomery County Police.   Julio Portillo-Hernandez, 56, was arrested and charged with two counts of a third-degree sexual offense.   The alledged sexual assault occured on Tuesday, Feb. 16 […]

Gaithersburg detectives are investigating the stabbing, attempted robbery and attempted sexual assault of a woman that occurred on Feb. 10. The victim, a 52-year-old woman, suffered a stab wound to her upper body. She was transported to a local hospital for treatment. According to the police statement, at approximately 9:08 p.m. on Wednesday, police officers […]

Montgomery County police arrested a local driving instructor for the inappropriate and unwanted touching of two female students, according to a press release. The possibility of additional victims is a concern for police. Leon Anthony Johnson Jr., 55, has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault. The offenses occurred while he was working as a driving […]

Takoma Park Police are investigating an incident that occurred on Oct. 18 in which a female jogger was assaulted sexually. According to police, at 8:50 p.m., a female was jogging on Maple Avenue when she was assaulted by a male who grabbed her buttocks and then fled on foot. The man was described as white, […]

Montgomery County’s Victim Assistance and Sexual Assault Program (VASAP) has created a guide to accessing sexual assault services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide includes how to access sexual assault forensic exams, or “rape kits,” services, and counseling. It also provides information on what to expect during a forensic exam and how services have changed […]