Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County is looking for volunteers to assist sexual assault victims and their families through the Victim Assistance and Sexual Assault Program (VASAP) of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. Interviews are currently being conducted for a September 2014 training session. In 2013, VASAP outreach volunteers donated more than 10,000 hours while […]

Police say they have arrested a suspect in the sexual assault of a runner that occurred along the Northwest Branch Trail on May 5 in Silver Spring. On May 9, police announced the arrest of Joaquin A. Orellana Torres (24) of Hughes Road in Hyattsville. Police said Torres is charged with first degree rape and one […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a rape that occurred on May 5 along the Northwest Branch trail. According to police,  at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Monday, officers from the 3rd District responded for a rape that had just occurred in park land adjacent to Oakview Drive in Silver Spring. On the scene, officers spoke with […]

The Maryland-National Capital Park Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in a sexual assault which occurred on Sligo Creek Parkway between Maple Avenue and Piney Branch Road on April 21. According to a police account, it happened at approximately 7:10 a.m. today when a female victim was jogging the Sligo Creek […]

The Cold Case Unit of the Montgomery County Police Department has released a composite drawing of a man suspected in sexual assaults that occurred in the mid-1970′s in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including Wheaton, Silver Spring and Takoma Park. As part of the investigation that began in the 1970′s, detectives spoke to a witness […]

Montgomery County police held a news conference on Nov. 12 to announce the arrest of a man who they believe is “a sexual predator.” In this MyMCMedia extra, you will hear Assistant Chief of Police Russell Hamill describe the case and investigation: On October 3, Montgomery County police said they received information regarding a sexual […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on May 2 in Silver Spring. According to police, a 21-year-old postal employee was walking in the neighborhood behind the Post Office during her lunch break when she was approached by a male subject. Police said the suspect was armed with a knife and forced […]

Montgomery County detectives are investigating a sexual assault that occurred last night on the Capital Crescent Trail in Bethesda. At 7:13 p.m. on Sunday, October 21, county police and the Maryland National-Capital Park Police (Montgomery County Division) responded to a call for an assault in the 4900 block of Brooke Way Drive in Bethesda. According […]